WEBVTT - Froomy’s Investigation Into Hinge Standout Profiles ⭐ 📱

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<v Speaker 1>Flex and Frooms, Flex and Frooms.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Flex and Frooms catch up podcast. You

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<v Speaker 2>are with Flexi and Free me.

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<v Speaker 3>And the other day my friend broke up with their

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<v Speaker 3>long term partner.

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<v Speaker 1>How long.

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<v Speaker 3>I would say seven years as a b one voice,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's not looking good.

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<v Speaker 4>Brave your friend listening, like, actually, I think I'm quite fine.

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<v Speaker 3>And they downloaded a dating app for the first time ever.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm sitting with them and I'm showing them the

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<v Speaker 3>lay of the land on this dating app, hinge name Drop.

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<v Speaker 3>They had the standout sections. So this is a section

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<v Speaker 3>where you can give people a rose. There's about ten

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<v Speaker 3>eligible singles they've chosen that you can give a rose to,

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<v Speaker 3>one a day or whatever.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's presumed that this is like the best of

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<v Speaker 4>the bunch, like the pick of the litter, pick of

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<v Speaker 4>the okay.

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<v Speaker 3>A runt freezer. And I'm looking through them and I see,

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<v Speaker 3>oh my god, this is a guy that I've seen before.

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<v Speaker 3>About an hour earlier, I was looking through my Instagram

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<v Speaker 3>story views and this guy had like lovehearted one of

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<v Speaker 3>my stories, which as we know, means obsessed with me.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I clicked into him and I was looking

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<v Speaker 3>at him and like, I was like.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, do you feel betrayed that he's on dating apps

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<v Speaker 4>when he's liking your Instagram stories?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that the problem?

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<v Speaker 3>And then I was like, I need to get to

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<v Speaker 3>the bottom of this. I know that he's seen my

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<v Speaker 3>Instagram and so I probably have a free pass to

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<v Speaker 3>slide into the dms, not to say that I want

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<v Speaker 3>to date him, but rather to dig further because I

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<v Speaker 3>want to know how do these people get into the

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<v Speaker 3>road section? Are they paying money? Do they know that

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<v Speaker 3>they're there? And so I messaged him and I said.

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<v Speaker 1>You message the guy you recognized?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and I had never seen him before. Here's a

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<v Speaker 3>familiar face though I think he's on TV.

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<v Speaker 4>This feels romantic, like a meet cute like Starcross lovers

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<v Speaker 4>to be like.

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<v Speaker 3>That, all right, I go, hey, f crying on the

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<v Speaker 3>app or on instadms. Okay, my name is Lucinda. What

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<v Speaker 3>do I get? The same minute, I am a massive

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<v Speaker 3>fan smiley space smiley face. I go, ha haha, oh iconic,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you. This is the randomest thing ever. But I

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<v Speaker 3>just downloaded Hinge and went on the rose section and saw.

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<v Speaker 1>You randomt thing ever. Shut This literally never happened.

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<v Speaker 4>I was taking a walk through slum Loord village and

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<v Speaker 4>came across your profile, and I thought, I organized that face.

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<v Speaker 4>So I got out a Slummord village back into Farming

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<v Speaker 4>Princess's house.

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<v Speaker 3>And went to the row section and saw you and

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<v Speaker 3>need to know if you know that they put you there?

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<v Speaker 3>Exclamation mark, question mark.

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<v Speaker 4>This is so crazy because if I was to be like,

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<v Speaker 4>how did you recognize me there and here?

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<v Speaker 1>Now you look crazy. It's not really adding up.

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<v Speaker 4>As like a seamless flow of events.

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<v Speaker 1>It's giving me like this.

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<v Speaker 3>This is where plausible, where plausible deniability comes in. I

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<v Speaker 3>then said, I want to talk about the section on

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<v Speaker 3>my radio show. I mean, if they give you a

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<v Speaker 3>radio show, you use the radio shows ladies. I wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to know if people who are actually in there know

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<v Speaker 3>that they are. Then a screenshot I said, standouts ha

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<v Speaker 3>ha ha, he goes, oh my god, ha ha. I

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<v Speaker 3>had no idea. I wish I wasn't in there, ha,

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<v Speaker 3>I said, king, don't need to be humble, yeah, but

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<v Speaker 3>go off. And then I said, ha, I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>a good I'm going to contact Hinge and see how

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<v Speaker 3>they calculated it.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you the cops? What's going on?

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<v Speaker 4>I found your profile taken a screenshot's evidence. I don't

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<v Speaker 4>want to contact him. I'm going to do everything, but

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<v Speaker 4>ask him on a day.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I said, I thought, I and see if

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<v Speaker 3>someone on there actually knows. First, then I finished, good luck,

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<v Speaker 3>my king, salute, laughing face, and then he said, doing

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<v Speaker 3>God's work for all of us.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, and singe.

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<v Speaker 4>So you said I would never go there, but I

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<v Speaker 4>will use your likeness and your information and your experience

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<v Speaker 4>for content.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you God, bless Flex.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just giving you the lowdown on F. It's not

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<v Speaker 3>flexing frms. It's a guy starting with the name F.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, I can't dox him, but no, you'll know

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<v Speaker 3>who is all right here is recognize this man.

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<v Speaker 4>Flexy ah, not even a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, let me mouth it to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, okay, got it.

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<v Speaker 3>Apparently he's the same age as us. When I see

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<v Speaker 3>professional people, I think they're way older than me. Just

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<v Speaker 3>bite the fact that I'm twenty four. It's so weird.

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<v Speaker 1>It's my eyes.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's pretty interesting that they don't know. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>i'd want to know if I'm in Standouts. Hell, I

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<v Speaker 3>have my profile open for half an hour and I

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<v Speaker 3>start having a fucking panic attack, like, who's who can

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<v Speaker 3>see me?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>What I will say is I assumed that the standouts

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<v Speaker 4>were from the most liked profiles. Oh so like people

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<v Speaker 4>who are receiving a lot of likes are going to

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<v Speaker 4>be in standouts because algorithmically speaking, Hinge wants you to

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<v Speaker 4>keep using the app.

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<v Speaker 1>And so if you.

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<v Speaker 4>Are also serve the most liked person number one, your

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<v Speaker 4>odds of like actually having a conversation slim. But you're

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<v Speaker 4>but because they're like attractive, you're incentiviz to stay on

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<v Speaker 4>the app because like they're like hot. People are here

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<v Speaker 4>and I could talk to them if we match.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what they do?

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<v Speaker 3>Can't confed more toniyd until we talk to a rep,

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<v Speaker 3>and even then it's going to be a slim pickins.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk to.

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<v Speaker 3>When you download the app again, they put three hotties

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<v Speaker 3>up the top.

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<v Speaker 2>Then you start sifting through.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh what do you get?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, who aren't my type and people whose type

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<v Speaker 3>I wouldn't be. And then just as you run out

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<v Speaker 3>of likes because you can only like a certain amount

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<v Speaker 3>of people a day, they hit you with a hottie.

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<v Speaker 1>That's incredible, they do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I swear it happened to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, good on them.

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<v Speaker 4>I think what we need to remember about dating apps

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<v Speaker 4>is it's a business model, and a very good one

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<v Speaker 4>at that. It's selling you the prospect of love, which

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<v Speaker 4>I think for most people is what they're searching for.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I prefer the prospect more than the real deal.

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<v Speaker 4>I'd say yeah, because I think if if people wanted

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<v Speaker 4>the real, real deal, you'd go to like a match maker.

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<v Speaker 2>Should we do that? I don't know if they have.

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<v Speaker 1>I need like a government match maker. Give me the census.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me start looking at some things.

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<v Speaker 4>You know what I'm saying, Like, I don't want like

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<v Speaker 4>a personality different one. I need like my doctor, get

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<v Speaker 4>my blue book, you know, get my birth certificate. Get

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<v Speaker 4>the sensors and pair me with people. Don't go on

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<v Speaker 4>psychic vibes, not just the stats.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, are you on hinge?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you on any dating apps?

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<v Speaker 4>RYA?

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<v Speaker 2>Is there any good over there?

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<v Speaker 3>Haven't been in a while. No any matches.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but everyone's like dipping in, dipping out babes here

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<v Speaker 4>on tour. You get a nut, you go, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>you get it? Not you go?

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<v Speaker 2>It's too expensive.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but the price of love babe or clout.

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<v Speaker 2>Should I reapply?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>You know what, No, I can't.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like twelve dollars of bloody. It's like twenty four

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<v Speaker 3>dollars a month. Yeah, I can't pay for that, not

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<v Speaker 3>for the nut, not for unless it's a premium nut.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>If let's see is like LinkedIn, it's like a CV thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's good for optics to be seen and be seen.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you reckon it is on that? Yeah? I did?

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<v Speaker 4>You know?

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<v Speaker 2>Ray is good?

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<v Speaker 3>I made a really good friend off raya great shout

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<v Speaker 3>out king you know who you are?

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<v Speaker 1>Babes, what's going on? I'm looking at you.

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<v Speaker 4>Something just changed, like your body got snatched. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 4>like something happened.

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<v Speaker 3>So we gotta we're gonna just wait for the Hinge

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<v Speaker 3>representative to figure out the algorithm.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they'll lie, that's for sure. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>we need to wait.

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<v Speaker 4>I think if we were to speculate for sixty more minutes,

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<v Speaker 4>we'd figure it out. The whole idea is like they're

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<v Speaker 4>selling the prospect of love. I did try something the

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<v Speaker 4>last time I was on Hinge. Where if you Because

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<v Speaker 4>obviously the thought of giving someone a rose is just

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<v Speaker 4>the most insufferable thing ever, very embarrassing. And what you

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<v Speaker 4>often find is it like the hotties are in the

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<v Speaker 4>rose section or the standout sections, and like everybody else

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<v Speaker 4>is in the everybody else section. So what you do

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<v Speaker 4>is you say no to every rose. You say no, no, no, no, no.

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<v Speaker 4>You keep saying no because in the algorithm be like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>that's not your type. We'll put the people you like

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<v Speaker 4>in the rose section in quotations, and then all your

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<v Speaker 4>feed becomes hotties.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna have to try that.

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<v Speaker 1>I try it.

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<v Speaker 2>It works.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I'm going to go back on a dating app for.

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<v Speaker 1>Study.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me just a few more people research.

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