“Cuddlr is a location-based social-meeting app for cuddling,” cuddlrapp.com explains. “Find people near you who are up for a cuddle. Have a cuddle with them. No pressure.” What could possibly go wrong? A question gigaom.com journalist Carmel DeAmicis set out to answer.
We talked about safety and security and the city, and she confessed that she checked the rooms in her home every night with a gun before she went to sleep.
There’s nothing you want to hear more when meeting a stranger you’re going to cuddle with than that they have a gun. I had never actually seen one in person, aside from on a cop’s holster, so she led me into the bedroom and took it out from its hiding place, discharging the holster before teaching me how to aim. As I held its weight in my hand, I thought – I am the world’s biggest idiot for walking into a stranger’s home. Sure, I had set up a safety system with my colleague to call the cops if she hadn’t heard from me, but
a lot could happen before that.
https://gigaom.com/2014/09/29/i-snuggled-with-a-stranger-using-new-app-cuddlr-and-my-fellow-cuddlee-had-a-gun/Red = her lightbulb moment.
