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I stop being funny immediately after we leave the dating app.

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wanna see this with the chess.com evaluation symbols next to the messages

[–] [email protected] 101 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] brbposting 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Blunder ahaha

Not sure what these are, from my same search:

…but some might be applicable for that uncomfortable OK Cupid data:

[–] prole 8 points 6 months ago

Oh man that OKC pic is brutal.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

For Chess.com, that's the icons for a forced move. Or at least that's the file name, I haven't been able to find a central place for the icon scenarios.

[–] brbposting 2 points 6 months ago

Is it that “with attack” from the second image?

An attack is a great form of defense in itself and playing an aggressive, strong game from the beginning gives a player a significant advantage throughout the game.

With good enough counterplay, she might let you connect pawns. (Still reading the symbols, I don’t play chess :) )

[–] [email protected] 81 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm funniest when I'm alone in my car, after work, thinking about what happened and all of the really funny things I should've said. They're really good.

[–] zarkanian 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No thanks but I don't drink

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

You shouldn't respond while driving home from work.

[–] brbposting 11 points 6 months ago

wit of the staircase: repartee thought of only too late, on the way home

Only had to look it up because I always think of my repartees right on time.

And obviously we all know the definition of repartee:

conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

We, we. I've dropped many an undergarment once I started speaking baguette.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, really? Well, the jerk store called, and they're running out of you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

"What's the difference? You're their all-time best seller."

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Dude you’ve got the complete opposite problem I do. My text game is dog shit, I’m much more of an in-person kinda guy

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Did you just call this man dog shit in-person!? How rude!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was always the same. My strategy on the apps was to ask them out after 10 messages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah I mean, there’s a bunch of people that prefer this anyway IME.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

See, I’m the same way. I’ll intentionally make myself look stupid—and it should be clear it’s a joke. But maybe you need the context of knowing the person to understand that? Because the understanding and volleying back of the repartee drops significantly on dating apps. Everything I mention on my profile is a joke, so…expect jokes when we match? I think people just assume the worst—particularly women on dating apps, most likely as a defense mechanism. I assume women have to go into every encounter with male strangers on the internet already on guard. So when anything out of the ordinary gets thrown their way, they’re just like, “…eh, I think it’s probably safer just to shut this down now before it gets weird.”

That’s what I tell myself anyway. Because I know I’m hilarious and it’s absolutely not that my jokes aren’t landing. They’re landing. Women are just intimidated by my wry wit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You're simply too funny to date anyone. They wouldn't be able to stop laughing and it would cause chronic muscle pain in their abs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I once made someone laugh so hard they darted, then they laughed at me laughing at their laugh fart and kept darting. My wit is truly dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

See, I keep telling that to my mom. But she just won’t stop crying long enough to really hear it, yknow?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

The biggest boost to my confidence was when I realized I don't have to feel bad about being socially awkward, I can simply own it and choose to believe its endearing. That may well not be the case and I'm just a blubbering idiot, but it gets me out and talking to people and generally happier which is what's most important

[–] gravitas_deficiency 6 points 6 months ago

respectfully

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I can't believe I understood this. Totally unexpected.