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What's a low stakes conspiracy theory you believe? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We've got a bunch of new people now so let's bring back a classic post. What low stakes conspiracy theory do you believe that you cannot prove but feels right to you?

I'll start: I believe that dating apps have made a concerted effort to smear in person meeting people and tie it to being "creepy" through social media so you are forced to meet people online(which was the creepy option just 15 years ago)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The apps train us to choose relationships the same way we choose which YouTube video to watch next. I got married just before these apps got big, but I remember watching dudes spend all day swiping and showing off their matches like it was their Pokemon card collection. There has always been an element of consumption in dating under capitalism, but with the apps dating as consumption is taken to a whole different level. They encourage the toxic behavior of using relationships as status signifiers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I put them in the same category as alcohol, gambling, prostitution, guns, etc. A guy who is super into any of these is super annoying. I don't want to see you swiping or hear about your escapades anymore than I want to hear about tales from the strip in Las Vegas except as a morbid piece of intrigue. If the apps were in their proper place, they'd be called meat marketing and you'd be kinda shy about doing it.