by Quim buzzer November 11, 2017
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(noun)
A dating reality where nobody meets real people anymore — just filtered versions, curated profiles, AI-polished bios, trauma-fueled expectations, and algorithm-approved illusions.
You're not dating a human. You're dating their simulacrum — a copy of a copy of who they think they should be.
Everyone shows up with:
• emotional baggage (the pathosphere)
• digital masks and highlight-reel personalities (the simulacra)
The result?
Two illusions flirting, trauma bonding, ghosting, love-bombing, and blocking each other — all before anyone meets in person.
Example:
“Bro, she wasn’t crazy. You were just trapped in the Pathosphere of Simulacra Dating. That wasn’t her — that was her Instagram ghost with trauma issues.”
(noun)
A dating reality where nobody meets real people anymore — just filtered versions, curated profiles, AI-polished bios, trauma-fueled expectations, and algorithm-approved illusions.
You're not dating a human. You're dating their simulacrum — a copy of a copy of who they think they should be.
Everyone shows up with:
• emotional baggage (the pathosphere)
• digital masks and highlight-reel personalities (the simulacra)
The result?
Two illusions flirting, trauma bonding, ghosting, love-bombing, and blocking each other — all before anyone meets in person.
Example:
“Bro, she wasn’t crazy. You were just trapped in the Pathosphere of Simulacra Dating. That wasn’t her — that was her Instagram ghost with trauma issues.”
“Bro, she wasn’t crazy. You were just trapped in the Pathosphere of Simulacra Dating. That wasn’t her — that was her Instagram ghost with trauma issues.”
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Get the Double Date mug.When you go on a date with someone and you end up not liking them, you slag them off to your friends etc, this is called 'date and slate'
I went out with a right awful person last night, they were this....they were that.... in fact what you might call a 'date and slate'
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