Straight people: are they okay? Do they know how to have sex? Are they even real? These are just a few of the tantalizing questions that have been circulating around the queer community since time immemorial. Straight culture is in many ways a baffling thing, and I, for one, will probably never quite understand it.
But that doesn’t stop me from wondering.
I’m not the only one: today on Twitter, the always-excellent poster @itsjacksonbbz posed a question that has folks talking: could straight people ever have their own version of Grindr?
It’s a headscratcher for sure: on the one hand, why wouldn’t they be able to have their own version of a casual hookup app? On the other hand, straight cis men are notorious for ruining everything, so even if such an app did indeed exist, would it self-destruct in precisely three minutes?
All I know is that Twitter had a lot to say about the potential of such an app.
Could a cishet Grindr exist? Discuss
— punani poof (@itsjacksonbbz) January 26, 2023
Some are saying that Feeld, which is a dating app for people who already have a primary, could be a contender:
i think feeld could become cishet grindr if they step their game up
— leigh (@daughter_ion) January 26, 2023
Tinder isn’t making the cut.
I think it’s fundamentally different. People on tinder actually want to date and have LTRs. Plus there’s no grid – it’s swipey/swipey which creates a different vibe. Also no “last tested” or “top/bottom/vers” sections
— punani poof (@itsjacksonbbz) January 26, 2023
The twist? Grindr wanted to make a straight app to launch alongside its main product. Its title? “Blendr.”
I was just researching the history of Grindr and apparently Grindr tried to launch a straight version in 2011. it was called Blendr
— James Frankie Thomas (@james_f_thomas) January 26, 2023
It brought users to the question: can straight people develop a true cruising culture?
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i think grindr only worked bc it was just digitising a preexisting cruising culture. straight ppl don’t really have that and you can’t learn it through an app imo
— gabriel (@openlyhot) January 26, 2023
Somebody said it…
Isn’t that just Christian mingle?
— ✨Lior Dandy✨ (@bigbutchbebe) January 26, 2023
Let’s be real: the straights are simply not mature enough…yet.
The cishet are not mature enough to operate on our level without making it into a big disastrous thing
— 🏳️⚧️⛧Bandit the Possum King⛧🏳️⚧️ (@crazylittlebee1) January 26, 2023
