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Swipe Right To Love: How Dating Apps Are Shaping Gen Z Relationships | Relationships News
In the recent decade, online dating apps have taken over the role of connecting hearts, dethroning their traditional counterpart- chance encounters. This is especially true for the new generation- GenZ. Dating apps are shaping the way these young Indians maneuver romance and relationships. The GenZ- born between the mid-1990s and 2012- has grown up in a time dominated and influenced by the…
#da#dating app influence#dating apps#dating culture#dating technology#digital connections#digital dating#Gen Z love#Gen Z relationships#impact of dating apps#modern romance#online dating#Relationship Trends#swipe culture#virtual relationships
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Showing my mother (an IT specialist) the Magnus protocol and watching the look of horror form on her face when she hears "Windows NT 4.0" and "bedrock that the whole system is based on, and it’s been at least fifteen years since anyone actually knew how it worked."
Laughing my ass off and saying "that's not even the horror part of the podcast"
Only to be met with "yes it is"
#the true horror is out dated office technology#feral screaming#tmp#tmagp spoilers#magpod#tmagp#the magnus protocol#magnus protocol#magnus pod
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Pairing: Joel x f!reader (drabble) - Joel tries Tinder for the first time. His girthy digits get in the way lmao.
Word count: < 1.0k
Warnings: none, just a fluffy and clumsy Joel!
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Joel Miller sat on his well-worn couch in his cozy flannel pajama pants, the soft glow of the TV flickering in the dim light. With his broad shoulders and rugged good looks, he exuded a kind of understated handsomeness that only came with age and experience.
His dark hair, now tousled after a long day, had a few silver strands, and his deep-set eyes held a warmth that made him feel both strong and approachable. But tonight, those eyes were filled with uncertainty as he stared at his phone.
It had been ages since he’d even thought about dating, let alone using an app like Tinder. But after Ellie had teased him about being a “lonely old man,” one too many times, he’d finally given in.
With a reluctant breath, he downloaded the app and set up his profile. He chose a picture from a rare sunny day when he and Ellie had gone fishing, both of them grinning like they’d won the lottery.
The other pictures he added to the profile were of him and Tommy with their arms slung around each other's shoulders, and there was a photo Ellie had snuck of him on a rare day he was wearing something other than his dirty work clothes. “Well, don’t you look pretty,” she teased and snapped a photo of his slicked-back hair before he could swat her away.
For his bio, he simply wrote, “Just a simple man lookin’ for a bit of happiness.” But as he stared at it, doubt crept in like a thick fog. What if nobody found him interesting? What if he made a complete fool of himself? Even worse, what if someone he knew saw him and told everyone how desperate he was.
Shaking off the nerves, he started swiping. No, No, No, he continued swiping left, either put off by something in their bio or not feeling drawn to them. Most profiles began to blur together until he stumbled upon yours.
Your smile was like sunshine breaking through clouds, and your bio spoke of adventures and cozy evenings. You seemed down to earth, and judging by the pictures in your profile, you didn't take life too seriously. A warmth spread through his chest, and he felt a flutter he hadn’t experienced in years.
“Lord have mercy,” he whispered to himself, heart racing. He meant to swipe right but, in his flustered state, his thumb fumbled, swiping left instead.
Panic shot through him like lightning. “No, no, no! Shit,” he exclaimed, almost dropping his phone. The realization hit him like a punch to the gut. How could he be so clumsy? He let you slip away. "Damn sausage fingers."
Joel frantically tries to go back and undo the mistake, but the app denies him; it's a premium service to rewind a swipe and try again.
He stares at his phone screen, contemplating. Is he really about to spend $10 to go back and swipe right for the slim chance that the two of you might match?
He leans forward, pinching the bridge of his nose between his fingers, and sighs.
Fuck.
Yeah, he is.
Frantically, Joel digs through his wallet for his debit card and quickly punches in the numbers, upgrading to a premium membership.
Each second feels like an eternity, he doesn’t want to lose your profile. Finally, he swipes backward and your face flashes across the screen again, relief washes over him.
He swipes right quickly before he screws up again, but his heart sinks—no match. Shame washes over him, and he flops back onto the couch, burying his face in his hands, his broad chest rising and falling rapidly.
Embarrassed for wasting 10$ just to get rejected he gets up from the couch with a sigh and calls it a night.
Hours later, he lay in bed, replaying the day in his mind, tossing and turning in his mess of sheets. Every time his thoughts drift back to you, that sweet smile, he feels a pang of longing.
Just as he is about to drift off to sleep, a buzz breaks the silence.
Curiosity prickles at him, and he grabs his phone, squinting against its bright screen with his sleep-fogged eyes.
You have a new match!
His heart races with anticipation. Could it be?
With eager fingers, he opens the app. There it is—your name and profile glowing on the screen.
A match!
A goofy grin spreads across his face, chasing away the earlier embarrassment. Without wasting a second, he types a message, his heart thumping like a bass drum.
“Hey, darlin', I'm Joel. You have no idea how glad I am we matched.”
He sets the phone down, a giddy mix of excitement and nerves bubbling in his chest as he waits for your reply.
#pedro pascal#pedro pascal characters#joel miller#joel miller fanfiction#joel miller x reader#tlou joel#joel the last of us#fluffy joel miller#fluff#joel miller fluff#tinder#hbo joel miller#hehe :3#joel miller x female reader#joel miller one shot#shy joel#nervous joel#sausage fingers#old man is technologically challenged#joel miller dating app
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original universe feng xin × modern au mu qing just because I think it'd be funny to witness "oh no a naked ankle!"ancient god feng xin short-circuiting over mu qing wearing shorts
#mu qing#tgcf#they would make such a funny couple feng xin trying to fight modern technologies and mu qing side-eyeing the weirdo but still dating him#fx loves mu qing legs (and also feet)#tgcf mu qing#feng xin#mxtx tgcf#fengqing#tgcf feng xin#tgcf headcanon
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Anyway, while I was gone I was thinking of this stupid idea with Bakugou (as usual)
Imagine your eighteenth birthday is when you find out who you’re bonded to, and this bond is created via telepathy. A connection opens between two souls, and you’re able to communicate with each other no matter where in the world you are. A connection that only becomes stronger as your relationship with your soulmate grows.
But of course, connections can be broken. The same way those dreamlike fantasies of meeting your perfect soulmate don’t always work— especially when your soulmate is Bakugou Katsuki.
The first time you try to communicate with him, he brushes you off. Telling you to “piss off”, that he doesn’t “need a fuckin’ soulmate”. It’s a time in his life that arguably he needs that connection with someone more than ever. But the feelings of inadequacy and inferiority he holds inside are at an all time high as he pushes everyone away, including you. Shutting the door on any hope you had of ever having a connection with him, of finding your soulmate.
You try again a few times after, watching all your friends develop their love and even meet their soulmates. Hating the green-eyed monster that appears when you realise how bitter you actually are— to be paired with someone that has no interest in you. Cursed to be one of the ones without a soulmate, to try and find a love with another broken person like you.
The conversations are always the same— his irritation for your very existence no match for the conversations you try to start. Making it abundantly clear to you that you’re a distraction, that he doesn’t have time for a soulmate. And yet amongst his complaining that you’ve opened the link at a bad moment, or that he doesn’t need you— he always answers.
So over time you find yourself starting to give up, wondering why you’ve wasted so much time on a man that clearly doesn’t want you. The connection going quiet as neither of you try to open the link.
Radio silence.
And what makes it worse, is your friends who have perfect connections pity you. One of the lost souls without a soulmate— which is why you’re prepared to join a special program. A program that can realign your connection— to tie your soul to another.
It’s unorthodox, an extreme measure that has an endless list of side-effects. You could end up with the more undesirable members of society, who’s connections have been severed before, or the ones that abuse the system for their own benefit— and if the second connection doesn’t work out you’re unable to claim a third. But craving that special bond with someone, picturing the perfect smiles and pickett fences it’s more than worth the risks. So you plan to do it— to sever your connection with your soulmate, and find a new one.
Someone who will actually love you.
But it isn’t until one night that you hear something at the back of your mind, barely a murmur as you shoot up in bed. Squinting as you try desperately to focus on the sound— another whimper. But you can’t seem to make out much else, as you realise that it’s the same connection that you thought was completely shattered all those years ago.
“Hello?” You feel almost stupid calling out, wondering if he even realised that you could hear him again— that you were there.
“Long time no talk, hah sweetheart?” He scoffs, a choked cough spills from his lips after as he winces in pain.
“You sound like shit— is that why you reconnected our bond at four am?”
“Must’ve called the wrong number, sweetheart.” He sneers, but you can almost hear the humour in his tone.
“Well luckily for you I’m going to break our bond.” You bite back as you’re met with silence on the other end, “So you won’t have to make the same mistake again.”
“You can do that?” He whispers.
“Yeah, they can reconnect me with someone else.” You murmur.
“They won’t be as good as me.” He manages to get out before another cough wracks through his body.
“I wouldn’t know, would I?” You scrunch your nose in irritation, “But at least they’ll want me.”
“Who said I don’t want you?”
It’s not until a month later that you find out the real reason he reconnected the bond that night. That it was the night that his heart stopped beating as he almost lost his life, his body shutting down as the only thing he could think to do was to call out for you.
#I’ve got a disgusting amount of soulmate ideas in my drafts#but some aren’t fully fleshed out#like I was thinking of computer programmed soulmates too#or like a lonely hearts club vibe where you can through cutting edge technology find a soulmate#think ready player one with the VR headsets#like those trashy dating games#and you fall in love in one of those fantasy worlds#LIKE BELLE!!!! ahhhh#but I digress#soft bakugou#I should tw:soulmates this cause I know how much some of you HATE soulmate tropes LOL
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fave type of sewis pics
#lewis please i need the whole catalogue dating as far back as technology allows#i know there are countless more#it's a basic need#also it's not a race week and i haven't annoyed all of you with them so here we are#lewis hamilton#sebastian vettel#sewis#f1#jo.text
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I imagined the Mob AU happening around the 50's at first, but I see some PCs and cellphones in other posts, so... Around when does the AU happens?
I was thinking about it for a while, however the mob au I think would be more in a "modern" timeline than a normal ol mafia timeline
#Which specifically? Can't think of yet#Idk about it being in current time that would be too up to date#And I'm not too knowledgable on very old shid-#Technology is advancing but it's not quite fully up to date#Frank's laptop is pretty thick and clunky
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crying @ my first vs most recent megu these r not the same person heLP
#hina.txt#art improvement ego boost hours#ik its mainly a combination of style shifts and practice/familiarity with How To Draw A Megu#but he looks like hes aged minimum 5 years im dying ....esp next to the newest iteration i am like That Is A 12 Year Old Boy#god every day i am tempted to redraw cursed kids.png#but the sheer amount of Detail i crammed into that piece is daunting at best and ridiculous at worst#even with how comfortable i am w the chars now i still think it would take a Minute#i dont remember how many days the og took??? tags just say a billion years ty 2020 hina very specific#if i base it off the dates between it and the draws before it that wld suggest it took minimum one week#hm. o i cn clear that Easy actually#who knows .....maybe...............#i cld simplify it.....i cld skip the bg...we have the technology.....#sighs . ill consider it
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Table of approximate life years of the characters in the Hazbin Hotel
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13P-IBVWjQCxdTBugDELkhP3F_iyFwNqSTmufVLmV__8/edit?usp=drivesdk
Made it because many people don’t seem to realize that a huge part of the characters were alive at the same time
#hazbin hotel#Angel Husk and Vox were most likely born in 1910#Vox are good at adapting to changes in technology and other things#Alastor is simply stuck in the days of his youth#Husk died old and decided to grumble like an old man throughout his posthumous existence#Nifty and Valentino were most likely born in 1930 which obviously had a big impact on both of them#Katie Killjoy is a boomer#Velvette - millennial#did not add characters whose date of birth and death is unknown angels and hellborn#hazbin hotel sir pentious#hazbin hotel tom trench#hazbin hotel mimzy#hazbin hotel alastor#hazbin hotel angel dust#hazbin hotel husk#hazbin hotel vox#hazbin hotel valentino#hazbin hotel niffty#hazbin hotel katie killjoy#hazbin hotel cherri bomb#hazbin hotel velvette#update: Velvet died when she was 30#I thought late 20s (maybe 27-29) but that's not true
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mythbusters is really good at being extremely timeless but occasionally kari wears something that violently reminds me that this show was filmed in the 2000’s.
#i mean also Technology Marches On but i’m specially talking abt the looks of the eps#kari usually wears stuff that's a tiny bit dated but tbh could still be worn today w/o an abundance of weird looks#but then she wears like. these fingerless gloves w this dress plus tights w calf high socks over them#and it’s like OH YEAH this episode aired in like 2008! and they probably filmed this in late 2007/early 2008! i forgot!#i do think kari influenced what i find fashionable and that is a compliment#the Mage rambles
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another tgck post cause i have brain worms and apparently finishing term exams makes your thoughts Extra Queer
#yes i did give himiko prosthetic arms thank you for noticing#it's just them but with a hint of cyberpunk#just as a treat#tgck#toga himiko#uraraka ochako#mha#bnha#art#fanart#the robot arms are for no reason they are just vv cool#that reminds me. one time i saw this guy in a full on suit with aluminium prosthetic hands and they were the coolest person i've ever seen#LIKE THEIR HANDS LOOKED LIKE VIOLET EVERGARDEN'S#anyways like coolest aside from that one person who looked like a black jessica rabbit on a date with a guy who probably “makes her laugh”#irl jessica rabbit and violet evergarden guy as my top two coolest people i've ever seen in person#is this offensive#i js really like women and think the technological advancements made with prosthetic limbs are the coolest shit ever#what was i talking about again#my art
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Fear Factory - Replica
#Fear Factory#Demanufacture#Replica#Release date:#June 13th#1995#Full-length#Genre:#Industrial/Death Metal#Themes:#Technology#Anti-religion#Hate#Society#Science fiction#Politics#USA#my gif#gifs#my edit#gif
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after the events of the black arms invasion, shadow the hedgehog looks for ways to focus on the present over the past and connect to the planet that he vows to protect. rouge tells him about the internet, and after an introduction to html and css from tails, shadow decides to start a blog.
welcome to THE ULTIMATE... found at FORMLIFEULTIMATE.NEOCITIES.ORG
this is essentially me doing a character study/writing canon-compliant fanfiction using the format of an in-character personal website. i wanted to attempt an unconventional storytelling format + ive been gettin into html/css and web revival via making my own website so this spawned out of that interest too. blog posts will come every couple weeks or so :)
#talking#sonic the hedgehog#shadow the hedgehog#sth#neocities#web revival#hope no one minds the creative liberties i'll be taking w the dates within the sonic universe timeline LOL#the year on the blog posts is 200X for a reason. they don't have youtube in 2001 yet.#and the fact that canonically shadow isnt that good w technology. maybe he just knows some coding. don't worry about it.
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I'm watching 2003 scenes to refresh my memory on Bishop and why does half the show's lines sound like anime dubbing.
#like i give the animation a pass it's not bad it's just very dated#and a lot of the silly dialogue choices-that was honestly the style at the time i remember a lot of shows overexplaining things stupidly#but like#voice acting like that was NOT#it feels like they were trying to emulate cartoons like pokemon and yugioh#ignoring the fact that those were dubbed over and they had to match the lip flaps and candence of the japanese lines#giving them that weird vibe#there were tons of early 2000s cartoons that DIDN'T do this so it absolutely wasn't a technology thing
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S4 E3 Supernatural
Now THIS is a good episode. Castiel took Dean back in time to 1973! We find out Sam and Dean's maternal grandparents, Samuel and Deanna Campbell, and Mary are hunters. On top of that, Azazel is playing match maker so he can have his little psychic children be the best of the best, and he made a deal with Mary to revive John after he killed him. Also as if Azazel hasn't killed enough of Sam & Dean's family they killed Samuel and Deanna too. Oh this is so interesting, then Castiel taking Dean back, saying destiny can't be changed but Sam is going down a dark path and either Dean stops him or angels do.
#notable lines are. Mary about John:#he's sweet. kind. even after the war after everything he still believes in happily ever after. you know. He's everything a hunter isn't.#like damn this is the same man that turned his kids into child soldiers? hmmmm#supernatural#dean winchester#sam winchester#then Mary saying:#You know the worst thing I can think of? The very worst thing. If for my children to be raised into this like I was.#Well I won't let it happen.#AHHHHHHHHHH and Dean's look is so AHHHHHHHH🙃#his mom would HATE how he grew up. if she was buried shed be spinning in her coffin ⚰#mary winchester#mary campbell#john winchester#samuel campbell#deanna campbell#and she named her kids after her parents 😭😭😭😭😭 AHHHHHH#castiel#Castiel saying if Dean changes the future all the people they will die cus you weren't hunters to save them like in Deans Jinn hallucinatio#batcavescolony watches supernatural#batcavescolony watches#on a lighter note. john almost didn't pick the Impala. imagine the show but its a Voltzwagen instead.... 🙂#and we got to see dean struggle with the lack of technology which is funny cus the high tech equipment he uses now is dated to me in 2024 💀#supernatural s4#spn
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