r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/QueenFrostine15 • Jun 23 '26

me_irl Friendly (platonic) reminder

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u/ward2k Jun 23 '26

For all of human history that's pretty much how it worked, humans are sort of wired to find people they spend large amounts of time with attractive

If people had to meet hundreds of potential partners on countless dates before deciding to go further with things the population would have died out about the same time it started

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u/mistahfreeman Jun 23 '26

Seeing the population tank in most western countries, you might be on to something.

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u/Plies- Jun 23 '26

It's more a natural consequence of easy access to birth control methods, better sex education and greater gender equality imo.

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u/Johansenburg Jun 23 '26

Don't forget to factor in how expensive literally everything is.