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Collected Item: “Online Dating - Pandemic Eddition”

Give your story a title.

Online Dating - Pandemic Eddition

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

This is a screenshot of a dating app profile, showing a picture of a man wearing a face mask below his nose and making a backwards peace sign with his hand.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

With the pandemic, many of us have resorted to the endless, mind-numbing swiping on dating apps. I have included an example of "what not to swipe right on, COVID edition." If a person clearly has no regard for COVID guidelines (like wearing a mask properly) then they are a waste of time. Furthermore, this picture shows how so many people have such a careless lack of regard for the health and safety of others.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#mask, #tinder, #dating, #mask worn wrong

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Dating profile created by Nazar (unknown last name)

Give this story a date.

2021-01-26
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