Grindr. New Experiences. Outcomes?

I remember the first time I actually realized that I was good looking. I was sixteen and at a party, I was straddled on top of my (then) best-friend's friend and he had looked me dead in the face and said "You're abnormally handsome."I've never been held in that regard by a male before. I always thought I was "decent" and I always knew that I was "different looking", but attractive... not really.Handsome wasn't a word that teenagers used. I scrunched up my nose and he continued to shower me with compliments.I recently just turned 18, I was sleeping over at my best-friend's house and he suggested I get grindr for giggles sake. I was never really into the "gay-community". I still don't care about RuPaul's Drag Race or keeping up with the slang or going to Pride (though I do wholeheartedly support the event). I've always been very "unaware" when it comes to trends in general. Creating a profile and browsing through Grindr was like a whole new world to me. Until it wasn't.Honestly... It was a really pathetic experience. About 5 minutes in I was getting messages frequently and honestly, it made me disassociate with guys even more.Somehow I got like, reversed-turned down by some guy who was chatting me up and then concluded our conversation with "Yeah but you can get any guy you want and must have a lot of fun. I'm into relationships so I guess this won't work."Don't even get me started on the whole: "Are you into white guys?""I want me a chocolate boy.""I could swear you were into white guys.""I don't usually date black guys but for you _____."100% I'm not the only who's experienced this. But... why? Like I honestly don't like the idea of meeting people online, but why is Grindr such a forum for people to be so generally stupid indecent and nervously insecure? Or am I seeing the wrong thing here and I should just give it a couple more weeks?