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[phanke @paktrades]

@Venom_H4v3n @CloudsGalore @MGSolidusSnake @ichthys30 Of course, my perspective is shaped by being a man and by my personal safety on a first date being practically guaranteed. Women have higher risk. But I think planning a short date for a coffee/drink helped them feel safer.

[phanke @paktrades]

@Venom_H4v3n @CloudsGalore @MGSolidusSnake @ichthys30 All first dates I planned were for a coffee shop or bar with the idea of pivoting to something else like dinner or a walk in the park if things went well and we both wanted to spend more time together. This way, dates could be kept short and we were in public so it risk was low

[phanke @paktrades]

@NorthState15 @CloudsGalore @ichthys30 Chatted just enough to judge*

[phanke @paktrades]

@NorthState15 @CloudsGalore @ichthys30 I agree and that’s why I did the absolute minimum talking online to set up a date. I chatted just judge whether there was mutual interest and then set up the date. Save as much conversation for the first date as possible

[phanke @paktrades]

@CloudsGalore @MGSolidusSnake @ichthys30 It’s so much better to save the questions and conversation for an in-person meeting. You get so much more nuance and depth, can read body language, gauge chemistry, and cover more ground by talking in person.

[phanke @paktrades]

@CloudsGalore @MGSolidusSnake @ichthys30 Fwiw my strategy was not to get to know them on the app. Just to see enough to know there’s a baseline mutual attraction and interest in getting to know each other. Then, set up a date and do the talking there. I avoided having any real convo on the app

[phanke @paktrades]

It wasn’t catastrophic for my daughters, who only exist because I met their mother on a dating app

[Sulla @spqr_sulla]

This is catastrophic

[phanke @paktrades]

@Iheartbruscheta @ytsorfx @rhcm123 Yeah it’s steak and lobster.. come on lol

[phanke @paktrades]

@steve2Seattle @TaylorOgan @Kdenkss Not opulent or anything but I don’t see what makes them terrible compared to apartment buildings in, say, NYC. The apartment I owned in Queens was built in the 70s and while it was in a nice neighborhood and was a nice building, it was very plain. Just bricks… very simple

[phanke @paktrades]

@steve2Seattle @TaylorOgan @Kdenkss Small sample size, it’s from one neighborhood in Hangzhou. Buildings in the first pic are fairly new, the ones in the background of the second picture are not as new (I would guess 15 years old but not sure)

[phanke @paktrades]

@__TheBaron__ @inverseflorida I think there may have been some little kernel of truth that got wildly inflated and exaggerated

[phanke @paktrades]

@__TheBaron__ @inverseflorida I’m pretty sure this was always a manufactured rage bait story drummed up by conservative media and politicians. I don’t remember having any first-hand experience of “Merry Christmas” being controversial, but I do remember all the news stories about it. It made no sense to me

[phanke @paktrades]

@averygrrl @elonmusk I get shown stuff I don’t care about seeing, so I’ve just started muting accounts without hesitation. Also, the amount of engagement farming and bot/AI comments in replies to highly engaged tweets is just ridiculous. Twitter sucks now.

[phanke @paktrades]

@Holo_Rits @Ian_Gay_briel “Focus and alertness… supports healthy brain function” how is that not targeted at adhd

[phanke @paktrades]

@Holo_Rits @Ian_Gay_briel Obviously coded toward parents of adhd children

[phanke @paktrades]

@TractorLaw @marcelemoran @DavidWolfe Nah there are a few ways into the city that don’t have tolls. Queenboro Bridge for instance

[phanke @paktrades]

@Duderichy @DavidSartor0 Idk that sounds hard. How heavy is your friend?

[phanke @paktrades]

@barkbomb @conorsen

[phanke @paktrades]

@Yield_Guy @conorsen @fed_speak I seem to remember there was a little trouble with the economy when I graduated college in 2008… career prospects were bad enough that I just went back to school for three years to get into a more recession-proof field (healthcare)

[phanke @paktrades]

@ToPaliopaido @JayCartere @everymovieplug Because dudes rock