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It's been trending this way for years, but seeing it graphed out like this is shocking.

What do you think are the effects of this drastic change?

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[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 34 points 1 day ago (12 children)

I want to know which couples were meeting online in 1980.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Meeting online before Internet:

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Scientists probably.

Don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 9 points 1 day ago

They probably meant in line, like at Kmart or whatever other stores were still open then.

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[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's almost like something happened in 2020 to cause a big spike. I wonder what that could have been, and if it is still the case.

Ah, life is full of mysteries.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Except the graph ends with 2020, so I'm not sure it even includes whatever mystery events might have biased things towards online that year.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 15 points 1 day ago

I met my spouse online in the naughts, and it was unusual and required explaining to most people.

Look at the date of the latest piece of data, and you have your answer

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Huh. I never knew that people really do meet at bars for more than just a one night stand.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is more that you meet them for a one night stand. Then you decide to hang out later. Then you wake up one day and you two are married with children.

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, one night stands can turn into lasting relationships. I know a decent number of married couples who met in zero-commitment contexts, whether it's a hookup from a bar or while on vacation in a tourist town or things like that. Or even meeting on a hookup-oriented app that somehow turned into a not-just-for-hookups service after becoming acquired by Match, but during the phase when it was most definitely mainly for no-strings hookups.

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[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To think it all started with DoD nerds hooking up in the 80s.

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[–] atocci@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wouldn't have expected schools to be so low tbh

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[–] rutrum@lm.paradisus.day 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why the rise in meeting people at work in the 1980s? Was this when there was an increase in office jobs?

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[–] rutrum@lm.paradisus.day 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Why does the graph use 5 shades of gray for some categories?

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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Surely this graph is wrong? In 1974 couples used to meet while kung fu fighting. A lot of research tends to prove it.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's hard to get a headcount when people are fast as lightning.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Q: "Why didn't you get in touch with that guy you met at the kung fu fight?"

A: "In fact, he was a little bit frightening..."

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Kudos to that handful of people who met online in the fucking 80s. Talk about meeting over niche interests.

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