The modern dating market didn't collapse but rather the illusion of average guys having a chance just died

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People keep arguing whether the dating market is 'ruined' or if guys are just lazy but the truth is way simpler and brutal:

Social media and dating apps permanently removed geographic and status limits for women just as everyone knows.
An average girl with a smartphone now has access to the top tier of guys in a 50km radius, which could be as good as as bad for us. But why would any woman settle for an average fucking 5/10 guy when she has infinite validation and high-tier options sitting in her DMs 24/7?

Thinking 'just hit the gym and be nice' is enough in 2026 is pure cope sold by self-help grifters. If you aren't actively maxxing out your looks, status, and money to hit the top percentile, you literally don't fucking exist to women. Without aggressive maxing you're invisible (Should be knowledge by now)

Here is my actual hot take that nobody talks about:

It’s not just about hypergamy or high-tier guys pump-and-dumping but rather it’s an Attention Economy Paradox.

Dating apps didn't just give women options they turned modern dating into a high-dopamine casino for them. Think about it this way: A girl's brain receives so much passive, low-effort micro-validation daily from anyone I mean likes, story replies, DMs that her baseline sensitivity for romantic payoff is completely fried :lul:

Real-life dating with a normal guy requires emotional investment, patience, and dealing with real human flaws and none of which can compete with the friction-free, instantaneous dopamine hit of an app feed like tinder e.g.
Average guys aren't losing to 'better men' but rather they are losing to the phone screen itself. Women aren't replacing average guys with top-tier partners —> they are replacing traditional relationships with endless digital validation loops because real life feels too boring by comparison

Is there actually any realistic path left for an average guy to compete against instant digital dopamine or is the only option left to completely drop out of the game?



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People keep arguing whether the dating market is 'ruined' or if guys are just lazy but the truth is way simpler and brutal:

Social media and dating apps permanently removed geographic and status limits for women just as everyone knows.
An average girl with a smartphone now has access to the top tier of guys in a 50km radius, which could be as good as as bad for us. But why would any woman settle for an average fucking 5/10 guy when she has infinite validation and high-tier options sitting in her DMs 24/7?

Thinking 'just hit the gym and be nice' is enough in 2026 is pure cope sold by self-help grifters. If you aren't actively maxxing out your looks, status, and money to hit the top percentile, you literally don't fucking exist to women. Without aggressive maxing you're invisible (Should be knowledge by now)

Here is my actual hot take that nobody talks about:

It’s not just about hypergamy or high-tier guys pump-and-dumping but rather it’s an Attention Economy Paradox.

Dating apps didn't just give women options they turned modern dating into a high-dopamine casino for them. Think about it this way: A girl's brain receives so much passive, low-effort micro-validation daily from anyone I mean likes, story replies, DMs that her baseline sensitivity for romantic payoff is completely fried :lul:

Real-life dating with a normal guy requires emotional investment, patience, and dealing with real human flaws and none of which can compete with the friction-free, instantaneous dopamine hit of an app feed like tinder e.g.
Average guys aren't losing to 'better men' but rather they are losing to the phone screen itself. Women aren't replacing average guys with top-tier partners —> they are replacing traditional relationships with endless digital validation loops because real life feels too boring by comparison

Is there actually any realistic path left for an average guy to compete against instant digital dopamine or is the only option left to completely drop out of the game?



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mirin thread boyo high iq
 
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dnr but i agree just based on the title
 
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Exactly but watch half this thread still cry 'brutal pill' while doing zero effort to adapt jfl you either max out every single variable you control or you stay invisible and shut the fuck up @WonkyChin186
 
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People keep arguing whether the dating market is 'ruined' or if guys are just lazy but the truth is way simpler and brutal:

Social media and dating apps permanently removed geographic and status limits for women just as everyone knows.
An average girl with a smartphone now has access to the top tier of guys in a 50km radius, which could be as good as as bad for us. But why would any woman settle for an average fucking 5/10 guy when she has infinite validation and high-tier options sitting in her DMs 24/7?

Thinking 'just hit the gym and be nice' is enough in 2026 is pure cope sold by self-help grifters. If you aren't actively maxxing out your looks, status, and money to hit the top percentile, you literally don't fucking exist to women. Without aggressive maxing you're invisible (Should be knowledge by now)

Here is my actual hot take that nobody talks about:

It’s not just about hypergamy or high-tier guys pump-and-dumping but rather it’s an Attention Economy Paradox.

Dating apps didn't just give women options they turned modern dating into a high-dopamine casino for them. Think about it this way: A girl's brain receives so much passive, low-effort micro-validation daily from anyone I mean likes, story replies, DMs that her baseline sensitivity for romantic payoff is completely fried :lul:

Real-life dating with a normal guy requires emotional investment, patience, and dealing with real human flaws and none of which can compete with the friction-free, instantaneous dopamine hit of an app feed like tinder e.g.
Average guys aren't losing to 'better men' but rather they are losing to the phone screen itself. Women aren't replacing average guys with top-tier partners —> they are replacing traditional relationships with endless digital validation loops because real life feels too boring by comparison

Is there actually any realistic path left for an average guy to compete against instant digital dopamine or is the only option left to completely drop out of the game?



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humanity is doomed with modernization i hope we enter stone age again to be human like again :feelsrope::feelsrope::feelsrope:
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humanity is doomed with modernization i hope we enter stone age again to be human like again :feelsrope::feelsrope::feelsrope:
@Tesarossa 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫 @wt8zz @LowInhibNoSMV @greylurker
Very true post, always try to tell people this but they don‘t understand. Imagine going back to the middle ages or the bronze age migration period, where being human meant something.
 
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humanity is doomed with modernization i hope we enter stone age again to be human like again :feelsrope::feelsrope::feelsrope:
@Tesarossa 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫 @wt8zz @LowInhibNoSMV @greylurker
Anarcho-primitivism cope is crazy :lul::lul: but unironically taking away smartphones and dating apps is literally the only reset button left for human hypergamy :feelswhy:
 
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Very true post, always try to tell people this but they don‘t understand. Imagine going back to the middle ages or the bronze age migration period, where being human meant something.
those niger are iqlet cucks who will be doomed soon with hypergamy jfll
 
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People keep arguing whether the dating market is 'ruined' or if guys are just lazy but the truth is way simpler and brutal:

Social media and dating apps permanently removed geographic and status limits for women just as everyone knows.
An average girl with a smartphone now has access to the top tier of guys in a 50km radius, which could be as good as as bad for us. But why would any woman settle for an average fucking 5/10 guy when she has infinite validation and high-tier options sitting in her DMs 24/7?

Thinking 'just hit the gym and be nice' is enough in 2026 is pure cope sold by self-help grifters. If you aren't actively maxxing out your looks, status, and money to hit the top percentile, you literally don't fucking exist to women. Without aggressive maxing you're invisible (Should be knowledge by now)

Here is my actual hot take that nobody talks about:

It’s not just about hypergamy or high-tier guys pump-and-dumping but rather it’s an Attention Economy Paradox.

Dating apps didn't just give women options they turned modern dating into a high-dopamine casino for them. Think about it this way: A girl's brain receives so much passive, low-effort micro-validation daily from anyone I mean likes, story replies, DMs that her baseline sensitivity for romantic payoff is completely fried :lul:

Real-life dating with a normal guy requires emotional investment, patience, and dealing with real human flaws and none of which can compete with the friction-free, instantaneous dopamine hit of an app feed like tinder e.g.
Average guys aren't losing to 'better men' but rather they are losing to the phone screen itself. Women aren't replacing average guys with top-tier partners —> they are replacing traditional relationships with endless digital validation loops because real life feels too boring by comparison

Is there actually any realistic path left for an average guy to compete against instant digital dopamine or is the only option left to completely drop out of the game?



@migra
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@VerlyChud
@RJ_ascends
I certainly agree however I think it will hit a point where women are going to be 25 and realize oh shit I don't have anything long term, the dopamine hit is nice but it will never compare to having an actual long lasting relationship with someone.
 
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Anarcho-primitivism cope is crazy :lul::lul: but unironically taking away smartphones and dating apps is literally the only reset button left for human hypergamy :feelswhy:
yeah i better go find a tribal chick to marry than avg human
 
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Very true post, always try to tell people this but they don‘t understand. Imagine going back to the middle ages or the bronze age migration period, where being human meant something.
Still back then 17% of men reproduced while the rest died off in tribal warfare so the hypergamy was even worse, you just had swords instead of Tinder
 
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those niger are iqlet cucks who will be doomed soon with hypergamy jfll
you gotta also think about this, back then you were 1 of only 100 million, now your just 1 of 8 billion.
 
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Still back then 17% of men reproduced while the rest died off in tribal warfare so the hypergamy was even worse, you just had swords instead of Tinder
I like that, i‘d rather die in some field in celtic england fighting or in a crusade instead of just going to school, working, going to the gym etc, and the other option is even better ofc (reproducing).
 
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I certainly agree however I think it will hit a point where women are going to be 25 and realize oh shit I don't have anything long term, the dopamine hit is nice but it will never compare to having an actual long lasting relationship with someone.
Reaching 25 and being chosen as the 'safe option' after she's done enjoying her peak years isn't ascending jfl it's just signing up to be a financial bail-out still realizing that changes nothing for average guys
 
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I certainly agree however I think it will hit a point where women are going to be 25 and realize oh shit I don't have anything long term, the dopamine hit is nice but it will never compare to having an actual long lasting relationship with someone.
90% of the genes were meant to be eliminated tho acc to darwins law jfl ts is brutal bp, but in modern eviroment all weak genes survied with dooming humanity acc to nature, heard ts somewhere brootal ahh pill:feelswah::feelswah:
 
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you gotta also think about this, back then you were 1 of only 100 million, now your just 1 of 8 billion.
this is just plain stupid.
The population of men/women is aprox 50/50.
so the ratio is the same.
 
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I like that, i‘d rather die in some field in celtic england fighting or in a crusade instead of just going to school, working, going to the gym etc, and the other option is even better ofc (reproducing).
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I like that, i‘d rather die in some field in celtic england fighting or in a crusade instead of just going to school, working, going to the gym etc, and the other option is even better ofc (reproducing).
At least you're honest about preferring death over the modern wageslave routine jfl. But crusade won't save you from the fact that low-status guys were disposable back then too
 
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this is just plain stupid.
The population of men/women is aprox 50/50.
so the ratio is the same.
i think your plain stupid. do you think this is about the ratip of men to women?? :lul:
 
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At least you're honest about preferring death over the modern wageslave routine jfl. But crusade won't save you from the fact that low-status guys were disposable back then too
100%, I just also like the spiritual sense. Back then we had a period of basically stalling the kali yuga (Im using The Crisis of the Modern World by René for this), time became way more stable and through carholic christianity even if not pure had a continuation of the primorigal spirit
 
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i think your plain stupid. do you think this is about the ratip of men to women?? :lul:
Insane bluepill cope from @alexlol jfl. Imagine thinking effective market dynamics equal raw population metrics :lul: A 50/50 gender ratio means absolutely nothing when 80% of demand concentrates on the top 10% of supply
 
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100%, I just also like the spiritual sense. Back then we had a period of basically stalling the kali yuga (Im using The Crisis of the Modern World by René for this), time became way more stable and through carholic christianity even if not pure had a continuation of the primorigal spirit
isn't that from hinduism kali yuga thing :feelshah:
 
100%, I just also like the spiritual sense. Back then we had a period of basically stalling the kali yuga (Im using The Crisis of the Modern World by René for this), time became way more stable and through carholic christianity even if not pure had a continuation of the primorigal spirit
Elite Guénon drop mirin the iq :soy: Modern society completely killed the metaphysical framework that gave normal lives purpose
Now people just substitute traditional order with doomscrolling, consumerism, and algorithm-driven hypergamy fml
 
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Insane bluepill cope from @alexlol jfl. Imagine thinking effective market dynamics equal raw population metrics :lul: A 50/50 gender ratio means absolutely nothing when 80% of demand concentrates on the top 10% of supply
:lul::lul: bro will experience hypergamy and make one of these thread exposing brootal hypergamy:lul:
 
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isn't that from hinduism kali yuga thing :feelshah:
Hindu concept but adopted by Traditionalist philosophers like Guénon and Evola to describe the spiritual decay of modernity
 
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Elite Guénon drop mirin the iq :soy: Modern society completely killed the metaphysical framework that gave normal lives purpose
Now people just substitute traditional order with doomscrolling, consumerism, and algorithm-driven hypergamy fml
peopl nowadays are free slave to algorithm jfl:lul:
 
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:lul::lul: bro will experience hypergamy and make one of these thread exposing brootal hypergamy:lul:
Facts jfl
Give him two years in a dead-end relationship getting quiet-quitted on and he’ll be posting a 10-page essay here explaining the exact same thing we told him today :feelswhy:
 
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Insane bluepill cope from @alexlol jfl. Imagine thinking effective market dynamics equal raw population metrics :lul: A 50/50 gender ratio means absolutely nothing when 80% of demand concentrates on the top 10% of supply
The original post I was replying to is:
you gotta also think about this, back then you were 1 of only 100 million, now your just 1 of 8 billion.
So my reply was that whether or not 1 in 100m or 1 out of billion matters (it doesnt because either way the ratio is 50/50). Hypergamy can still be as prevelant in a society with a 1 trillion population count or 100.
 
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yeah ts decay is brotal as some humans wanted to dooms ts world with planning so they can have modern slaves jfl everyone is feeding data in algorithm thus easy control to elites+easy to control/programe their mind, also they can make a lie true, truth a lie i wonder which motherfucker was thinking this far from 1900s jfl we can name some guys
Hindu concept but adopted by Traditionalist philosophers like Guénon and Evola to describe the spiritual decay of modernity
 
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peopl nowadays are free slave to algorithm jfl:lul:
Free slave is the perfect term jfl
People literally pay $1000 for a phone just to hand over their entire attention span to an algorithm that degrades their mental health:feelswhy::feelswhy:
 
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Facts jfl
Give him two years in a dead-end relationship getting quiet-quitted on and he’ll be posting a 10-page essay here explaining the exact same thing we told him today :feelswhy:
:forcedsmile:
 
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The original post I was replying to is:

So my reply was that whether or not there is 1 in 100m or 1 out of billion it doesn't matter because either way the ratio is 50/50. Hypergamy can still be as prevelant in a society with a 1 trillion population count or 100.
It‘s about spirituality, not female to male ratio
 
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Free slave is the perfect term jfl
People literally pay $1000 for a phone just to hand over their entire attention span to an algorithm that degrades their mental health:feelswhy::feelswhy:
ts is more deeper than ts bruh if some niga explained ts openly he is going gandy heaven jfl:forcedsmile:
 
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The original post I was replying to is:

So my reply was that whether or not 1 in 100m or 1 out of billion matters (it doesnt because either way the ratio is 50/50). Hypergamy can still be as prevelant in a society with a 1 trillion population count or 100.
Fair enough but the raw ratio math stays 50/50 regardless of total population. But total scale + global connectivity still amplifies hypergamy because top-tier options reach millions instantly instead of being localized
 
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People like arguing whether the dating market is 'ruined' or if guys are just lazy but the truth is way simpler and brutal:

Social media and dating apps permanently removed geographic and status limits for women just as everyone knows.
An average girl with a smartphone now has access to the top tier of guys in a 50km radius, which could be as good as as bad for us. But why would any woman settle for an average fucking 5/10 guy when she has infinite validation and high-tier options sitting in her DMs 24/7?

Thinking 'just hit the gym and be nice' is enough in 2026 is pure cope sold by self-help grifters. If you aren't actively maxxing out your looks, status, and money to hit the top percentile, you literally don't fucking exist to women. Without aggressive maxing you're invisible (Should be knowledge by now)

Here is my actual hot take that nobody talks about:

It’s not just about hypergamy or high-tier guys pump-and-dumping but rather it’s an Attention Economy Paradox.

Dating apps didn't just give women options they turned modern dating into a high-dopamine casino for them. Think about it this way: A girl's brain receives so much passive, low-effort micro-validation daily from anyone I mean likes, story replies, DMs that her baseline sensitivity for romantic payoff is completely fried :lul:

Real-life dating with a normal guy requires emotional investment, patience, and dealing with real human flaws and none of which can compete with the friction-free, instantaneous dopamine hit of an app feed like tinder e.g.
Average guys aren't losing to 'better men' but rather they are losing to the phone screen itself. Women aren't replacing average guys with top-tier partners —> they are replacing traditional relationships with endless digital validation loops because real life feels too boring by comparison

Is there actually any realistic path left for an average guy to compete against instant digital dopamine or is the only option left to completely drop out of the game?



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I don't agree.

You don't have to maxx anything as an average looking guy. You just gotta know when, where, and how to pull women in person. I always encourage people on here to volunteer. Sounds gay but it works.

The workplace is hands down the easiest place/best setting in the world to find a fuck buddy or a girlfriend. I've never volunteered but I've changed jobs so frequently in my adult life that I've never had to go that route. Though if I were a young 20 something who had a job that I didn't want to hop from, and I wanted a girlfriend, I would volunteer at different places on the weekends or whatever until I got what I wanted.

You don't want to date girls who are online like that anyways.
 
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ts is more deeper than ts bruh if some niga explained ts openly he is going gandy heaven jfl:forcedsmile:
True jfl :lul: Saying any of this outside the forum gets you instantly cancelled
Most guys only get it after they get hit by reality head-on when it’s too late :feelswhy:
 
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Fair enough but the raw ratio math stays 50/50 regardless of total population. But total scale + global connectivity still amplifies hypergamy because top-tier options reach millions instantly instead of being localized
earlier hypergamy for a foid was in local area now hypergamy is global for 1 foid
 
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:feelsrope: bro will know after a while jfl
I think you guys are mixing up the 2. I was talking about gender ratio in regards to population. Nothing to do with hypergamy originally.
 
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Fair enough but the raw ratio math stays 50/50 regardless of total population. But total scale + global connectivity still amplifies hypergamy because top-tier options reach millions instantly instead of being localized
women can't quantify the different between 1m and 1b jfl
 
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Fair enough but the raw ratio math stays 50/50 regardless of total population. But total scale + global connectivity still amplifies hypergamy because top-tier options reach millions instantly instead of being localized
also, 1/100 Million means you are way more likely to be remembered, amount to something great, have more land, meet less outsiders and make the world seem mystical. I mean back then you could lay in the grass with your friend, look at the clear, stary sky, free from light pollution and ask why he thinks they shine so bright, and both of you could bring up theorys, but you wouldn‘t know whos right, the sky remains a mystery, and so does most of your life, as it should. The great enlightenment which is just a symptom of declining civilisation was a huge mistake,
 
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I think you guys are mixing up the 2. I was talking about gender ratio in regards to population. Nothing to do with hypergamy originally.
ohh gender ratio is still cope for hypergamy:feelsohh:
 
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