Tinder dates, like most dates, can go a lot of ways. It can end on a sad note with someone calling you ‘fat’. Or it can turn out to be a ‘Hunger Games’ inspired social experiment. And if things get really bad, it can result in a murder. However, for one Australian woman, her experience ended up being a meme, but not because of her.
Alita Brydin from Melbourne Australia wrote about her Tinder date for a lifestyle magazine called Mamamia. And to be honest, the conclusion was a little cliched.
My phone was filled with pictures of his cooking – he took me on the step by step journey of making pasta – selecting the ingredients, making the dough, working the half-falling-apart pasta maker.
He took pride in his cooking – and I saw it as a sign that he was a man ready to make a home.
The day finally came. I saw him confidently approaching me, striding past the Asian grocer, the dingy Chinese takeout.
Without saying a word he laid his lips on me, laid his palm on my lower back and kissed me. It was happening. Everything was coming together.
Looking in my phone the next day, I was elated. He’d been quiet – but that was OK – now we’d met each other, touched, kissed, I was secure. Until a message popped up.
‘Stay away from my boyfriend.’“
So, now you might be thinking that how did this become a meme? Well, you can blame the Daily Mirror for that.
The Daily Mirror, which is a British tabloid newspaper, reported on this woman’s Tinder date and the headline for its Twitter version was open to interpretations.
Woman's perfect Tinder date with 'The One' shattered by five simple words https://t.co/XuWMQB7FyP pic.twitter.com/9js9ZYGmJx
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 18, 2018
As you can see, the Daily Mirror went for a headline to raise intrigue without revealing the real reason for shattering of the Tinder date. And people began a guessing game that turned this story into a meme.
In an attempt to mock the headline, netizens started guessing what those five words were that broke Alita’s date, and the results are hilarious.
1. “How the hell’d we wind up like this.”
“My favourite band is Nickelback”
— Lindsey Bowers (@LindseyCBowers) September 18, 2018
2. That’s one way of looking at Farage.
"Nigel Farage is the Messiah"
— Jane ⭐🌱✌️🖤 (@localnotail) September 18, 2018
3. Damn nerds!
“My favorite movie? Fight Club.” https://t.co/VjJWeYvQXn
— chi-tsung (@AtravellerTW) September 19, 2018
4. Someone’s feeling savage.
"I love Big Bang Theory" https://t.co/9jugNufW46
— BBC Three (@bbcthree) September 18, 2018
5. Quite possibly.
https://twitter.com/caelzo/status/1042105864931487744
6. Hold on there now!
"Please add me on LinkedIn" https://t.co/knHR0NDGat
— Dan (@buzzingbugs) September 18, 2018
7. Tinder date: Rated R.
Up the bum no babies. https://t.co/Li7gbButEu
— KnightswoodBear (@KnightswoodBear) September 19, 2018
8. Take that back, right now.
Waluigi is not Wario's brother https://t.co/seRN4u0c8b
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) September 19, 2018
9. Interesting wordplay.
I drink my own manmuck
— Rachel Hawkins (@ourrachblogs) September 18, 2018
10. Absolutely barbaric!
"I prefer crunchy peanut butter" https://t.co/Pht1xOhlxp
— Frank 2: High Voltage (@thoughthaver69) September 18, 2018
11. Wow, that’s true talent.
"I play Fortnite every day" https://t.co/UtlvgH4A2Y
— – ̗̀ Tuddy ̖́- (@tudsworthington) September 18, 2018
12. Did he now?
https://twitter.com/Blackhawkski/status/1042084572270346241
13. Fact of the day, or is it?
https://twitter.com/tom_mclaren74/status/1042037371456376833
14. This reference involves Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels and Mario Kart.
It’s shaped like a mushroom
— TheFelvus (@thefelvus) September 18, 2018
15. Ouch!
https://twitter.com/NuminousBen/status/1041986866185216001
The five words that would probably bring any Indian Tinder date to a bitter conclusion is “I love biriyani with roti“.