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If you ever get tired of dating apps, there's another option. (media.piefed.world)
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[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've seen several dating profiles where they express their racial preferences so not much has changed here.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No French, Italians, Spaniards or Hebrews need apply.

It's jarring not because racism is gone, but because of how blatant it used to be.

In my opinion, it's perfectly fine to have a preference for age, weight, height, facial features, personality, income, religion, intelligence, humor, etc. Racism is ignoring all of that and rejecting someone before you know a single thing about them just because of their ethnicity.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I've seen that stuff on dating apps. Usually either excluding black or looking for black specifically.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago

"can dance all night"

She DTF.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Damn still screwed! Mid sized feet, not a nobleman, and am "Italian" American.

[–] Lenny@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought the last sentence was describing her, not what she’s looking for.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did you see this, Asafum??? You still got a chance!!!

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh hell yeah, she doesn't care about my normal sized feet!

Now I just need to do something about the nobleman and Italian part... I'll think of something! Small foot dancing lady here I come!

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

Sounds like a Disney movie

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think tagging people like @Asafum@feddit.nl gets a notification over to their Lemmy inbox, FYI.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do know, but just keep forgetting the format. Thanks for tagging them, they replied!

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, what Lemmy app are you using? I use Summit which auto-formats the moment you type @ and then the start of their username. It's really handy!

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Well I am not even mentioned on the list so you might have better chances then me.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if this worked for her. Surely there’s a record somewhere.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Likely if you care to search local archives that are probably not online.

There are plenty of people who did find someone via newspaper ads. Though I don't think it was ever common.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 1 points 2 months ago

I just want the drama, not to do the work to find it.

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

According to a comment by editorgrrl in this r/TheWayWeWere reddit post, it is a joke.

Life magazine (sometimes called β€œold Life”) was a parody published by graduates of the Harvard Lampoon.

[The] image is one of ten fake personal ads from volume 27, number 679. Transcription of the two which appear on page 121 at the link...

https://archive.org/details/life2728mitc/page/n9/mode/1up

Another version they gave:

https://archive.org/embed/life2728mitc

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 8 points 2 months ago

small feet

Fuck off, vile jezebel.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Can "dance" all night....

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

She could have said "no darkies, even if you are European". Then again, French certainly doesn't count. 🀷🏻

Nothing wrong with having a skin tone preference, but I think it's dumb to put it in a dating profile. One, you'll turn people off thinking you're a racist even if you're not. Two, you never know. I've always dated super pale girls. Ended up with a dark Filipino. Who knows?