The Cringiest Dating App Encounters This Week (August 23, 2023)

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Aug 23, 2023 3:00 PM EDT

Something I don't understand about serial daters is how they don't get tired. When I'm entertaining the idea of dating, it only takes a couple of awkward drinks for me to give up and ignore the game for another six months. Admittedly, I don't like people that much, and I'm not in any hurry to change my relationship status. Still, I feel like even very social people are baffled by those who are perpetually texting six conquests at once.

Dating apps are a paradox. They have narrowed the opportunities of many down to the endless swipe, but they have also enabled variety like never before. In turn, they've also enabled all those players out there to show their true colors. The problems don't stop with this, either; the apps have also encouraged most of the single population to stop acting normally. Many of the examples below only illustrate that. How hard can it be to act like someone dateable?