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4. The guys behind the dating website Simple Pickup decided to conduct a social experiment to see what happens when someone's Tinder photos don't match up with their real-life appearance. The team was interested in testing the unsettling theory that—in the world of online dating—women are most afraid that their date will turn out to be a serial killer whereas men are most afraid that their date will be overweight. rnrnHere's how the experiment went down. The team found a thin woman and a thin man to play along. Using photographs of the two, they attracted a host of potential male dates for the woman and potential female dates for the man. They applied prosthetics and padding to make the man and woman look heavier in real life than they did in

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4. The guys behind the dating website Simple Pickup decided to conduct a social experiment to see what happens when someone's Tinder photos don't match up with their real-life appearance. The team was interested in testing the unsettling theory that—in the world of online dating—women are most afraid that their date will turn out to be a serial killer whereas men are most afraid that their date will be overweight. rnrnHere's how the experiment went down. The team found a thin woman and a thin man to play along. Using photographs of the two, they attracted a host of potential male dates for the woman and potential female dates for the man. They applied prosthetics and padding to make the man and woman look heavier in real life than they did in their photographs. Then the dates happened—and the results were crazy.rnrnLiterally ALL the males were rude if not outright hateful regarding their female date's appearance. “I really don't appreciate being lied to,” one man said testily while another slammed his date by saying “It's very upsetting. I wasted gas and my time to come over here, and I can't do this.” Only one out of the five male subjects was willing to stay on the date with the woman.rnrnWhen the tables were turned, the results were shockingly different. Yes, all the females verbally acknowledged that their male date did not look the way they had expected him to look, but the women were way cooler about this unexpected turn of events. None of the women shamed the heavier-than-expected guy. Three of the women saw their date through to the end and said they'd be interested in going on another date with him, and one of the women gave the male subject a kiss.rnrnWhile everyone has the right to be mad about being deceived, the fat shaming that came afterwards is definitely alarming.more...