To cancel a first date, I know it's a shitty thing to do

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It's someone from OLD, the date is supposed to be at 7:30pm, meeting for a drink. Been talking on Hinge for about 5 days.

I know I've massively wasted his time, and this is really flaky, but I've decided he's not for me and I'm not in a position to be dating.
Or should I just go and grin and bear it? It's nothing against him.
I imagine he'll be pissed off and rightly so.

I agree

Good for you for cancelling. If you know it isn't right then it's better just to put a stop to it immediately.
I feel like his tone is a bit off. It's fair enough saying you don't want timewasters but it does seem to be all about him and his "rules".