COFOUNDER AND CEO OF TINDER USUALLY SAT DOWN FOR AN
INTERVIEW, AND DURING THIS INTERVIEW WITH THE STANDARD HE
SAID SOME THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE INTERESTING, AND THERE WERE
SOME ACCUSATIONS THROWN IN HIS DIRECTION THAT I ALSO THINK WERE
INTERESTING. THE CEO IS A MAN BY
THE NAME OF SEAN RAD, HE IS TWENTY-NINE YEARS OLD. ACCORDING
TO THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD, THE PUBLICATION THAT INTERVIEWED
HIM, HE ADMITS HE IS ADDICTED TO TINDER. "EVERY OTHER WEEK I FALL
IN LOVE WITH A NEW GIRL ñ BUT RIGHT NOW IS A SINGLE.
UNFOCUSED. IT'S SUCH A CRITICAL TIME FOR THE COMPANY SO
UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF TIME FOR ANY OF THAT." HE IS TREMENDOUSLY WEALTHY, HE SAYS HE
IS A SERIAL MONOGAMOUS. HE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERIOUS, LONG-TERM
RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN SLEEPING WITH REALLY SEXY
MODELS, AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT HE CLAIMS IN THIS INTERVIEW.
CENK, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
I HEAR HIM, AND I FEEL HIS PAIN. YOU START THE COMPANY, AND
THE POINT IS TO GET RID OF AMOS AND GET LAID, AND YOU SPEND SO
MUCH TIME WORKING ON THE COMPANY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO
THAT. IT IS ALMOST LIKE A BLACK
FLY IN YOUR CHARDONNAY. I HEAR HIM ON THAT. BUT IF YOU STARTED
TINDER, YOU GONNA USE THAT. DOES LIKE ME STARTING THE YOUNG TURKS
AND NOT DOING ANY TALKING. I ALSO FEEL YOUR PAIN, I WAS A
SERIAL MONOGAMOUS.
ALL IT IS SO PAINFUL TO BE IN THESE LONG, HEALTHY,
FULFILLING RELATIONSHIPS.
I WANTED TO DATE MORE GIRLS, AND MORE FREQUENTLY, AND I DID
NOT
WANT TO BE IN THE LONG RELATIONSHIP, SO I FEEL FOR HIM.
APPARENTLY HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON THE REPORTER.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, "HE'S DESPERATE TO IMPRESS ME ON
HOW GALLANT HE IS, CITING THE FACT THAT A SUPERMODEL,
SOMEONE REALLY REALLY FAMOUS HAS BEEN TAKING HIM FOR SEX,
AND I'VE BEEN LIKE NO.
SHE'S TAUNTED HIM, HE SAYS, AND CALLED ME A PRUDE."
HE JUST LOST ALL MY SYMPATHY.
HERE IS AN EXACT STATEMENT FROM HIM. "SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN I'VE EVER SEEN, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I WANT
TO RIP HER CLOTHES OFF AND HAVE SEX WITH HER. ATTRACTION IS
NUANCED. I'VE BEEN ATTRACTED TO WOMEN WHO ARE, HE PAUSES, WELL,
MY FRIENDS MIGHT THINK ARE UGLY. I DON'T CARE IF SOMEONE IS A
MODEL. IT SOUNDS CLICH…D AND ALMOST TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE FOR
A GUY TO SAY THIS, BUT IT IS TRUE, I NEED AN INTELLECTUAL
CHALLENGE." HE FOLLOWED THAT STATEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING,
"APPARENTLY IS A TERM FOR SOMEONE GETS TURNED ON BY
INTELLECTUAL STUFF. YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING. WHAT'S THE WORD?'S
FACE CREASES IN THE EFFORT OF TRYING TO REMEMBER. I WANT TO
SAY SODOMY?"
THAT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES OF ALL TIME. I'M
PRETTY SURE IT'S NOT SODOMY, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT YOU ARE NOT
ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN
INTELLECTUAL STUFF. YOU ARE INTERESTED IN STUFFING
SOMETHING.
THAT IS EMBARRASSING.
HE HAD WANTED HIS HANDLERS WITH THEM WHO WAS LIKE, WHAT IS
WRONG WITH THE?
AND IN THE REPORTER EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT SODOMY IS, AND HE
WAS LIKE I WANT THAT.
YOU DO WANT THAT, SODOMY INVOLVES ORAL SEX.
BELIEVE ME, I THINK HE'S INTERESTED IN THAT. HE IS TRYING
TO HARD. DUDE, YOU RUN TINDER, RELAX A BIT. YOU ARE A
TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD OWNER OF
TINDER, HELL YEAH YOU USE IT. WHAT DID HE EVEN MEAN?
VIDEO SEXUAL'S ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTRACTED BY SOMEONE ELSE'S
INTELLECT. IT IS KIND OF LIKE ME
WHEN I MEANT TO SAY SPLIFF, AND I SAID SPLOOG INSTEAD. IT
HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US. ONE MORE THING, IT WAS IMPLIED OVER
AND OVER AGAIN THAT TINDER HAS DESTROYED SOCIETY, AND LOOK AT
THIS HOOKUP CULTURE AND ALL OF THESE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING AS A RESULT. HERE IS THE THING, THIS IS ONE PLATFORM
IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE UTILIZED IT IN ORDER TO MEET OTHERS, AND TO
HAVE CASUAL SEX. ARE YOU GOING
TO BLAME TINDER FOR THAT? ARE WE EVER GOING TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS, OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO
KEEP BLAMING APPS?
THAT SLIPUP BY HIM WAS HILARIOUS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
I AM WITH YOU ANA. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO BURN HIM.
REALLY JUDGMENTAL, IT IS HUMAN NATURE. YOU THINK SEAN RAD
FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED HUMAN NATURE? NO, HE PROVIDED AN
OUTLET FOR THAT HUMAN NATURE.
SO OVERALL I AM NOT BUYING WHERE THEY ARE DRIVING WITH THIS
STORY.