Tired of awkward dates where each painful second feels like five-million years? It’s sad that so many uncomfortable dates have to end abruptly due to an “emergency phone call” or someone “forgetting that they made dinner plans with their friend who is allergic to strangers”. But awkward dates no longer have to be a reality, thanks to Date Rescue: a new card game that is expertly designed to hide the fact that you and your date have nothing in common.
Date Rescue is a 60-question card game with a plethora of fun “get to know you” questions that will save you from awkward silences for at least thirty-seconds per card. The deck is small enough to fit in your purse or pocket, so you can bring them with you wherever you and your date decide to go, be it a coffee shop, dive bar, Applebee’s, or local pizza joint. With Date Rescue, we’ll forge the emotional connections with your date for you, regardless of your actual compatibility.
Certain cards include follow-up questions so that you won’t have to scramble your brain when you’re contemplating if him being slightly cross-eyed is a deal-breaker.
Some examples of the questions include:
– What college did you go to? (…) Oh cool, did you like it? (…) Ah, nice. Was it a small, mid-sized, or large university?
– What is your favorite time of day? (…) Damn, that’s crazy. Do you want to know what my favorite time of day is?
– If you could have dinner with any three celebrities, who would they be and what side dish would you serve each of them?
– Where were you born and why?
Funding will go towards production, which includes design, printing, and beta-testing on various Tinder dates.
If you’re tired of sitting through the “so…”s and “are you a dog person or a cat person?”, then help fund Date Rescue! We promise to convince people that they’re at least semi-compatible with any person that they’re sitting across from. Bye-bye, grasping at straws for conversation; hello cards that enable your fears of being single for too long!
UPDATES:
Thanks to all of you awkward daters out there yearning for human connection, Date Rescue was produced! Here are testimonials from some of the first dates that’ll tell you how Date Rescue worked:
Kayla, 28: “Date Rescue saved my relationship with my boyfriend of one month! I really thought that we had nothing in common, but it turns out we both hate clam chowder! We haven’t texted in a few days… but I’m going to definitely use this the next time I see him to spice things up a bit.
Brendan, 24: “I’m really awkward on dates, so this game helped me get through the getting to know you part. My date seemed a bit weirded out by the whole thing, but she was forced to warm up to it. Unfortunately, a friend called her saying that her mom died and she had to leave after twenty minutes.”
Elliot, 38: “When my boyfriend whipped out the cards, I was like “uh okay” because we had a plan to watch ‘The Notebook’ again. But it turned out to be sorta fun. I found out that he used to have recurring dreams about being lost in the woods, but doesn’t anymore. That’s kinda cool, I guess.”
Tanisha, 32: “I was on a date with this guy and we had nothing to talk about, so I pulled out Date Rescue and it extended our date by at least another thirty minutes! He left right after sex because he was tired so unfortunately we couldn’t do another round and I ended up eating dinner alone, but I’d say that the card game was a success!”
Fresh off the printers with everything you need to flip an awkward date to an above average one.
You will be sent a gift card to a coffee shop in our Illinois home town, where you'll enjoy a round of "Date Rescue" with our shy but sweet co-founder, Kyle.
28 backersWe will pay for two months of a premium Tinder membership to give you enough time to find that super special person who you find mildly attractive and have nothing in common with.
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