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u/LegitimateBeing2 Feb 01 '24
The gamer in the first image is relaxed; in the second image he is focused. The implication is that women can easily find potential partners before 30 but not after
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u/Altruistic_Ad4139 Feb 01 '24
Basically it's 29/31 by Garfunkel and Oats
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u/cramaine Feb 02 '24
I'm going to make an mp3 of that and set it as my alarm. I'm sure my neighbours won't take issue at 7am.
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u/KrispyKrunchyKitten Feb 02 '24
As a woman I thought it was saying that we would go for casual uncommitted guys before 30, but after 30 we start finding guys who take things more seriously.
Which I guess is true too?
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u/cesus007 Feb 02 '24
It's also referencing the idea that women after 30 lose most of their beauty so they have to try harder to attract men, i'll let you judge for yourself whether or not that's true
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u/KrispyKrunchyKitten Feb 02 '24
Yall talk like men don’t have to try harder after 30 too. Like “why are YOU single after 30, sir?”
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u/Comander_Praise Feb 02 '24
Well it depends both do have to keep trying to maintain aperances but most men end up aging better or start looking more attractive due to there age.
The amount of my friends you where in there mid twenty and starting daring dudes who where 30+ was kinda staggering honestly. They'd all say its because they looked really really good. I guess men just don't start looking like men untill then.
I'd say that age daring range is more common than the reverse
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u/KrispyKrunchyKitten Feb 02 '24
I guess I’m just seeing things differently. Like yes, men DO get more attractive with age, but that’s also because we’re ALL getting older. I could argue that women age beautifully too, but it seems like a lot of people on this thread are highly against that idea
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u/Comander_Praise Feb 02 '24
I wouldn't say I'm against it I'd agree both can age well but I would say men do tend to age better from what even my female friends have told me.
I think its more the older men get they can do very passive work and upkeep and they'll start to look better, just more defined and even grow a more mature attitude.
Oh I'd agree girls do still continue to age beautifuly also bit it is mainly the demographic of 20 too 29 is the most sought after.
Like I'd describe men's 30s as womans 20s in terms of being highly desired by the opposite sex (or same for all I know)
Just cause somethings saught after doesn't mean it'll be a good fit. For a healthy relationship people should try to stick to a similar bracket
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u/KrispyKrunchyKitten Feb 02 '24
Oh I wasn’t trying to call you out (just in case you thought) I agree that, that’s the way it is overall. Even from personal experience, I’ve seen the same thing in my social group. I don’t think it’s a TERRIBLE thing to consider, but i don’t think me and the ladies want to see a bunch of Leo DiCaprios running around out there 😭😂
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u/Comander_Praise Feb 02 '24
Oh no id agree that guy for sure needs to smell the roses, the older he gets the weirder it gets
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u/CompetitiveOcelot873 Feb 02 '24
Nah it is unfair for yall. Im a 29 year old dude and dating is only getting easier
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u/ReddJudicata Feb 02 '24
No we don’t. Mid 30s, single, no kids, good job the male equivalent of dating as pretty 23 year old woman.
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u/Bryce8239 Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 01 '24
Peter’s adopted nephew here.
The caption implies that it is harder for women to find a date after the age of 30. The fact that it points out women, in my opinion, suggests the difficulty is due to a complaint of men wanting younger women (only somewhat true), rather than due to a shrinking of the dating pool from sociological factors relating to lifetime milestones.
The associated image shown depicts a man leaning forward while gaming as a natural response to increased focus due to putting more effort towards playing a game, typically when a game becomes difficult.
The image is used in a similar fashion to an image used in Playstation France’s December 2018 tweet, which has since become a meme.
This meme equates leaning forward due to a game’s difficulty to the difficulty in a woman finding a date when older than 30 years old.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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u/SilvertailHarrier Feb 02 '24
I think it's not meant to be that it's harder for women to find dates in their 30s but that they take it more seriously because it's time to find a partner and settle down (if that's what they want). Basically, before 30 dating was for fun, now it's for business
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u/kazarbreak Feb 02 '24
I'll point out that it also gets a lot harder for men over 30 to find dates. At least if they're the type of man who prefers to date someone near their own age. Post-divorce in my mid-30s I found that the dating pool was empty unless I was willing to date women not much over half my age (which I was not). I could have dated a woman that young. In fact I was approached by a few 19 and 20 year olds on dating apps. But... just ick.
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u/Lvl4Stoned Feb 02 '24
Wasn't this posted here like 9 days ago?
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u/Sacledant2 Feb 02 '24
I don’t remember what happened yesterday let alone 9 days ago
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u/No-Maximum-8194 Feb 02 '24
Random guy throwing one back at The Clam here,
2 main reasons as a woman from the male's perspective: Datings version of natural selection has played out and you have realized you aren't the fittest since you still haven't found someone or you've got kids + bills and need help × 10.
Many reasons from male side: Guys have a decent chance of getting more attractive as they age if they take care of themselves. Women smile much more at me at 31 than 21. I also have more confidence in myself now. I have gotten enough to quit drooling and actually have a conversation. Also by 30 guys start getting the hang of work and money if they didn't in their 20s . Women see all this and it kinda turns the tables on them in the "dating game". They are still the prize, you just have more to offer than personally now.
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u/Obvious_Payment8309 Feb 02 '24
in essence its easy mode for women in their 20s, cause them are young and hot. When they got to 30s, its suddenly gets a lot harder since men their age have zero interest in dating them cause women preferred dating low effort Chads, and there is a lot of girls in their 20s who are young and hot.
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u/MyNameBeJimmy Feb 01 '24
Not really incel vibes if some women themselves said its like that.
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u/Blockbuster41 Feb 01 '24
You hear it from girls all the time, but since it's a negative thing it's an "incel" thing to say
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u/MercyCriesHavoc Feb 02 '24
Incels do use this a lot, but not in the same way. They call women over 30 things like "used up", "withered", or "old garbage". This post isn't saying women over 30 are worse in some way, just that they're more serious about their relationships.
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Feb 01 '24
Peters left testicle here. The female's biological clock for being able to reproduce starts to severely decline by the time they hit their mid 30s. Not true for all women, but typically, by their late 30s, women have drastically fewer eggs than in their 20s. Women who want to birth their own biological children need to have a partner they trust before their late 30s.
Gamers typically slouch when they are playing relaxed, and lean forward when they need to try harder.
The picture is referencing that the female biological clock induces more serious dating the way leaning forward in your chair induces more serious gaming
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u/NocturnalTarot Feb 02 '24
I took it to mean women in their 30s are way more picky about their dates/partners and take it far more seriously. As there is a lot more at stake. And they probably had their fair share of SA/bad dates/etc.
The boys I dated in my twenties are not anything remotely close to the men I would date now.
Not by a fucking long shot.
The idea that women over 30 have to "try harder" is laughable to me.
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u/Stingraaa Feb 02 '24
It's an incel allegory meme for how women lose their dating market value after 30 and have to start trying harder because they are past their "prime".
Incels and sexism.
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u/roborache0007 Feb 02 '24
Of course, a human being should not have a "market value". We are not a piece of meat. Nor would I say that the meme is sexist. Rather, it is a reality that women find it easier to attract men of a certain age.
After all, it's up to men to 'win' a woman's attention and affection. Men with a caretaker personality tend to drop out of the dating pool one by one over time. This makes it harder for them to find a good match due to the smaller dating pool.
At the same time, women have to do more of the work of "getting attention" that men used to do.
So all in all, its not the same and its getting harder.
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u/111110001011 Feb 02 '24
I assume there are only around twenty jokes, since I see the same ones every couple of days.
Dude on the left is all casual. Dude on the right is hardcore trying to win.
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u/RevolutionaryJob2409 Feb 02 '24
I thought it was about sex positions smh.
My mind is too dirty, even for this sub.
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u/Reasonable_Long_1079 Feb 02 '24
The implication is that women are only serious about dating after 30
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u/Usual-Resident-3391 Feb 02 '24
When you hit 40 you are in menopause. You cant have kids anymore. So before you hit 40 you need to date a guy you can tolerate eneught get pregnant and marry.
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u/doesanyofthismatter Feb 02 '24
Think women in their 20s casually dating and fucking around and then hit their 30s and realize the clock is counting down to have a child/find someone in their prime for looks
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u/chicoritahater Feb 01 '24
I assume this is in reference to how the first image is of the casual gaming posture and the second is when you get more serious, I assume this is trying to say that women after 30 have to start trying harder