Read this “free software evangelist’s” funny complaints about his difficulties with online dating

This amazing post on Reddit is well worth reading: a “free software evangelist” struggling with the dating scene.

Who should we feel more sympathy for? The chap or his potential date?

Lets talk about the free software dating scene

As a twenty year old single male I think it’s very hard to find a girl who’s actually interested in free software. I’ve had girls jokingly ask to “Netflix and chill” but when I tell her that I don’t use Netflix since Netflix requires proprietary software to stream content, they stop talking to me. And worse if they do stay they think I’m weird since I blocked google IP’s in my host file and we can’t even watch youtube.

I can’t ever seem to get girls to come over to my place and I can’t text them either. Once I get their numbers since I’ve added customs roms to my phone and refuse to use sms since it’s a security concern I require all of my friends to download a free and open source messaging app and I share with them my public gpg key so that we can verify that our conversations are secure. None of my friends are willing to do this.

And I can’t use sites like tinder since it’s not only proprietary software but a major privacy vulnerability. How come it is so hard to find a girl concerned about software freedom.

I feel like I’m going to be a virgin forever.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4aauib/lets_talk_about_the_free_software_dating_scene/