Lockdown has people going creative even on dates.
Since almost everyone is urged to stay home and therefore can’t physically go on dates, Tinder users are switching to Animal Crossing so they can hang out with their match/es.
Take, for instance, Sammyhrwtz.
played animal crossing with a boy i met on tinder and he gave me money to pay off my loans where is this energy in real life
— sam! (@sammyhrwtz) April 9, 2020
Sammyhrwtz told Polygon that she could “totally” tell that her date was “cheating” at the game through a practice commonly called time traveling, but she didn’t mind. He was too nice to bring it up, she says.
However, it looks like a nice gesture isn’t enough to save the boy from getting dumped. Sam said, “Super pure interaction. Totally ghosting him though. Sorry, man!”
Here are other Animal Crossing dates that came from Tinder matches.
Last night i went on a date with a tinder boy in animal crossing…i think im in love pic.twitter.com/Ow2xMvoCZQ
— corinne (@Cojo101) April 10, 2020
I went on a tinder date with a boy in animal crossing and it went as well as you would think a regular tinder date would go pic.twitter.com/WahFJVeOpy
— ?? Moe ?? (@KokiriGirlMoe) April 15, 2020
Jk, it was fun and the guy was super lovely 🙂 10/10 better than a real date lol pic.twitter.com/y2uBU11Yvs
— ?? Moe ?? (@KokiriGirlMoe) April 15, 2020
i took lots of photos during my first (virtual) date with my tinder match. was actually super fun. She’s really great ngl. #Animalcrossing pic.twitter.com/aVtRtU9SlR
— WWGG ｜imnotasandwich?? (@imnotasandwichh) April 14, 2020
Me and a guy I match with on Tinder went on an Animal Crossing date <33 pic.twitter.com/s8hDoYXqHd
— Heaven Leigh (@starheavenly) April 8, 2020
highlight of my tinder d8 #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/MUmrlfrGTh
— ??? (@altern888) April 10, 2020
I have been swiping right on a lot of profiles on Tinder these few days because everyone has started putting Animal Crossing on their bio.
Not looking to date now, looking to visit your town and drain all its resources from you and maybe a date.
— Daoxin (@Daoxingames) April 4, 2020
Not everyone gets to have a fun date though.
You can’t see it but my tinder date called me a h*re and hit me with a bug net after that pic.twitter.com/yNxB34ns4e
— ??- dummy? (@Bruuuhhht) April 10, 2020
Most of those who went on an Animal Crossing date said that it doesn’t compare to going out in real life. Since they are still talking after, one even said it is “better than half the IRL dates I’ve gone on.”
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