According to Tinder’s 2023 Year In Swipe report, a new dating trend has emerged that redefines traditional dating norms. “Not Attached To an Outcome,” or “NATO” dating, is an approach where individuals focus on enjoying the present moment and the process of getting to know a potential partner without placing excessive pressure on the future trajectory of a relationship.

Wow almost like Gen Z are in their 20s. Why do we have to come up with new "phenomena" and names for utterly banal stuff.

[–] ksynwa_from_lemmygrad@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there a reason why they stretched the nomenclature of this phenomenon to call it something pertinent to NATO? It seems incredibly weird. Like they are desperate to link something normal and banal to a genocidal international military alliance.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's because zoomers flirt using the NATO phonetic alphabet.

[–] WayeeCool@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I found a dictionary of this newfangled NATO slag the kids are using: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiservice_tactical_brevity_code

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