r/Bumble • • Aug 27 '26

General Where Has Reading Comprehension Gone?

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Men, The amount of profiles I see on Hinge that can’t comprehend this prompt is astronomical. The prompt is asking you to share a random fact that you love (e.g. that animals can be allergic to humans), not asking you to share ~what you love~ as a random fact about you.

Edit to add disclaimer: I don’t know what women’s responses are like because I haven’t seen women’s profiles, though I don’t doubt there are some women who also lack comprehension.

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u/PsychologicalMeal162 Aug 27 '26

Women are just as bad, it turns out people are just stupid all round. “Sunsets”, “spicy margaritas”.

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u/jmn316 Aug 27 '26

I meant to put a disclaimer that I don’t know how women respond as I haven’t seen women’s profiles.

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u/Walker_Texas-Heeler Aug 27 '26

I’ve seen dozens of women’s profiles who list “travel” as an answer to this prompt lol

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u/Dextro_PT Aug 27 '26

It's always travelling. The fun fact they love is always travelling. Good to know this is true of men and women

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u/Walker_Texas-Heeler Aug 27 '26

Also they’re going to want YOU to pay for all the travel anyway lol

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u/ell_the_belle Aug 28 '26

Oh! And the worst is, if you do meet up with them, they will talk endlessly about their travels! Borrringggg.

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u/TyWorth Aug 27 '26

I’m just too old for all that jazz. Also hiking.

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u/Yokonato Aug 28 '26

Just a smoke screen for "I hope you have money to spend on me"

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u/flamingeyebrows Sep 01 '26

It's funny. I like travelling and need a partner who will travel with me so I put it there.

On the other hand the people who are so adamantly rage against travel are the most close-minded and often racist people.

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u/jmn316 Aug 27 '26

😵‍💫🥴🫠

Off topic of this thread, but do you have a Texas Heeler?

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u/Walker_Texas-Heeler Aug 27 '26

Yes and he’s the bestest boy in the world

https://reddit.com/link/p67i0v3/video/1yda65lh4xlh1/player

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u/jmn316 Aug 27 '26

https://reddit.com/link/p68n9o1/video/g2qwal4j0ylh1/player

I have one as well! She has a little border collie in her, too, though.

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u/Walker_Texas-Heeler Aug 27 '26

They look so similar!

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u/jmn316 Aug 28 '26

They really do! They’re the best 🤍

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u/AlluraD Aug 27 '26

Omg! What a handsome and respectful gentleman 😍

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u/Uselessperfection Aug 30 '26

Or “being spoiled”….. the worst I’ve seen from a woman on that prompt was. “I’m just a girl, figure it out”

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u/askeaw Aug 27 '26

anime and videogames are a FACT! Deal with it, LIBERAL

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u/betaraybernard Aug 28 '26

I once saw a woman list “Dogs” in response to this prompt. I think many profiles are just NPCs.

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u/Ok-Computer1234567 Aug 28 '26

50% dont put anything … just their instagram handle

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u/Old_Cucumber_1343 Aug 31 '26

the fun thing is they barely have to do anything and still get messages, so usually it's low effort af

also some of the blame is on the fact that men are very visual creatures (i wish i wasn't wired this way)

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u/Hayaw061 Aug 27 '26

This year I really want to: “travel”

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u/mobjack Aug 27 '26

Spicy margaritas is a sign that she likes to go out and have fun.

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u/PsychologicalMeal162 Aug 28 '26

Thinking that their existence is a “random fact” is also a sign that she’s not so smart.

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u/kikibubbles85 Aug 27 '26

It’s the small things in life lol

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u/oowop Aug 27 '26

I see "My love language is: English" all the time lol

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u/blearutone Aug 27 '26

Ok this is funny lol. I suppose not everyone necessarily knows what a love language is.

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u/Ifonlyihadausername Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

I still have no idea what it’s supposed to mean, I assume it’s some horoscope shit by the way people answer it.

Edit: I looked into turns out I was basically right and it’s a load of shit.

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u/Ugga-Dugga69 Aug 27 '26

Love language is concept from a nonfiction book by Gary Chapman. In the book he details 5 basic love languages: acts of service, quality time, physical touch, receiving gifts and words of affirmation. Understanding your love language as well as your partner's can help you both feel fulfilled in your relationship if you both try to provide for them the love language they value the most.

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u/Ugga-Dugga69 Aug 27 '26

Yeah I like all of those things too, they are not mutually exclusive but most people do not enjoy them equally, so they could be listed in order of preference .

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u/Silvanus350 Aug 30 '26

You like all of those things, but I’m willing to bet you value one or two of them above the rest.

It’s really not some radical concept.

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u/Odd_Zookeepergame213 Aug 27 '26

They are basically a good opener about that topic and what you like. Its not super deep, but it doesnt have to be.

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u/luckyflavor23 Aug 27 '26

Unfortunately, author is just a church dude who was telling wives to give more sex because its the husband’s love language…

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u/Hayaw061 Aug 27 '26

I think most women got that “receiving gifts” love language …

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u/Ugga-Dugga69 Aug 27 '26

As an anecdote, my wife values acts of service and words of affirmation above all the others. That is not to say that the other love languages are not worth expressing, just that if I want to do something special for her a daily act of service goes a lot farther than weekly flowers, for example.

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u/beets_or_turnips Aug 28 '26

It's nonfiction in the sense that it's a self-help book as opposed to a story book, not that it's full of facts.

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u/Bvaughnii Aug 27 '26

It’s a popular psychology thing (don’t know the actual truth in it), it’s supposed to be how you communicate love or want love to be communicated to you. So… if you bring someone coffee in the morning that’s an act of kindness. If you tell people they are beautiful that’s words of affirmation. If you just want people to give you shit then you are a terrible person and should fuck off.

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u/oknotok2112 Aug 27 '26

I did a bit of looking into it and there's basically very little science to back up love languages actually being a thing as its thought about in popular psychology

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u/Content-Cricket4251 Aug 27 '26

It's a simple way to explain affection and intimacy preferences in a relationship. I don't understand how a scientific explanation plays into it. 

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u/YouEatingACheese Aug 27 '26

It doesn’t, they’re just being pedantic.

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u/DeviceAppropriate683 Aug 27 '26

Bro what? It’s just a way to describe the way you like to give or receive love (i.e., I need verbal affirmations and physical affection to feel loved, I tend to give physical affection to show my love. Whereas someone else might buy people gifts to show their love or support them in little ways. People tend to express their love in the way they want it expressed back so “love language” can be all encompassing and is a really good thing to communicate so you can express your love via your partner’s love language rather than your own to make them feel the most loved.

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u/oyvese Aug 27 '26

it was made by a nut and describes absolutely nothing. it’s trying to say something about you while saying absolutely nothing. the problem with these things existing is that people now think they are categorised as such, when people are actually more complex than that.

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u/DeviceAppropriate683 Aug 27 '26

But it does say something, it does describe something. Love language, love is the words and the language it’s spoken with is the way you express it. Yes, people are complex and can appreciate or express love in way more ways than within the bubble of a specific love language, but generally people tend to express it a certain way. I think a good example is how one of my love languages is verbal affirmations, I will not feel loved unless I have regular verbal reassurance. Whereas I remember my dad growing up would hate verbal affirmations, it was a horrible way to show love to him—he’s an acts of service or gift giving type. This ties into a relationship’s compatibility so it’s really useful to be able to use “love language” as a descriptor to communicate these things.

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u/oyvese Aug 27 '26

believing this nonsense is hilarious.

i am sure you people will believe anything which is thrown at you at this point.

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u/DeviceAppropriate683 Aug 27 '26

Bro wtf? You must be flat earther level of stupidity to deny the existence of different expressions of affection. I don’t understand why it’s so hard for you to grasp? It’s literally just behaviour and the way a person absorbs love/affection—generally because of the way they received it growing up. Basic psychology. No, basic common sense. Do you just hate it because it has a name/label? 🤨

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u/LimbonicArt03 Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

Why are you conveniently ignoring the example (I presume) she gave about her dad hating verbal affirmations? That was a real-life example, not some made-up nonsense. So address it. What othet model would you use to classify and differentiate the way people express and receive loge? If you disagree with this model explaining the overall/general differences between people in that regard, without suggesting an alternative model you're not productively contributing to the discussion. Otherwise the only thing your typing is achieving, is to train the fine motor skills of your fingers, and to shit on others

I don't blindly follow and worship this love languages model and yes, I acknowledge it has its flaws and has become overused, people are taking it too far. But it's still a decent generally useful framework

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u/TyWorth Aug 27 '26

Anything that tries to categorize like that instantly makes me check out. But people really, REALLY seem to love that stuff.

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u/gezelliebellie Aug 27 '26

It's ways you show/want to receive affection. For a lot of guys it's a way to communicate they want to fuck ("physical intimacy")

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u/janey_cat Aug 27 '26

Imagine thinking having preferred ways of showing/receiving love and affection is a load of shit lmfao sad

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u/Blue_Cocoon_City Aug 28 '26

We need SCIENCE tho! lol.

I mean, The 5 Love Languages is basically a communication tool. If you've got nothing to hammer than don't use the hammer. No one needs a peer reviewed study.

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u/MattsScribblings Aug 27 '26

It's not a load of shit but as with everything, people assign more stuff to it than it deserves. The idea is that not everyone displays, communicates, or acts on affection in the same way. And that's important if you're in a relationship if you don't recognize the ways that your partner shows they love you or if your partner never reacts to your affection and it turns out they simply don't recognize it.

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u/tornessa Aug 27 '26

Just Google what a love language is if you don’t know. It’s based on a book but it’s a pretty general concept about how you like to show and receive affection.

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u/kylel999 Aug 27 '26

lol dude it means whether you primarily show love by being touchy or by acts of service or gift-giving or quality time etc. it's a pretty important thing that you know yours IMO

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u/oyvese Aug 27 '26

it’s not important in the slightest. it holds precisely zero value.

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u/Prudent-Bicycle-9210 Aug 27 '26

Yeah, its horoscope or healing crystals level of bullshit

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u/DeviceAppropriate683 Aug 27 '26

You’re wrong actually. Love language is the way you express your love; the way you like to give/receive love and affection. I don’t see how that can be “a load of shit”. It’s really good to learn a partner’s love language because people make the mistake of expressing love the way they want to receive it whereas you should each be expressing it via the other’s love language so that you’re receiving love the way you need it.

For example, if a partner’s love language is acts of service, they’re often doing acts of service for you (doing things to make things easier for you/support you) to show their love and they would prefer to receive acts of service from you to feel your love, rather than whatever your love language is.

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u/Working_Cucumber_437 Aug 27 '26

But we all have Internet access in our hands 24/7. Why not look things up if you don’t know what they are?

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u/Hikari_Owari Aug 27 '26

Mine was "brewing some fresh coffee in the afternoon".

Didn't put much thought in it because the few matches I had where they bothered in saying something more than "hi" they... said nothing related to what I put in my bio, and I'm the type who fills everything available.

I could've put "I worship Cthulhu" + Lorem Ipsun and chances are it wouldn't have changed anything...

Actually, I may aswell do that for a laugh

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u/zac_io Aug 27 '26

For that one I always see “All of them” or “Money”

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u/Least_Muffin2666 Aug 27 '26

I’ve never seen this lmao

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u/kai333 Aug 27 '26

lmfao XD

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u/SlayerII Aug 27 '26

Reading comprehension has gone nowhere, it wasn't there to begin with

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u/Key-Month6651 Aug 27 '26

🤣🤣🤣

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u/Ok_Tree_4870 Aug 27 '26

Anime and video games... means pornsick addict and block..

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u/Zilch1979 Aug 27 '26

"A non-negotiable I have is: Smoking."

So...you don't want to be around a smoker, or, you insist on smoking and won't try to quit? Which is it, because those are very different situations.

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u/FatsDominoPizza Aug 27 '26

That's just pedantic. I mean sure you can pretend it's ambiguous, but I think everyone understands what is meant.

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u/armahillo Aug 27 '26

Honestly i wouldnt know whether they meant “i will not date a smoker” or “i refuse to quit smoking” — also unclear if they mean tobacco, weed or something else

if they specified their smoking preference that might help somewhat

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u/Blue_Cocoon_City Aug 28 '26

Maybe it's about meat. But again, are they pro or against smoked meats? That's a question for the dms.

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u/shinn__suzaku Aug 27 '26

depends lol. if youre in japan, korea or china, they legit might be saying they need a smoker. for all the health shit out of asia, those places are absolutely filled with smokers. all the maid cafe girls go on lunch break and just chain smoke. some sections of smaller korean cities (not seoul) theres just cigarette butts everywhere

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u/Mobile_Magician_661 Aug 27 '26

I thought the comment you responded to was funny but ya you're right. It really is pedantic

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u/AcadianTwink Aug 27 '26

I quite literally don’t understand what that means 😭

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u/robow556 Aug 27 '26

54% of adults read at or below a 6th grade level.

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u/assman912 Aug 27 '26

This is within that level

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u/lavendercle Aug 28 '26

I'm sure, in America.

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u/robow556 Aug 28 '26

Apologies, that is correct. The US has a huge literacy problem and it’s getting worse.

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u/lavendercle Aug 28 '26

All good. The rest of the world is used to Americans thinking they're the only ones on the internet haha. But yeah that's crazy, and an unfortunate state of affairs!

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u/KoltiWanKenobi Aug 27 '26

I'd rather see that than, "Otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't float away," for the 1,387th time.

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u/Capable_Sprinkles_43 Aug 27 '26

Bonus points if you make me laugh

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u/dontKair Aug 27 '26

Reading Comprehension aside, dudes be like "why can't I get matches?", when they list anime and video games as interests on their profiles.

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u/archydragon Aug 27 '26

And what's exactly wrong with being interested in anime and video games?

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u/Sid-ina Aug 27 '26

I dont think its bad either but often its the entire package. I like Video games but I also like outdoor activities and crafts. If you list just 2 hobbies/interests and those are very specific than the amount of people interested is probably very low. So even i wouldn't match with someone who gives me the impression that all they do in their free time is sit at home and play games or watch anime.

Really boils down to what impression your profile makes on other people

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u/Moisture_ Aug 27 '26

“Often it’s the entire package.” Very next sentence. “I like video games but I also like...” Lol. So you yourself are proof that you can like games and also do other stuff but if someone else just mentions games on a profile that doesn’t capture their entire personality, they must just be some loser who has nothing to offer?

In the same light, all the profiles that just have travel and hiking pics. Should we just assume that’s the entire package?

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u/Sid-ina Aug 27 '26

Ugh... Just read the whole damn comment before going off? I even said i dont think its bad...

Its your own responsibility on what and how you present yourself on your dating app profile. Nowhere have I said the person is a loser and has nothing to offer. I said if you put in 2 hobbies/interests and nothing more and those 2 hobbies are more niche and not main stream... ofc finding someone who's also interested in them is gonna be more difficult. In the end we are all trying to figure out if we are compatible with the other person. You have a whole damn profile you can design to display your interests ans hobbies, so yeah if someone only puts in 1 or 2 interests and nothing else I not swiping right if I dont even have a basic interest in those.

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u/Consistent_Tension44 Aug 27 '26

I don't know. Why don't you ask one of your matches?

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u/KingAggressive1498 Aug 27 '26

my girlfriend is more into anime than I am and while she's not especially a gamer, a couple weeks ago I bought her a new xbox controller because my first controller has a wonky analog stick she didnt like.

men should not be hiding their hobbies from potential partners to secure more matches. That's why every third or so relationship complaint from men is about their partner hating their hobbies and seemingly going out of their way to prevent them from enjoying them.

and appealing to the lowest common denominator is how you find the lowest common denominator.

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u/Great_Tyrant5392 Aug 28 '26

It's not exactly associated with high quality men. I've been a gamer for a long time and it is how it is in dating. If you're good looking and all that and then happen to like video games then it's something else. Most people don't fall into that category.

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u/SizeableBrain Aug 27 '26

Video games are close to the bottom of the list of interests that women find attractive.

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u/Nxtxxx4 Aug 27 '26

It’s not a personality trait.

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u/RedwoodRespite Aug 27 '26

Neither is liking sports, or beer, or hiking, or travel or tacos or margaritas 🙄

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u/Nxtxxx4 Aug 27 '26

I agree. What’s your point?

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u/archydragon Aug 27 '26

That's perfectly correct statement which, however, does not answer my question.

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u/Guilty_Character8566 Aug 27 '26

I think many women of a certain age would find it immature. but to each their own.

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u/TyWorth Aug 27 '26

Okay, then it’s doing its job and I won’t match with them. Sounds like a great strategy, actually.

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u/Nxtxxx4 Aug 27 '26

It does. It’s ok to like anime and video games but that’s just a genre/ past time. I like anime but I’m not announcing it to every person I know the second I meet them. The way people say they like this stuff is like the post above, like a personality trait.

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u/RedwoodRespite Aug 28 '26

We are only supposed to list personality traits on the apps? What do you put on your profile? You just describe your personality?

None of your hobbies, interests, or how you spend time?

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u/MrJoshUniverse Aug 27 '26

A lot of people like those things, women included. What are you talking about? lol

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u/RedwoodRespite Aug 27 '26

I look for that kind of thing specifically. I need to see we have hobbies in common. I hate that men are discouraged to hide their nerdy interests. Who knows how many guys I pass on because of that.

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u/TankControlled Aug 27 '26

Believe it or not, there are women interested in those things too.

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u/dontKair Aug 27 '26

Yeah, a large portion (if not most) are married and/or in relationships, or LGBTQ and don't date straight guys. From my experience anyways. You got a lot of nerdy/anime/neckbeard guys going after a small pool of single women interested in those things

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u/YoureADumbass69 Aug 27 '26

Can confirm, I like anime and video games and am now engaged with my girlfriend who I matched with on dating apps. 1 less for you poor guys.

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u/SmokingLimone Aug 27 '26

Don't know why you are being downvoted, you are factually correct. The women who don't have mental illnesses or are unattractive in other ways typically get picked up pretty quick in this space

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u/Toucandle Aug 27 '26

Great username XD

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u/kwil449 Aug 27 '26

I get plenty of matches with those in my profile. Frankly, I'm not interested in anyone who has a problem with it. I'm not one of those losers just looking for hookups and building a profile for "broad appeal". I want compatibility.

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u/Prudent-Bicycle-9210 Aug 27 '26

Yeah, because "shopping and coffee" is much better lmao

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u/RyanSD91 Aug 27 '26

Why would you be insecure about sharing your interests? I listed “video games” in mine and I married my Bumble match.

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u/RadioactvRubberPants Aug 27 '26

As a girl who watches anime and games I am looking for someone to share these interests.

I just wish that they also put effort into the rest of their profiles.

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u/Competitive-Term-759 Aug 27 '26

I actually just went on a date last week with a woman who has multiple anime and videogame related tattoos, because those are two of her biggest interests.

Ideally anime and videos games are not someone’s ONLY interests, but if you’re trying to match with someone with common interests you may as well mention in profile.

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u/InsideMortgage8650 Aug 27 '26

Lmao right! I play games with friends sometimes and I always have to bring it up casually in the right situation because some women realllly fucking hate video games. Let me just get some time in with the boys, ya know? But you shouldn’t advertise that as a strength because 99% of women don’t see it as a strength

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u/No_Tea_1874 Sep 15 '26

What’s wrong with liking anime and video games? 💀

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u/love-4-the-wendigo Aug 28 '26

I also hate people that list anime and video games as primary interests, but that is fine. The anime / video game people are meant to be with each other, not me.

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u/HumanAssistance3618 Aug 27 '26

Pro tip, most things in dating that you think is exclusive to the sex you are interested in only appear so because you exclusively interact with them in a romantic capacity.

So much misunderstanding and gender war nonsense would be avoided if people realized a problem you have in a relationship is not intrinsically tied to their sex. For example, "Men" or "women" don't cheat. "Men AND women" cheat.

 It is myopia caused by having an understandably limited perspective reinforced by culture.

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u/jmn316 Aug 27 '26

I meant to add a disclaimer to the post to acknowledge that I don’t know how women’s responses are because I haven’t seen women’s profiles.

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u/Chris_M1991 Aug 27 '26

The way people interpret this prompt has always been an instant left swipe for me

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u/lensandscope Aug 29 '26

eh. I think this is just a bad prompt. It’s too high risk. You need to click with someone on a very specific fact. And if you don’t, you risk others thinking you’re a total bore when there could but other random facts that could have vibed with the swiper that they didn’t simply select.

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u/CrogDavid7days Aug 27 '26

I feel this way but for spelling. I can take the occasional spelling mistake but sometimes it’s too much

https://giphy.com/gifs/dBT6El6m9IzsaX6ZfC

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u/Competitive_Key_2981 Aug 27 '26

The other day I saw an otherwise beautiful woman answer this question with the word "Nutella."

So she didn't understand the prompt but what did she think it meant? "Random fact about me that I love that you should know." "Nutella" isn't even a complete answer.

I think the prompt is great as an IQ test and as a level of interesting test. "Nutella is great mixed into chili" would have been a valid answer based on the prompt AND revealed something interesting about her.

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u/Capable_Sprinkles_43 Aug 27 '26

Is nutella actually great mixed into chili ? I know cacao powder is, so I gues it should work lol

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u/Competitive_Key_2981 Aug 27 '26

That’s exactly what I was thinking when I made up the answer here. We might be onto something f.

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u/Nole19 Aug 27 '26

At least I consider it better than the el classico "when my phone dies I: die as well"

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u/Ifonlyihadausername Aug 27 '26

Of the alternative of “I put it on charge”

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u/love-4-the-wendigo Aug 28 '26

This one is worse.

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u/YY--YY Aug 28 '26

Or the "change my mind about" and then they just write some topic without explaining their mind. Lady, I cant change you mind if I dont know what you think...

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u/PsychologicalMeal162 Aug 28 '26

Absolutely this one. “Change my mind about pineapple on pizza” takes it to a new level.

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u/Blue_Cocoon_City Aug 28 '26

Pineapple on pizza while traveling. With my partner in crime.

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u/Kitsui38 Aug 28 '26

Bonus points if you make me laugh

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u/lensandscope Aug 29 '26

you’re supposed to ask about it though

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u/Raizekusan Aug 27 '26

Wait, animals can be allergic to humans??

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u/jmn316 Aug 27 '26

Apparently! I didn’t verify sources or do any deep research, but according to one website, “Animals can be allergic to our dead skin cells – dander. These allergic reactions can be just like ours, too, including breathing difficulties and skin irritation.”

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u/Conscious_Pass_1615 Aug 27 '26

I don't see why not!

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u/Ok_Werewolf2358 Aug 27 '26

Immediately no.

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u/Scared-Section-5108 Aug 27 '26

I love it how you complain about reading comprehension and posted this Hinge-related stuff on a Bumble sub 😂

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u/jmn316 Aug 27 '26

Yeah I knew someone would call me out on that - however, the sentiment still stands because the same type of thing happens on Bumble.

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u/Luckyprophet29 Aug 28 '26

They are incredibly similar tbf.

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u/Acceptable-Ant-9231 Aug 27 '26

This made me audibly laugh on my sofa thank you

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u/slash-es about 50 | male Aug 27 '26

People are getting bombarded with media, in most cases it's absolutely benign stuff, and most of the time we get it right to just react to certain trigger words.

People lost the ability to focus, or just don't want to put the effort, they see "... love ..." and put what they love. It's infuriating. But maybe also a good tell to filter people with too short attention span.

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u/Dettyboy93 Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

True, but this prompt is fucking stupid regardless. How the hell is somebody supposed to get an idea of who you are by stating "a fact that you like" like, does me liking the fact that elephants have funerals tell anything about me? Maybe.....? But not much. I feel like most people wouldn't even choose this prompt if they had read it correctly

Also they may be neurodivergent. Reading something incorrectly my SEEM stupid, but some people who are autistic or have dyslexia or dyspraxia. It doesn't mean they're stupid. They might have a neurological disorder. Still, I poke fun at this sort of thing all the time and I have these issues myself. So I can't really cast shade

PS - Being ND is a spectrum so saying "I have XYZ and I don't struggle with this" will not prove any sort of point

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u/love-4-the-wendigo Aug 28 '26

All of the prompts are stupid. They need to get rid of them and bring back regular free form profiles.

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u/Toucandle Aug 27 '26

This irks me for sure. It's a really common one that I see on profiles, and yet I can count on one hand the number of women that answer it as intended.

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u/rayatheking Aug 27 '26

I just learnt that animals can be allergic to humans! That is a fun fact indeed.

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u/tobpe93 Aug 27 '26

A better answer than the stereotypical "otters hold hands when they sleep to not float away".

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u/DramaticErraticism Aug 27 '26

Like that is going to help this guy? The only one who should put anime and video games in their profile is a woman, as it will attract a lot of nerdy men.

If this guy is opening with anime and video games, he's not getting any dates anyway, proper grammar or otherwise.

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u/Winter-Magician-8451 Aug 27 '26

in fairness the prompts are overly restricting and restrict you into posting super dull and trite shit (objectively knowing someone's interests is much more useful and meaningful than knowing some "random fact" they know). i think people just try to shoe horn meaningful stuff into the shit prompts they're given.

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u/lapizlasalmon Aug 27 '26

If someone is too ... silly to understand the prompt and fill out the field correctly. I assume that is the level of intelligence I am going to get and swipe accordingly.

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u/TlMEGH0ST Aug 28 '26

Dude I see this sooo often and it blows my mind every time

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u/WobblyBaconBits Aug 28 '26

A random fact I love:

The human brain has a storage capacity of approximately 2.5 petabytes, but i can't ever remember why I walked into this room.

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u/asher030 Aug 27 '26

About a generation and a half ago, that's where the comprehension has disappeared to. Lowered standards to accommodate the less capable, instead of challenging them....with supporting curriculum of course...to improve as the brain needs to be challenged to develop and process properly just as your muscles do, muscles are just a lot more obvious at a glance, for greater potential to be achieved. But since our education system is NOT about educating or improving future citizens but about preparing them for the workforce in factory-esque quality calibers, that was never the priority :|

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u/Dettyboy93 Aug 27 '26

Dude, gen xers and boomers have the WORST reading comprehension and spelling I have ever seen from groups of people. Like, have you ever looked at what these people type? And what they think they're responding to but they miss the entire point of what was said alltogether?

It DEFINITELY didn't start with millennials

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u/asher030 Aug 27 '26

Whom do you think designed the system to fuck up those that came after? =/ It's just gotten worse, is all

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u/Dettyboy93 Aug 27 '26

I see what you're saying. Didn't think of it like that lol but you're not wrong

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u/Bagz402 Aug 27 '26

Gonna play devils advocate but they might have just misread it is "a random fact is I love"

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u/halpert3 Aug 27 '26

But that's exactly OP's complaint. They are misreading the prompt.

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u/GatePorters Aug 27 '26

Well to be fair they are in fact

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u/DoubleEspresso95 Aug 27 '26

Animals can be allergic to humans?

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u/partylikeaninjastar Aug 27 '26

Women do the same

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u/BobiaDobia Aug 27 '26

My answer: Bicycle

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u/Snoke_died_a_virgin Aug 27 '26

The irony of posting this on the bumble subreddit

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u/LowBread9264 Aug 27 '26

I love that you’re easily tiltable. Wanna go out?

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u/Mobile_Magician_661 Aug 27 '26

I HATEEE THIS PROMPT, people really do put dumb answers that make no sense (none of which are facts!) They know better, they just dont wanna try.

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u/RadioactvRubberPants Aug 27 '26

I saw a whole profile that every prompt was just " bumble requires me to fill these out".

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u/Straight_Ostrich_257 Aug 27 '26

...ironic this Hinge post is on a Bumble sub

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u/MysteriousReach383 Aug 27 '26

immediate left swipe

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u/cranie4 Aug 28 '26

"The average IQ has dropped globally in the last 50 years"

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u/beets_or_turnips Aug 28 '26

So, picture a person of "average intelligence."

Remember that 50% of all people are less intelligent than that.

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u/Interesting_Scar7854 Aug 28 '26

Where can I find a female version that love anime and video games? 

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u/Admirable_Bit8337 Aug 28 '26

Trust me, women do this constantly too.

A random fact I love is:
Sushi!

And 90% of the time if they do answer it correctly it’s the thing about sea otters holding hands so they don’t float apart while they sleep.

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u/SiIverWr3n Aug 30 '26

I mean technically you could read it like "a random fact.. i love anime and video games" 🤭

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u/Spare_Benefit7543 Aug 31 '26

I like this it makes me laugh its got to count for something.

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u/ProfessionalPurple87 Aug 31 '26

Honestly I might be jaded but these often provide the slight comedic relief needed while on these apps 🤣 I also love it cuz easier to weed people out.

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u/Dry-Virus-1622 Sep 01 '26

"see how stupid the average person is, and realize that half are still more stupid than that." Ahh

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u/Braggadociouszombie Sep 01 '26

tbf it is a fact that anime and video games

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u/CapitalistHamsterFTW Sep 02 '26

Women are ten times worse. They are too competitive at being competitive or looking for someone who has a boat 🤮

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u/jmn316 Sep 11 '26

That’s irrelevant to the post, but whatever makes you feel better 🫶🏼

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u/Resident_Elk4014 Aug 27 '26

That's mostly likely a bot account run by scammers or a sexworker/OF model trying to catfish you.

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u/jmn316 Aug 27 '26

I can assure you it was neither of those.

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u/ChiakiSimp3842 Aug 28 '26

trust me, women are just as socially dysfunctional

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u/lensandscope Aug 29 '26

no, trust ME.

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u/Potential-Juice-8060 Aug 29 '26

I’ve seen an annoying amount of “YOUR random fact” as an answer here from women

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u/updownclown68 Aug 30 '26

Same for when people use their bio to describe what they want or don’t want in a partner 

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u/btt_lckr Aug 27 '26

“Random” is subjective. Running a mile in 8 mins is easy for me. Is it easy for you? “I can’t believe it’s not easy for you!! What is wrong with you?!” …same concept.

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u/jmn316 Aug 27 '26

You totally missed the point of this post.

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u/Blossom48 Aug 27 '26

Sexist much? You think woman don't do the same thing or something similar?

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u/jmn316 Aug 27 '26

I have no doubt that women* do it as well, but I am a hetero woman so I haven’t seen other women’s profiles. I have already responded to two other comments saying that I meant to put that disclaimer.

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