New Dating App Matches Singles Over The Contents of Their Fridges

That’s one way to sell an expensive cold box

Riffing off a popular Subreddit, Samsung has a new app that hits the sweet spot between “novel” and “invasive”: Called Refrigerdating, it’s basically “Tinder, but with the contents of your fridge.” Users download the app, peep at pictures of other singles’ refrigerators, and then decide if they’re interested. It seems to be partially a ploy to sell an expensive-yet-unnecessary Samsung fridge that has a camera inside for those too lazy to open the door, but anyone can sign up without requiring a state of the art camera-fridge. The New York Times notes that despite the Black Mirror vibes, it may not be a terrible idea, as there are some researched links between food preferences and personality types (risk-takers may prefer spicy food, for example). There’s plenty of potential here: imagine two unlovable singles with fridges full of Soylent bonding over “biohacking”, or a young professional realizing her potential dreamboat suffers Peter Pan syndrome after seeing a fridge containing two cans of Pabst and a bottle of ketchup. Samsung even has some clunky-ass suggested pick-up lines, like, “Hey, love that spicy taco sauce, makes me think of my exchange semester in Mexico.”

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