This Gay Twitter™ thread about the craziest pick-up lines is making us think about swearing off men forever
the way men flirt can be problematic: late-night messages, disgusting innuendo, unseemly emoji use. Every gay man has at least one toxic pick-up line burned into their memory, unable to be erased.
And that’s especially the case when screenshots are involved. (Sorry to say, but Grindr messages are forever!)Over the weekend, there was a viral Gay Twitter™ thread in which men shared their most disastrous flirting experiences.
Unsurprisingly, the bulk of examples offered up occurred on the apps. For some reason, we often seem to forget there’s a person behind the avatar.
Or at least, we hope you all are forgetting. Otherwise…I dunno about ever but this was yesterday and I can’t stop thinking about it https://t.co/9VE6cbKGfD pic.twitter.com/RymR4k1Zl0I got called unicorn barf from a guy on Grindr while I was in Spain pic.twitter.com/jQJQ9uxEaEAsked me if I wanna be 'traffiqued' pic.twitter.com/zJBeA5Yg52Got a grindr message a few years ago."You look good with your shirt off"How would you know?"I saw you through your kitchen window "Immediately blockedI will never forget this https://t.co/Z1Yzu7BRT5 pic.twitter.com/H3AKowCIc1This isn’t to say being forward, or risqué, is always bad.
