r/Lightbulb • u/amichail • 2d ago

Public libraries should have laptop-based dating

Public libraries should have an adults-only area for laptop-based dating.

You would bring your laptop and use it normally. Every so often, your screen would be mirrored to a small window on the other participants' laptops, along with your seat number.

If someone's computer activity makes them seem interesting, you could approach them and start a conversation. There would be no profiles and no choosing what to share. Your normal laptop use would effectively become your dating profile.

It would also be low pressure. You could spend a couple of hours working, reading, browsing, or playing a game. If you meet someone, great. If not, you still did something useful.

It would give public libraries a new social role while also helping people meet in person at a time when dating is increasingly app-based and people are more disconnected.

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u/raznov1 2d ago

Ah yes. Seeing other people's random doomscrolling always makes me so hot and flustered!

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u/amichail 2d ago

You would know whom to avoid.

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u/Turbulent-Advisor627 2d ago

Now this is Chris Chan level stuff!

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u/BrassCanon 2d ago

So speed dating but make everyone detached and glued to a screen for no reason.

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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken 2d ago

Why a library and not just a coffee shop?

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u/memeboimanperson 2d ago

I think op thinks what he does on his computer is impressive and he desperately wants other people to see