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I Ranked 23 Pickup Lines I've Gotten From LA Men From "Immediately No" To "Be There In 5"

Hi, hello. If you, too, are single and struggling, you might be entitled to financial compensation.

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JK. But we can at least bond over our shared dating app trauma.

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I recently moved to LA and was bright-eyed and naive in thinking that moving from one city on the East Coast (DC) to a larger city (LA) would mean a better dating pool.

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Spoiler: people can suck anywhere.

So, as my own form of therapy and to hopefully provide comfort to others who are struggling on dating apps, here's a ranking of the best and worst pickup lines I've received from boys on Tinder.

23.The overly intimate greeting:

hi bb

I'm already bored.

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22.The unintelligible opener:

Hi [smiling emoji with tongue out] cute

It's me, Cute.

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21.The problematic one-liner:

is your last name Hussein? Cuz you Saddam sexy

Immediately no.

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20.Come again?

give me your top & bottom few

Top songs? Movies?? Sex positions???

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19.The "let's gets down to business":

Let's skip the small, tell me something interesting

Essentially, he's like "impress me." But no, YOU slid into MY DMs, you impress ME.

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18.The wanna be relatable type:

How often do people misspell your name

He's not wrong tho, it does get misspelled.

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17.I...

Hoping this is the worst you've ever received but giving you a heads up that it's a joke :) Did you know pigeons die after sex?

Love that he added a 'lil smile so I know not to be too alarmed by such a jarring question.

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16.Not quite sure what this means...

Oh yum

But I'm always down for yum.

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15.The flirty, but serious:

Damn she my type [winking emoji] How's your Tuesday evening going

I should have started singing Saweetie back to him.

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14.The straight facts: