Social Media Catches Wind Of Peter Thiel's Conservative Dating App 'The Right Stuff,' Leaving Many Flabbergasted

If you've ever wanted to date someone who potentially thinks the January 6th Storming of the U.S. Capitol (in which supporters of Donald Trump overwhelmed security and smashed windows of the Capitol Building as congresspeople attempted to verify the results of the 2020 Presidential Election) was NBD, well now there's an app for you.

Peter Thiel-backed conservative dating app The Right Stuff launched last week, bewildering some social media users who found it difficult to imagine it would attract an attractive group of conservative singles.

The app launched with a video in which several women describe why they'd want to date a conservative and why they'd use The Right Stuff. The diverse group said they're looking for a guy with "an alpha male vibe" who "wants kids."

The Right Stuff is founded by John McEntee, a former aide to Donald Trump, who previously stated he'd come up with the idea after finding it difficult to land a date when he worked for Trump (perhaps unsurprising, given that Washington, D.C. is one of the country's most liberal cities).

While the video caught social media users' attention, further investigation uncovered some more eye-catching facts about how the app brands itself and operates.

"The Right Stuff was created for conservatives to connect in authentic and meaningful ways. Other dating apps have gone woke. We bring people together with shared values and similar passions," its website reads (how other dating apps have "gone woke" is unclear).

Furthermore, the app has some prompts many found truly astounding. Lots of dating apps will provide prompts to help connect people with similar interests or give people space to offer some fun facts about themselves. On The Right Stuff, alongside harmless, standard prompts like "Most underrated movie" or "Best Dad joke" are doozies like "January 6th was…" and "My favorite liberal lie is…"

As the discovery of the app continued to spread online, the more people dug into The Right Stuff, and the more jokes flew.

While many joked about the app likely having trouble succeeding, it seems it's already found itself in legal and gender trouble. Two weeks ago, prior to the app's launch, The Daily Beast covered the app's pre-launch woes.

The two biggest issues were A) that there is already a dating service called The Right Stuff that connects people from prestigious universities, and it stated it will be getting lawyers involved over the case, and B) women aren't signing up.

The report states that pre-launch, Ryann McEnany was placed in charge of outreach to get people on the app. The report states that most women ignored it, and the people who didn't and signed up were largely staffers of conservative politicians, many of whom already knew each other. One anonymous woman questioned why the app was necessary, as other dating apps like Bumble have long had the ability to filter potential matches by political beliefs.

While the app may overcome these hurdles in time, it appears that at the moment, it's destined to go the way of other poorly performing conservative alternatives to politically agnostic outlets, like Truth Social and Gettr.