Sit back and enjoy watching this smooth guy's Tinder game backfire

Things really took a turn.

Things were going so well!

A smooth intro: self aware but still forward, unimposing, nothing too inappropriate. All stacked up to be a decent Tinder interaction (if there is such a thing).

And then: crash and burn.

"Are you a banker because leave me a loan."

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She played him at his own game, with some extremely decent wordplay, and for that: nothing but respect.

The guy who posted the image followed up on Reddit, saying "I ended up getting her Snapchat so all in all not too bad imo."

So she just wanted to show off a little, make it clear she was clever above all else. Again, respect.

A rare incident of Tinder burns gone horribly right. Surely they'll snap their way into a romance for the ages.

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