This game of hell that never ends:

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This game of hell that never ends.

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Online dating.

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Letting your thumb decide your future partner based on a few pictures and lines.

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It’s become so easy.

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People have been reduced to swipes on a phone.

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Once you’re in it, it becomes a game.

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A never ending game hoping you can get out of and find the right person.

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But it’s tiring.

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It’s frustrating.

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It’s not fun.

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Yet these days, you almost have to go through it.

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Unless you find your significant other when you’re younger in school and university, it becomes harder to meet people.

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It becomes based on your ability to text.

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Many people have great text personalities and are duds in person.

Others are such interesting people and text like plebs.

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This is the difficult thing I’ve had to learn.

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As a guy, you are competing with tons of dudes so you have to add something different.

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You have to add some personality.

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Worse comes to worst, just ask questions.

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Look at their profile and ask them about something in it.

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Most girls still won’t respond, but some will.

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Even then, it’s so easy to drop it - to just leave someone on read.

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Ghosting has become common because it’s so easy.

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It’s so easy to just turn it off and leave someone.

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What’s the solution?

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How are we going to get people who are more compatible to meet each other?

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This online dating thing doesn’t feel like it’s the answer.

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I like what the app ‘Thursday’ is doing.

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Building real events with just single people.

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We need to find people who like doing things we like.

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This is what many dating advisors recommend but I do agree with it.

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Figure out what you like, do those things and you’ll find people that like the same.

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Focus on you rather than what other people think of you.

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Go all into your weird hobbies and interests.

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Don’t pretend to be something you’re not.

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We all do with social media but add your personality.

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Be authentically you, not the fake you you’re trying to show the world.

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You’ll repel most people but in doing that, you’ll find your people.

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You’ll find your one.

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Or at least that’s what I’m telling myself.

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I just wanna get out of this game of hell that never ends - online dating.

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