The Dating Show ‘Pop the Balloon or Find Love’: Societal Collapse or Physiological Crisis

The dating show “Pop the Balloon or Find Love” has sparked eyes worldwide. It is a game that we all have seen. Others are instantly judged based on their appearance as soon as they enter the room. A lot of people at this point have called the games “annoying”, “childish”, and “people need to find them something better to do.”

I think the game’s end goal has been overlooked as the conversations and comments between the contests can get out of hand fairly quickly. People worldwide are looking for a date, a significant other, or sometimes just a friend to lean on. The rules of the game are to pop a balloon if you are not feeling the contestant looking for love and then you have to tell why. The person looking for love must describe who they are as a person and what they want out of a partner in terms of personality, traits, education, money and more.

Despite the negativity and complaints from the Black and African-American culture, there have been many success stories that have resulted from these games. Couples have gone on to become engaged, the game show host reported. But how does this reflect on the culture? Has there been a societal collapse or physiological crisis from the trend? Are some contestants leaving with less self-esteem than before if everyone has popped a balloon at the entrance?

Or are they like this guy who became popular for telling the queens, “You aren’t even qualified?”

Societal Collapse

The dating show “Pop the Balloon or Find Love” has been picked up by other races and ethnicities from across the world. But mainly you are seeing the Black/African American community participate in the production, as we are the originators.

Among the rappers, media influencers, doctors and lawyers, your everyday people are signing up to play 20 versus one. Making a mockery out of what was not meant to be a joke.

Like meat on a market is how contestants are looking. Some asked to do different things to see if they could even make it to the next round. It’s like selling yourself to the highest bidder among other contestants. The only way out is to pop the balloon or take on the challenging process of getting chosen for a date with one lucky person. It’s another way to publicly put down another person without getting to know them by personality.

In my opinion, we are selecting each other without knowing each other. Leading to more broken homes and more damage to our lives because of choosing someone who may not mentally be a healthy choice, but physically they looked good.

Psychological Crisis

This game requires the truth, and sometimes that truth hurts. People are told exactly why they weren’t picked: bad shoes, bad posture and ugly hair. Nothing but the answer, we just didn’t have true chemistry. Watching the videos can be fun but draining. Shown all too often on social media. Answers may not even be true to how they feel, but embarrassment and ego make them stand on what they said. More people are leaving upset about the outcome than they are finding a good match for their livelihood.