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As many sexual partners as they can get: Dating apps fuelling rise in casual sex

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Re: As many sexual partners as they can get: Dating apps fuelling rise in casual sex

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The dating scene these days really is awful. If they aren't looking for just sex, then any resemblance of a "serious" relationship is usually fleeting. Everyone is disposable, because there is always someone potentially "better" a swipe away. It's pretty sad, and I feel bad for this younger generation. I wish Tinder never existed.

It's great for people with borderline personality disorder, I guess.

Re: As many sexual partners as they can get: Dating apps fuelling rise in casual sex

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This reads like the "internet scare pieces" that were common "back in the day" (lol), circa the late 90s. The summary is: People are doing things they used to do in person, only now on the internets, and its bad for some reason.

Technology tends to make things easier and more convenient, encouraging more of it. It amplifies both the good and the "bad" of society. This article is just shedding some light on this.

Re: As many sexual partners as they can get: Dating apps fuelling rise in casual sex

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So I found this article completely lacking in real information. They could at least misrepresent an inconclusive study or something. This isn't even trying. It does set the topic for a possibly interesting discussion. In the era of tinder is the dating scene better or worse for your stereotypical HN user (geeky/nerdy). Is there any evidence of a 90/10 rule for promiscuity in humans?

I saw a study that indicates roughly 10000 years ago 17 females reproduced for every male. Don't have the link handy

Re: As many sexual partners as they can get: Dating apps fuelling rise in casual sex

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holy sampling bias Batman! First line of the article:

"DATING apps are fuelling rampant rates of sexual promiscuity, according to a leading Brisbane sexual health doctor who “quite frequently” treats patients who have sex with up to 10 people a day."

The rest is just more of this biased dude's opinion. Save your time.

Re: As many sexual partners as they can get: Dating apps fuelling rise in casual sex

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post #4

This reads like the "internet scare pieces" that were common "back in the day" (lol), circa the late 90s. The summary is: People are doing things they used to do in person, only now on the internets, and its bad for some reason.

because you can do it faster!

yeah i had a discussion with a friend recently to this end. they were making a bunch of arguments against the internet that seemed to just as easily apply to the printing press.

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