Tinder makes dating easy. That's kind of the point. It's a totally superficial (yet convenient) way to meet other singles in your area without having to resort to Match.com or actual social interaction.
But Tinder in the 1980s? Not so much. As the video from SquirrelMonkeyCom shows below, online dating three decades ago would have taken considerably more effort. Case and point: you'd have to fill out a physical registration form (on paper!), attach a photo of yourself and mail it in.
That would already eliminate some 90 percent of modern day Tinder users. Actually going to the mailbox to send something? That's way too much work.
Another major obstacle for singles in the '80s would be owning a computer to access this prehistoric version of the Tinder software. Tinder works today because anybody with a smart phone (aka most human beings) can download and use the app.
Limit Tinder to only those rich or weird enough to have a personal computer in the 1980s and your selection of singles is not only comically small, but also sure to highlight some truly strange specimens. Perhaps not so different from today.
This isn't the first modern app or service that SquirrelMonkeyCom has reimagined for the '80s either. Spotify, LinkedIn and many, many more have been given the 1980s treatment as well. You can check out more of their work here.
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