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TiMER (2009)[22.4.2024] 1/ 2 trailer Written and Directed by Jac Schaeffer

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TiMER (2009)[22.4.2024] 2/ 2 trailer Written and Directed by Jac Schaeffer

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Found an old fave romcom of mine on Prime- TiMER.

And honestly, Steph is being unfair to Oona. Ofc she's gonna keep her TiMER when it finally goes off! You've always known, you probably have the date memorized or marked down on a calendar. Even with your timer off, you'll still know. Even if you forget the exact date, you'll still know that sometime after you turn 43, you'll meet The One.

Oona has had to sit there without knowing for 15 years! She's not gonna remove it right as she's about to finally have closure

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On TiMER and OkCupid: Course Post #5

The movie TiMER (2009) pushes the idea of algorithmic dating to its extreme. The premise is essentially a romantic comedy with a little sci-fi thrown in for added flavor. In it, most people are equipped with a timer in their wrists that counts down to the day they will meet the love of their life. It zeros out at midnight and will beep when the two people make eye contact based on raised levels of heart rate and hormones. Things get sticky when the main characters either have a blank timer (Oona, pictured below) or have one set to go off when she’s 43 (Steph). The movie explores the idea of what love means in an age when one doesn’t have to go on endless dates to find the elusive “one.” The timer company states that the matches are 98% correct, but in Steph’s case what matters seems to be what we do whilst we wait. What would be the point in falling in love when you know the other person isn’t your match?

Brian Tomasik’s opinion on the matter is on the side of science and algorithmic dating. In his article, he states “in humans, successful relationships can be predicted with moderate success using simple indicators. Humans are ultimately machines that operate in a deterministic world. But the film is right to point out the complexity of love and the skepticism with which one should approach slick marketing about scientific matchmaking.”

Which brings me to OkCupid and other dating apps. OkCupid specifically uses algorithmic matchmaking to persuade users of their compatibility. They run lots of experiments on their users, some detailed in this article, but, in the end, it seems a little hard to want to talk to someone for the first time through technology. Maybe it would be easier to have a timer and be free to go about one’s daily life without being bogged down by the search for love. However, that thinking requires the belief in a one true love.

I think I’ll stick to my wine for now, thanks.

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So today i watched this movie TiMER (as you can see by my latest reblogs) and I... I loved it so much. It might already be in my list of “must watch a hundred times”.I watched it this morning and then I was kind of “okay i don’t know how I feel about this” because I really didn’t. Although I loved the movie from the first scenes already, i gave me that kinda-sad-kinda-happy feeling and I watched it again (wow 2 times on the same day, that’s weird) to figure it out and... Now I love it even more.I mean, I’m a lot like Oona. If there was something like the timer on real life, that’s exactly how I would react about it. I mean, maybe not right now, ‘cause I’m still entering adult life and have a lot in my mind but certainly in a few years (if I had not yet found my one) I’d be all upset and concentrated in finding my ~soulmate~ just like her.I don’t take too many chances. I had my first real kiss at age seventeen. After him I’ve kissed three guys and just because I knew we would never evolve to something more than that. I’m a really cheesy person. I think maybe 8 of my 10 favourite movies are romantic, I cry watching A Cinderella Story and listening to Jimmy Eat World. I'm a sucker for big gestures, I dream of my great wedding with my one true love.I don’t intend to changing that about me. Being in love with love is something that I appreciate about me.But I know that my whole “waiting for mr. Right” thing sometimes holds me from living great stories. I’ve had some crushes in those 2 years after “first kiss guy” and I know there were a couple of guys who had crushes on me too. I never gave a chance to any of them. I don’t exactly know why. I don’t regret it, given the circumstances, but I’m worried that I’ll never give myself a chance to live something that’s not so permanent, not so serious, maybe not even so important.I highly believe in true love. I don’t have a timer on my wrist assuring me that this person is out there somewhere, but I can always hope. And I do.But I also do believe that those other love stories are equally important. The ones that doesn’t last that long. The ones that sometimes hurt you, but leave good memories. The adventures.I don’t know...Well, I have no idea where this text is heading but I needed to put this thing out of my system so here it goes.

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