Pretty much everyone in their 20s and teens has heard of Tinder, the app that claims, “it’s how people meet.” Tinder links up through your Facebook to show mutual friends, and you can also choose a few pictures to display. A picture and your first name and age are displayed, and then a person can swipe left if they find you unattractive, right if they do find you attractive. If you match with a person it means that they find you attractive, as well, and then you can strike up a conversation with that person. Nowadays, though, it is used for hooking up with other people in your area. I personally, have only met one person who found a long lasting relationship through Tinder.
For this article, I recruited a couple of friends to make Tinder profiles and see what kind of interesting pickup lines they received. I figured with Valentine’s Day fast approaching the amount of guys looking for love, if only for a night, would increase steadily. I was not disappointed in my search. Below are some of the winners and my thoughts on each of them.
“I lost my virginity… can I have yours?”
First off, ew, this literally made me cringe. This is so pervy, even if you were really cute it would never, ever have worked. I felt like I needed to take a shower after reading this just to get rid of the icky feeling it gave me.
“Is your father Little Caesar bc you look hot n ready”
Continuing, in the pervy, gross route, we have this winner. He just attempted to compare me to a pizza; a cheap, disgusting one at that. I would like to think I’m worth more than a $5 pizza. Also, mentioning my dad in your pick up line doesn't win you any points either.
“Hey you wanna f***?”
“Truck”
“I meant truck”
“Sorry I’m just trying to help my buddy sell his truck”
“02’ Toyota Tacoma 4x4 140k highway miles. Well maintained super clean new tires $6500”
This isn’t craigslist. The first question I would totally expect because, well, it is Tinder but what followed completely caught me off guard. Needless to say, I did not want his truck or to f*** and he never received a message back.
“If practice makes perfect then your parents’ names must be practice and practice”
Once again, why do guys think that bringing up parents is a good idea? I, mean, thanks for the compliment and all, but this pick up line is just sad and overused.
“I wish I was your derivative so I could lie tangent to your curves”
“I just got out of math class it was the only one I could think of lol”
This one was clever, I will give him that. He actually had to think about this one and was being blatantly honest, too. On the other hand, though, I am not looking for a math tutor….
And that concludes the winners from my week on Tinder. I hope everyone has a good Valentine's Day and has good luck searching for their very own Tinderella!
