Ashley Flowers
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Still in today's day and age, the fact that we're still catfishing is crazy.
It's kind of wild.
But I need to hear this.
It's kind of wild.
Okay, so this one is 2010.
So I know it's hard for people to remember, but this is like we've got dating websites, but no one's swiping.
So this is website time, 2010.
And this woman named Ana Akbari, she's a PhD.
She's beautiful.
She's smart.
She's engaging.
She is online dating and she meets this guy named Ethan.
Things are like, you know, online dating, everyone's like, yo, what's up?
Let's meet.
The conversations are just like duds.
And she meets Ethan who went to MIT and who wants to talk about politics and culture and movies.
And it's just like the most amazing conversation she's ever had.
And she's up all hours of the night.
I mean, like I think 42, 72 hours straight just like talking to him.