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The Feels is the brainchild of Allie Hoffman, who came up with the idea for a more thoughtful IRL dating event while pursuing her master’s degree from the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University.

“I hated dating apps, the ecosystem that they created. The Feels was my way to say, ‘Hey, we can date better, we can relate better, and it needs to happen IRL.’”

And it warmed everyone’s cold little hearts that actors from two beloved mid-aughts shows had ended up together IRL.

We are turning to chatbots to be our therapists and best friends, with some even admitting that they trust and feel more viscerally with a robot than their IRL therapists and best friends.

IRL, Frank Iero from My Chemical Romance approached him at Riot Fest to tell him he loved his videos.