I decided to try out tinder and discovered the site is absolute garbage. There are no real browsing options, interest selection is limited, there are fucking trannies who failed to properly disclose their status so they show up where they shouldn't, and it prohibits you from manually disclosing your location by forcing you to use location services.
Edit: Was likely banned for saying in the account description I hate regressive leftists and muslims, and also for saying I hate gender identity. Another possibility was that defending lolicon got me wrongfully banned for pro-pedo speech.
Fun fact of my life: I was on Tinder for all of 3 days and met my wife.
Caveat: It was in korea, which made it the only reliable option for expats. My wife (not american fwiw) was a phd student in Daegu, and both of us were happy to delete the app after a great first date.
Other side of the coin: I watched some American girls in Seoul use Tinder while we shared a taxi from work. Watched them mindlessly swipe left 50 times, then bitch that the radius was only 250km or whatever. They would only stop for obviously hot guys and even then they were more likely than not to swipe left. Blew my mind seeing female hypergamy in action.
Are you fucking insane?
My wife is not Korean hahaha -- I swore off Korean women long before I got on Tinder in Korea.
In truth I was looking for a fling, but I found someone much more invested in a strong family structure.
Good, they're one of the most disturbingly sadistic categories of women. Heard of Megalia and Womad?
I think the worst are South Korea, UK and blue US states. In that order.
I... actually don't disagree. Your reputation precedes you, but I don't disagree on that point.
To be a Korean husband is to be emasculated at every turn.
(Also I'll just let it be known I know you by name but have no idea what you constantly argue)
if you believe in hypergamy, why did you get married?
I didn't say I married an American. I got extremely lucky and found someone who resonated with me from the Philippines. Still has that love of God and a great family -- lord knows they've welcomed my extremely white and awkward ass.
But to your implied point: I was dreading that coming back to America from Korea. American women are, generally put, not a great source of marital material. Thought I'd get involved with a church and assumed I'd just never marry.
Fair point and question, though.
well #not all women, that is why.
I love the first two paragraphs! This is the wholesomeness that unfortunately eludes me personally, but that I love to see. Here and elsewhere.
Korea is interesting, hey? Definitely hit or miss...
Women were friendly enough, to me, but were never interested in, y'know, "getting to know you", further...
I think they were more just... Hyper-cautious, than anything. But at least they feigned friendliness, and things might have worked out differently if I had... Done some things a bit differently (I was there for the Paralympics, and made some stupid travel decisions)...
But yeah. At least they tried. Chinese girls I have met (outside China) don't even pretend to be friendly, for the most part, lol... Or girls from Hong Kong, either.
My experience with... Both, has been almost universally horrible, lol... Possibly the worst I've ever experienced.
I'm assuming your wife is Korean, then? :-)
Taught there for 5 years -- meant it to be a one-year "clear my head" excursion and couldn't get enough.
Korean women... eh I dated a few. Both were crazy in completely different ways. I swore myself off of the dating game with Korean women because I didn't want to play 'the game' in Korea. I had a lot of chemistry with the head Korean teacher one year, but it never went anywhere because it could never go anywhere. My meeting my wife strained the relationship but she's moved on and married and we're friends again.
I thought I had a Chinese friend one time in Korea (we were both in the same Korean 학원 -- I really did try to get initiated with the culture) -- thought it might even turn into something. But alas, that wasn't what she was after and -- ultimately we only had our terrible Korean language skills in common.
Wife is Filipina -- she was getting her PhD in Daegu and had designs on America. I didn't help her get here (she for sure earned that on her own merits) but it helped that our lives were in some kind of similar path (I knew I needed to head home and had the 2019 Trump Optimism going... ugh, now I wish I was back in Korea, but I digress)
I forgot this, actually, but I remember when I was in Korea, I also met this wonderful Aussie chick (I think?) who was working in the media compound, covering the Paralympics...
I didn't have long with her, but she was great fun, ha. Also met a couple of alcoholic Russian blokes who were insane, and a few European dignitaries, plus a genuine Venezuelan fascist (who was bizarrely studying over there) amongst others...
Honestly, it was a pretty cool experience, all in all. I fucked up a lot of it, and I would do things differently now, if I had the chance. But I certainly wouldn't take it back, lol. Worth it.