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Deleting My Dating Apps To Meet Someone The Old Fashioned Way is a snowclone that grew popular on Twitter in the summer of 2021 in which people say they are going to delete their dating apps to pursue a relationship through traditional means, though the means, explained in parentheses, are humorous or a pop culture reference.

Origin

On June 3rd, 2021, Twitter user @ronnypascale^[1] tweeted, "I deleted all dating apps from my phone. Now I’m looking for love the old fashioned way, looking for women to untie from train tracks," gaining 18 retweets and 192 likes as of June 15th, 2021.

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The format gained popularity after June 6th, 2021, after Twitter user @Alexgmurd^[2] tweeted, "deleting my dating apps because i want to meet someone the old fashioned way (blacked out at a bar)," gaining over 16,000 retweets and 191,000 likes (shown below, left). On June 8th, user @Jzux^[3] tweeted a reference to Holes, "deleting my dating apps because i want to meet someone the old fashioned way (he sells me onions, i sell him jars of spiced peaches)," gaining over 44,000 retweets and 446,000 likes (shown below, right).

The format continued to be popular over the following week. On June 10th, user @Jesslawrenzo^[4] referenced New Girl, writing, "deleting dating apps bc i want to meet someone the old fashioned way (get cheated on by my boyfriend of 6 years, find an apartment on craigslist, move in with three guy roommates, yearn over someone who lives across the hall, kiss in the elevator to lorde’s green light)," gaining over 14,000 retweets and 114,000 likes (shown below, left). On June 12th, user @sentibrwngirl^[5] posted a reference to Pride and Prejudice, gaining over 500 retweets and 2,500 likes (shown below, right).

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