When folks think about where to take someone out for a date, they usually think about a nice restaurant, movie, show, outing etc. Some more adventurous would go for a hike or outing together. But apparently there is a group of men who think that taking their dates to their office is a good option for a first date. It boggles my mind that anyone would think that. Imagine being so one dimensional that you think taking a date to your office to show off the perks at work is a good idea.
Taking people to work on a date
The above popped up on my feed over at Mastodon and folks are rightly making fun of the folks who do this. What I take away from this is that these folks have almost no existence outside their work and their ‘achievements’ over there. What is especially interesting is that this guy is not the only one taking folks to their office for a date. I actually feel sorry for the folks they are dating because that is the only interesting thing/place these folks know.
Out of curiosity I checked out the posts by @VCBrags over on Twitter (I refuse to call it X) and they are as bad as expected. I especially liked the following:
You have hobbies and interests outside of startups and venture capital?
Redflag 🚩
Being a well rounded human is considered a red flag by these self defined geniuses. So it is a good idea to keep away from them, because they are literally incapable of having thoughts outside of work. I mean I am a workaholic, I love to geek out on things and have spent weeks of my free time writing code for personal projects but that is not all I am capable of. I travel, I write, read books, trek, listen to music, go out with friends and generally have a life.
The problem is that these folks are stuck in a sort of echo chamber with other such folks who encourage and promote such behavior and then they wonder why folks don’t want to date them. Then they blame the other sex for the lack of interest and call themselves ‘incels’ and demand that they be given sex because they deserve it. Basically they do everything other than take a look at themselves and don’t realize that they are absolutely uninteresting because they really don’t have anything to contribute to any conversation that is not related to work (or their very specific niche field of interest).
– Suramya