The ills of dating apps

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A lot of the chemicals that fire in our brain while we use dating apps stem from the app’s “gamification” of relationships.

“Gamification: the application of gaming mechanics to non-gaming environments to make difficult tasks more palatable”. — Growth Engineering
According to Psychology Today, dating apps become addictive through neurochemical changes in our bodies. Dr. Loren Seiro explains that “Playing games on your phone releases endorphins, your body’s endogenous painkiller. This can reduce your anxiety levels, which feels great, or can even spark the feeling of being “high.”

The gamification of dating apps releases the neurochemical dopamine in addition to its partner, serotonin. On dating apps, dopamine hits your system in one of two ways.

  1. You receive an unpredictable reward, and your brain rewards you with a healthy dose of adrenaline and dopamine.
  2. Your brain adapts to the unpredictable reward system and preemptively rewards your anticipated risk.
 

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You complain about complaining. Focusing on the problem and not the solutions I laid out. Ignoring my attempt to uplift men AND women


I have to do what im about to do. And you did it to yourself
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You didn't give any solutions. Not one point you brought up did you bring to a close. You spoke in circles like a woman.

Coli ain't a diary.
 

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dating apps been garbo..chicks expect professional pics, detailed profiles, eye catching DM's... meanwhile they angle their photos and have nothing on their profile

BRUH, I’m legit done with dating apps to the point learning that real world hobbies are the way to meet women. I remember I met up with one girl through Hinge and all her photos made her look nice. Met her in person and she was fukkin fat, I got up and said “I’m sorry, but expectations do not meet reality from your pictures” and left.

If you can’t give full on pictures and your pics are just of your face or t*ts automatic swipe right.
 

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You must REALLY be new to dating apps or dating in general
Been in the game since 2016 bro. I've outgrown the game. I was needy and insecure then. Now that im the opposite, im attracting the same toxic women as I did then

Only difference is now I run from them instead of chasing them. It all starts with your mindset and self esteem. And theres alot of mentally unstable men and women on these sites

That's why im done wit the apps
 

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It gets deep
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I wrote a research paper about this topic years ago. Too many options of anything creates dysfunction. If you have too many outfits to pick from. It creates problems. Thats a crux of why these apps are so bad

 
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