have you seen 'pickup lines' make a comeback?

HistorianOk2573 · 2025-06-08T17:03:10+00:00

The problem is not using pick up lines, the problem is being scripted, fake and not being just as funny after that.

Guys who are not funny, or fun use them thinking that's what's gonna save them. Then the conversation becomes dull and boring again, filled with questions, stacked on small talk and impersonal stuff and those women tend to run away again from guys who use pick up lines because they see the pattern and realize that only guys who don't have social skills tend to use them, because if you have social skills you don't really need to memorize a pick up line.

As for using a pick up line and immediately going for an insta close. That's just for views. None of those "insta closes" go anywhere. You think they are chads for getting numbers or instagrams, but the hidden reality is quite differently The vast majority of girls never feel like seeing that guy ever again because they are not interested. But the youtubers won't tell you that because that doesn't sell.

In fact, you don't even need to use a pick up line at all to get an instagram from a woman. Women tend to give their instagram and even their number quite easily, not because they are interested, but because they wanna avoid a tense situation by rejecting them face to face, and they know they can just block or ignore the guy later.

Ultimately, you need a personality to rizz girls. And if you don't have it, pickup lines won't save you.

FriendlyWrenChilling · 2025-06-08T16:46:40+00:00

Haha the interaction reflects their attention spans.

Western-Month-3877 · 2025-06-08T16:48:45+00:00

Yea it’s called rizz lines. They’re mostly for clicks and views.

But back in the days pickup lines weren’t taken seriously either. It was all for playful banter, until some nerds came in and thought “is that how you pick up girls?” and started using them, then pickup lines were no longer fun.

barlowaplesand · 2025-06-08T16:48:32+00:00

this kinda thing

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gbv_xS-xIzA

But there's so many different ones that pop up on my social media. Apparently all get better results than the PUA's who are/were mainstream. Changing times, maybe

Prestigious_Water336 · 2025-06-08T18:53:02+00:00

Pickup lines are cheesy and corny.

Just make a situational comment first then introduce yourself. I've found this works SO much better!

Cherry-Bandit · 2025-06-08T19:14:24+00:00

Honestly, I just think the success of any approach is skyrocketing, on the account of a general lack of men approaching at all.

barlowaplesand · 2025-06-08T20:12:02+00:00

this is the new breed of more 'classic' game (cold reads, 'unique' todd V type compliments etc) that pop up on my feeds

https://www.facebook.com/reel/686400664259210

Dorsiflexionkey · 2025-06-09T01:37:24+00:00

Not really, tbh im a bit older and pickup lines were never really a thing despite what movies would have you think.

The lines were maybe jokes, but not used seriously like a fallout new vegas dialogue. Today if I use a pickup line its extremely ironic and then i make a joke about the pickup line itself. Not because I expect the polar bear line to actually work. If you don't believe me about pickup lines being never working on their own merit look at the 1000 cringe youtube videos of guys being cringe with it.

Text game is a whole other beast. But i still suspect people use pickup lines ironically.

hehehe2510 · 2025-06-09T17:22:55+00:00

I think gen Z have cold approach rather than using pick up lines but yes good pickup lines on some girls do give a response but I still think going and talking to a girl is the best way to break the ice

Affectionate-Ant4888 · 2025-06-10T22:03:56+00:00

the best comeback from ross Jeff is like this; you deploy the line and then tell her, "okay that was a really corny line but I was seeing if you have any sense of humor ", or something along those lines, then you instroduce

ThatDarnSmell · 2025-06-08T16:54:00+00:00

Don't use them just because a guy on YouTube made a video using pickup lines. They're doing it for views/cringe. The old "PUA" channels like Simple Pickup were also terrible and heavily staged.

Title	have you seen 'pickup lines' make a comeback?
Author	barlowaplesand
Upvotes	16
Comments	18
Date	June 8, 2025 4:40 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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