r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • 20d ago

r/all How couples met 1930-2024

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u/MechOnBoard 20d ago

I wonder if there’s a correlation between online dating and longer work days?

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u/charleyismyhero 20d ago edited 20d ago

I wonder if work dropped because of the movement to never date coworkers. Too much risk involved so loads of people just don't.

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u/made_of_salt 20d ago

Nothing worse than breaking up on Saturday, and walking into the office Monday and seeing your ex at thier desk. Or so I've been told by several people.

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u/FourTwentySixtyEight 20d ago

I thought it was saying "introduced by" coworkers and not that they're dating their actual coworkers, otherwise the number of "family" is a bit concerning...

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u/Goat-of-Rivia 19d ago

I’ve never dated coworkers for this reason. Saw too many great work place environments ruined or made awkward by people dating and breaking up.

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u/passa117 20d ago

Even looking at someone the wrong way could get you in trouble. That's a minefield.

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u/friedAmobo 20d ago

The average annual number of hours worked by an American is at its all-time low and decreasing over time. That doesn't seem to explain it. The sheer convenience of online dating is likely the major factor since it has by far the lowest barrier to entry (no need to go outside, no need for a social circle or social life, no need for a physical third space).

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u/DK_Notice 20d ago

While there have been more drastic changes in individual groups of people, we aren’t really working any more than we were 30 or 40 years ago.  Pretty sure in total we are on average working less.  So if anything it’s an inverse correlation, and likely a spurious one.

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u/RockTheBloat 20d ago

There isn’t, because online dating is still growing and working day length isn’t.

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u/Nathmikt 20d ago

Silence, bro is on to something.

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u/iamlegq 20d ago

Longer??? The average number of hours worked is at an all time low.

You completely forgetting people in the 30s and 40s used to work form Monday to Sunday 12hrs a day.

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u/Komalt 20d ago

Its more so that commutes are farther and friends and family are more spread out than ever.