The Anthony Cumia Show - January 23, 2026


The New World Of Online Dating： Venmo Me ｜ 01-18-26


Episode Stats


Length

11 minutes

Words per minute

134.69565

Word count

1,549

Sentence count

46

Harmful content

Misogyny

5

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Toxicity

8

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Hate speech

4

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Summary

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In this episode of the WBC Minicast, host John Rocha talks about the dangers of online dating apps and why you should never go on an app. Plus, a new app that could revolutionize online dating.

Transcript

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00:01:10.680 I saw a story
00:01:12.040 about an app.
00:01:14.800 A dating app.
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00:01:18.220 I thank God
00:01:20.060 I don't need
00:01:21.960 to go on an app uh i i never did go on an app i am from a time where you needed to walk up
00:01:34.200 to a girl and start talking if it was a good situation it was someone introducing you
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00:02:13.580 that she wouldn't laugh at, throw something at you,
00:02:18.420 whatever it is, you have this
00:02:21.500 instant, this very short window of opportunity
00:02:25.320 to sound fun,
00:02:29.620 semi-intelligent, compelling,
00:02:32.880 and interest her in
00:02:35.760 not going out not got just interest her in actually standing there for just a few more
00:02:42.700 minutes to see if you could screw this up that was the old days i miss it uh but
00:02:52.200 apps and other dating online dating stuff uh even the ability to text
00:03:04.740 Texting is a cop-out, too.
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00:03:44.060 gentlemen any guy that's listening that um grew up around the same time i did knows exactly
00:03:50.580 what i'm talking about that was a tough game man now there's dating apps and um some people
00:03:58.280 especially women feel very very entitled they go on these apps and they put out demands for men
00:04:05.900 that are so unrealistic unreasonable ridiculous and there's a lot more men on these apps than 0.96
00:04:13.780 women especially grinder it's a gay site uh so they they're the commodity they could set the 1.00
00:04:22.660 rules they set the price but this sounds a lot like prostitution you're a prostitute 0.99
00:04:33.220 um let's listen to her describe her her app she invented this and um let's see if we we like this
00:04:41.860 after i said i would require a deposit to take me on a date to cover my date preparation costs
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00:04:53.560 building the app i'm not even exaggerating when i tell you this is the best damn dating app you 1.00
00:05:00.480 have ever seen because there is a clear difference here where the woman can set the deposit rate and
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00:05:11.360 already so happy and that's going to lead to a better date and a better connection and that
00:05:16.380 gives the man a better chance of succeeding and courting you the app is called courting so when
00:05:21.560 people ask how did you meet you can say he courted me so cute the website already looks absolutely
00:05:27.260 stunning and the app itself incredible all of the features are so unique and nothing like you've
00:05:33.860 ever seen on any dating app oh and to everyone who said you can't do that guess what i just did
00:05:39.660 so we are going to launch this city by city and if you want early access click the link in my bio
00:05:44.840 and sign up let's make dating fun again love you is that fun for a guy shelling out money before
00:05:53.320 you even see the girl or before you even you know go out you'll see a filtered reworked ai image of
00:06:04.480 the girl and now you're supposed to venmo her some money or use the app there and and send cash
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00:07:33.200 things that we're that we just have to be in a world that has this
00:07:40.460 you know the early apps were just pretty much a dating service they used to have what was it
00:07:51.560 computer dating ah the technology of the 80s it's computer dating or the 70s they did it too
00:08:00.420 i don't know what kind of computer it was we put two pictures on the screen and played pong
00:08:05.460 whichever uh the pong ball went into that's your date so i i i don't know what computer dating was
00:08:14.700 but you gave them information i still think it was just people reading profiles yeah there you go
00:08:21.600 ah there's the sound of your computer date
00:08:24.640 ah it's coming in she's beautiful i just i don't know i think it was just people sitting in a room
00:08:36.200 with some profiles uh trying to match people up back in those days uh and then it was video dating
00:08:44.420 which is hysterical you used to have to go to a place a storefront or in a mall and they'd take
00:08:54.000 you in the back sit you down get you all gussied up you'd sit in front of a background that looked
00:09:00.460 like school pictures and then you'd you'd they'd roll video and you'd talk about yourself and then
00:09:08.060 people at the place would say wow that person has this kind of personality let me look at other 0.99
00:09:16.380 videos of girls and then the woman would have to show up at the place to watch the guy's video or
00:09:23.260 vice versa so they really had a hell of a time with that you really ought to be motivated
00:09:30.420 or very very lonely i would think there's a parody account out there where people are posting
00:09:37.960 what is supposed to be 70s 80s video dating service videos they're fake they put great
00:09:45.640 filters on they're very they're written very good very funny but um a lot of them were just
00:09:52.040 disasters girls with the big hair and and the new york accent uh so i don't know but now we have
00:10:00.380 this where you are being asked to pay for the preparation to get ready like what hair makeup
00:10:09.620 clothes and i guess the more you pay the more you'll get so again this sounds a lot like 0.98
00:10:20.580 prostitution there's really no difference an escort site you know hey there's a picture of her 0.99
00:10:29.600 how much money do i have to give her in order to guarantee that we'll have some sex you ask the 0.99
00:10:37.000 girl for sex so um there it is i uh like i said i i miss with with with horror i miss the old school 0.99
00:10:49.560 step up say something have some confidence or be funny in your lack of confidence that you have 0.98
00:10:59.840 when you actually had a cold call on a girl that was a a nightmare now it's easy how much for uh
00:11:10.080 how much for your hair and makeup all right take those clothes off i paid for those clothes
00:11:16.640 take them off now because i paid a good chunk of money for this date uh it's kind of sodom and
00:11:25.120 gomorrah ish isn't it don't we have this sodom and gomorrah vibe going these days