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People care about the oddest things.

I mean, I have my interests and preferences that might turn some heads, but it's not something so necessary. I'm happy with someone who's happy being with me. When did love turn out to be so complicated, so... I dunno, but it seems consumeristic. Like going to a drive through and going "I'd like to have a blonde D-cup, hold the high self-esteem, and give me a side order of freckles"

There's something so off with some people's ideas of relationships and dating. And I say some people's but a part of me fears it's more than some people. I think it's like a feeling of selfish entitlement they have, and it's one that makes me think that they'd ask for a money back guarantee if relationships had one.

It's why I dislike dating sites, because I see profiles where it's basically just a huge blacklist that says "Do not even try if you do not have these traits", and I'm wondering if these people are really looking for love when they sound like job interviewers.

It's all so demeaning to our humanity, or something like that. I can't properly find the words to express it.

I dunno. That whole post made me feel sad. I read the first few lines and was sad (And then said "People care about the oddest things"), then I kept reading and I just kept getting sadder.