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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Gameification and weird cryptic terms like "high value".

Oh man have you seen that ad that is all about how it's a dating site only for "high value" people called like Elite Singles or some bullshit.

Literally they make it seem everyone is literally some Sherlock type when most people that think they are, are much more likely Lastrade except hyping crypto more.

I think everyone is just looking for a way to pretend harder that nothing is wrong and if they grind their face against the wheel a little harder they will be finally able to be good enough off to not think about it all. It seems miserable.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

"High value" is also a term used in the FemaleDatingStrategy community, which is a community of women who advocate for traditional chivalry, abstinence until commitment, and strongly opposes BDSM under the belief that it's essentially abuse.

I'm not sure if that has any bearing on the emptymology of the common usage of the term.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

FemaleDatingStrategy community,

I think I will tell my wife right now how much I love her.

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They're flipping the Pickup Artist concepts on men, so that particular concept long predates app based dating and the FDS community. "High Value" is definitely a specific phrase used in discussing attracting women over 20 years ago.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Haven't seen it. I do remember when I heard about Raya wanting to bury the human race in a pit of acid however.