Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
Elana KleinThe Big StorySep 24, 2026 6:00 AMWhy No One Wants to Date Tech BrosOnce seen as nerdy but harmless innovators, men in tech are now widely regarded as red-pilled Elon Musk wannabes. Raking in a $250,000 salary would allow him to help pay off his parents’ mounting medical bills, he explained.Gary wasn’t met with sympathy. One woman, he says, called him the devil; another asked how he lives with himself.
- ▪Elana KleinThe Big StorySep 24, 2026 6:00 AMWhy No One Wants to Date Tech BrosOnce seen as nerdy but harmless innovators, men in tech are now widely regarded as red-pilled Elon Musk wannabes.
- ▪Raking in a $250,000 salary would allow him to help pay off his parents’ mounting medical bills, he explained.Gary wasn’t met with sympathy.
- ▪One woman, he says, called him the devil; another asked how he lives with himself.
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Elana KleinThe Big StorySep 24, 2026 6:00 AMWhy No One Wants to Date Tech BrosOnce seen as nerdy but harmless innovators, men in tech are now widely regarded as red-pilled Elon Musk wannabes. It’s made getting laid a whole lot harder.ILLUSTRATION: SHIRLEY CHONGCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyEngaged in a flirtatious conversation at a bar in Manhattan, 23-year-old Gary stood with a Guinness in hand as he explained to a woman why he took an engineering job at Palantir, the data analytics company cofounded by Alex Karp and Peter Thiel. Raking in a $250,000 salary would allow him to help pay off his parents’ mounting medical bills, he explained.Gary wasn’t met with sympathy.
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