27 Pickup Lines That Are Splendid, Witty, And Definitely Worked On Their Recipients, As Told Online

A thread recently appeared on AskReddit, the author of which, the user u/_night_hawk19, asked other people the question: “What’s the best pickup line you’ve actually used/has been used on you?” It’s not that the thread has skyrocketed for just a day, but as of now, it boasts over 2.7K upvotes, and there are also a whole thousand various comments.

If a couple of decades ago, young people needed special "reference books" from the older generation (just remember that notebook from the "American Pie" movie), today this role is successfully fulfilled by the Internet. By all sorts of collections of worldly wisdom – like this one, collected for you by Bored Panda.

People have long liked to hear praise addressed to them - about their own appearance, personal qualities and achievements. So it’s not surprising that since ancient times, we’ve known about the great masters of pickup. For example, the hero Paris in the poem "Iliad" was helped to seduce Helen of Troy not only by the gods and his own handsome appearance, but also by his unsurpassed eloquence.

More than three thousand years have passed since then, but we are still susceptible to flattery and compliments. But the most important thing is that these compliments are at least partly true. That the people we say this to actually believe it.

It’s interesting that for more than twenty years, scientists have been specifically studying pickup lines in order to understand the mechanisms inside our heads that allow them to work. For example, a 2006 study included several dozen of the most popular lines from various movies and TV series – both in relation to women and men.

The results were quite interesting. "Pick-up lines serve as an advertisement, filter, and screening device,” Jeremy Nicholson, M.S.W., Ph.D., writes in his dedicated article on Psychology Today. “The type of line a man chooses says something about his personality and attributes. Similarly, whether a woman finds a particular type of line appealing says something about her personality and attributes as well.”

On the other hand, before you mindlessly shower compliments left and right, it’s worth trying to first understand what kind of person they are – because otherwise even the most brilliant and efficient line could work in the opposite direction.

After all, it’s not so important what we say as who we really are. So any pickup line from a person who is really interesting, both inside and out, will be much more effective.

“The pick up line allows your real self to hide behind a flimsy, one-sentence strategy: whereas the other person is far more likely to want to connect with you and pursue something if they know who you really are,” this article at The Gentleman’s Journal claims. “Rather than performing for an invisible camera, let all that go and show the object of your affection is your real self.”

Well, first of all, it’s worth perceiving this list simply as a source of interesting and sometimes funny information, rather than as a direct guide to action. So now please feel free to just read these stories, and in case you have something to say on the topic too, just share your own experience in the comments below.