What if the chaos in modern dating isn’t just bad behavior… but outdated genetic coding running the show?

In this episode of A Cunt’s Guide to Peace, I break down the wild Catfish documentary “Hey Beautiful” and use it as a case study for something I call outdated genetic coding — the old biological signals that once helped humans bond, choose partners, and survive… but are now colliding with the internet, dating apps, and digital identities.

Why do we fall for people we’ve never met?
Why do certain words, attention patterns, or emotional cues hook us so deeply?
And why do those signals still work—even when the person on the other side isn’t who they say they are?

Because our brains are still responding to ancient programming in a very modern world.

This episode is part documentary breakdown, part dating anthropology, and part existential laugh about the absolute circus that is online romance.

If you’ve ever wondered “how did someone fall for that?” — this conversation might answer more than you expect.

 New episode: Outdated Genetic Coding & the Catfish Effect