Things like eHarmony, Match, etc. they generally have a lot more information about potential matches and there’s usually a back and forth over a period of time.

I know several people that met spouses on them.I used them with some success.

The friends that used Tinder the choice to swipe is 99% based on looks alone. And things usually move very fast.

Not saying you can’t meet long term interest on Tinder or can’t have a hook up on others. But they have pretty defined goal differences and the people that use them also.

Disclaimer: I’m a strong proponent of people being happy and doing right for them. I make no judgements.

Because all these companies have a shit load of money in the market including real state…

For you yes, that’s not the norm. In average cities/towns, it’s used for hook ups (shallow ones) and cheating. Can you meet a person there? Sure but odds are very much against it.

Note, I’m talking about Tinder specifically, dating apps are fine.

This is fake but that said…

Meh, Tinder isn’t a dating app. It’s a hook up app. There are dating apps which are fine, but tinder is a hookup bar, you know the one, where the bar is empty by 12:30 am because everyone has found a friend for the night. Can you find a long term mate? Sure but odds are against you.

Not even in the top one thousand. We say some really stupid shit about guns.

Well the insane amount of random drugs he’s taking don’t help either.

Oh! I got a similar story. My first roommate in college had a Police CD, Every time you got in it started at the first song, Roxanne… He NEVER changed the CD.

I never was a big fan but by the end of the year I hated that song.

I give you lesser known movies that also have popular actors! (And I think they’re very good)

“With Honors”

“Renaissance Man”

“Regarding Henry”

Yeah, I’m a big right to repair person. But medical equipment is a different level. This isn’t just affecting yourself, if a tech screws up people die.

Most of them make sense, like ND, given the distance and very cold winters.

So far… I can easily see some MBA wanting to add that “feature”. They have your driving history, they could easily route someone with Starbucks stops past more Starbucks for a fee.

Depends, cops also HATE fucking working if they got some where to be.

I’ve seen city cops in fact, let off some pretty bad drunk driving just because they don’t want to deal with it.

Funny you mention grocery type items. That’s where I first noticed how bad Amazon can price gouge. Sometimes 3-4 times what the price should be.

Amazon has very good deals OR very bad ones. I find Microcenter often equal to or even better than Amazon in most tech stuff.

Your experience is exactly why you shouldn’t make sweeping judgement on one data point.

1. Photo paper isn’t really tech. It’s a supply.

2. It’s a low volume niche item.

3. People that are buying it are less likely to care about cost (older) or want it right now. So Microcenter feels they can charge more. (IMO)

US has only one master and that’s capitalism. Israel has money and is making the war machine rich. If Israel started costing the rich in the US money that would change very quickly.

Yeah that has getting put on a list written all over it …

That’s like saying exploding cars when you’re really talking about a bomb placed in a car…

Yeah, VPN at the very least adds another hoop they have to jump through.

Batteries scale horribly and are extremely toxic themselves.

SOME parts of Europe are cheap some are expensive and are subject to bad price spikes.

The reality is we need everything. More solar/wind is great! But we also need secure stable baseline generation that works. Nothing comes close to nuclear.

Absolutely, and especially at a Corp as big as Sony, you have a lot of office politics in play also. Folks pushing personal agendas because it advanced their career.