Ah, Tinder. You just never know what lurks behind the next right swipe. Could be the love of your life, or a pickup line-spewing monstrosity that has no limits to how far they'll go when it comes to immature antics. One thing is guaranteed, and that's that you really don't know what you're in for. Some of these people seemed to strike gold, while others might've just struck out.
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Tinderers either pull it off with the shameless and cheesy pickup lines, or get ghosted like it's a profession. At the very least, the wild world of Tinder makes for a very entertaining selection of people wiping out with poorly chosen words, or actually looking like smooth silver tongues.
A Leeds man went viral a few days ago after sharing a major dating disappointment on Twitter. Harry (@hazposting on Twitter) tweeted a screen shot of an exchange with a Rachel, his Tinder date from the night prior. Harry sweetly expressed interest in seeing Rachel again, and in response he received a screen grab of his own text, punctuated with a hearty "LMAO." It's abundantly clear the screenshot was meant for a friend, and wow. Ouch.
Rachel quickly apologized for the gaffe, but the damage was done. After sharing his woes to Twitter, Harry found an overwhelming amount of support. People tweeted their sympathies, their confusion (not everyone realized Rachel had intended to mock him to a friend), and their feelings that Rachels are not to be trusted. While we can't speak to the integrity of a world of Rachels, it's clear that this one doesn't deserve the attention of Harry - who consistently updated the viral post with funny, self-deprecating, and niche reaction memes. If he hasn't actually deleted Tinder, we wish him a million quality matches.
Valentine's Day is fast approaching, throwing single people everywhere into a Hallmark-induced blind panic of swiping on dating apps like Tinder, desperately trying to find love. But as fun as endless hours of virtual flirting can be, dating apps can also be vapid spaces filled with inappropriate and unsolicited (often one-way) sexual exchanges.
One artist who experienced such interactions on Tinder is Dafna Steinberg. She was inspired to create a collection called "I'm Willing To Lie About How We Met", in which she uses real opening lines men sent her in personal messages on the app. She sets these "against a backdrop, of romantic imagery from advertising, romance novels, and fashion editorials found in vintage magazines and books." Her project "examines the differences between the superficial hopes of romantic love, the stark reality found on dating sites and trying to reconcile the two while combating the misogyny of 'hook up' culture."
And they say romance is dead…
Country singer Dolly Parton started a serious meme on Tuesday when she shared a collage of four photos of herself. Each panel represented a social networking site: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Tinder. The post inspired many other celebrities to create their own version of the photo, which is meant to show the differences in how we represent ourselves on the aforementioned sites. It's since been called the Dolly Parton Challenge, and is now being used to create everything from animal memes to satirical cartoons. We've put together our favorites, but you can catch more over at Ebaum's World.
Well isn't Tinder a wonderful and twisted social experiment. It's a dating app that simply brings together all kinds of people that never would've struck up a conversation in the first place. Enjoy this fresh round of hopeless romantics trying out the very best and worst of their cheesy pickup lines.
The wild world of Tinder never fails to leave us impressed and utterly confused over how some of these people come up with this sh*t. It's like the app serves as a stage for people to break out the best and very worst of whatever kinds of pickup lines and cheesy one-liners they have lying around.
Ah, good old Tinder. It's like people get on the app to bust out the very best and worst of their pickup lines, just to see how badly things can go. And even then, sometimes Tinder users actually find themselves defying the odds and getting somewhere in the process.
Ever have it out with someone (either seriously or in good fun) and think of the perfect comeback hours later when you're in the shower? Happens to us all the time. These clever souls didn't have to suffer like that - they came up with some seriously smart sh*t at just the right moment. Salute.
We're back at it again with a fresh collection of people failing and occasionally actually getting somewhere in the wild world of Tinder. Tinder can be a general madhouse most of the time, but at least we get to enjoy the ridiculous pickup lines and other acts of crude and immature humor.
