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» Well....that's troubling. Online dating has ruined a generation.
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post 10000095980 03-21-2026, 10:14 AM
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Well....that's troubling. Online dating has ruined a generation.



Sadly, many of you keep using it.
post 10000095983 03-21-2026, 10:17 AM
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31 minute video, where are the fucking cliffs?
post 10000095984 03-21-2026, 10:18 AM
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Don't worry, I am doing my part to keep the fertility rate high
post 10000095989 03-21-2026, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking
31 minute video, where are the fucking cliffs?
Cliffs: We're Bidone
Not in the AM
post 10000095999 03-21-2026, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking
31 minute video, where are the fucking cliffs?
I got AI to transcribe the video and make notes


Dating Apps Destroyed a Generation (Summary)

Industry collapse:

Bumble: $13B → ~$335M (-96%)
Match Group: $48B → ~$7B (-82%)
~$54B in value wiped out since 2021
Only ~7% of users pay; most quit within 1 month

User behavior & psychology:

Avg usage: 55–90 mins/day
90% say they feel addicted
70% say apps hurt mental health
Swipe users have ~2.5x higher psychological distress
78% report burnout (79% Gen Z)


Dating imbalance (core problem):

Women swipe right ~5%; men ~61%
Match rate: women ~30%, men ~2.6%
~38 swipes per match (men)
~6,000 swipes → 1 date (men)
Tinder “inequality” (Gini): 0.58 (vs US income 0.41)



Sex & relationships declining:

24% of under 30s had zero sex (up from 12% in 2010)
Male virginity (22–34): 4% → 10%
Weekly sex (18–64): 55% → 37%
63% of men <30 are single vs 34% of women
First marriage age (men): ~30.8
1 in 4 people at 40 never married



Fertility collapse:

US: 1.6 (below 2.1 replacement)
South Korea: 0.72
Japan: 1.2
Italy: 1.24
By 2100: ~198/204 countries below replacement



Social breakdown:

Time with friends: 12.8 hrs/week → ~5 hrs
44% of young men won’t approach women IRL
<50% of high schoolers dating (vs ~90% in past)
~50% of adults report loneliness (health risk ≈ smoking 15 cigarettes/day)



Economics of dating:

Avg date cost: $88–$156
~$2,300/year for active daters
19% of ages 25–34 live with parents
53% of Gen Z spend $0/month on dating



Apps themselves:

Men = ~80% of paying users
Tinder tiers up to $499/month ($6K/year)
FTC fined Match $14M for deceptive practices
15,000+ complaints (BBB, 3 years)



AI threat:

60M downloads of AI companion apps (2025)
30M users on Replika
16% of singles tried AI romance (≈33% Gen Z)
Potential: 15% choose AI over humans by 2035



Outlier:

Grindr growing ~30%/year, ~47% margins
Works because: no gender imbalance, no swipe gamification



Key Takeaways

Dating apps are designed to keep you single (engagement > success)
The market is extremely unequal, especially for men
Everyone is dating less, not just “losing” men
Social + economic + tech factors are compounding the decline
Early signs show a shift back to real-life meeting and smaller communities
post 10000096000 03-21-2026, 10:41 AM
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Cliffs: How dating apps have ruined dating and severely damaged fertility rates. Stop being a lazy bitch and watch it.
post 10000096006 03-21-2026, 10:50 AM
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dating apps and social media should be inaccessible for everyone

would force the pendulum to swing back in a favorable direction
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post 10000096009 03-21-2026, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking
31 minute video, where are the fucking cliffs?
Cliffs: sloots gonna sloot, tour over (I assume I didn't watch it)
post 10000096010 03-21-2026, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted By Salsashark717
Cliffs: How dating apps have ruined dating and severely damaged fertility rates. Stop being a lazy bitch and watch it.
I have 2 kids (replacement achieved), and I get matches every day, this doesn't apply to me.

The younger generation is fucked for reasons that go beyond internet dating
post 10000096018 03-21-2026, 11:11 AM
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post 10000096036 03-21-2026, 11:36 AM
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post 10000096076 03-21-2026, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted By notbadnotbrad
I got AI to transcribe the video and make notes


Dating Apps Destroyed a Generation (Summary)

Industry collapse:

Bumble: $13B → ~$335M (-96%)
Match Group: $48B → ~$7B (-82%)
~$54B in value wiped out since 2021
Only ~7% of users pay; most quit within 1 month

User behavior & psychology:

Avg usage: 55–90 mins/day
90% say they feel addicted
70% say apps hurt mental health
Swipe users have ~2.5x higher psychological distress
78% report burnout (79% Gen Z)


Dating imbalance (core problem):

Women swipe right ~5%; men ~61%
Match rate: women ~30%, men ~2.6%
~38 swipes per match (men)
~6,000 swipes → 1 date (men)
Tinder “inequality” (Gini): 0.58 (vs US income 0.41)



Sex & relationships declining:

24% of under 30s had zero sex (up from 12% in 2010)
Male virginity (22–34): 4% → 10%
Weekly sex (18–64): 55% → 37%
63% of men <30 are single vs 34% of women
First marriage age (men): ~30.8
1 in 4 people at 40 never married



Fertility collapse:

US: 1.6 (below 2.1 replacement)
South Korea: 0.72
Japan: 1.2
Italy: 1.24
By 2100: ~198/204 countries below replacement



Social breakdown:

Time with friends: 12.8 hrs/week → ~5 hrs
44% of young men won’t approach women IRL
<50% of high schoolers dating (vs ~90% in past)
~50% of adults report loneliness (health risk ≈ smoking 15 cigarettes/day)



Economics of dating:

Avg date cost: $88–$156
~$2,300/year for active daters
19% of ages 25–34 live with parents
53% of Gen Z spend $0/month on dating



Apps themselves:

Men = ~80% of paying users
Tinder tiers up to $499/month ($6K/year)
FTC fined Match $14M for deceptive practices
15,000+ complaints (BBB, 3 years)



AI threat:

60M downloads of AI companion apps (2025)
30M users on Replika
16% of singles tried AI romance (≈33% Gen Z)
Potential: 15% choose AI over humans by 2035



Outlier:

Grindr growing ~30%/year, ~47% margins
Works because: no gender imbalance, no swipe gamification



Key Takeaways

Dating apps are designed to keep you single (engagement > success)
The market is extremely unequal, especially for men
Everyone is dating less, not just “losing” men
Social + economic + tech factors are compounding the decline
Early signs show a shift back to real-life meeting and smaller communities
So M-F straight apps are in massive decline and guys are coping with either AI chatbots or literally trying men on grinder

Lol
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post 10000096077 03-21-2026, 12:17 PM
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brutal black pill
You can't fight fate
post 10000096087 03-21-2026, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking
I have 2 kids (replacement achieved), and I get matches every day, this doesn't apply to me.

The younger generation is fucked for reasons that go beyond internet dating
I'm old fat and bald and had sex twice yesterday with my single mom girlfriend

I don't get these zoomers having no sex drive
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post 10000096092 03-21-2026, 12:25 PM
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Don’t need cliffs crew , dating apps are for Chad . There was a video posted once where a Chad had over 2000 prime young sloots in his roster , whereas Timmie’s can barely get the scraps with STDs .
I also lost my sloot to Chad back in the early 90’s . She only had a body count of one and had that sweet innocent girl next door vibe going .
Unfortunately she invited me to one of her companies events one weekend , and once my sloots seen her butter face coworker had a Chad fiancé, it was over srs , got dumped right on the spot after 2 years of being together.
Never let your sloot get anywhere near Chad , or your tours over ded srs
Back with my Fam
post 10000096097 03-21-2026, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted By notbadnotbrad
Grindr growing ~30%/year, ~47% margins
Guys are so fed up with sloots that they're literally trying men, LOL.
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