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THE LEZTHARIO’S GUIDE TO SLIDING RIGHT INTO HER DMS

ONLINE DATING

Hey there, Tinderella. Sending the first message on a dating app can be scarier than coming out to your homophobic great aunt who owns an air rifle. Your inner paranoid demon can’t help but go into overdrive. Will she laugh at you? Blank you? Screenshot your lame-ass one-liner and turn it into a viral meme? Probably. But don’t let that put you off. Online dating can be even more exciting than binge watching a new series of Orange Is The New Black while dressed up as Big Boo. Here’s how to make the most of that online wasteland of opportunity.

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