11 Oct 2017

Hello cruel world

From The Panel, 4:53 pm on 11 October 2017

There's apparently a new dating trend called "pigging".

'Pulling a pig' is a game that sees a man try to woo a woman they deem 'fat and ugly', to effectively end up making fun of her.

There are other cruel tactics in the so-called dating world...'benching' refers to men keeping a woman 'on the sidelines' - just in case. And then there's 'kittenfishing' and 'catfishing' mean lying on your social media profile to trick someone into dating you.

 

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