Picture? Check. Cute little tagline? Check. Swipe left 50 times for every swipe right? Check and check. Within a few days, though, you'll start wondering which strange galaxy you've fallen into. It's like sitting in an emergency department waiting room.
Here's the thing: Tinder is far more science than art, and you'll pretty quickly realize that there is a science to the creepy Tinder male profile. Avoid at all costs if you see a man sporting the following profile characteristics.
1. Overdoing it with the Halloween pictures
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We'll give a pass to one Halloween picture. One. Any more than that, though, and the dude is looking less quirky-cute and more into fetishes.
2. Slightly parted lips and big hair
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Any guy who thinks this is a good look has clearly spent too much time studying Justin Bieber. You're not a Calvin Klein model. Go home. We're not looking for the Biebs.
3. Bad nudity
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What is behind that gnome? Drats, it's probably just more body hair.
Seriously, Tinder nudity is always a bad thing, especially if the guy has cropped out his face from the image.
4. Trying too hard
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This guy says that the "key to staying young is to never grow up." We're guessing that his other, unmentioned key to staying young is dating 18-year-olds.
5. A couple's profile
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Either JimnKatherine don't know how to Tinder, or they're spicing up their love life with a little swinging. Couple's profiles are a huge red flag — unless that's exactly what you're looking for!
6. Shirtless selfies
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Is this guy looking to meet new people in a hotel? Is that why he's taking his shirtless selfie in what is clearly a hotel lobby bathroom? We don't understand the shirtless selfie, and we don't understand the angry face.
7. Blood or weapons or both
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Favorite hobby? Murder.
8. Any version of this guy
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Let's give 22-year-old Dominic the benefit of the doubt, and assume he's trying to be funny. Even if he is, though, a guy who opens his profile with how awesome he is and how you should be privileged to respond to his text is extremely questionable.
If a Tinder guy passes the creepy Tinder profile test, go ahead and text away — at least until he blows it with a creepy message.
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