this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 27 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Why is anyone spending that much on a date? FFS, you can find plenty of great, cheap eats in NYC. You just gotta look. Husband and I routinely go into Boston to dine and have never broken 65 bucks for food.

[–] TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Husband

Well yeah, you're not it

Why do peacocks have such ridiculously inefficient feathers? Bird tail feathers can be as little as 1 inch long.

[–] Micromot@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If someone expects me to pay a massive amount of money on a first date, that woild be a dealbreaker for me. Why should I reinforce any traditional gender roles in a crumbling capitalistic society

[–] TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

Different people exist

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 hours ago

65 bucks I realize this is NYC but goddammit. This is like 3 peoples worth if food and drink here...

[–] BehavioralClam@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Fr, 200$?? like WTF?? For 200$ you can just find yourself a good expensive hooker and you save yourself the time and effor LOL But to be real, just maybe, dont go out with random golddiggers and basic girls. Personally, if its not a 50/50 or each one pays their stuff; its a red flag. And you can easily spot if its gonna be that or not from the tinder profile pic lol

[–] UniversalBasicJustice@quokk.au 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Damn bro stop telling on yourself

[–] BehavioralClam@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

For 200$ that would be my thought process lol. I'm not spending 30$+ on a random meeting with someone im not even sure i'll click with.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 6 points 4 hours ago

How about spending $30 to eat something good while meeting a new person? You talk as if dates were simple transactions where you pay for the possibility of having sex with someone. If that's dating for you than you're right, just go get a hooker.