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Surviving the Haunted House that is Dating
Don’t succumb to those cliché clickbait titles this cuffing season.
First thing’s first
Let me clarify one thing first. I’m not hating on the cliché titles out there. “Are they the one?”… “Are they a narcissist?”…“Are you compatible?” The writers who have successfully pulled off those articles are great writers. They did well, and people clearly enjoyed the read. But I am getting tired of seeing titles like this. The first thing I think now when I see them is, “Wow, I see this topic a LOT.”
The next thing I think is, “A lot of other people do, too, because these tend to do well.” And why is that? It’s because everyone is always trying to diagnose themselves or someone close to them. In a world full of emphasis on self-love, self-help, and self-preservation, we are all too gullible. We click on the bait like mindless fish.
Finding our way through the darkness
We aren’t mindless fish though. Eventually, we must realize that the internet — and Medium — isn’t always our friend. And it certainly isn’t our doctor or psychiatrist. We can’t simply categorize ourselves or people we know based on yet another listicle someone has churned out.
