TheFriar ,

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.

Maven OP ,
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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.

TheFriar ,

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

SkyezOpen ,

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.

ivanafterall ,

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 ,
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L'esprit de l'escalier.

brbposting ,

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

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

Regalia ,
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Ask and you shall receive

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