Professor of Logic

Dating Apps

Nikki Glaser Nikki Glaser
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Someday You'll Die, 2024

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Glaser approaches dating apps with the analytical intensity of a war correspondent embedded in enemy territory. She's not just on the apps—she's studied them, reverse-engineered the algorithms, and formed theories about what every photo choice reveals about a person's psyche.

Her material covers the full ecosystem: the guys whose first photo is a fish, the bios that say "fluent in sarcasm" as though that's a personality, the unspoken rules about which prompts make you look interesting versus desperate. Each observation is specific enough to make every person in the audience check their own profile mentally.

What makes the bit more than just relatable observations is Glaser's willingness to include herself in the critique. She's not above it—she's deep in it, swiping at 2 AM, adjusting her own photos, gaming the system while mocking the system. The honesty is what sells it.