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Definitely Not a Moth Fake Dating Profile Meme

This humorous meme is formatted to look like a Tinder dating profile. The profile's display photo is a close-up shot of a fuzzy moth with glowing eyes facing directly toward the viewer. The profile lists the name as 'Not Moth, 23', the job as 'Lightbulb Quality Assurance at Lamp Factory', and notes the user is less than a mile away. The sarcastic bio claims the profile owner is definitely a human, not a moth, likes lamps, is looking for a bright romantic partner, dislikes people with dark personalities, and enjoys normal human activities like turning on lamps. The joke plays on the widely known internet meme and real biological fact that moths are extremely attracted to bright light sources like lamps.
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Name: Not Moth, 23; Job: Lightbulb Quality Assurance at Lamp Factory; Location: less than a mile away; Bio: I just like lamps and am looking for a bright lover. Not interested in dark personalities. Definitely human person and not a moth. I enjoy normal human things like turning on Lamp or other similar human activities

Overview

This humorous meme is formatted to look like a Tinder dating profile. The profile's display photo is a close-up shot of a fuzzy moth with glowing eyes facing directly toward the viewer. The profile lists the name as 'Not Moth, 23', the job as 'Lightbulb Quality Assurance at Lamp Factory', and notes the user is less than a mile away. The sarcastic bio claims the profile owner is definitely a human, not a moth, likes lamps, is looking for a bright romantic partner, dislikes people with dark personalities, and enjoys normal human activities like turning on lamps. The joke plays on the widely known internet meme and real biological fact that moths are extremely attracted to bright light sources like lamps.

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This is a popular edited meme that combines the viral 'moth obsessed with lamps' internet meme format with a fake Tinder profile interface. This specific instance of the meme was sourced from an RSS feed of X (formerly Twitter) user @meme.jpg, and similar edits of this meme are widely shared across social media platforms including Reddit, X, and Instagram.

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