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Saturday, August 9, 2025
TopicDating apps

Topic: Dating apps

Lover girls are the tragic clowns of modern dating. They are keeping romance alive

It’s not that lover girls lack self-respect — they’ve just put it on a little sale for whichever emotionally unavailable dude they’re currently fixated on.

Romance has the urgency of breaking news now. Dating apps are editorial fodder

Infamous for my hot takes, I, too, was called on TV (twice) to explain how Gen Z lovers operate.

Grindr is dying. The final nail in the coffin is ads

I remember counting the profiles in my town and feeling a sense of relief—there were more like me out there. Grindr was a brutal place, but it offered freedom.

That older, wiser guy is undateable—just ask women his age

It’s naive to assume that all older men make better partners because they’ve achieved some sort of clarity in life by reading Osho or following Ankur Warikoo.

Hinge Marxists, Bumble Apoliticals? Modern dating is a political minefield

The Left-leaning singles are dead serious about never dating someone from the other side. ‘Swipe left if you lean Right,’ says one Bumble bio.

How to have 10 Hinge matches and still be single—the new age guide to riding solo

Empowered, thriving, main-character energy. These are now the golden synonyms of being single. ‘Miserable’ didn’t make the cut because it doesn’t look cute on Instagram stories.

Spotify is now a dating app. Its song libraries lead you into love

Charles Darwin is growing smug in his grave; every generation keeps proving his theory right—the purpose of music is mating

There’s an art and science to texting on dating apps. Hone your skills or get ghosted

Don’t just say ‘hi’. You’d be surprised how many talking stages die prematurely because of these two innocent letters.

Modern romance comes with EMIs & Splitwise accounts. It really isn’t a sport for the broke

When you’re juggling 10 matches off Hinge, the only way to figure out who’s worth your time is to have an over-priced cocktail with each of them.

Hired on Hinge—Dating apps are networking goldmine. Students use them to land jobs

With no cold emails or LinkedIn requests, dating apps let users pitch themselves—short, sweet, and personal. It’s all about connections, minus the power suits and soulmates.

On Camera

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Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

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