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Teachings of Tinder

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I've been a bachelor for most of my life.  Mostly by choice, sometimes not.  I have bore witness to every sort of tech attempt to capture dating, relationships, and sex for nearly two decades, from chat rooms, AIM, MySpace messaging, Craigslist, Hot or Not, dating sites, Facebook stalking, to now the advent of Tinder. Tinder is amazing.  Now granted, Tinder is sort of the hetero version of Grinder and Grinder came first. When I first heard of what Grinder was and how it worked, I asked what I assume all my hetero brethren also asked:  "Where is OUR app for something like this!?"  An app that allows you to pinpoint your location and see people who are essentially DTF nearby?  What single person wouldn't want that? Hookup culture has evolved.  Slut shaming still happens to our fairer sex (unfairly) but girls who like to hook up and are somewhat open about it at least aren't stoned to death anymore.  Also, the "myth" that girls do not care for no-stri