This Country’s Dating Culture Is Falling Apart FAST

Matt Walsh follows up on his recent critique of dating apps, which he calls a scam destroying the dating pool, particularly for young men. He reviews listener responses, agreeing that America's dating culture is a catastrophe while emphasizing practical steps forward in a flawed system.

Dating Apps' Core Flaws

Walsh argues that modern dating apps exacerbate dating woes by prioritizing quick visual judgments over substantive traits. Unlike early online platforms like eHarmony, which required lengthy questionnaires and revealed detailed profiles, today's swipe-based apps reduce mate selection to photos alone. This disadvantages average-looking men who could previously compensate with personality, humor, or charisma in real-world encounters. Women, less visually driven by nature, have been "reprogrammed" to assess partners this way, amid overwhelming choices that create "paralysis of analysis"—much like facing endless mayonnaise varieties in a store. Fewer real-world options, Walsh notes, were ultimately healthier, limiting comparisons and forcing genuine interactions.

He met his wife online in those "caveman days" of dating but now believes society would benefit if apps vanished entirely. Still, apps reflect reality: their users mirror the general population—often unappealing, as seen in the "depressing sea of humanity" at the DMV, where everyone must appear.