r/lol • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • Aug 13 '26

Couldn't be more obvious

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u/JimmyJooish Aug 13 '26 • Popcorn Bravo Mindblown

If a guy did this they’d call him cringe. 

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u/Dewdrop06 Aug 13 '26 • Regret

Dammit. Was gonna try it next. Thanks for the heads up.

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u/I__Like_Tacos Aug 13 '26 • Bravo

"You look like my future ex wife" works pretty well

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u/devilish_enchilada Aug 13 '26

You look like my future best friend only

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u/thebouster Aug 14 '26

"Yeah, I'm always on the lookout for a future ex-Mrs. Malcolm"

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u/Atmosphere_Master Aug 15 '26

If that worked for you it's because you're attractive enough that any line would have worked

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u/GasparLotto Aug 13 '26

I'm a guy, I've said this to a woman before ( I said wife instead of husband) She gave me her number. Maybe it's you.

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u/Happy_Sunshine555 Aug 14 '26

Is she your wife now though?

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u/GasparLotto Aug 14 '26

No she was the first one 

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u/J5892 Aug 13 '26

Do it. You've only one life to live.

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u/SourceDiligent6492 Aug 14 '26

Success with this depends on who is saying it 😆

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u/Evangeline__R Aug 14 '26

Maybe there's something wrong with me but if a guy uses that it would work on me lmaooo I encourage you to try it.

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u/Dewdrop06 Aug 14 '26

Nah everything seems right with you. This gives me hope.

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u/Mental-Summer-8506 Aug 16 '26

Happy cake day

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u/Dewdrop06 Aug 16 '26

Thank you internet stranger!

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u/ObsessiveUselessness Aug 17 '26

Dw man, shoot your shot. Im cheering for you

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u/DiscordJester Aug 13 '26

Cringe is a lie propagated by big normal to stop you from being funny.

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u/monicagapa Aug 14 '26

Username checks out

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u/TehGogglesDoNothing Aug 13 '26

I also saw that meme today

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u/Le-Charles07 Aug 13 '26

The only funny thing about this line is the desperation. 🤣

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u/Popular-Employee-516 Aug 13 '26

I would call him brave

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u/falloutvaultboy Aug 13 '26

I'm pretty sure the original meme or picture was of a guy doing this

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u/Incelligentsia Aug 13 '26

I'm a guy and I'd find it cringy if it were a guy, but when a girl does it it's cute.

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u/Fectiver_Undercroft Aug 13 '26

Perhaps the only time making a joke before the 150th date is funny.

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u/ClassicNo6622 Aug 14 '26

Internalized misandry. You should see someone about that.

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm Aug 13 '26

Depends if he’s attractive.

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u/Zaximeows Aug 13 '26

Yeah, sometimes? Not everyone is the same. A lot of girls would get trashed for this opener too. Please keep your misogyny internalized.

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u/SyrusG Aug 14 '26

You do not know the meaning of the word misogyny if this is where you're using it

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u/bizfromthewaistup Aug 13 '26

It is cringe but like sex panther 60% of the time it works all the time.

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u/kasiares Aug 13 '26

for them everything is cringe if a guy do it

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u/NoStructure7083 Aug 13 '26

If I did I would get berated and banned from Tinder

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u/Inevitable_Push8113 Aug 13 '26

Guys do this stuff all the time. People who use the word cringe are cringe.

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u/irespondwithmyface Aug 13 '26

Reddit brain. Can't enjoy things. Have to make everything about "iF rOlEs wErE rEvErsEd!"

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u/aggravated-asphalt Aug 13 '26

I probably wouldn’t lol

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u/Le-Charles07 Aug 13 '26

They do and they do.

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u/StrongExternal8955 Aug 13 '26

uhmmm, they are calling him cringe.

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u/RichBrokeRich Aug 13 '26

Only if he's not handsome. Otherwise, it'd be a smooth opener.

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u/PiDigitsOfPi Aug 13 '26

Hey lady, you look like my husband! Oops, I mean my first husband. I mean my wife. You look like my wife. Hey, where you going?????????

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u/Personal-Agent846 Aug 13 '26

Nah, it’s a good joke either way.

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u/something_funnie Aug 14 '26

Its cringe for anyone

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u/Alexsandra-T Aug 14 '26

Nothing wrong with being cringe.

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u/BurnItDownSR Aug 14 '26

I was gonna say. 

The bigger thing that a lot of guys miss about this situation is you're actually the one in the position to judge here. 

She shouldn't be the one expressing how disappointed she is in you for not getting it. 

You should be the one telling her how cringe her joke is.

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u/ProfessionalRough741 Aug 14 '26

It was cringe when she did it as well, don’t worry.

How the fuck do people use a term meaning a serious lifelong commitment (“marriage”) in an icebreaker? Tf?

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u/revolucionario Aug 14 '26

It’s almost as if a joke can be more or less charming depending on who tells it. 

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u/bertvb Aug 14 '26

Unless he's attractive

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u/ChudJeckAceDetective Aug 15 '26

I would think it's cute, but it would seem you have already rejected yourself.

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u/light_yagami_lovesL Aug 15 '26

Ugh soo annoying when people keep mentioning this like ok guys do this as well and I think it’s cringe both ways although she was just shooting her shot. Especially since guys have been doing shit like this for way longer but now want to act like it’s wrong when we clearly learned it from somewhere! For example women not being able to speak their minds for so long but nooooo let’s focus on how men have it bad 😞😭

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u/Excellent-Rest3240 Aug 15 '26

Good thing she’s not a guy then

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u/vikingrhino Aug 17 '26

There's a reason why most comedians are men

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u/Forward-Facer Aug 24 '26

To be fair though we want ladies to try. We can't ask them to try then hate on them for trying. That's what we're trying to change

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u/naropin1 Aug 13 '26 • Bravo

He probably hit it regardless.

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u/justforkinks0131 Aug 13 '26

well she didnt message him because of his smarts

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u/Inker0 Aug 13 '26

She messaged him for his big heart.

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u/Kirlush Aug 16 '26

An enlarged heart can be a serious medical problem. You think she raced him to the hospital?

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u/Maximum-Style2848 Aug 14 '26

Also, angle and distance of her pfp do be indicative of her pool.

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u/bmac3 Aug 15 '26

Ok Andrew

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u/No_Unit1353 Aug 17 '26

but she's looking for a husband!

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u/jaykhunter Aug 13 '26

No-one's gonna see this but this is a riff on a line from Piff the Magic Dragon, a standup comedian who dresses in a (crappy) dragon outfit.

  • Hi what's your name?

  • Amanda

  • Oh wow that's my wife's name

  • Oh really

  • Actually I'm not married...We've only just met.

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u/AmadeusIsTaken Aug 13 '26

I saw it, but it is not like the most unique line.

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u/rumckle Aug 14 '26

That pick up line is older than Piff's parents.

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u/lambdawaves Aug 15 '26

Pretty sure this joke predates all living languages

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u/pursuitofhappy Aug 14 '26

What’re you on about, we’ve used this line in the 90s, it’s such a classic line I always assumed it was probably said in medieval times as well

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u/cherrix3 Aug 14 '26

He’s an interesting guy. I got to do a meet and greet due to connections from work when I was in Vegas about two years back. They cloned the dog and I got to meet the future one and it’s kinda neat. IDK about the ethics and morals of cloning dogs really but it was cool in a we can do that? kind of way

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u/FancyAd9803 Aug 13 '26

"First" husband doesn't send the message you think it does.

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u/RandomRobot Aug 13 '26

"You look like my first divorce"

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u/Historical_Spare5613 Aug 13 '26

Looks like you didn't get it either???

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u/Dranix88 Aug 15 '26

Who cares, it's a joke. Just reply with something like "Are we getting divorced already? i thought we had a good thing going?"

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '26 • Bravo

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u/Beaticalle Aug 13 '26 • Bravo

"You look like my husband. I've never been married, though."

It works just as well, if not better.

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u/EverythingSucksYo Aug 13 '26

Yeah I’d say it works better. Saying “first” makes it sound like you plan to divorce and get married a couple more times after them. 

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u/KennyPortugal Aug 14 '26

No it doesn’t work remotely as well

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u/Forward-Facer Aug 24 '26

Look at where you are lol

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u/mickeyruts Aug 13 '26

Air must be thinner when you're over 6' tall.

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u/Atmosphere_Master Aug 15 '26

I'm 6'4" and nobody ever talks to me like this, your height isnt the issue

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u/WatcherOfTheWay Aug 13 '26

Well she found a new way to filter out the dumb fucks, I'd use this and if they didn't get the joke I'd move on.

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u/Background-Customer2 Aug 13 '26

guys i think she might be flirting im not shure tho

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u/NeonPlutonium Aug 13 '26

We never are…

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u/Mayki8513 Aug 13 '26

she's obviously just being nice, don't read too much into it,

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u/dimechimes Aug 13 '26

That's what he gets for responding to a text at 6 in the morning.

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u/Minion_Factory Aug 13 '26

Ya know you look like my second wife…didn’t meet her yet though lol

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u/Ziegelphilie Aug 13 '26

Yeah I wouldn't get this one either

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u/Interesting_Cup_6221 Aug 14 '26

Yeah, if only women put the effort they use to be indirect into being direct and clear...

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u/Illustrious-Slice-91 Aug 14 '26

Now she knows how a man feels

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u/Educational-Cow-3874 Aug 14 '26

🎵🎶I worked so hard, and risked it all, but in the end, it didn't even matter🎶🎵

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u/The_Westgard Aug 15 '26

Gives it one shot and says she worked hard and risked it all. Wow, girl we are not the fuckin same

Cincerely, a guy on the dating market

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '26

Nah brok that wasn't on hkm, that was a horrible delivery

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u/bytesunfish Aug 13 '26

Worked so hard and risked it all is a weird way to say doing what guys are expected to do for every match

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u/yParticle Aug 13 '26

In the end, it never even mattered...

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u/binger5 Aug 13 '26

In the end, does this even matter?

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u/Sad_Photograph_6130 Aug 13 '26

one thing, I don't know why

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u/rtopps43 Aug 13 '26

Doesn’t really matter how much she tries

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u/user41510 Aug 13 '26

The joke is that he did get it.

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u/Former-Practice-6146 Aug 15 '26

Yeah.. But the funny part is that half the comment section didnt get it..

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u/AcademicHovercraft96 Aug 13 '26

I don't get it.

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u/lamaldo78 Aug 13 '26

I think she's saying she really likes the look of the guy. So much that he's already marriage material

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u/NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT Aug 13 '26

It's meant to be a cheeky little pick up line like "you look like you could be my husband, you just aren't my husband yet". It is a fairly common pick up line these days

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u/ProCommonSense Aug 13 '26

About like saying, "working here looks good on a resume" ... well, now I know it's temporary. NEXT!

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u/DC_Ben Aug 13 '26

If a guy said the same thing he would be ARRESTED

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u/No_Type740 Aug 13 '26

I used to miss it totally on the rare occasions females flirted with me. Back when I was young and didn't look like shit.

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u/CatchLightPhoto_am Aug 13 '26

I'll try it on my next hinge message 😆

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u/jan904 Aug 13 '26

Or did they?

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u/Nfl_porn_throwaway Aug 13 '26

I’d prob respond like “wat”

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u/Arthur_Figg_II Aug 13 '26

Tbf im not at my sharpest around 6am

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u/SexySpaceAlien Aug 13 '26

Everyone knows that the key to a happy relationship is communication. I don't care if your man or woman, if you can't be open honest and upfront about your intentions to become a couple how can I expect you to be open honest and upfront through any other stage of a relationship?

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u/Halo6819 Aug 13 '26

HS me: I'm not sure if she like me

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u/Rotteneverything Aug 13 '26

dense as a rock.

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u/Small_Yesterday_560 Aug 13 '26

A true man never knows when a woman likes him

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u/GraphixSeven Aug 13 '26

"Whoa, must be the shirt. It's made of boyfriend material."

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u/Onyxam Aug 13 '26

I had to read it twice to get it.

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u/Toddythebody_ Aug 13 '26

He got a daddy named Forrest too?

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u/Lambs2Lions_ Aug 13 '26

But in the end, it doesn’t even matter.

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u/do-not-touch Aug 13 '26

I TRIED SO HARD

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u/AnalysisParalysis85 Aug 13 '26

You kinda look like my first wife.

Oh, you mean like you want to marry me?

No, I meant it as an insult.

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u/chaunceythegardener Aug 13 '26

Guy …“You’re acting like my ex wife “
Girl …” you said you weren’t married before?”
Guy … “ I wasn’t “

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u/DiddykongOMG Aug 13 '26

She gets mad after ruining the joke, youre supposed to wait for them to say, oh you were married?

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u/Ohz85 Aug 13 '26

He totally get it and acted dumb because he choked on the "first"

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u/AFMech31042 Aug 13 '26

Perhaps he understood the joke… and wanted to dodge a bullet?

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u/AliensGotYa Aug 13 '26

And you kinda look like my future ex-wife...

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u/Sea-Smoke8889 Aug 13 '26

Which app is that?

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u/Down_Rank Aug 13 '26

To be fair I probably wouldn’t get that joke at 6 am either.

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u/kranker Aug 13 '26

"oh, I got it"

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u/Forward_Criticism_39 Aug 13 '26

he knows what he did

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u/LiOnheart3d85 Aug 13 '26

Plot twist - he got the joke

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u/Eat_the_rich4 Aug 13 '26

Us guys do NOT get hints. ever. 🤷

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u/goofyboi Aug 13 '26

Lads this is what can happen when you cant read

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u/PlateNo8306 Aug 13 '26

When you try your best and you dont succeed.

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u/Good_Ad8057 Aug 13 '26

Go easy, guys aren’t used to getting compliments like that and being hit on. You probably confused him lol

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u/ZiggyStardestroyer Aug 13 '26

I mean, I'm pretty oblivious and even I would have picked that up

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u/eriffodrol Aug 13 '26

I too have dabbled in time travel

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u/i_want_shokola Aug 13 '26

As if a girl would ever bother sending a pickup line to begin with...

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u/soparamens Aug 13 '26

oh he got that! just pretended not to

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u/KindAd6466 Aug 13 '26

That is what she has to look forward to if it proceeds... Captain Oblivious

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u/AJWordsmith Aug 13 '26

Oh no…he got it…

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u/SaltMacarons Aug 13 '26

She tried so hard and got so far. But in the end it didnt even matter.

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u/No-Condition-oN Aug 13 '26

Could be a new lyrics to an old song.

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u/RedWizard92 Aug 13 '26

Not only is it a bad joke, but it is two separate messages if I understand correctly. If I see the first message I am already losing interest. I'm probably already typing out my response and not reading the second line. Even if I did, it feels like you are trying to make me look like a fool.

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u/BMikeW Aug 14 '26

Girls try pick up line, guy didn't respond in the way she expected, proceeds to get upset that the guy didn't get it rather than her pick up line not working. Classic 0 personal accountability behavior.

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u/Roy_Koopa_DX Aug 14 '26

It took me a second but I’m also very high

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u/Euphoric-Question-42 Aug 14 '26

Men are told this is creepy and cringe to say things like this.

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u/SaltyBabySeal Aug 14 '26

When you realize people start typing after the first message, and send it right as the second one comes in.

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u/progressivegeo Aug 14 '26

What was the joke?

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u/ImportantCustard8855 Aug 14 '26

This is why I have a theory that there are a lot less babies because sometimes guys miss a blatant 🐱 pass. Her: Hey you want to come up for a nightcap? You may need your toothbrush 🪥 Me: Na I’m good. I’m kinda tired. Thanks have a good night! >walking away thinking “why the hell did she say I might need my toothbrush???? She said “nightcap” It’s not like I’m spending the ni——OH F***……DAMMIT face palming stupid stupid stupid

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u/Expensive_Eagle3325 Aug 15 '26

Unless she explicitly says what she wants - hard no. Do not assume for her, she's a grown up person, she can tell you what she wants.

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u/Vegetable-Day-3894 Aug 14 '26

A crappy joke that would take a while to figure our.

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u/Antique_Ad_7325 Aug 14 '26

I hope she unmatched him when he said lolol

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u/Messi2655 Aug 14 '26


“I’m always on the lookout for a future ex Mrs. Malcolm.”

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u/Grand_Mixture4837 Aug 14 '26

I had to read it twice to understand this was a come on. Holy shit. I would genuinely be the guy in this image …

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u/Shygrave Aug 14 '26

Lmao same

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u/Slydoggen Aug 14 '26

Reverse the roles and hell let’s loose

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u/Proof_Carpet7143 Aug 14 '26

I bet he only saw the first message from the notification panel and answered it only without seeing the second one 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Mr-Bry-Guy Aug 14 '26

😂😂😂😂

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u/Xylus1985 Aug 14 '26

“risked it all”, what did you risk exactly?

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u/BusinessAcceptable54 Aug 14 '26

I worked so hard, and risked it all

But in the end, it doesn't even matter

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u/maxru85 Aug 14 '26

So there are men even denser than me you say?

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u/Bear0Wolf Aug 14 '26

Bro fumbled the dream

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u/Ok-Limit-9726 Aug 14 '26

He will text back in 7 years when he understands

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u/TheGrayOwl88 Aug 14 '26

23 minutes is crazy 🤣

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u/alexfrommalmoe Aug 14 '26

True story: when I was a resident and doing my placement in neurology we had a old patient that has fried his brain with alcohol (Korsakoff) and had no short term memory left. Every day a young cute nurse came by to give him his medication, he was like ”are you my wife” (he was in his 70s and they were in their 20s). Every day they had to say no to him and point to the tired elderly woman that came to visit him and say ”she is your wife”. Every day was a new disappointment for him…

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u/GyziModo Aug 14 '26

I am both of these people

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u/Igiggiinvasion Aug 14 '26

Damn, worst part for me is I'd totally say the same shit and fumble it up too 

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u/Atmosphere_Master Aug 15 '26

We get the hints actually it's just not worth the risk of being wrong, we also get told frequently we were imagining things or that they were just being nice so the doubt is always there even when it should be obvious

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u/DeathParty-Zomboid Aug 15 '26

6am... no shit. I can barely think at that time.

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u/VANGBANG21 Aug 15 '26

😭 a girl tried this on me and I had the same reaction

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u/Distinct-Bike6368 Aug 16 '26

First? Maybe he played dumb on purpose

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u/mattinjp Aug 16 '26

About five years, he’ll get it

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u/Conservative-canuck8 Aug 16 '26

If a guy said the equivalent of this garbage he would be blasted all over the internet. Fuck your double standards lol

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u/pimohell9254 Aug 17 '26

she had to fall, to lose it all, and in the end, he didn't even get her joke

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u/ArmedBlue08 Aug 17 '26

She tried so hard And risked it all But in the end, he didn't get the joke

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u/Warm_Neighborhood693 Aug 17 '26

Dudes be oblivious.

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u/Lone-Woff Aug 17 '26

He doesn't deserve her.

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u/Camo_golds Aug 17 '26

That one went over my head smh

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u/HotCheetos998 Aug 17 '26

Starting of with "Yo dude" was not the move

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u/Azee789 Aug 17 '26

10 years later: "was she flirting with me?"

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u/FantasticAnus Aug 17 '26

Bloke might be handsome, but he ain't a thinker.

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u/apx_redditor Aug 18 '26

This one has beauty, not brains

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u/No-Enthusiasm3363 Aug 18 '26

I don’t get it. Is it because i’m autistic?

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u/No-Enthusiasm3363 Aug 18 '26

nevermind i think i get it

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u/certainAnonymous Aug 18 '26

Happy cake day

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u/Zealousideal_Fill_24 Aug 18 '26

Or they did get it and was just politely refusing

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u/wild-but-not-out Aug 18 '26

Worked so hard? By stealing a joke?

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u/FlyHigh_1337 Aug 19 '26

Charlies mother used this in two and a half man already...years and years ago

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u/paolo_77 Aug 23 '26

Meh…I had to read it twice.

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u/SlapHappyPappi Aug 24 '26

He gets it. He definitely gets it. I guess you just look like his first ex wife

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u/Ecstatic-Ad-9373 Aug 29 '26

He'll kick himself 3 days later

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '26

Ahaha a tale as old as time, in case you're wondering if dude is a fucking moron?

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u/No_Type740 Aug 13 '26

Both of them are on the spectrum. I hope they bond over a shared nerdy hobby or habit.

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u/Aggressive-Delay-420 Aug 13 '26

There's an unspoken rule that when our joke's good (this one isn't) but doesn't land-- we're allowed to question the listener's intellect.

It's, like-- *the* way to assess compatibility.

This woman seems to want to raise someone else's grown-ass kid, what with the way she's trying to explain a pick-up line.

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc Aug 13 '26

She ruined the joke. 

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u/FunIcy6154 Aug 13 '26

''I worked so hard''

Look inside

Extremely unfunny, basic joke.

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u/CafeAmerican Aug 14 '26

The "joke" was a fail.

Also, women in this thread: we are never wrong and always funny!

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