This time last year, I remember mercilessly making fun of a guy friend who told me he was taking a girl out who he met through a dating app on his iPhone. "No way," I said. "She cannot possibly be cool." Even just a short time ago, there was still a serious stigma attached to any type of online dating, serious or otherwise. It was only something you did if you were wildly desperate. Or a complete shut in. He—a perceivably normal, attractive dude—was neither. "No, look" I remember him telling me, "it's like Hot or Not. You just swipe right if you like a person and left if you don't. If they like you back, you can message each other." Then he showed me a photo of the girl, who was one year his junior and, admittedly, totally smoking.
Fast forward to today and I've definitely come to embrace the dark side. My girlfriends and I have done more than our fair share of Tinderizing, picking up more than our fair share of Tinderonis. I've been on a few dates and a few not-quite-dates, met some passable guys and some extremely lame ones, and had a seriously entertaining time in the process. While it's full of promising prospects, Tinder is also absolutely rife with douchebaggery. For every normal, there are umpteen boners, making the same, tragic comedy of errors. With that being said, let me conveniently break down the ten worst dudes that exist on Tinder, so you, kind sir, don't become one of them and maybe, just maybe, get yourself some.
Jess Graves is a writer living in Atlanta. You can read her blog here and follow her on Twitter here.
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