Singapore Expats

Just a straight question for those working regular hours here in SG.

How many of you eat dinner alone at home most nights? The standard routine: order GrabFood or Foodpanda, put on a video or scroll your phone, and that's it.

I'm validating a concept for a platform that swaps out that solo screen time for a casual 20-minute video meal with someone else.

Before I build anything, I want to know if "screen-fatigue" during meals is a real thing, or if you actually just prefer the quiet solo time after a day in the office. Is this a problem you'd actually want solved?

GhițăIstrate wrote: ↑

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 3:47 pm

Just a straight question for those working regular hours here in SG.

How many of you eat dinner alone at home most nights? The standard routine: order GrabFood or Foodpanda, put on a video or scroll your phone, and that's it.

I'm validating a concept for a platform that swaps out that solo screen time for a casual 20-minute video meal with someone else.

Before I build anything, I want to know if "screen-fatigue" during meals is a real thing, or if you actually just prefer the quiet solo time after a day in the office. Is this a problem you'd actually want solved?

A lot of this really depends on individual situations what works for one person in Singapore doesn’t always apply to others. Things change fast there too, so recent experiences would be more useful here.

Okay, I’ll bite… it sounds like casual speed dating akin to “it’s just lunch” but virtual? How do you match people up? Would it be like tinder, swipe who you like to start?

I reckon that by the time their work day is done, most peeps, especially here in Singapore, just want to switch off and zombie down with TikTok, or some other Jerry Springer-level online shizzle.

Max Headroom wrote: ↑

Thu, 07 May 2026 10:07 am

I reckon that by the time their work day is done, most peeps, especially here in Singapore, just want to switch off and zombie down with TikTok, or some other Jerry Springer-level online shizzle.

Shizzle my nizzle, no cat sprung bizzle.

Word up Max!

Translation for GhițăIstrate “for sure, my friend; none of that female obsession business” — so perhaps the MGTOW movement is alive and well in Singapore… which doesn’t bode well for the birthrate, or your app.

I have observed a strong undercurrent of social laziness for live interactions over time, especially in Singapore. Perhaps this is combined with the cynical idea of “kia boh” or “scared of wife” that goes back many generations in Singapore. Just some random musings.

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