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This image is a screenshot of a conversation from a dating platform. It opens with a notification that the user matched with a person named Karen on December 31, 2018. The user first sends a pickup line pun: "You're so cute it's sKaren me", which is a play on the phrase "scaring me" that incorporates Karen's first name. Karen replies with a confused "Huh". Much later, the user follows up with a second pun, stating: "I tried to make a pun out of your name but I guess you didn't Karenough to notice", a pun on the phrase "care enough" again using Karen's name. Karen responds with another confused short reply: "What". The humor comes from the awkward, cringey failed name puns that the recipient completely fails to understand or find amusing.

Cringey Karen Name Puns Fail On Dating App Match

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This is a screenshot of a satirical or real dating app profile for 41-year-old Daniel. The profile photo shows a man standing on a snowy surface in front of a small red aircraft, though the profile text includes a small joke stating "Man (not visible)". The profile lists highly uncompromising, demanding requirements for potential partners: requiring a prenuptial agreement if marriage occurs because he earns 100K USD per year, explicitly barring single mothers from applying, stating he will split the first date bill 50/50 to test if a match is serious, noting he is a marathon runner who travels the world, and asking potential matches what value they bring to a relationship, as he states he is aware of his own worth. The humor comes from how excessively hostile and rigid the profile reads, making it a viral joke about unrealistic expectations on dating apps.

Made it clear beforehand, overly strict dating profile

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The meme features a redacted screenshot of a 45-year-old man's Tinder dating profile. The man's full face is obscured with black scribbles, only his graying beard, ear, neck, and upper torso wearing a dark blazer over a purple shirt are visible, and he appears to be seated inside a car with light-colored upholstery. The profile text lists the man's self-described credentials: 'Top Attorney', 'Top 1% income earner', 'Provider. Protector. King.' He states he is looking for his 'queen', then lists extremely unreasonable, misogynistic requirements for a partner: must be 100% virgin with no prior sexual experience, virginity is explicitly marked mandatory, must have A+ grade cooking skills, must stay silent unless directly addressed, and must be ready to obey and serve him with a smile. The meme refers to this absurdly entitled profile as the 'Tinder Final Boss', framing it as the most ridiculous, unmatchable profile one could encounter on the dating app.

Tinder Final Boss

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This is a 4-panel meme that repurposes scenes from Disney's 2000 animated film *The Emperor's New Groove* to joke about the behavior of people using dating apps. The top lead-in text reads 'People on dating apps be like:'. The first panel shows the character Kuzco preparing to review a line of potential suitors, with the subtitle 'Alrighty! Let's trot out the ladies! Let's take a look-see.'. The second panel depicts Kuzco judging each woman in the line harshly, dismissing almost all of them with superficial criticisms: 'Hate your hair, not likely, yikes, yikes, yikes...'. The third panel shows Kuzco speaking dismissively to the only remaining candidate, saying 'And let me guess, you have a great personality.'. The final panel shows Kuzco complaining to an attendant about the quality of candidates, asking 'Is this really the best you can do?'. The meme satirizes how many dating app users are excessively picky, rejecting most matches immediately for trivial superficial reasons and dismissing non-physical positive traits like personality as an insufficient consolation prize.

People on dating apps be like (Emperor's New Groove Meme)

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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.

Disappointment when perfect Tinder match smokes

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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".

Am I doing Tinder right?

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A two-panel black-and-white comic strip. The first panel depicts a simple animated person with a disgusted expression, bending over to inspect their foot, accompanied by the text 'Ew, I stepped in shit.' The second panel reveals the object stepped on: a rock-like structure labeled 'Any form of dating apps.' The meme uses a visual metaphor to criticize dating apps, implying they exploit loneliness by being unpleasant or harmful, akin to stepping in something undesirable.

Dating apps are specifically preying on male loneliness

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