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Dating apps lose their luster with college students::undefined

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[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Unless you're socially awkward and bad at picking up hints.

[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah no doubt. Not saying there's no reason to be on the apps in college. I'm just saying there's less and less opportunity for meeting people in person by chance at social events the older you get, and the more your social life includes people from work, married folks, parents, etc.

College is the densest pool of single people with lots of free time you'll ever experience bar none.

[–] wile_e8@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I mean, that sucks, but it's not like things are going to get better once you're outside of the conditions mentioned

[–] Delphia@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Then you look for the other person at the party standing there back to the wall looking like a deer in headlights and make friends or at least form a D&D group.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Parties?

You actually don't get what socially awkward means, do you?

[–] Delphia@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ive told my daughter "Always be nice to the quiet ones and the weird ones. Be nice and be friendly, the extroverts of the world will be fine on their own."

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You're a great parent 👍

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am, but I could still go be weird at some parties.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess that being laughed at and ridiculed at parties must be very enjoyable in your corner of the world, then.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Uni wasn't really like that, luckily.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

I mean, if I played PC games (more specifically multiplayer), I could definitely see myself attending LAN party. That's the only party that actually sounds interesting.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Y'all are going to parties?

The only college parties I've been to were those with just my friends and ive learned my lesson about dating friends...