A distinct sub-theme that sits at the intersection of relationships and technology. David has written seriously about building a dating platform and also mined the absurdity of existing ones for material.

One of the more polished concept notes: - Downloaded an AI matchmaker app because "ads work on me / My willpower is measured in instagram impressions" - Also bought hair pills, red light caps, BlueChew — a man of susceptibility - The app makes you say "Yes" or "No" instead of swiping — feels unnatural - If you say no, it asks you to explain yourself ("just like a real matchmaker") - Eventually asks: "Have you tried lowering your standards?" - The cover story problem: "our AI overlords tested our personalities over at a data center in Seattle... it took 2 million liters of water for us to meet"

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- Matched with someone 7 months ago — "since when did swiping on Hinge become like finding a healthcare provider" - Women are: overworked, super tired, in high demand, can't afford them — same as doctors - "Convincing a woman to sleep with me is a lot like getting a doctor to prescribe me adderall" - HSA card at a brothel — Optum would call it mental health - Hinge 2026This file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — more recent riff on the same theme

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Several notes explore this: - Chess dating appThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all.: "I wouldn't mind being called pretty every 5-minute game of chess" - Chess & dating appsThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all., Dating apps vs chessThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — repeated returns to this comparison - The idea: chess is ruthlessly strategic and brutally honest about who loses — like dating apps but at least the failure is legible

Linkedin vs dating appsThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — the professional / romantic profile collapse. Worth developing; the overlap between self-marketing on both platforms is rich comedy territory.

Dating platform specThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — an actual product document. Shows David has thought seriously about this from the tech side (he works in health tech). The idea of building a better dating system is a genuine preoccupation, not just comedy fodder.

- Dating app ideaThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — standalone seed - Dating in La and queuesThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — LA-specific; waiting culture, the queue as dating filter - Girls with boyfriendsThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — the discovery/grief process - GhostedThis file never made it to this site. There's some truly random shit I write in my notes and I can't share it all. — another common experience, underdeveloped in notes but title-filed

- Healthcare as dating analogy is the strongest frame David has found: both systems have scarce supply, high demand, gatekeeping, and a power imbalance that disadvantages the person seeking care/companionship - AI as matchmaker is absurd because it's honest about what matchmakers have always been — data-driven, judgment-laden, and mildly humiliating - The chess analogy works because dating apps and chess are both about strategic positioning with full information that somehow never yields a clean win - David the tech worker writing jokes about tech dating products = built-in credibility and irony