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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 29 JANUARY 1997
Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people.
All of them are "just seeing where it goes". It goes nowhere. It went nowhere with you twice.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
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