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Rapier108 said:

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Hogties said:

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Whatever happened to finding a woman in the real world? Church, the gym, a bar?

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Church is the absolute worst.

The girls and women would only look for the "perfect" men because they have been raised under the delusion that God had already selected their husband and he will be "perfect for her." Often they'll use the stupid phrase "waiting for my Boaz" which really meant waiting for a rich guy. If I had a $ for every time I heard that, I'd be Boaz.

Also, if you ask a woman out at church, and she turns you down, you're done at that church when it comes to meeting someone. They all talk, and they all know you asked her out. Ask out another one a year later, and she'll remember and take offense to it because it means you see her as "second best."

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You might be going to the wrong church.

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Yea. My son found his wife at church. There are many activities and church functions and many girls/women participate. But, if requires one to be able to actually talk. Plus, if you want an actual wife that one day may actually be interested in having and raising children, the girls/women there tend to match that requirement.

And while the married folks tend to want to "match make" for you, once they find out you are single, they are generally not that good. But, it only takes one.

I'm a short king that catfished at least 1,000 fatty's off the internet starting with MySpace, met both my baby mommas on fb, use POF and Craig'slist in 2010, had a blast on tinder in 2016-2017. Even farmers only was like shooting fish in a bbl. Not to mention the hogs that live on Eharmony.

One thing I noticed. At the beginning, online dating was actual dates. Time and money was invested.

At the end it was just ubering *****. If she had Christian in the profile, she'd drive 4+ hours to come stay at your house for 1 night.

With AI being able to make you pics epic and the unfunny funny., the catfish era is here. Some of you fellas are finally gonna clean up.

YouBet said:

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"Negging?"

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A few years ago (20+) a book called the players handbook came out. A bunch of guys who are NOT chads worked on a playbook that focused on psychological aspects of women. One dude even taught seminars about it. The book was written by a journalist who joined the movement so it was more of his journey.

After reading it, I felt like a lot of these techniques were probably used by pimps. Negging is when you meet a girl and you essentially compliment all her friends, and then pick out one thing to sort of insult her and then ignore her.

A lot of women with poor self esteem build it up through men's pursuit of them and they are competitive so when their 5 of a friend is getting a compliment but the 7 didn't she will work to get the man's attention.

There were whole things about peacocking and how women's animal brains respond to showy men. Im sure there was more but it was a long time ago when I read it and in the end the guy felt dirty for manipulating the women. At least I think that is how it went.

Of course this was when the bar scene was how you picked up women. Would be interesting to see what happened to those guys after tender.

Go to Thailand. Get a soapy massage and you'll never come back to the U.S.

Neil Strauss burner account.

There were whole online communities dedicated to this. Mystery was the godfather of it, even had a show on VH1. It was an interesting movement with a lot of valid psychology behind what they were doing.

The Internet keeps trying to tell me this is satire.

https://laddertheory.com/

AxelFoley85 said:

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Neil Strauss burner account.

There were whole online communities dedicated to this. Mystery was the godfather of it, even had a show on VH1. It was an interesting movement with a lot of valid psychology behind what they were doing.

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Thanks for the author name. The book was actually called The Game.

TommyBrady? More like RobbyKraft!

Zachary Klement said:

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TommyBrady? More like RobbyKraft!

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Who do you think gave him the address? Tommy got that dog in 'em

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YouBet said:

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"Negging?"

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A few years ago (20+) a book called the players handbook came out. A bunch of guys who are NOT chads worked on a playbook that focused on psychological aspects of women. One dude even taught seminars about it. The book was written by a journalist who joined the movement so it was more of his journey.

After reading it, I felt like a lot of these techniques were probably used by pimps. Negging is when you meet a girl and you essentially compliment all her friends, and then pick out one thing to sort of insult her and then ignore her.

A lot of women with poor self esteem build it up through men's pursuit of them and they are competitive so when their 5 of a friend is getting a compliment but the 7 didn't she will work to get the man's attention.

There were whole things about peacocking and how women's animal brains respond to showy men. Im sure there was more but it was a long time ago when I read it and in the end the guy felt dirty for manipulating the women. At least I think that is how it went.

Of course this was when the bar scene was how you picked up women. Would be interesting to see what happened to those guys after tender.

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All married now and living in suburbia hell with 2.4 kids like everyone else.

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It isn't just the women filtering for 6' well built handsome men with salaries over $150 k a year that caused him to give up. His preferred dating age range was 38-50 and he was shocked at how many emotionally unbalanced women he encountered. He told me some crazy stories.

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Almost all stable, down-to-earth, and attractive women get married or are in a serious relationship that will become a marriage by their mid-twenties. There aren't a lot of those type of women out there, and the guys that get them damn sure aren't divorcing them.

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True, but the women are divorcing them for porn addiction and infidelity. The truth is there are way more good women available post divorce than men, so if you're a high value man in the divorced group the situation is much better for you than for the women.

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javajaws said:

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All of us married guys over 45 that have never used dating apps should take a challenge. With our wives permission, we should have a contest to see who can get the most dates on one of these apps and check out the **** show for ourselves.

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I know others have already pointed this out, but ..

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Laughing my ass off at this one

A+ gif usage

all I have to add is this thread has been the best on the board these past couple of days

quality stuff

A new matchmaking app for students at Stanford is popular there. Kids feed in their preferences and every week the app matches them up with somebody.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/a-stanford-experiment-to-pair-5-000-singles-has-taken-over-campus/ar-AA1W2Vay

$2.1 million in venture capital raised. The next Facebook maybe.

Relevant

https://instagr.am/p/DT5r7LqkRe_

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A new matchmaking app for students at Stanford is popular there. Kids feed in their preferences and every week the app matches them up with somebody.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/a-stanford-experiment-to-pair-5-000-singles-has-taken-over-campus/ar-AA1W2Vay

$2.1 million in venture capital raised. The next Facebook maybe.

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Madhav Abraham-Prakash said the tool has helped him make a few LinkedIn connections but no romantic ones yet.

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The photo caption says it all. This app won't be any different than the rest. The girls it matches him with will sleep with Chad and call Prakash when they want to upgrade the memory on their PC.

valvemonkey91 said:

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Married for over 30 years now. If I were in this dating wasteland these days, I would be going overseas looking for a partner. American women are largely broken.

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34 years here and an extremely happy marriage.

But If I found myself single tomorrow for any reason, I would stay that way the rest of my life and be perfectly happy.

Doubt it

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Doubt it

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He didn't say he wouldn't go to town on some hot babes. He just said he'd stay single. That's exactly what I would do too. According to this census calculator, there are only 0.0042% of men who fit my attributes, and that's if married men are included. If I suddenly became single, I would basically be a total unicorn, and I would take full advantage of it.

https://www.keeper.ai/calc

As a single, eligible mid-30 bachelor, it's wild to see how many single women who are easily 8+ that are single.

It's obvious they're either a) all banging/competing for the same dudes (which isn't that many single guys, or who are already married) or satisfied watching corn and using their vibrator.

I think this is a problem that's at the tip of the iceberg. I know a lot of traditionally viable men who can't buy a date with a white American woman.

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The graph looks like this because Chad is willing to hook up with anything 4+.

I'm now seeing lots of vids with females saying they are done with dating apps, which completely misses the point. They are getting used by the Chads - which they have absolutely no chance with - and then getting ghosted. They then blame the process/app instead of thinking "hey, maybe I should lower my standards since I'm a 6, not a 10".

This is not good for society and contributing to the decrease in marriage rates, now the lowest in recorded history.

Guys, unless you're really hot, you're probably wasting your time on Tinder

As a classic Medium post explained, "the bottom 80% of men are fighting over the bottom 22% of women and the top 78% of women are fighting over the top 20% of men."

[Link below.] pic.twitter.com/5zpU0jRNyT

— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) February 9, 2026

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If people will go back to church, that is the BEST place to meet a spouse.

Not a dating app/site.

It's become GROSS. All of it.

Username checks out.

AozorAg said:

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Doubt it

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He didn't say he wouldn't go to town on some hot babes. He just said he'd stay single. That's exactly what I would do too. According to this census calculator, there are only 0.0042% of men who fit my attributes, and that's if married men are included. If I suddenly became single, I would basically be a total unicorn, and I would take full advantage of it.

https://www.keeper.ai/calc

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Wouldn't the woman who is looking for someone exactly like you also be a unicorn?

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AozorAg said:

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Credible Source said:

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Doubt it

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He didn't say he wouldn't go to town on some hot babes. He just said he'd stay single. That's exactly what I would do too. According to this census calculator, there are only 0.0042% of men who fit my attributes, and that's if married men are included. If I suddenly became single, I would basically be a total unicorn, and I would take full advantage of it.

https://www.keeper.ai/calc

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Wouldn't the woman who is looking for someone exactly like you also be a unicorn?

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No. According the data, what makes me a unicorn is being over 6 feet tall, in shape, Caucasian, blue eyes, highly educated, and making over $500,000 a year while still in my mid-30s. That combination of attributes in men is exceedingly rare, but there are piles of women looking for that combination. I wouldn't need a woman that matches my education, salary, height, eye color, or any similar filtering attribute.

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No. According the data, what makes me a unicorn is being over 6 feet tall, in shape, Caucasian, blue eyes, highly educated, and making over $500,000 a year while still in my mid-30s. That combination of attributes in men is exceedingly rare, but there are piles of women looking for that combination. I wouldn't need a woman that matches my education, salary, height, eye color, or any similar filtering attribute.

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Balding? No offense intended since shaved heads are in right now. But you failed to mention your hair.

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No. According the data, what makes me a unicorn is being over 6 feet tall, in shape, Caucasian, blue eyes, highly educated, and making over $500,000 a year while still in my mid-30s. That combination of attributes in men is exceedingly rare, but there are piles of women looking for that combination. I wouldn't need a woman that matches my education, salary, height, eye color, or any similar filtering attribute.

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Balding? No offense intended since shaved heads are in right now. But you failed to mention your hair.

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I have normal brown hair with an excellent hairline. A few streaks of gray but nothing too serious yet.

Are her standards reasonable? Or, is she delusional?

I always want to ask these women how much $ they make, how much do they weigh, how much did they pay for their homes, etc…. pic.twitter.com/TZmP6JDakU

— Kentucky Girl (@Notwokenow) February 12, 2026

Rapier108 said:

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That chick is ugly, on the outside and inside.

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You aint kidding. Looks like she belongs on Botched.

Luigi Vampa said:

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Rapier108 said:

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That chick is ugly, on the outside and inside.

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You aint kidding. Looks like she belongs on Botched she's a guy with a wig.

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fify

AozorAg said:

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Doubt it

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He didn't say he wouldn't go to town on some hot babes. He just said he'd stay single. That's exactly what I would do too. According to this census calculator, there are only 0.0042% of men who fit my attributes, and that's if married men are included. If I suddenly became single, I would basically be a total unicorn, and I would take full advantage of it.

https://www.keeper.ai/calc

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Correct, but after a while that gets old and feels empty, I'm speaking from experience. Eventually, you want a best friend and partner to live your life with.