The Hook Up Has Social Media Cooked Our Expectations Of Dating?
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Aug 25, 2025 They unpack viral dating trends like “may this love find me” and loving-loudly reels. They explain how algorithms amplify extreme stories and skew what feels normal. Listeners’ DMs reveal pressure to perform identities and relationships online. The conversation examines performative gestures, comparison culture, and why celebrating mundane realness matters.
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Street Flower Felt Less Than Bought Sunflowers
- Pip describes picking a roadside flower for her partner, then finding them holding bought sunflowers, making her small gesture feel diminished.
- The episode uses this to illustrate everyday gestures framed as 'bare minimum'.
Algorithms Push Extreme Dating Stories
- Social media amplifies extremes so feeds prioritise the best and worst dating stories, not the mundane middle.
- Dee explains algorithms push polarising content, making 'authentic' dating clips feel unrepresentative and viral-ready.
Husband Got Certified To Spray Tan Dee
- Dee recounts asking for a spray tan subscription and her husband certified himself, bought equipment and now spray tans her at home.
- The story shows above-and-beyond gestures that sparked the 'may this love find me' trend.