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Perhaps the concept of outsourcing the vetting of potential mates' physical characteristics strikes folks as disturbing.

• scottmcf 7y ago
  Dating apps are creepy enough as they are.
• Cthulhu_ 7y ago
  And yet it's been pretty common for a long time and still is in a lot of cultures - mostly for traits like income/wealth and family though. Matchmaking and forced marriages are still very much a thing.
• lotsofpulp 7y ago
  I think what is disturbing is people’s propensity to lie about something so objectively false. As far as I know, vetting potential mates’ physical characteristics has happened for thousands of years, whenever families/friends/coworkers propose a match. I might even think this is a superior system as people are bad at perceiving their own price in the mating market, and an outside appraisal is frequently more accurate.
• fortran77 7y ago
  Really!? You don't care if your potential mate is male or female, young or old?