We all know Romeo standing outside Juliet’s window is a thing of the past — but apparently so is waiting until at least the second text to mention penis length.
Thanks to Tinder, a whole new level of cringe-worthy pickup lines have entered the courting process — and the Instagram feed @tindernightmares chronicles the worst of the worst to its 1.4 million followers. On Tuesday, the popular account released “Tinder Nightmares,” a paperback collection of the most OTT dating-app convos — so now these, ahem, “poetic” lines can sit next to Shakespeare atop your bookshelf.
Here, a few of the most gag-inducing icebreakers:
The alphabet will forever be tainted
A modern-day Romeo gone wrong
An earnest horndog
The little brother tactic
Is this supposed to turn someone on?
The skeevy twist on a classic
The autocorrect mishap
Would the first date involve getting tested?
A, um, creative use of emoji
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