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My Secret Formula For Pulling Baddies

This is a joke dating meme that repurposes a vintage photograph of a garden gnome statue posing next to an attractive young woman. The top text reads 'Me with the baddie I pulled by being funny, slightly mysterious, and having a lil bit of money', with the gnome standing in as the meme creator who successfully attracted the woman. The humor comes from the absurd twist: the inanimate garden gnome is framed as the person who 'pulled' (won over) the desirable woman, poking fun at common casual dating advice about modest traits being enough to attract a partner.
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Me with the baddie I pulled by being funny, slightly mysterious, and having a lil bit of money

Overview

This is a joke dating meme that repurposes a vintage photograph of a garden gnome statue posing next to an attractive young woman. The top text reads 'Me with the baddie I pulled by being funny, slightly mysterious, and having a lil bit of money', with the gnome standing in as the meme creator who successfully attracted the woman. The humor comes from the absurd twist: the inanimate garden gnome is framed as the person who 'pulled' (won over) the desirable woman, poking fun at common casual dating advice about modest traits being enough to attract a partner.

Origin notes

This meme originates from 9GAG under the original title 'My secret formula for pulling baddies'. The base photograph has a watermark for the Instagram account @tinderfeed, and it is a popular viral humor meme that repurposes an existing vintage photo to create a dating joke.

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