<human>: Give me a shortened version of the text

Look I've tried the cupid, tinder, blendr, hinge, match.com, alternative weeklies, other cutesy-named dating sites and so on. You pick it out, chances are I've tried it.

Aaaaand I don't see the appeal. Sure some interesting stuff happens, and I've met people who I like who I wouldn't have gotten to know if it weren't for the internet. But I feel like internet dating doesn't quite reach the intensity of feeling I get from meeting someone in real life. Like I was hoping for a scenario out of a Linklater trilogy. Mostly it's requests for cybersex which I feel like is a lot of work with minimal payoff (and again not to discount it entirely, there is some pleasure in cybersex).

And then there's the feeling that meeting people in real life is like a stage for internet dating. Like everyone is role playing to some script written by someone hunched over their computers, dreaming up some kind of cliche.

Plus there's this intense pressure from society to do something. Sometimes it works. Other times it feels like a very phony act. Like the face someone presents isn't their real face and their thoughts aren't their true thoughts. Lots of the experiences can feel soul-draining.

I want a real experience with someone and I want to experience that thrill from meeting someone and I feel like the internet is ruining those chances of finding one. I want to feel some intensity instead of this emptiness I get from some very recent actual experiences. I've heard of past experiences and people seem to think internet dating is more interesting than real-life dating. And I get it; real life dating can be awkward and daunting. Honestly though, those awkward and daunting experiences are worth it once you break through the facade, which doesn't often happen on the internet because you can log out of conversations and there's time to craft a thoughtful/witty/glib quip. Am I crazy for thinking this? Asking for too much?
<bot>: I've done internet dating for a few years on different platforms and I don't understand the hype and want to know how someone finds a real connection in life.