Tinder date's physical surprise exposes the harshness of online dating
A Tinder date with a physical surprise sparks a chorus of crude comments. A portrait of how dating apps reward visual impact.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
The physical surprise on Tinder: when the body takes over the conversation
What happens when the date looks nothing like the profile photos? The immediate response in a recent online conversation was a chorus of approval, most of it expressed with a bluntness that turns desire into a crude joke. The specific case is almost an anecdote: someone waits for a person, another shows up with a physical attribute that is hard to miss, and the verdict is unanimous.
What is striking is not the outcome —almost everyone would welcome the change— but how casually the other person is objectified. Some set conditions (that the excess not exceed certain limits), yet nobody asks the obvious question: what is that person doing there, in the middle of the scrutiny, while half a dozen strangers rate them for laughs? The short answer is that hardly anyone cares. Dating apps have turned the first meeting into a shooting range where the other person's body is the perfect target.
If anyone was expecting a reflection on the honesty of profiles, they have come to the wrong party. Here the deception is celebrated when it involves a physical upgrade. The irony is that the demand for transparency is nowhere to be found unless the discrepancy works against them. Sarracena compass, zero; instinct, at full power.
What happens when the date looks nothing like the profile photos? The immediate response in a recent online conversation was a chorus of approval, most of it expressed with a bluntness that turns desire into a crude joke. The specific case is almost an anecdote: someone waits for a person, another shows up with a physical attribute that is hard to miss, and the verdict is unanimous.
What is striking is not the outcome —almost everyone would welcome the change— but how casually the other person is objectified. Some set conditions (that the excess not exceed certain limits), yet nobody asks the obvious question: what is that person doing there, in the middle of the scrutiny, while half a dozen strangers rate them for laughs? The short answer is that hardly anyone cares. Dating apps have turned the first meeting into a shooting range where the other person's body is the perfect target.
If anyone was expecting a reflection on the honesty of profiles, they have come to the wrong party. Here the deception is celebrated when it involves a physical upgrade. The irony is that the demand for transparency is nowhere to be found unless the discrepancy works against them. Sarracena compass, zero; instinct, at full power.
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