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They're going offline.

They want to try the dating methods that their grandparents or their parents use to fall in love and

Meeting in person.

Meeting in person, right.

Going out and, you know, sitting by the bar.

And then you have others who, even though they are experiencing dating app fatigue, they do believe that the evolution in technology, artificial intelligence can help us, can improve and optimize our lives.

And if we're using artificial intelligence in almost every other facet of our lives, at least it feels like that right now,

then it's no surprise that people are seeing it as a useful tool to help optimize their chances at finding love.

Well, it's because of the presence of dating apps.

It's not the only reason, but I think the way that we socialize in this century takes place in large part online.

Dating apps have, you know, have led to like a loss of rejection resilience among singles.

What does that mean?

The existence of dating apps almost eliminates the incentive to approach someone in person.

Exactly.

When you don't build a habit of that, it can make it really hard to then wake up one day and decide, I'm going to go out and approach a cute girl at the bar.

Right.

You may not be sure how you're going to be received.

You may be worried that you might come off as a creep.

With the existence of dating apps, you don't have an incentive to improve on your experience.

your pickup skills or your game or your riz, whatever the kids are calling it these days.