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> Dating apps commodify meeting people. Romantic relationship are commodified and transactional in nature. Brideprices and dowries preceded the dating app by m
by Dracophoenix 2y ago
> Dating apps commodify meeting people.
Romantic relationship are commodified and transactional in nature. Brideprices and dowries preceded the dating app by millennia. In China, it's not uncommon to see literal marriage markets where parents sell their child's resumes to other parents as though their children were cars or cattle.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoI don't engage with people that way and I would encourage others not to either. It debases the human experience. To describe the world as such says more about one's perspective than the world as it is.