The Cringiest Dating App Encounters This Week (October 18, 2023)

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Oct 18, 2023 1:00 PM EDT

The human race are masochists. Deep down, we realize that love is vital to the wellbeing of each and every one of us, then we make it ridiculously complicated and difficult to obtain. While there are many types of affection that we can give and receive, it can't be denied that the romantic kind is very important to a lot of people. That doesn't make achieving it any easier, though.

In theory, this is where dating apps step in. When a real life meet cute seems like a faint possibility, there's a whole market of potential partners on the internet to peruse instead. Sadly, not all of them are capable of acting anything other than unhinged. Online dating has never had worse PR, and most of it is because of the way it makes a lot of people act. At least it allows singletons to filter out the weirdos at an early stage.