Some people find love in a hopeless place. This app is one of them
Indeed, there are plenty of dirtbags and scammers out there in the nebulous world of online dating. But what’s worse is an entity that takes pride in uniting such vermin, by promoting ill values of elitism, bigotry, and racism via its services.
Shocking the Internet recently is the promotional campaign of an upcoming dating app called HighBlood, that hopes to suck the blood out of our society’s moral fibre with its ridiculously discriminating criteria: No Banglas (a derogatory term for Bangaldeshi foreign workers), No Maids, No Uglies. I can almost feel the puke riding up my gullet.
There’s nothing wrong with having preferences, and yes, there are some other dating apps out there that cater to the so-called ‘high-brow’ echelons of society – HighBlood purportedly relies on an equally atas panel of judges who approve applications which prospective users supply with official documents, proving how much of an industry hotshot they are, or how many As they got in that top college examination they still love to brag about. Cool story, bro.
But you don’t wear racism loud and proud on your sleeve in a multi-racial country like Singapore; heck, not anywhere, period. Resorting to such sleazy tactics is anything but classy – the misplaced quality HighBlood thinks it embodies.
And if you’re thinking, “Yeah, then why are you writing about this cesspool of an app if you feel so strongly against it in the first place? Quit giving them publicity”, I am totally on board with you. But such detritus deserves to be called out, because if we choose to ignore things like this, it’s never gonna go away.
If you do insist on finding love via swiping, we’d rather you resort to these other tried-and-tested dating apps in Singapore. As for HighBlood, it can bleed out for all I care.
Now that I’ve got that off my chest, why don’t you cool down with me with these cooling desserts in Singapore, and cheap bars in Singapore for an ice-cold pint. I sure need it.