Just when one thought that insanity was the limit bordering on transcendence, the status quo stepped up its game in a heated contest against the force of moral superiority.
In the current ecosystem of “nothing can go wrong here” and the repercussions of knee-jerk reactions, the insatiable need to quench the thirst of the human mating instinct has diverted to strange realms, as online dating has morphed into a surreal form of platitudes. The latitudes and attitudes and false pretenses that challenge time-tested traditions and social morays readily apparent.
Individuals prospecting for love digitally, mostly females, have yielded to creativity in searching for a mate on a renting site, and securing a sugar daddy through a slew of domains and smartphone and device apps.
Interestingly, those adhering to the Bobby Caldwell soul music hit and mantra of “what you won’t do for love” are at an increasing frequency posting the need for housing as prospective renters. This pre-courtship entails a supermodel-girl next door portfolio of uncaged sexuality which replaces a simple classified advertisement in building a formidable brand of the next electronic diva. Combined with the relentless onset of artificial intelligence, a dubious present and subsequent future is now present as humanity has yet another channel to interact under false pretenses.
Disturbingly, the younger generations do not value privacy as exemplified by individuals who are literally putting it out there for the whole world to see and in some cases are targeting property owners to gain financial concessions. While personal safety is potentially at stake with some of these reckless posts by woman on social media platforms in groups claiming to be a source for matching a renter with a property and appropriately titled something along the lines of “Key West Renters”, chaos looms. And this is outside of carnival season in soliciting a glorified Airbnb as a housing solution.
While certain end-users aggressively prospect for love through creative channels via social networks, landlords and scammers are engaged in their own transgressions in the pursuit for pecuniary gain. The latest scheme is demanding that renter applicants submit to a background check conducted by a third party, which typically costs the individual $50. In many cases the property that is being advertised online for rent is not actually available and the landlord and background check consortium profit off of the application fees. In cities and regions where demand is high, this sordid scenario is prevalent, especially in tech meccas such on the Left coast such as California and Washington. Even if one is able to secure a living space, the move-in costs are astronomical, as the security deposits have skyrocketed. Thus turnabout is fair play when it comes to various actors exploiting the carnal in order to move up the societal ladder of treading water to thriving in the ambiguity and daunting presence of the gig economy where there is no middle ground.
The recourse to the modern era of generational legacy remains in the ecosystem of despondency or loneliness, the void is prevalent when referencing the alleged search of individuals for apartments or housing and alleviating a need for companionship or securing financial solidarity. The vetting process now involves a photo shoot rivaling a sultry Shel Silverstein production of Playboy magazine back in the day when “playmates” were still a featured subject of the printing press magic peaking in the 1980’s.
Sex sells and beauty circumvents financial hardships in some cases.
While the renter audition process secures a bed for a night or a month, a model portfolio is in some cases required in the pursuit of quasi-permanent lodging and the display of beauty as social dynamics dive bomb of what was a simple solution. Couple this with the prevalence of dating sights and swipe right becomes swipe left and house hunting is now an amorous adventure in a heedless universal and damming critique of where culture is heading. The branding of “renters gone wild” is a facetious response to the liberal claim there is housing crises.