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  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
    86·
    1 month ago

    Had to read the article to find out if the headline was describing a good trend or a bad trend. I’m so old 👴

      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
        41·
        1 month ago

        Good trend.

        Why it matters: The consequences are steeper for those supporting former President Trump.

        By the numbers: 43% of people between the ages of 18 and 34 say they’d have a more negative view of a date if told they voted for Trump, according to a new Generation Lab poll.

        17% say they’d have a more positive view, and 40% say the information would make no difference.

      • GiddyGap@lemm.eeOP
        71·
        1 month ago

        What happens when you attempt to read the article? It’s an Axios article. Free with no paywall.

        • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
          4·
          1 month ago

          Not OP, but for me a window popped up and asked for my email, without any button or other option to opt out/make it go away. I got around it by using “Reader” Mode.

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
        7·
        1 month ago

        Left and right are a de facto standard in dating apps. It’s a terrible UI but they all do it now.

        • Trailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          2·
          1 month ago

          The thing that trips me up, as a dinosaur, is whether “swipe left” refers to the direction your hand moves or the direction that the viewport is traveling. If I scroll by moving my finger to the left, now I’m looking at stuff that was previously on my right.

      • stringere@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 month ago

        And why are they stealing it? I don’t even know where to start planning a caper involving left theft. Guess I could start from the right…

  • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
    532·
    1 month ago

    I think it’s brilliant that people publicise their political affiliations - it’s like a big red flag to either avoid certain topics… or just avoid them altogether.

    It’s like Social Interaction for Dummies.

    • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 month ago

      Last time I was on the dating market some of these people popped up on the dating app. Holy hell and it were always the maniacs that had to make their dumbassery public.

      My favourite was that young lady who was extremely anti vax and tried to make it a “my body my choice” kind of thing. Everything read like she died on that hill a couple of times already.

    • Kalkaline @leminal.space
      13·
      1 month ago

      It’s not a difficult thing to sniff out. You just have to mention something innocuous like toilet paper and suddenly you’ll know more or less which side of center that person is on.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      11·
      1 month ago

      I never swiped right on a lady firing a gun. Or taking a picture in the mirror of a public bathroom. Not the same thing. I just remembered the second one as I mentioned the first.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 month ago

    I was dating hot and heavy in 2020-2023, on several dating sites. Women either said they weren’t political or not interested. That’s a big, fat flag, “If you’re Republican, STFU about it.” Others simply stated that MAGA need not apply.

    I was talking to a potential date (who turned out great!) and joked that I was something of a redneck.

    “Uh… exactly how redneck?”

    “I loathe Trump if that’s what you’re asking.”

    “OK. Whew. Thanks, just had to check.”

    And this was in NW Florida, about as conservative an area as it gets. There were very few women openly looking for conservative men, and I only remember a single MAGA nut.

    Related note; I can’t tell you how many women I met, including my wife, who said they would go on a date and the man would start going off about Trump bullshit. Imagine that. On a first date.

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
    29·
    1 month ago

    Having experienced an awful divorce from someone not even a Trump voter -

    A Trump voter is a good indication that they aren’t very intelligent people, and you’re gonna have a bad time.

  • bcgm3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    Alternative headline: “This Just In: The Youth Swipe (and Skew Politically) Left, But Will They Pokemon-Go To The Polls?”

    According to the study in the article, maybe not? While 43% of those surveyed would feel negatively if their potential hookup was voting Trump, 40% wouldn’t care; and 65% don’t even give a shit if their next date plans to sit out the next election.