The Hong Kong News
ISSUE Nr. 47 Whole Nr. 19203
18th December, 1933
One Year $29
A TIME TRAVELER COMES FROM 2033
I come from 2033, a cyberpunk
city, full of technology...
said that he used a pair of glasses called THE LOVE TECH, one of which is time travel. He suddenly returned to 1933, appeared in a tea shop on Hong Kong Island, and began to tell his story to the employees inside. Everyone talked about his story, and soon his deeds spread throughout Hong Kong and became a major event. Rich and famous people in Hong Kong invited him to visit their home.
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Tony
a celebrity gathering, Tony met a dancer named Xiao Lan, from Shanghai. She danced gracefully and she was slim, which was the feeling that made Tony's heart beat after a long time. He plucked up the courage to get to know Xiao Lan and took time to chat with her.
During
This is the moment Tony met Xiao Lan in the ballroom-reporter peter
his love with Xiao Lan was not all smooth sailing. His parents did not accept him and Xiao Lan together. However, at this time, he received an apology from Selena in his THE LOVE TECH glasses......
said that people now have more opportunities for real communication in 1933 than in the future of 2033. At least when he and Xiao Lan go on a date, Xiao Lan will respect the time they spend together and feel more simple and simple.Because there is less material, people will be more satisfied. Gradually, he and Xiao Lan fell in love.
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Dating differences between 1 century
Some people look back fondly on dating, generations ago, with romantic ideas of greater morality and better values. Others think that with all of the online apps and matchmaking websites we have today, it's never been easier to play the field.
2033
Today's dating landscape is complex and endlessly full of possibility thanks to dozens of apps and websites.
1933 (Present)
Dating in the 1920s 1930s was all about public entertainment.
In the 1920s, dating become commonplace. Young people now had an unlimited possibility to meet at social events at dance halls, speakeasies and bars, skating rings, movie theatres, sports courts. These were all places where man and women could freely mix in a socially acceptable environment. In these conditions, dating ceased to be specifically a search for a mate and became a means for casual social entertainment.
In colleges and high schools, where the practice spread, dating came to be regarded as a means to demonstrate popularity. The more numerous and varied the dates, the higher one’s status. For many young people, dating was a form of recreation and self-affirmation, not necessarily a real courtship of a potential life companion. Dating permitted a paired relationship without implying a commitment to marriage, and so it encouraged experimental relations.
Tony saids, many of the changes in dating that have occurred in the coming couple of decades have reflected society’s overarching need to create convenience, efficiency, and tech-powered solutions in the romantic arena. A lot of individuals are looking for different ways to meet new people and create long-lasting relationships.
These relationships aren’t all about long-term romance though, as online dating has evolved into something more than just finding someone to spend your life with. There is a variety of online dating sites made for different purposes as well as for a variety of different social groups in 2030s.
2030s: People are experiencing dating fatigue.
By 2040, our genetic make-up, along with chemical & electrical signal analysis will be used to understand our online dating preferences. Forget questionnaires where you have to do all of the work, your live reactions and online history will be analysed to feed computer algorithms designed to find you a compatible mate.
Limitations
If a young man was interested in a young woman, he would follow the proper protocol of calling upon her, which meant that he would come to the family's home and (hopefully) be welcomed into their parlor.
All of this looked like huge freedom to the adults, who started to fear for a life of promiscuity for their children. But if young people in the 1920s did have a lot more freedom then their parents had had in term of choosing a partner and exploring that relationship, they still had limits that the adults sometimes failed to see. Limits held in place by the peer group itself.
However, they’re now at a point where dating tools and trends that have emerged—swiping, DMing, ghosting, etc.—are leading to dating and hookup fatigue. Ironically, this is resulting in a new trend that is, in essence, a return back to older trends: slow dating.
Will Tony back to the future?
