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In my mind this is an example of solving a problem that does not exist. Why just not simply say "we watching 2 movies a week, once you choose and I'll choose ne

In my mind this is an example of solving a problem that does not exist. Why just not simply say "we watching 2 movies a week, once you choose and I'll choose next, and so on..."? p.s. Credits and kudos for learning new things !

vuciv1 5y ago
I hear you. It is not a huge deal in my life, just a minor inconvenience I used as an opportunity to learn
- NiceWayToDoIT 5y ago
  Although on the second thought, maybe you could expand it make it as match making dating up, that matches people beside interests ... I do not know is there already something similar.
  - jimmaswell 5y ago
    Nobody would use it, all one side cares about in dating anymore is muscles and height. People have done experiments making fake male profiles with as abhorrent as possible of descriptions but with attractive pictures and they still get messages from girls, meanwhile average guy with interesting hobbies and a good career/future will get nothing as I found out in college.
    - monsieurbanana 5y ago
      > meanwhile average guy with interesting hobbies and a good career/future will get nothing as I found out in college You're missing out on life if you decide to stop trying because of your college experience.
Dylan16807 5y ago
If the risk is that I'm going to strongly dislike a quarter of the movies we watch, I'd rather spend a couple minutes negotiating or swiping.
- NiceWayToDoIT 5y ago
  Question is would you spend 2 hours (equal time to watch a movie) swiping for match, or take a chance on a movie she may like? On the other hand is there a part of tolerance where you embrace that your partner is not same as you, and that from time to time it would be nice to learn few things about her/him? In article number of 500,000 movies has been mentioned, and if you use 3 sec of swiping that is really lot of seconds, and I do not think 3sec is enough to decide on some movies. But even with 3 sec that is 416 days of 1 hour swiping, or 208 weeks if you use only 2 movies a week (2hr). So, 4 years per person would take someone through the set, but what if you find out that you do not have any matching movies? Personally I would rather watch 206 (2hrs) movies I do not like knowing a bit better person I love.
  - Dylan16807 5y ago
    I think you're making some very unwarranted assumptions about how long this app takes to use. > On the other hand is there a part of tolerance where you embrace that your partner is not same as you, and that from time to time it would be nice to learn few things about her/him? Yeah, sometimes. But if you actually want to accomplish that with any regularity, and not waste a ton of time on movies that one person has to tolerate and the other person only picked on a whim, you need to discuss the movie choices. Simply alternating is still a bad plan.

vuciv1 5y ago

I hear you. It is not a huge deal in my life, just a minor inconvenience I used as an opportunity to learn

NiceWayToDoIT 5y ago
Although on the second thought, maybe you could expand it make it as match making dating up, that matches people beside interests ... I do not know is there already something similar.
- jimmaswell 5y ago
  Nobody would use it, all one side cares about in dating anymore is muscles and height. People have done experiments making fake male profiles with as abhorrent as possible of descriptions but with attractive pictures and they still get messages from girls, meanwhile average guy with interesting hobbies and a good career/future will get nothing as I found out in college.
  - monsieurbanana 5y ago
    > meanwhile average guy with interesting hobbies and a good career/future will get nothing as I found out in college You're missing out on life if you decide to stop trying because of your college experience.

Dylan16807 5y ago

If the risk is that I'm going to strongly dislike a quarter of the movies we watch, I'd rather spend a couple minutes negotiating or swiping.

NiceWayToDoIT 5y ago
Question is would you spend 2 hours (equal time to watch a movie) swiping for match, or take a chance on a movie she may like? On the other hand is there a part of tolerance where you embrace that your partner is not same as you, and that from time to time it would be nice to learn few things about her/him? In article number of 500,000 movies has been mentioned, and if you use 3 sec of swiping that is really lot of seconds, and I do not think 3sec is enough to decide on some movies. But even with 3 sec that is 416 days of 1 hour swiping, or 208 weeks if you use only 2 movies a week (2hr). So, 4 years per person would take someone through the set, but what if you find out that you do not have any matching movies? Personally I would rather watch 206 (2hrs) movies I do not like knowing a bit better person I love.
- Dylan16807 5y ago
  I think you're making some very unwarranted assumptions about how long this app takes to use. > On the other hand is there a part of tolerance where you embrace that your partner is not same as you, and that from time to time it would be nice to learn few things about her/him? Yeah, sometimes. But if you actually want to accomplish that with any regularity, and not waste a ton of time on movies that one person has to tolerate and the other person only picked on a whim, you need to discuss the movie choices. Simply alternating is still a bad plan.