Another big reason why dating apps suck, is that people don't go on dates. People meet their partners in groups of friends of friends, at parties. Before dating apps, nobody would ask a stranger out for a date, and nobody wants to do that now either, so the apps is enabling something that people don't actually want.

It should be focused on getting together groups of friends of friends for parties instead.

>>>Before dating apps, nobody would ask a stranger out for a date, and nobody wants to do that now either, so the apps is enabling something that people don't actually want.

Huh? Before dating apps, you would do things like go to the mall, and look for cute girls in the food court to start a conversation with. We were absolutely approaching strangers to ask out. Did you not date in the late 90s (or even earlier)?

Personals ads in newspapers have been a thing since forever

Even if you do, it usually feels very unnatural as you don't really know each other yet. I agree that meeting in a group works better.

Same here, I can look at, meet, and chat with 5-10 girls in one evening in a bar, and get a pretty good impression of them. Takes months to do the same on a dating app, with heaps of added toxic behaviour/people that you don't get in a bar. Gave it up a long time ago..

Maybe I'm just socially inept, but I have never once managed to meet someone at a bar that wasn't already part of some bigger group that I was with.

Edit: that's actually untrue, there are exactly 2 instances where it happened in my life. They were in the kinds of bars that I would usually avoid (too many drunk people shouting over loud music), in areas far from where I lived, that had pretty strong "going out" cultures.

Edit 2: now that I think about it, I'm not exactly dashing handsome. I've historically done a lot better in "house party" type of settings, but again that's with people who are already friends of friends.

Have you tried to meet someone at a bar that wasn’t a part of your group?

I know that works to make friends, when you drunkenly, randomly start to talk to other people, or jump into conversations. But how does it work for meeting the opposite sex ? Being drunk for these kinds of things usually isn't good

It's dishonest though, it should be clear that you get downgraded over time as well, and not just marketed as a "boost".

Yeah, it's not exactly uncharted territory, people spend way too much time on experimenting with fads. And regardless of diet, you still need cardio and strength, and also flexibility training, to keep your body in shape. Even if you find magic shortcut diet to be totally shredded while sitting on your ass, your body is still going to start malfunctioning because of atrophy and stiffness and cardiovascular issues. The best thing to do by far, is adding more varied forms of exercise, but it takes a lot of time, that's the problem..

And that’s where you have to be quite deliberate. Plan out a part of your day to exercise. Don’t disrupt unless it is critical to do so.

Very easy to say “but I was so busy” and not do it, but sticking to a consistent schedule is how the habit (exercise) forms.

Yeah, the biggest limiting factor by far is time, once you get over the issue of motivation/discipline. I bet the optimal thing to do for general health and longevity, is to do light/medium intensity, low impact/risk, exercise of varied sort, for most of your waking hours.

I don't believe that time is really the limiting factor for most middle-class people. It's more a matter of priorities. Most of us spend a lot of time watching TV and scrolling social media.

Exactly, I think this is people saying "I'm too busy." But the reality is that they're "busy" by simply prioritizing other things that may or may not be worth it.

Examples I see all the time: excessive phone time (all activities there), stuffing too many things into one day and subsequently completing only a small portion of those things, distractions at work (non-work web sites), etc.

There are good reasons to use your phone, have a big to-do list, and etc. But it's also easier than you think to schedule 45 mins into your day to power through a fitness activity.

I personally think running/jogging is a top activity in terms of value for your time. Burns calories, improves cardio, the list goes on...