> Oh god people actually go on a hinge date to axe throwing and think it’s the real world.

My experience with dating apps was mostly awful, but then I met my wife on one. Now we’re happily married with 3 kids.

Axe throwing is just a business fad like so many before it. This started long before the internet.

Pinball arcades, video game arcades, tanning salons, self storage, frozen yogurt. The list goes on and on.

Not sure what my point is, I guess it’s mostly this has nothing to do with the internet or with now. If the author were writing this in the 80s he’d be complaining about people hanging out in malls.

If it were written in the 50s he’d be complaining about drive-in movies and restaurants, and tract houses. Go back earlier and he’d probably be complaining about electrification.

To be fair I think we should be more intentional about our adoption of technology, but nostalgia is a hell of a drug that is best avoided.