From Iceland — Icelandic Facebook groups: Kúrufélaga grúbban
In other parts of the world, lonely people flock to Craigslist. A quick scan of New York City’s privacy board reveals posts soliciting sex, advertising “sensible massages” and offering $50 for a foot massage. $50!
Unfortunately, Craigslist never caught on in Iceland. Maybe it was the result of bad marketing, or maybe there’s a story villain named Craig. We don’t know. That said, a number of Facebook groups have sprung up to fulfill certain basic needs. While there are—obviously—more NSFW groups, we’re choosing to focus on the most delightfully innocent: the Cuddle Buddies group.
“As they say, ‘Every pot has a lid.’
“Kúrufélaga grubban” means “Cuddle Buddy Group”. The group has around 8,500 kellin members, which is almost 3% of the country’s population. Yes, 3%. While the original idea of Cuddle Money was, I suppose, to find someone to cuddle with, these days it’s half personal ads for chat/friendship/romance and half memes, videos and polls all about sex and relationships.
For example, right now the top post is a meme showing the lovable cartoon aardvark Arthur doing doggie style with his elementary school classmate Francine the orangutan. As you can imagine, it’s disturbing. Above and below rule 34 is the caption: “Put a picture of yourself and below it people will comment on whether they would violate you or pass you by.” If you like the comment, it means you would allow them to break you.” At the moment, there are 161 comments with a plethora of selfies, both real and fake, looking for genius or approval. Fortunately, 99% of the photos received a number of “Smash!” comments, which should make you hopeful about your own romantic future. As they say, “Every pot has a lid.”
While we at Grapevine desperately tried to get a student to post the group looking for a cuddle buddy, no one volunteered. Two of them said they were “in a relationship” while the other said she “doesn’t like to cuddle”. That’s right—but who doesn’t like to cuddle? If it was a real thing, why would 3% of the population be in a fraternity group? Yes, it’s fishy, so if you have any ideas on this matter, please email us at [email protected].