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Even though we fell in love with the show for its darkness, sometimes we just want to feel warm and fuzzy inside. This dive into dating apps looks at whether you would stick with a relationship if you knew when it would end, and whether the apps that claim to be able to find the one for you are the authority on soulmates. Completely trusting the system, which says these relationships build up a better profile which will choose their soulmate, they stick with their terrible relationships — that is, until Frank and Amy run into each other at a garden party and realise they actually liked each other. It slurps up all your reactions, it builds up a complex profile. All your dreams and your weaknesses. Unfortunately, amidst the bliss, Frank soon gets weirded out by the fact his perfect relationship will end one day, and sneaks off to check the expiry date. The timer says five years — but, due to Frank breaking the promise, the time begins to rapidly reduce, leaving the couple with just 20 hours.

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Talking to Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker on our podcast recently, we noted how the world of Nathan Barley , one of his old shows, was becoming alarmingly real. In fact, a lot of the episode felt very near-future, the technological thrust being a combination of Tinder and Siri that micro-manages your love life to the point of insisting on matches. This proves tiring for Georgina Campbell and Joe Cole's unnamed characters, Campbell's henceforth: She ending up on a never-ending hamster wheel of sometimes good but ultimately meaningless, interchangeable sexual encounters, and Cole's henceforth: He finding neither sexual nor romantic sustenance.

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In fact, the past five or so years of dating men might best be described by involved parties as bleak. Palpably disappointed but obedient to the process, they part ways after a night spent holding hands on top of the covers. They spend the next year apart, in deeply unpleasant long-term relationships, and then, for Amy, through a parade of meaningless hour hookups with handsome, boring men. But then, miraculously, Frank and Amy match again, and this time they agree not to check their expiry date, to savor their time together.

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The dating-app future of Black Mirror’s Hang The DJ doesn’t seem that implausible

In Season 4 of Charlie Brooker's "Black Mirror," there's an episode called "Hang the DJ" where people are matched together, but their relationship is given an expiration date. The newly coupled pair can either choose to look at what their expiration is, or continue on oblivious until their digital "Coach" tells them their time is up. It's hailed as one of the more wholesome episodes, with a relatively happy ending. One viewer liked it so much, he has seemingly created a dating app based on the matchmaking method. Related stories.

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