the (relatively) new taboos on dating coworkers, on asking people out at the gym/bar/grocery store, etc etc, is a PSYOP by the dating app billionaires
The "your co-worker isn't hot" discourse and the "average SEC dude with hot southern belle" discourse are related. Proximity has always been the greatest force for corming couples. Funneling all dating into apps and placing taboos on dating in school, work, etc. is wrecking this