The modern serendipity that is coming across your soulmate out of millions of profiles is more likely than you think: Two Stanford sociologists found that online dating is officially the most popular way for U.S.
It also doesn't help that we're now verging on a full two years of isolation and social distancing thanks to the pandemic.Īt any rate, dating apps are a helpful step to mitigate the pressure of meeting someone new, especially for introverts or people following social distancing rules.
And let's be real: As much as we all want a romance novel meet cute, they just don't happen that often. Even putting aside the fact that online dating technically fosters many more face-to-face interactions with people that you probably wouldn't have met otherwise, it seems safe to say that finding a genuine connection is more reliant on the person than the medium where you meet the person. Somehow, people still insist that online dating can't hold a candle to that raw connection you'll find in person.
Roast Tinder bios that say '6'1,' since that matters' all you want, but a good portion of us are goddamn thankful for online dating.