Death, Sex & Money - Hot Dates: Help from an OKCupid Guru
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🗓️ 14 June 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Louis is at his wit's end with dating apps...so we called in reinforcements. Plus, some musings from Ceci.
All summer, we're following a group of listeners as they date in real time around the country. We're calling this series Hot Dates—if you missed the introductory episode, go back and listen to it first.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, let's see. Things you've missed in the shenanigans. That is my love life. |
| 0:11.9 | I got a message a couple of days ago. The message said, hey, I don't typically fuck with fat chicks, but I really like your smile. |
| 0:26.6 | Like, excuse me, sir? |
| 0:28.8 | Am I supposed to be so enthralled that you would grace my profile with your presence, scroll through my pictures to see that I am |
| 0:41.1 | fat, and then decide that you like my smiles so much. You will overlook your typical, barbaric, |
| 0:50.5 | archaic, stupid-ass rules about dating fat girls to let me know you like my smile. |
| 1:02.5 | That's the equivalent of, hey, you're real pretty for a black girl. |
| 1:10.0 | Get the fuck out of here. |
| 1:15.1 | Hey, it's Anna, with another installment in our series Hot Dates. |
| 1:19.6 | That was an update from Cece, who's 36 in Sacramento. |
| 1:23.5 | Today, we're also checking in with Lewis, |
| 1:26.1 | a gay man who's been struggling with online dating flakes in D.C. |
| 1:30.5 | And we brought in a little help. |
| 1:32.5 | Hello. |
| 1:33.3 | Hello. |
| 1:34.0 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 1:35.2 | Good. |
| 1:35.6 | Tobin, how are you? |
| 1:37.2 | Tobin Lowe is the co-host of another podcast here at W&YC Studios called Nancy. |
| 1:42.9 | It's a show that focuses on the queer experience. Lewis is a fan, |
| 1:47.0 | and since Tobin is also a self-proclaimed OKCupid guru, we asked him if he had some online dating |
| 1:53.1 | advice to share. Just for some background, I like had a very similar story to you for a long time |
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