The End of the Meet-Cute

Romcom logic dies in the age of algorithms — and something stranger is taking its place.

By Sasha Lin · 7 min read

Nobody bumps into anyone anymore. Coincidence has been outsourced.

But a new genre is emerging — the engineered serendipity, the curated coincidence, the date that begins as a DM and ends as a story.

The meet-cute isn't dead. It just learned to code.

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