What sucks more than dating? Easy. Dating in the 21st century. It's a wonder how our parents ever managed to do it, but then again those were simpler times. Nowadays, we have to deal with all the regular problems of dating, in addition to having social media, dating apps, and arguably too many options. Talk about exhausting. Suddenly, swearing off dating and adopting a few cats doesn't sound so bad.
The woes of modern dating are so exhausting that countless new terms and lingo have been invented because of it. There's the classic "ghosting," or when someone just vanishes on another person for no reason. There's "benching," which is when a crush basically puts somebody on the back burner. There's "zombieing," which is when a former ghoster tries to poke his or her way back into someone's life.
This is just the tip of the iceberg that is romance these days — and it is tiring. We'd like to see Carrie Bradshaw try to navigate dating with Tinder.
Now we're not saying that everything about the Internet's powers are bad. We totally agree that the Internet has made it much easier for people to find others and stay connected. The Internet has also let people sum up modern dating with absolutely hilarious and downright accurate tweets, helping us feel a little less, for lack of a better word, alone. Here are 16 funny tweets that totally sum up dating in the 21st century.
Every Tinder date ever
We've all been there — probably too many times, TBH. Wow, they seemed so great on paper, I mean, my phone screen.
The no-sponse
I'd like to speak to whoever invented texting, aka the most non-committal form of communication ever.
The DM
Scratch that. I'd like to talk to whoever invented the Direct Message.
So flakey, is you'd think he's a bowl of cereal
*Hey, it was really great never meeting you, let's not do this again sometime.*
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Virtual reality dating
Technically, you don't even have to leave your bed to both start and end a relationship, so that's kind of a time-saver I guess?
Let's go out, but first ...
Somehow the Internet has allowed for some serious pre-date vetting, and I'm not so sure that's a good thing. What happened to good old-fashioned meeting in person and organically discovering that you have absolutely nothing in common?
The terrible opening message
I'd just like to know the success rate for these horrible messages.
The dating app contact list
Please tell me my phone is not the only one that looks like this.
The cell phone plague
These days, a date pretty much consists of being on your own phone while just being in each other's presence.
Apps for days
I mean, what else are you going to do to pass the time? Have a real-life conversation? Nah.
Does anyone speak meme?
Like, are we supposed to reply with a GIF or…?
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Keeping it casual
Always playing it cool, or at least, you know, trying and failing miserably.
The accidental super-like
Dang thumbs.
Grammar is a turn-on
A little punctuation goes a long way, folks, especially when your first impression is literally a Tinder bio and message.
The good ole meet-cute
Oh wait, people don't talk IRL anymore? That's chill, I'll just die alone.
The fish-wielding Tinder pic
Who okayed this trend? When did men think catching a fish was the most attractive quality on the planet?
