Is Dating Screwed?

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In this week’s edition:

• Markets: 🫤 Uncertainty

• Article: 💕 Is Dating Screwed?

• News: 🧱 LEGO = Gold 🎓 Texas Bill #17 👨🏾‍🦲 Rock For President?

• Beta Of The Week: 😂 Don Lemon

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MARKETS: 🫤 UNCERTAINTY

Crypto seems to be cooling off with some price corrections as the Bitcoin Halving seems to be closer and closer. The #1 cryptocurrency dipped below the $70K mark, as more ETF holders decided to take profits on their investments.

It is important to remember that after every Bitcoin halving, the price tends to elevate before experimenting slight corrections on downward trends.

Ethereum has been having serious issues to break and keep the $4K level, as its trading volume continues to dwindle.

On the stock front, the Dow Jones keeps on sliding down, while Nasdaq and the S&P remained pretty much quiet.

NVIDIA has a new competitor, as Intel is keen on bringing the fight, with their new Gaudi 3 chip expected to take some of NVIDIA’s market share.

Gold keep flying off the charts. Could all the money printing be responsible for that?

ARTICLE: 💕 IS DATING SCREWED?

TLDR: We live in an era where apps and screens took over on how people meet each other. What happened with Harry meeting Sally in a bar? Is dating dead as we know it? Read to find out!

• 🤔 How Are Things Going

• 📱 App Dystopia

• 💔 Is Everything Lost?

• 😎 The Chad Takeaway

🤔 HOW ARE THINGS GOING

A shocking statistic shows that about 62% of American males aged 18-29 are currently single. Women on the same age add up to 37% which is also quite high. So how did it got to this point?

Well, saying something cliché-ey like “times have changed” seems like an understatement. As a society we have become explicitly more individualistic, making a concept like spending our precious time dating somebody that isn’t perfects as something not worth it.

Think about it: Fifty years ago, you didn’t have videogames, or the possibility to travel the world. Settling down was just kind of like the next natural step in life.

So a lot of people think that if they are going to settle, they want to do it with the absolute best. Hot take?

Most people aim for unrealistic standards, such as supermodels or blokes making seven figures at minimum.

Where’s the love for the average Joe?

Just check that video out. Women’s standards are just out of proportion. In fact, when you compare it with this graph, women tend to be much more selective with who they date.

Consider this an evolutionary strategy: Women tend to find the best partner for their own survival. But things have maybe got a little out of hand?

There is a reason now the internet jokes that now the “standard” for men has become the “666”. 6-figure income, 6 feet tall, 6 pack abs.

📱 APP DYSTOPIA

Going back to apps… they've turned romance into a fast-food menu – quick, easy, and usually not good for you.

You swipe, you match, you chat, and then? Maybe a date, but chances are you’ll be right back there in days.

The truth is that apps as a whole have completely dehumanized dating. Studies show that since the ‘80s, there was a sharp increase of over 60% of people without a romantic partner.

Dating apps have basically torpedoed romance as we knew it, turning it into a weird, algorithm-driven battleground.

Think about it - back in the day, you'd actually have to muster the courage to walk up to someone and start a conversation and trigger this now long-gone thing called human interaction.

These days just it’s hard to be real with each other. The security of distance through a screen has made us allergic to confrontation, thinking playing it cool will magically solve everything.

And in the meantime millennials are waiting for this mythic 'right person' to get all emotional with. 

How do you think this will all play out? Not well, my friends.

🛵 IS EVERYTHING LOST?

There’s definitely some advice that can be shortened into few words: Think outside the box.

Yes, there’s a huge pool on the dating apps, but that does not mean that you can’t stop meeting people at pretty much any place.

In fact, more and more people are shifting away from them. Believe it or not, the yearning for more physical meetings and getting back to the face-to-face way is making a comeback.

Even in Clown World (a.k.a. California) people are signing up for the ever cheesy speed-dating events. That’s the biggest “old school” scream we’ve seen in a while.

But don’t limit yourself to these kind of experiments. Be active. In fact, as our society moves into a digitalized world, the art of doing small talk has went into the drain.

But as studies show, people are still open to engage into small conversations with strangers if the other part does the first step. If you see someone you like, being on the supermarket, college, or a park, just know that your odds at at least striking a chat are way better than what you think.

😎 THE CHAD TAKEAWAY

We're in a romance recession, and it's no joke.

So even if the dating apps offer a giant pool of fish, the problem is that you’ll likely end up also fighting with hordes and hordes of other fishermen.

So why not moving to other ponds?

NEWS: 🧱 LEGO = GOLD

Forget Bitcoin. Who cares about NVIDIA?

LEGO bricks is where the sharks are at. Now, of course like any fancy collectible item, LEGO products can spark high prices, specially in olden sets or somewhat difficult-to-find ones, like anniversary gifts.

For example, the massive NinjaGo City set is currently selling for over one grand on Ebay, while the Rome Colosseum averages the same price.

Lots of people have been hoarding LEGO over the last few decades. The idea is simple: LEGO drops new sets each month.

These sets will of course, get retired out of production as LEGO allocates their production to new projects. And then voilá! Those retired sets prices start to skyrocket on every online store. People just don’t want to miss out on sets.

Investor Jarek Lewis gives great insights on how to profit from hungry collectors. High-end sets can increase as much as 30% in price the moment they are labeled as retired.

In fact, a Hardin-Simmons University research paper compares LEGO sets investing against standard tools like the S&P Index or even Crude Oil. Guess what? Those damn bricks win every single time.

Where to get started? Pages like BrickNerd or BrickPicker give valuable info on which sets are bound to be collectors’ favorites.

Keep ‘em Brickin’!

NEWS: 🎓 TEXAS BILL #17

Being effective since January 1st, Texas’ Senate Bill 17 bans public universities from indoctrinating students through programs based on race, gender or religion.

So in general, it’s banning those dreaded DEI initiatives. Pro-bill senators correctly suggest DEI forces certain political beliefs over faculty and students and prioritize social justice over you know, more important things, like the good ol’ merit and achievement.

In order to comply with the new bill, most Texan Unis are dismantling their inclusion programs, which means a huge culling in the often unproductive “Inclusion and Engagement” departments.

But hey, the University also said that those laid off can re-apply for other positions they might see fit. Could be a great opportunity for those who worked on DEI sectors to showcase that those initials don’t stand for Didn’t Earn It.

NEWS: 👨🏾‍🦲 ROCK FOR PRESIDENT?

Did you get tired of Hollywood publicly endorsing Biden to keep them green coming? Well, The Rock’s interview with Fox News is definitely a breeze of fresh air.

Based Rocky is not only refusing to endorse Biden, but he outright spurted that he’s not happy with the state of America. Even more, he dropped a People’s Elbow on the Social Justice agenda by plainly saying that wokeness “bugs him”.

Let’s not forget that The Rock is not only currently carrying WWE with his star power, but in a recent poll, 46% of Americans said that they would vote for Dwayne if he ever runs for president.

Now, to be honest, Rock said that he isn’t endorsing any candidate, but given that he previously endorsed him in 2020, seems like Biden’s crooks will need a new face to somehow make themselves likeable.

Rock also said that he isn’t “fully ruling out” the idea of a future presidential run.

Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?

BETA OF THE WEEK: 😂 DON LEMON

Well, seems like our Beta of the Week Don Lemon couldn’t help himself and blow his chance at redemption.

The former CNN host seemed in track for success as he announced at the start of the year that he would be starting his new show on X, freely available for people anywhere around the world.

On paper, it looked like an easy job.

The Don Lemon Show could’ve been the test run for shows being ran on Elon Musk’s platform, and could boost the much diminished popularity Lemon had lost since his last days on CNN.

Some producers even suggested that they had troubles booking interviewees willing to talk to him.

First day on the job. Your benefactor, Elon Musk, agrees to be your willing interviewee. So why not just ask well researched questions and have an intelligent conversation, Don?

No, you had to go all-in and ask “gotcha” questions that didn’t catch anything. We just got a glimpse into his brain’s inability to process factual information and blame all of societies woes on “prejudice”.

No point in repeating what happened. You can watch the full cringe show below:

One day later, Don Lemon got his show cancelled.

Record time Beta move.

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