I’m up late a lot and so see a lot of these types of commercials - phone dating. In the case of the gay ones, I imagine they are thinly veiled hook-up services. But in the case of the hetero ones (like lavalife), I can imagine it being at least partially for actual dating. But I have to wonder, what’s the point?
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OK granted, maybe some of the people just want to have phone sex. But why not just call a phone sex line then? Is it ridiculously cheaper? Is the sense of verite a big turn on?
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For those meeting up, do you just not give a crap what the person looks like? I would think this would attract a very large portion of unattractive people who think if you bother to go all the way to their place, you’ll still have sex / go through with the date even if they turn out to be distinctly unlike their audio profile description?