Online dating started in 1994

[Rhapscallion Démone]

But computer love came out in 1985



What were they talking about then?

Pornhub and Xvideos was launched in 2007 so they couldn't be talking about that either. Did Zap Rogers inspire these things?

 

[Cadillac]

when i first found out when the song came out and when online dating started
I asked the same Question

but after a while I just chuck it up and still do to just one of those moments in history where a person, artist, etc end up accurately depicting or predicting the future.

kinda like how people say that in regards to George Orwell's 1984 and so on.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

when i first found out when the song came out and when online dating started
I asked the same Question

but after a while I just chuck it up and still do to just one of those moments in history where a person, artist, etc end up accurately depicting or predicting the future.

kinda like how people say that in regards to George Orwell's 1984 and so on.

Like the Simpsons

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Didn’t the fresh prince of bel air do a episode of online dating in 1993? Carlton was trying online dating and that mail lady was trying to holla at him.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

Computer Love came out in 1981 actually

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Didn’t the fresh prince of bel air do a episode of online dating in 1993? Carlton was trying online dating and that mail lady was trying to holla at him.

Probably, I googled it and Google said that kiss.com launched in 1994 but Google ain't really reliable

 

[Trey0'5Blue2Gz]

Feels like dejavú

Wasn’t this exact thread made before or am I trippin?

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Feels like dejavú

Wasn’t this exact thread made before or am I trippin?

Was it? Link me if you remember because I need answers

 

[newworldafro]

I think it was more of thinking about robots as computers, which they are technically. I would argue, it wasn't referring to online dating, but actually a robot/computer loving a person type shiit. If this is 1984, then Star Wars has made a massive impact on the movie watching culture, and a few other sci-fi type movies and TV shows and cartoons by that time.

It just happen to be that the phrase would 10 years later refer to people meeting online and 20 years later, the reverse original idea, of people now also having sex dolls .
The song was ahead of its time.

 

[Living Bait]

Most pop songs were / are about love . . Computers were becoming commonplace. . . Only natural that an artist or two would make a connection

 

[King Eros]

Computer Love came out in 1981 actually

I see your Computer Love and raise you NUMBERS...

(these young cats don't know)

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

 

[Smokin Rider]

They were obvious answer is that Zapp and Roger were time travelers