“We’re not dating. We’re playing.”

Dating apps weren’t built for love.

They were built to keep you swiping.

Rooted in tech-bro think tanks and designed to avoid real rejection, these platforms turned intimacy into interface.

It’s not your fault you’re tired.

It’s not your fault love feels like a slot machine.

The game was rigged.

Christian Bale changes his body and wins an Oscar. Lance Armstrong does it and loses everything. When the body is your instrument, who gets to tune it - and who decides what’s “real”?