35 Photos That Show How Utterly Terrible Dating Is Right Now

Dating is TOUGH these days. Apps have made things more superficial than ever, turning dating into an algorithm, and strangers basically have a free pass to send you creepy and offensive messages. And then, even if you find someone to date, you're risking your safety and sanity by getting to know them. In an increasingly divided political atmosphere, where hate speech is brushed aside or even celebrated, options are getting even slimmer in terms of finding someone who respects your bodily autonomy and your rights as a woman, BIPOC, or LGBTQ person. TL;DR: It's brutal out here.

Don't believe me? Check out the following suitors.

1.Dating is so bad right now that this unhinged Snapchat has me going, "Well, at least he's straightforward."

2.You gottta love when someone has a bio like this and immediately asks to see your boobs.

3."You know what's made online dating even better? AI." — No One.

4.Modern dating apps are GREAT because you can see the person and decide if you want to talk to them! And no one would ever use an AI pic — you're totes talking to the exact person you see on their profile!

5.Another benefit of dating apps...people being honest from the start about exactly what they want!

6.But the best part of online dating? I think I'd have to say when it ends with you being LITERALLY STALKED.

7.Advice for anyone looking for a partner: maybe don't track someone down through Facebook to message them months after briefly chatting on another app.

8.And definitelyyyyy don't find them on MICROSOFT TEAMS.

9.Another pro tip: don't mention rape. Like, ever. (Or maybe do, so people know to stay far, far away from you.)

10.Not even as a joke!!!

11.One more tip: maybe don't imply that someone killed their dead wife.

12.People tend to go from zero to 100 real fast on the apps.

13.Like, why does anyone feel this is an okay thing to text after a first date?

14.People are sooooo understanding when it takes you a few hours to reply because you're, you know, AT WORK.

15.It's not just women dealing with bullshit in dating. The entitlement is wild with all genders.

16.But I'd be remiss not to point out that women deal with men who feel entitled to sex allllll the time.

17.Careful if the man you're dating insists on paying for your dates. He may completely change his mind and send you a literal invoice if you break things off.

18.I'm actually in awe that this person thought this was a normal response and ensuing conversation to an innocent question.

19.Why are people so combative on dating apps nowadays???

20.Like, do you think being combative or rude is going to get someone to change their mind?

21.Just don't be mean for no reason! It's that easy!

22.It's so easy to just...not message someone?

23.People feel especially entitled to be creeps if you look goth, I guess.

24.Or if you're Asian.

25.What is it with people basically ghosting you, then popping back in a month or more later, expecting to sext?

26.This list of rules for a date is giving majorrrr neckbeard incel.

27.Dating shouldn't have "rules."

28.What an opener.

29.Why do people think this is acceptable?

30.This was...a choice.

31.This opener is just baffling to me. Where did they think this was going to get them?

32.Some current dating problems are age-old. Don't stand people up. Just don't.

33.Also, let people know if you're going to cancel.

34.Ghosting, of course, is still prevalent.

35.And finally...I have no words for this dating app message.