The Internet Has Broken Your Dating Standards

Are gold diggers actually lurking around every corner, just waiting to drain your bank account…or has dating advice on the internet convinced a whole bunch of men to fear a problem they most likely don't have?

In this episode of Do As We Say, Not As They Did, Liz Powell and Harris O'Malley read through a Reddit post on r/DatingAdvice that 100% violates the community guidelines and promises men "how to avoid gold diggers."

And the real kicker? The post is supposedly written by a woman…

Between repetitive advice, rampant fatphobia, a judgemental attitude toward Slavic women, and a bunch of misogyny, the post opens up a much larger discussion about how toxic masculinity can impact both men and women in the dating world, and how social media has warped people's definitions of beauty.

Grab your popcorn and get ready for:

A very serious discussion about a Beauty and the Beast x Heated Rivalry crossover

The "plague" of gold diggers

You can't say your role as a man is to provide and get mad when women expect that

The difference between wanting a partner and wanting other people to envy your partner

You need to stop looking at Instagram and look at people in the real world

You might want the Instagram model, but what could you even offer her?

Whether your pockets are full of gold or pretty empty, Harris and Liz are here to remind you that love and attraction means a lot more than physical attraction and your net worth. And if you're determined to date an Instagram model while living a decidedly non-Instagram-model lifestyle, then maybe the problem isn't women.