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Am I doing Tinder right?

This image is a screenshot of a conversation on the dating app Tinder, posted by a user named Conor who opens with the question "Am I doing Tinder right?". The conversation shows Conor starting a chat with his match by asking an unexpected first question: what their favorite kind of soup is. The match replies that their favorite is chicken and vegetable soup, Conor calls it a fine choice. The match notes that asking about soup is an odd first question, to which Conor responds that you can learn a lot about a person from their favorite soup. When the match asks what Conor can learn about them from their answer, Conor delivers a deadpan anticlimactic punchline: he only says "You like chicken and vegetable soup".
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What's your favourite kind of soup?
Ummmm chicken and vegetable....
A fine choice
Why thank you
What an odd first question though aha
You can tell a lot about somebody by their favourite soup
What can you tell about me?
You like chicken and vegetable soup

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Am I doing Tinder right?

Overview

This image is a screenshot of a conversation on the dating app Tinder, posted by a user named Conor who opens with the question "Am I doing Tinder right?". The conversation shows Conor starting a chat with his match by asking an unexpected first question: what their favorite kind of soup is. The match replies that their favorite is chicken and vegetable soup, Conor calls it a fine choice. The match notes that asking about soup is an odd first question, to which Conor responds that you can learn a lot about a person from their favorite soup. When the match asks what Conor can learn about them from their answer, Conor delivers a deadpan anticlimactic punchline: he only says "You like chicken and vegetable soup".

Origin notes

This meme was shared to 9Gag with the original title "My man", it is a screenshot of an actual Tinder conversation that became popular as a funny example of absurd, deadpan online dating small talk.

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