Up Your Online Dating Game With These Pickup Lines

Attempting to find a romantic interest on a dating app very quickly goes from being a shiny, new hobby to a dreaded, unpaid internship that you only have to bolster your dating resume. And, crafting the perfect message to someone, especially if you’re a massive overthinker like me, is like deciding whether or not to throw an exclamation point at the end of a corporate email (!). All of these hurdles make it nearly impossible to find sentiments that feel like the best Tinder pickup lines, or any dating app first lines.

Needless to say, chatting it up on dating apps is daunting. So, it’s understandable that people cling to a comfortable pick-up line that suits them; however, pick-up lines often come off as impersonal or cringe. It’s seriously like folks on these apps don’t know how to recycle anything except for lines. 

So, in the pursuit of some actually solid pick-up lines, I scoured the likes of Reddit, TikTok, and Quora, where the rizz-less population has secretly been congregating to engage in pick-up line discourse. Luckily, hiding in the shadows of the lame, wildly misogynistic lines, I found a few gems that are actually pretty sweet and goofy. These are 40 of the best Tinder pickup lines (or any other dating app), and they’re ungendered and easy to adapt to the vibe of the person who’s got your attention. After reading this list, you’ll happily be able to delete “hey” from your flirting game.

1. Are you my laptop? Because you’re really hot and I’m concerned.
2. What’s something most people get wrong about you? So I can get it right
3. Are you a plant nursery? Because I want to grow old with you.
4. Are you a scientist? Because I want to do you on a table periodically.
5. Dang, are you my appendix? Because this feeling in my stomach makes me want to take you out
6. I can’t cook good lasagna, but I can cook great lasagna.
7. Pick a historical era, and I’ll try to come up with a pickup line related to that era.
8. When I send your picture to my friends to ask their opinion, which one should I send?
9. What number should I use to text you goodnight?
10. Are you a meme? Because I’d like to show you to my friends and hope they like you as much as I do.
11. I went to your partner’s Instagram. It said “edit profile.”
12. You declare a three-day weekend. Are you headed to the mountains, the beach, or sleeping in ‘til noon?
13. Credit card and social security number?
14. Your profile is so refreshing. I’d love to get to know you more
15. What’s been the highlight of your week so far?
16. Think you’re a good cook? I see a competition brewing.
17. Send me your favorite GIF so I get to know you better.
18. Truth or dare?
19. Do you have a name, or can I just call you “mine?”
20. I would flirt with you, but I’d rather seduce you with my awkwardness.

21. You don’t know how many times I’ve had to swipe left to find you.
22. Hey, I’m writing an article on the finer things in life and was hoping I could interview you.
23. Are you good at algebra? ‘Cause I’d like you to replace my X without asking Y.
24.  Complete this sentence: “You, me, and ____.”
25. I feel like I knew you in another life.
26. Your eyes are like The Container Store. I want to spend all my time looking into them.
27. What’s your favorite meal? I’ll cook it when I host you for our first date.
28. Are you a parking ticket? ‘Cause you’ve got “fine” written all over you.
29. I think there’s something wrong with my phone. Could you try calling it to see if it works?
30. I believe in following my dreams. Can I have your Instagram?
31. If you were a song, you’d be the best track on the album.
32. Do you ever get tired from running through my thoughts all night?
33.  I think the only way you could possibly be more beautiful is if I got to know you.
34. I need a real estate agent — do you know any? I’m trying to make a move here.
35. Let’s play a game… not hide and seek though. People like you are hard to find.
36. Hey, my name’s Microsoft. Can I crash at your place tonight?
37. Are you a song? Because I cannot get you out of my head
38. Are you from France? Cause, maDAMN you’re fine!
39. I must be in a museum because you truly are a work of art.
40. Are you a beaver? Because, dam.

Personally, if someone hit me with a No.1 or a No.5, I’d swoon. But if you don’t fall deeply and madly in love with your pick-up line recipient, you’ll at least make them laugh or start up a thoughtful conversation. So, let’s reclaim the lost art of the pick-up line and get swiping.

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