[mOved] Association des célibataires - Page 440

Forget the proverbial wisdom: Opposites don’t really attract, study findsArs TechnicaEducational attainment, substance use were most common shared traits among couples.

The meta-analysis and Biobank analysis revealed that the strongest correlations for couples were for birth year and traits like political and religious attitudes, educational attainment, and certain IQ measures. Couples tend to be similar when it comes to their substance use, too: heavy drinkers tend to be with other heavy drinkers, and teetotalers tend to pair with fellow teetotalers. There were a handful of traits among the Biobank couples where opposites did seem to attract, most notably whether one is a morning person or a night owl, tendency to worry, and hearing difficulty.

The weakest correlations were for traits like height, weight, medical conditions, and personality traits, although these were still mostly positive, apart from extroversion, which somewhat surprisingly showed almost no correlation. “People have all these theories that extroverts like introverts or extroverts like other extroverts, but the fact of the matter is that it’s about like flipping a coin," said Horwitz. "Extroverts are similarly likely to end up with extroverts as with introverts."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/15/hundreds-people-rescued-love-scam-philippines
Hundreds of “good-looking men and women” forced to work in a sprawling “love scam” centre have been rescued during a police raid in the Philippines.

Individuals were lured to the 10-hectare compound 60 miles north of Manila on the promise of well-paid jobs. Instead, their passports were confiscated and they were coerced into operating various online scams, pushed to defraud others or face violence themselves.

Authorities said that romance scams – also known as “pig butchering” operations, a reference to the farming practice of fattening pigs before slaughter – were a key element of the operation, which was masquerading as an online gaming company.

Those trapped in the centre were forced to send “sweet nothings” to their victims, peppering them with questions about their day and what they were eating, according to Winston Casio, spokesman for the presidential commission against organised crime.

He added that those running the centre had purposefully trapped “good-looking men and women to lure [victims]”.

They were forced to send photos online, to cultivate a strong relationship before persuading victims to invest in fake schemes, cryptocurrencies or businesses.

Women no longer have to make the first move on Bumble. Will it make the app better?
NPR

For women who date men, making the first move on a dating app can be empowering, but having to do it can be a burden. Now, they don't have to — at least on Bumble, the dating app that built its brand on letting women message first.

Bumble's change comes at a difficult financial period for the company and at a time when people are breaking up with dating apps — a phenomenon that has been called dating-app fatigue.