{"id":2498,"date":"2017-09-03T22:11:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T16:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2017-09-04T05:02:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T23:32:44","slug":"notes-from-reading-modern-romance-by-aziz-ansari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/03\/notes-from-reading-modern-romance-by-aziz-ansari\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Reading: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.in\/kp\/card?asin=B00TTCHPD0&amp;preview=inline&amp;linkCode=kpe&amp;ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_vFcRzbDX0Y0VN\" width=\"336\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>First thing first, Modern Romance is not a guide for finding hook-up or soulmate. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n<p>ok let&#8217;s continue further. Aziz Ansari is a seasoned standup comedian. He wrote this book mentioning his encounter with women via online dating. The book mostly talks about all sides of online dating &amp; how horizon of meeting THAT PERFECT MATCH has changed. \u00a0His finding are backed with data. \u00a0I can admit that I had no clue that dating is a science. One has to learn it and like excel in it.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most weird learning :<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If a someone says she is busy, it means she is not interested [considering you asked her out more then once]<\/li>\n<li>Dating is a big pool with options &amp; everyone is in hurry, kind of photo you put as profile picture can make break it [tinder era]<\/li>\n<li>Your response time to a msg also decides on your chances by other side [like really WTF]<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t start conversation with just hello [umm, talk about Donald Trump maybe]<\/li>\n<li>Repressive society\/countires like gulf youths are making full use of dating, they organize hotel parties meetups. [socializing under burqa via online dating platform]<\/li>\n<li>Online dating has given rise to cheating. [umm.. ok]<\/li>\n<li>People these days breakup via whatsapp, Imsg [I am not surprised]<\/li>\n<li>Sexting is a big thing &amp; most youth are fine with it. [apparently it is a breather for long distance relationship]<\/li>\n<li>Open Relationship is a trend and both partners are cool with it. [umm&#8230; once in while we will find some one else via dating site &amp; go hookup]<\/li>\n<li>While some people blame online dating for many problems, many folks are getting married. [yum, people getting married after swiping RIGHT via Tinder]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Umm.. All I can say, I had great weekend and good learning\/understanding after reading this. Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AzizAnsari\">Aziz\u00a0<\/a>, peace Brother. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial Black', 'Avant Garde';\">Tip: Hear him say a lot on same on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aziz_Ansari%3A_Live_at_Madison_Square_Garden\">Netflix\u00a0<\/a>, he sums up these issues beautifully there. \ud83d\ude00<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First thing first, Modern Romance is not a guide for finding hook-up or soulmate. \ud83d\ude42 ok let&#8217;s continue further. Aziz Ansari is a seasoned standup comedian. He wrote this book mentioning his encounter with women via online dating. The book mostly talks about all sides of online dating &amp; how horizon of meeting THAT PERFECT &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/03\/notes-from-reading-modern-romance-by-aziz-ansari\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Notes from Reading: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[315,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions\/2506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}