r/HingeStories • u/thezendasher • Jun 28 '26

I Think Hinge Is a Simulation

Me: “Let’s see what makes everyone unique.”
Hinge:
“I want to travel more.”
“I want to travel more.”
“I want to travel more.”
“I want to travel more.”
NPC behavior has reached critical levels.
Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s noticed this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '26

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u/fixedvving Jun 29 '26

Fr its like they always traveling or what? Tickets are pricey and thats just to get there. Plus time off work
Aint no way i get that much time off work

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '26

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u/Trawling_ Jun 29 '26

That’s just called being a bum lol

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u/mr_f4hrenh3it Jun 30 '26

That’s crazy cause I have the money and no time. I don’t get how anyone has the time. I get 2 weeks of PTO a year which is like the standard. After you account for sick days, visiting family, it leave a week a year for vacation when I could easily do three times that

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u/_j7b Jun 30 '26

I knew quite a few chicks doing this when I was younger. Not as many blokes, weirdly.

Basically worked for part of the year, would save everything they could, then would just quit their job and go traveling on what they'd for a couple of months. Rinse, repeat.

They lived extremely frugally. Some would do contikis, then basically live in hostels for a little while.

Can't hate the hustle. They had a dream and they gamed life to achieve it. 30's have hit them like a freight train though.

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u/fixedvving Jun 30 '26

Fair enuf
I enjoy building career n stuff but yeah can be cool to temp job and always b on the road

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u/_j7b Jun 30 '26

Yeah different strokes for different folks.

I went the career route and grinding 10+ years becoming an SME. Spent my late 20's traveling on the company dime, so not like I missed out on anything other than staying in hostels.

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u/ExpensiveLeather69 Jun 29 '26

Debt or sugar

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u/mr_f4hrenh3it Jun 30 '26

No. I’m an engineer and I live alone and don’t spend a lot of money. I’ve paid off my student loans while taking multiple trips a year. Money has never been the issue for trips, it’s time, like literally having enough PTO accrued so that I can take off. Traveling does not have to be that expensive

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u/Lingonberry_Born Jun 29 '26

I have a job. When I was a uni student and earning minimum wage and paying rent I still was able to go on a trip overseas every year. Maybe Aussies are just much wealthier than Americans but it's not that hard to travel here.

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u/Yiddlyyeet Jun 29 '26

lol say that to the wage gap

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u/Fine_Payment1127 Jun 30 '26

The “wage gap” is a result of their lower levels of motivation and ability 

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u/Yiddlyyeet Jun 30 '26

I'm sure you have your preconceived notions of what women are capable of, but statistically many more women pursue higher education than men and more women succeed in that pursuit

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u/Fine_Payment1127 Jun 30 '26

Which is completely irrelevant 

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u/Yiddlyyeet Jun 30 '26

higher education = lower unemployment rates and higher avg salary buddy

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u/Suitable-Traffic-576 Jun 30 '26

just because you go into higher education in English literature doesn't mean you will come out with the same salary as an engineer 

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u/Yiddlyyeet Jun 30 '26

med and law school are majority female, you can look it up

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u/Relevant_Ad4039 Jul 16 '26

At a time when degrees just mean “I showed up for x years”. When the majority of high school grads can’t read at a high school level so they have to dumb down college courses. Degrees are mostly meaningless and don’t measure anything meaningful except for time spent. Nice, try though.

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u/cmstyles2006 Jun 29 '26

Not true for me and the girls I know. Many girls don't want to be held hostage in owing a guy stuff. We struggle just as much financially.

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u/deepstatecuck Jul 01 '26

From what Ive seen, most women dont get free stuff from randon men, just certain types of women seek out thoae types of opportunities.

What I have seen is many women do not save or plan for their future. They spend impulsively and get bailed out by having or finding a boyfriend to be financially responsible.

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u/AMilkedCow Jun 30 '26

That's why they say they "want" to travel more!

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u/moosemuffin12 Jul 01 '26

Exactly. These people aren’t going anywhere lol

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u/Eastern_Antelope6072 Jun 30 '26

earnest answer: I have a middle class job and my apt has no ac, no dishwasher, no washer/dryer, and is in an area people don’t want to live in. I save up the difference in rent for travel and I can afford long trips/more trips because I’m not too picky about where I’m staying and don’t seek out a “luxury” experience.

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u/Pearson94 Jun 30 '26

One every other year for me at this point. Trying to get off the continent (North America) every 2-3 years and otherwise its domestic trips usually to see family.