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Show 8 CAMPUS K tike TiMe? talkewei? srcraps-dleiimH- G, RACHEL ROBERTSON STAFF REPORTER TENDERING FOOLS THE PICK UP LIMES Tinder is infamous for its pickup lines. Type in tinder pickup lines in the Google search engine and it pops up with over 70,000 results. The craze has taken off to Buzzfeed articles, College Humor posts, Pinterest boards, Tumblr pages and even reddits devoted to Tinder pickup lines. Lines vary from inappropriate to rude to cutesy. If you were a triangle youd be an acute Continued from page one... The way it works is that profiles of other users appear on the screen and users can then either swipe left (indicating a nope) or right (saying they like). If both users say like to each other, they then create a match. Users can only talk and interact with one another if they are a match. If someone says nope, then the contact goes no further. Fifty percent of Tinder users range from the ages of 18 to 24 the app reports. CEOs of Tinder, Sean Rad and Justin Mateen, met in college at the University of South Carolina and celebrated the second anniversary of the app in September. is Tinder designed to represent a deck of cards said of the app. Rad, We always just saw Tinder as a game, said Rad in an interview with Time. Nobody joins Tinder because theyre looking for something. They join because they want to have fun. College students can use Tinder in a multitude of different ways. At Westminster, it is more than just a dating app. When polled in the Richer Commons, students said they use the app as a joke, nothing serious, a drinking game, a shallow ego boost, an awkward small-tal- k outlet, a distraction or a way of finding dates. Tinder isnt just all fun and games. Ph.D. candidates and professors nationwide dive deeper into analyzing Tinder and its impact on the dating and the socialization of young adults. the major Ultimately, between difference Tinder and real-lif- e dating is that Tinder meet-cut- e, the eliminates said John Lisi, current Ph.D. student at Indiana University studying Communication and tor -- win tv r u ' one Traditionally, stranger would approach another scenario. stranger in a real-lif- e Now, the two strangers are digitally matched by a dating app, thereby removing any angst and excitement with a real-lif- e encounter. McKenzie Woodral, senior found her English major, Tinder without even on boyfriend trying. She laughed and reflected on her relationship with Andrew Blakely who she met through Tinder. I put my Snapchat address on Tinder - my dad is still mad at me for that - and some random guy snap chatted me, Woodral said. After snap chatting, it turned into texting. We went to the Pie and then that was that. I dont even think of us meeting through Tinder, Blakely, Woodrals boyfriend, said. I dont even tell people. I say we met in a library or through friends. We are over a year and going strong, said Woodral, after pumping her arms up in the air. Tinder may not be as much of a joke as some see it. Relationships like Woodral and Blakelys happen every day on the app. Marie Claire By 2013, magazine reported that just within a year of Tinder, 50 couples had gotten engaged thanks to meeting on the app, making Tinder an actual tool for finding a long-lastirelationship. makes Tinder the possibilities endless for students with the next adventure only a swipe away. Have a thought, aggressive opinion or an embarrassing story on Tinder and the dating scene? Let us know. We love to hear back. Submit your Tinder lines or stories to The Forum. Culture. ng one.1 On a scale of one to America how free are you tonight. dont know how many times I had to You swipe left to find you. Im not a photographer, but I can picture you and me together. and the list goes on. THE STH.TS Women spend about 8.5 minutes every time they log on. Males spend about 7.2 minutes when they log on. All of which can add up to 90 minutes a day. Reported by Tinder and CEOs. |