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I'm not sure where you're from, but dating as a concept is a very widely spread phenomenon and it isn't some kind of an Americanism.
by Etheryte 4y ago
I'm not sure where you're from, but dating as a concept is a very widely spread phenomenon and it isn't some kind of an Americanism.
- refulgentis 4y agoI'm Muslim, I know where OP is coming from, but...the HN thread where people vigorously debated whether the idea of interacting with people they might eventually have romantic interest in is "American" is a top 10 HN moment for me, and I've been here 14 years.
- pessimizer 4y agoI'm interacting with you now. Are we on a date? Dating is a ritual interaction, it's not just term for any interaction. A tell that it is new is that the name is meaningless; it's just a term for an appointment that got wrapped up in a bunch of connotations that became denotations. Also see "go out" or "go with."
- refulgentis 4y agoNo, a comment reply isn't a date: i.e. not a interaction that signals you have continued proactive interest in me Ask me to some in person interaction and it becomes ambiguous. Alternatively, replying to me often and making flattering comments.
- robert_foss 4y agoAs a Swede who lived in NA, it definitely seemed like an Americanism.
- prvit 4y agoYep, Nordic countries you skip the “dates” and go straight to casual sex, if that works out well enough you might go out for dinner together.