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[–] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 76 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Men on dating apps known for posing with fish. This long running web comic with swords. Thus sword fish gag :)

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Men on dating apps known for posing with fish

What, why? Is this some fad?

[–] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Huh, I always figured it's because it's one of the masculine-conforming reasons to have a friend take a nice photo of just one guy. Single guys with plenty of friends go out and do stuff together, but you don't take well-lit, posed photos by yourself normally. You might take a group shot, but then you risk looking small or ugly next to a more attractive friend. A posed photo of a guy by himself looking good is going to look like it was taken by a significant other.

It also says "I like to fish, and when we are in a relationship, I expect to continue to go fishing with my friends."

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, appealing to the "i can feed you" instincts.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you. I've never used a dating app and I was very confused.

[–] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take care out there, flying squid. You're the ultimate catch for a fish guy's tinder profile.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know that my wife would be into me looking for fishermen on Tinder. I don't even think she'd be up for me looking for them on Grindr.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet the dating profiles actually belong to the fish, and the numbers are their length

[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I know it's a long shot but if there are any women reading this can you confirm the guys holding fish in dating app photos thing is real?

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Swords is one of the rare things I miss from Reddit.

[–] chiwiu@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I check regularly from the creator website instead, which is great with references to its own lore, link here

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why's it called Swords 802?

[–] chiwiu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Bc that's the number of chapters so far 🙃