{"id":38643,"date":"2015-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/38643\/six-reasons-romance-is-actually-dead"},"modified":"2023-05-08T09:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T09:21:32","slug":"six-reasons-romance-is-actually-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/38643\/six-reasons-romance-is-actually-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Reasons Romance is Actually Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"Do you remember the last time your date picked you up for dinner and then shyly kissed you at the end of the night? No? Neither do I.
Do you remember the last time someone texted you \u201cu up?\u201d then proceeded to send you a picture of their genitals? Yeah, me too.
Technology has joined forces with high libidos and our generation\u2019s rampant trust issues to effectively kill romance. These are a few of the accomplices:
1. Bae<\/b><\/big><\/big>
Previous pet names that were endearing and loving such as: sweetheart, my love, honey etc. have been replaced with a clipped and misspelled form of babe known as “bae.”
2. Camera Phones <\/b><\/big><\/big>
Now that everybody and their mother has a camera phone, you don\u2019t need to wait too long before seeing your love interests\u2019 genitals. They will send you a badly-lit photo pronto. Next time somebody sends you an \u201cintimate photo,\u201d think of all the work that went in to it. First he unbuckled his britches, and then proceeded to take several shots of his penis from various angles and lighting. Most of these D’s probably looked like an angry bald man or a weird, skinless snake. Then he scrolled through them and sent one to you. LOVE.
3. DTF <\/b><\/big><\/big>
The use of the question DTF? (Down To F*ck?) probably marks the definitive death of the sexual hunt. That, and nd Tinder.
4. Tinder <\/b><\/big><\/big>
With Tinder alive and kicking, the process of courting someone has been reduced to swipe left\/swipe right. Everyone has a GPS for their genitals now, and we don\u2019t want it any other way.
5. Caring is Frowned Upon, And Cell Phone Games Are Cool<\/b><\/big><\/big>
It has become rare for us to exhibit human emotions, because why would you \u2013 right? Instead of showing that you care, it is now considered cool and sexy to play emotional games via text. Don\u2019t text him\/her back immediately, don\u2019t pick up their phone calls, definitely don\u2019t show that you\u2019re interested in them, and keep your emotions and reactions extremely robotic. You\u2019ll have a marriage proposal within a month.
6. Song Lyrics<\/b><\/big><\/big>
Bobby Darin\u2019s 1946 hit \u201cBeyond The Sea\u201d I know beyond a doubt My heart will lead me there soon We’ll meet, I know we’ll meet, beyond the shore We’ll kiss just as before Happy we’ll be beyond the sea And never again I’ll go sailin’<\/i>
Kanye West\u2019s 2010 hit \u201cLost In The World\u201d If we die in each others\u2019 arms Still get laid in the afterlife<\/i>
AND\u2026
Kanye West\u2019s 2010 hit \u201cRunaway\u201d I sent this b*tch a picture of my d*ck<\/i>
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