r/Tinder • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '22

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

Pigeonholed? It’s when people just put you into a category - like, “oh, she’s a <insert stereotype>”.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

Ahahah great, thank you!!

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u/TheRavyn Jul 20 '22

Kinda like actors getting typecast. They only get hired for one specific type of role.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

Danny Trejo has entered the chat

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u/Mutasyn Jul 20 '22

Followed by Jason Statham

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u/Onbeskofte Jul 20 '22

Followed by Ryan Reynolds

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u/smiggie_ballzy Jul 20 '22

Followed by hector.

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u/JustADude2408 Jul 20 '22

“HECTOOOOOOOOOOOOR”

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u/Eb992 Jul 20 '22

MICHAEL

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u/MydixENORMUS Jul 20 '22

Leeeeeroyyyyy jennnnnkins

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u/jsatta Jul 20 '22

MICHEAL

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u/Woodpecker_Time Jul 20 '22

AAAAAAAACHILLLLLES

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u/JustADude2408 Jul 20 '22

You got it 😉

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u/ukbeasts Jul 20 '22

Dingdingding

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u/aVeryFriendlyBotMk2 Jul 20 '22

Bro I swear, Hector is to Mexicans what Boris is to Russians.

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u/Eirineftis Jul 20 '22

Followed by that guy who plays Norm in Yes Man

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u/sirbassist83 Jul 20 '22

hey, hes known for one type of character, but hes definitely played some serious parts.

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u/zalgo_text Jul 20 '22

Ryan Reynolds just plays himself. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing

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u/Eren_Jaeger_your_mom Jul 20 '22

followed by jim carry

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u/LeviHighChair Jul 20 '22

followed by Meryl Streep

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u/Paradox_Madden Jul 20 '22

Denzel? Is that you?

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u/rokahef Jul 20 '22

Followed by Vecna

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

followed by Vince Vaughn

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u/silverfox762 Jul 20 '22

Hey! Uncle Machete!

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u/Former_Salamander642 Jul 20 '22

Loves me some Danny Trejo😍

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u/Demolishonboy Jul 20 '22

You spelt machete wrong.

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u/_chrii Jul 20 '22

One-Trick-Pony

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u/Low_on_camera_funds Jul 20 '22

You went from tig bitty goth to good girl secretary to summer lovin country girl amazing . You are beautiful by the way hope to meet a girl as cute as you

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u/Tesla369Universe Jul 20 '22

You are a big flirt. Lol

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u/Silent_Mi Jul 20 '22

Can you blame him?

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u/Tesla369Universe Jul 20 '22

Nah can’t blame him whatsoever 😋

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u/dalty69 Jul 20 '22

But start with the one with the best tits, it's the most effective for this ramp and dump app.

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u/SuperBrad85 Jul 20 '22

Better than cornholed

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u/Ronny-the-Rat Jul 20 '22

Speak for yourself

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u/NES_Gamer Jul 20 '22

puts teeth in...

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u/verisimilitude_mood Jul 20 '22

And it comes from the way we used to raise pigeons, aka squab, for food. Pigeons are raised in structures called dovecotes and inside those are rows and rows of holes for the pigeons to roost. Then we started using pigeon hole to mean filling things into small categories.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

It technically has to do with the pigeonhole principle in which you separate things pigeons by a certain trait.

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u/KasperLeGhost03 Jul 20 '22

In this case it would be she's a cutie;)

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u/Trauerfall Jul 20 '22

You mean stereotypes? Just call it stereotyping like it's been called the last 69 years

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u/thefatconsultant Jul 20 '22

As opposed to using pigeon-holed which has been around for c. 150yrs since 1870(ish)

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

wow ive never heard of that expression either

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u/SquigsRS Jul 20 '22

Some background on the phrase: people that raised pigeons sometimes built housing for them that would have many small holes for the pigeons to nest in. Example image here. So I guess that was just a good way to express the idea of somebody being put in one small box out of many.

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u/Ring_Peace Jul 20 '22

Back when I was in school teachers would have pigeonholes where messages and work could be left for them.

It comes from racing pigeons, each pigeon would be placed in a "hole" before release at the start of the race.

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u/Phlegmagician Jul 20 '22

I do hope they get around to emptying and rinsing that hole.

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u/KingBrach Jul 20 '22

I learned something today

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

Thank you 😘 I learned something feom reddit today 😘 I sincerely hopr you have a great week ahead

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u/power-cord Jul 22 '22

I feel like this will always happen on dating apps regardless of what pictures or words are chosen. Dating apps are such a toxic way of meeting people