It's been trending this way for years, but seeing it graphed out like this is shocking.
What do you think are the effects of this drastic change?
Huh. I never knew that people really do meet at bars for more than just a one night stand.
I first dated online in 1999, and the first woman I dated I ended up marrying and having two kids with, though we divorced in 2017.
I still date online these days, and I prefer it. It allows me to know a little about a person before I waste any time chatting them up, and the things I need to know are things they generally put on their profile. Things like their sexuality (since I am non-binary), their political leaning (I'm socialist), their relationship orientation (I'm polyamorous), whether our values match...you know...important shit. And those early conversations before we ever meet in person are low-key enough that I feel more comfortable with them IRL, something that helps me as an autistic person.
Kudos to that handful of people who met online in the fucking 80s. Talk about meeting over niche interests.
Look at the date of the latest piece of data, and you have your answer
Surely this graph is wrong? In 1974 couples used to meet while kung fu fighting. A lot of research tends to prove it.
It's hard to get a headcount when people are fast as lightning.
Q: "Why didn't you get in touch with that guy you met at the kung fu fight?"
A: "In fact, he was a little bit frightening..."
I just like that it looks like a cuttlefish.
I'm personally thrilled not to be bound by the recommendations of my friends or family. Or work?! Gross!
People: "Oh hey there Digital Frontier, looking forward to the opportunity" The Permanently Online: "Get out of my swamp!"
Meeting online seems like the best way to me. Better to date people you have stuff in common with rather than just picking your partners through circumstance.
I like the idea of dating apps, but I don't like the implementation or at least how they end up being used where the focus is entirely on visual attraction. I don't particularly think or care about looks; I'm attracted to personality. Most people have blank profiles and just a lot of pictures, so I either have to decide to not like a majority of profiles or like everything just to maybe get a chance to talk to someone.
And it doesn't help having BPD and not really having a solid identity to tell people who I am in a single block of limited characters. So when nobody even communicates when you actually match, it just makes the whole thing seem pointless and stupid.
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Grade school is funny. That's K-6, right? Like 6-12 year olds?
Church is a conspicuous absence on this chart, I guess nobody really meets anyone there?
I think "grade school" would count K-12, but I could be wrong. I was surprised about the church thing too, especially since the data goes back far enough that it should be significant. I wonder if it's falling under another umbrella.
Whoever made the chart presumably thought "grade school" meant K-12, which it does not.
Easy mistake though, Fight Club got a particularly lewd line past both the censors and the actress by relying on that misunderstanding
I met my partner because my ex broke into their house with a friend to get their bong back. My partner and their ex, walked in on my friend and my ex, and obviously freaked out. I have no idea why they decided to be friends, but as a result, I've been in a relationship for 7 years now lmao. If anyone is wondering how that happened, we were poly, but now we're monogamous. Also, both of our ex'es are transitioning now, and I couldn't be happier for them. That's just a random coincidence. One male, one female. Also, it's really weird being in a straight relationship after being in a queer relationship for years. Sorry for the tangent.
The sad thing is, that amazing story would be listed as just "through friends" on the survey.
It's so sad to see real life vanishing
I met my partner through friends at the EXACT point where “Through friends” intersects with “online”. Interesting.
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