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Disappointment when perfect Tinder match smokes

This multi-panel relatable meme opens with text describing a common dating frustration: a user is excited to find a seemingly perfect woman match on the dating app Tinder, only to be extremely disappointed when he discovers she smokes, which is a relationship dealbreaker for him. The panels below use footage of the character Daemon Targaryen from HBO's fantasy series House of the Dragon, showing him walking despairingly into the ocean, fully submerging himself in the water, then lying motionless on the shore as if dead, to dramatically exaggerate the feeling of total defeat and crushing disappointment at this revelation.
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When I find the perfect woman on Tinder but I end up seeing that she smokes:

Overview

This multi-panel relatable meme opens with text describing a common dating frustration: a user is excited to find a seemingly perfect woman match on the dating app Tinder, only to be extremely disappointed when he discovers she smokes, which is a relationship dealbreaker for him. The panels below use footage of the character Daemon Targaryen from HBO's fantasy series House of the Dragon, showing him walking despairingly into the ocean, fully submerging himself in the water, then lying motionless on the shore as if dead, to dramatically exaggerate the feeling of total defeat and crushing disappointment at this revelation.

Origin notes

Per the provided additional information, this meme was originally shared on Reddit. The visual template comes from a viral 2022 scene from House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel series, where Daemon Targaryen walks into the ocean after suffering a personal loss. This scene is widely used as a meme template to represent extreme disappointment or a desire to give up entirely, and this iteration applies the template to a relatable online dating scenario that is commonly shared across social media platforms like Reddit, X/Twitter, and TikTok.

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