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And I chatted with him about it.

I should also disclose here too, I met my husband on OkCupid back when it was still a website.

Also, dating online does work for a lot of other people besides just me and Greg.

As of 2023, 20% of partnered adults in your age bracket between 18 and 29 met online, according to Pew.

You really are on these HBO shows from the 90s.

That leads me to another of Greg's points.

Would you say you've been scared away from the apps by those kinds of people or like by weirdos in general?

Well, Greg actually has this theory about that, courtesy of an economist, of course.

Yeah, and that effect, if Greg's theory holds true, that's not really the app's fault, but some apps are doing things that are putting some users off.

Have you heard of Rose Jail?

Heard of Rose Jail?

I was staring at those bars for years.

Okay, so for listeners who don't know, Rose Jail is what some users call the standouts tab on the dating app Hinge.

The tab has all the people that Hinge thinks are your best matches, and you have to send them a digital rose

to match with them.

But you only get one rose per week unless you pay for more.

They're kind of paywalling your potential partners, essentially.

And that sounds like a horrifying humiliation ritual.

Yeah, honestly, it's kind of grossing me out just hearing about it.

Like, you're paying to come off as thirsty?