I gotta say it. Tinder is bloody great fun. I can be as judgemental as I want, and no one can judge my judgementalism. And boy, am I judgemental! My trigger finger is faster than a trained secret service killer. My pointer finger swipes left before my brain catches up. It can spot a douche in a quarter of a second. It’s Tinstinct.
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, Tinder is a new dating app that is taking the world by storm. Created in California, it has only existed for 18 months but it gets 850 million profile ratings worldwide every single (no pun intended) day. More than five per cent of Aussies are logged on and it’s population is growing by one per cent every day. Staggering.
As a single, it’s comforting to swipe through a bajillion other singles in your city – good to know you’ve got options out there if you just lower your standards a little bit (though not everyone on Tinder is single… some guys openly advertise they are looking for a mistress while using a fake name and no photos. You guys should be swiped left, and then castrated). It’s also funny/concerning to come across people you know, some of whom you have already dated.
This is how it works: a profile picture comes up on the screen. You can view a few more pics if they have them, as well as a few words of wit or wisdom (or neither, in many cases). Then the fun begins. Swipe your finger LEFT to say NO. Swipe your finger RIGHT to say YES. If you both say yes, Tinder will let you know that you have a ‘match’ and you are able to converse through the app, and swap more contact details if they are tickling your fancy (and in my experience, about a quarter of the guys are there only to get their fancies tickled, if you know what I mean*…. The rest are genuinely looking for their ‘Tinderella’).
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Except for the offering sex part, girls make the same mistakes... duck-face selfies, pictures with random people, and so on... Aussie girls annoy me as almost all of them have pictures at a wedding and a picture wearing a stupid fascinator hat...
I love love love this!!! Pretty much my exact Tinder rules :D