Let’s be honest. If I was alive back then, I would have been married off in exchange for a plow, 3 pigs, and 12 sacks of potatoes, if I was lucky.
Hmm 3goats take it or leave it
I’m sorry, I don’t know what to say. Literally, I don’t have any say in the matter.
Hey, don’t sell yourself short. You’re worth at least twice that many sacks of potatoes.
There’s a new tactic folks are using to get back to the old school way where you meet potential partners in person:
They stop using dating apps. Taadaaaaaaa!
they’re called nightclubs now 😌
I had tickets to a fancy gala to support one of the museums and I forgot to go, so I don’t see that happening for me.
They were there, waiting for you!
Probably, but due to my complete inability to remember anything that’s not in my phone calendar, we’ll never meet. Traffic.
You might want to check if they’re still there…
It’s funny, I got into my current relationship around the time the apps started coming out so I’ve never really used them, but I remember people were praising it as a lot safer for everyone involved.
And tbh I can see that being the case compared to the older school approach of nightclubs being majority populated with people actively trying to find someone to sleep with
I feel like dating apps are a lot more predatory than they were when they were first introduced. I mean predatory towards the users. Enshittified, if you will.
How? You get pictures and words from people you might like to date, same as it ever was. You can pay for bells and whistles, if you’re an idiot.
Bots, catfishing, paid actors… When I attended university a while back, dating sites and their proxies unabashedly published printed ads on the blackboard for “chatting up people online.” A good opportunity for students to make some money on the side as you can chose your hours quite freely. You’d never get to meet the people you chat with, of course, as that was never the intention.
The companies that operate them are incentivized to keep people lonely to increase your usage for a chance you spend a little money eventually out of frustration or desperation.
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Downside: Ticket fees and potentially clothes shopping.
I’m looking at attending one next month, proceeds are going to local LGBT youth programs, but goddamn. Minimum $35 to get in, $50 if you want VIP, and looking through my wardrobe, I have nothing to wear that qualifies for a black tie event. I’m currently maxing out at “high-middle class restaurant” attire.
I’m currently maxing out at “high-middle class restaurant” attire.
New-ish jeans/khakis and a collared shirt are the best anyone’s getting out of me. I last wore a suit in 2011, to a job interview. I’m done with the wardrobe games.
You’re the guy I always low-key feel sorry for at formal events and other dress ups.
“Poor feller looks so out of place. Must not have had a father to teach him how to dress. Maybe he thinks it’s expensive? I could outfit him for $100 and he’d look like a million bucks.”
If you wish your fashion to express, “don’t give two fucks”, you do you. I actually enjoy looking nice. (That was a Halloween party, couldn’t think of anything to go as but Tony Stark.)
Still, better than the guy who’s obviously uncomfortable in his ill-fitting, never worn suit. I feel for them as well.
You’re the guy I don’t give two fucks about.
You look like someone waitresses only tolerate because they expect to be tipped big.
You’re assuming they actually go to events where wearing a suit is expected, which for many is exceptionally rare.
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A lot of us younger people just don’t give a fuck. My last suit hasn’t fit me in nearly 10 years and I still haven’t bought a new one. If I want to look fancy, I’ll put on jeans instead of my usual shorts. My comfort matters more to me than your or nearly anyone else’s respect. One day years from now, I’ll have to go to my daughter’s graduation. For that event I’ll have a suit on, probably tailor-made. Until then, I doubt I’m going to be wearing one.
I can’t say you look all that nice in the photo either. But that’s none of my business and you shouldn’t care about my opinion anyway.
Every man should own a tux. I got 2 off Amazon for $100ea. or less. Dress shoes were $35, white shirts are a couple of bucks at the thrift. Second-hand ties might as well be free.
I haven’t owned a tux in 20 years, and haven’t been a man for 3.
In fairness, maybe they didn’t want to assume your gender based on ambiguous signs like the (she/her) in your display name.
This is not strictly true. In many places, even in rural areas, there are still dancing events. They are not galas, they’re an analogue for peasants, but everyone’s invited if they care to look for the events, just like it always was. I’m sorry to those who don’t have this possibility in their respective area.
Are those events usually advertised on Craig’s list and have the password “Orgy”?
Look up “contra dancing” in your area
Bro wtf this is awesome
Swing dance, blues dance, etc. They all have awesome clubs in downtown areas, often with live bands.
When my dad was stationed in South Carolina the town we lived in for a while had one of these. Shout out to Lugoff-Elgin, Home of the Catfish Stomp.
My favorite gala was the one in Dishonored where I could kill people and they rolled with it.
I used to go to formal events pretty often, while living in a trailer park. You don’t have to be rich.
Was working downtown and had a couple of hundred regular customers in construction related fields. Always got wind of something going on and I’ll take any excuse to strap on a tux.
Around here there are Halloween, Mardi Gras, Christmas, etc. events going on fall to spring. Summer? Hell no, get inside or get underwater.
You had connections, that’s not the norm…
They sure still exist here in France, they are called “ralleys” and yeah, you’re not invited (must be of a “good old family” or invited by one of them, they do that sometimes so the blood does not get too thick).
Sort of horror show if you ask me.
Hey, that’s what I think when I walk past a local party for all the people that suck the dicks of the local political party.
I was invited to something like a gala in grad school. I have not felt so alone and ugly since middle school. I’m not ugly, I just felt that way there.
This is correct, my company hosts a Gayla every year and I’m not invited to that either. It’s for donors and essential folks only
Do they spell it like that?
… the met gala
I want this, but men dress up in their favorite version of “formal”. Classic black tux? Yes. A 19th century get-up complete with cravat? Absolutely. A tee with a tux printed on it & black jeans? Sure. Medieval finery? Bring it.
I want to see them trying to attract partners like they’re peacocks. I’d be curious to see who/what draws a crowd!
Women should do the same. I’d love to attend something like that!
You’re gonna need a mop with a fit like that.
You’ll just be swarmed by other men, asking about your setup. But maybe that’s what you’re into!
(also blue jeans are not allowed at this event unless they are a part of the Canadian Tuxedo)
This exists at colleges and senior centers, surely we can get something in between…
