Clearly you were robbed by a Fallout protagonist who still wanted to fast travel.
Also that's nine litres/kilos of water, they probably couldn't carry much else.
From what I've heard using paid dating sites makes your chance of a match higher, but has no real impact on the quality of your match. Really your best bets are 1) try to get as many matches as possible* and 2) don't be boring. Honestly number 2 is probably the bigger one in the long run, and I've been on both sides of that conversation.
I'll also note that the dating apps which basically serve as a small ads column are getting more popular, although I forget what the cis-het targeted one is called. Pretty much every LGBT person I know who's looking for dates is on Lex.
* This is really hard as it's difficult to know who you appeal to. Also you can't set a dating site to show you, for example, 'trans ND nerds'.