Halifax's Horrifying Date-Night Ad Will Make You Not Want to Date for a While

The downtown business commission in Halifax, Nova Scotia, created this video to get you to buy one of its date-night packages. But it might force you to give up dating altogether.

The concept is actually based on this viral video from 2009, featuring a montage of 1980’s VideoMate dating profiles that was truly full of nerfherders. Halifax’s collection of clueless Romeos and one singular Juliet is likewise sure to bring the Internet to the schadenfreude party as quickly as the original did.

The point is that the hardest part of dating in Halifax is finding someone to date. (And that is probably true, given that OkCupid has an outdated interface, eHarmony will reject you, Craigslist will probably get you killed, and you’re now going to have to pay twice as much for Tinder if you’re over 30.)

But if you’ve got the dating part covered, Halifax will handle the rest.

And after watching the video, couples probably will book date nights right now—if only to make sure they never have to get back in the dating pool again.



40 Days of Dating

Voici 40 Days of Dating, une initiative pensée par 2 designers Jessica Walsh et Timothy Goodman qui ont décidé de sortir ensemble pendant 40 jours pour apprendre à se connaître soi-même et comprendre ce qu’ils désirent. Cette expérimentation fait l’objet d’un site et de créations afin d’illustrer chaque journée.

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Infographic: Where to Go on a First Date

San Francisco-based designer Alex Cornell slapped together an instructional chart about where to go on a first date, and I have to say he's pretty much on point. In some cases, he's even being too nice. Anyone who takes a first date to a sports bar deserves the crappy evening ahead of them, in my opinion. I'd also argue with him about house-party dates if we were in the same room, because unless something like this happens, they're generally awkward for the other person. But whatever, those are minor nitpicks. Alex made a pretty helpful (and respectful) date-advice poster, with none of that obsessive, dating-as-a-science Ted Mosby crap or any fratty PUA weirdness. His seating-suggestions poster is similar in tone, and similarly helpful, although the visuals are a bit lazier.

    

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Jeff Louis is a Strategic Media Planner, Project Manager, and New Business Coordinator. His passion is writing, contributing to BMA as well as freelancing. He’d love to hear from you: linkedin.com/in/jefflouis or twitter.com/jlo0312.