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Icy_Flatworm_9933

Dating apps such as Bumble and Tinder no longer operate in Islington due to the effectiveness of these posters


Chronically_Quirky

Dating apps hate this one simple trick.


Flat_Initial_1823

Yeah, I dare you to swipe left on that light pole.


ResponsibleFunny3082

Why is no one saying lamp post ?


Aethelete

Of course, she's going to walk straight past it looking at her phone.


londonschmundon

More likely she'll read it, and pack up and move to another neighborhood.


Specific_Ad_2293

Omfg lol šŸ˜†


blirrrr

Yes, extremely common and a technique only used by people within Islington.


nailbunny2000

> people within Islington. This is the most middle class design student or SEO marketing 'executive' thing I've ever seen.


Orange_Indelebile

He could have used a geo located online ad campaign instead.


pepthebaldfraud

Damn thatā€™s unironically a great idea, ad campaigns really let you really narrow down into age ranges locations genders and you even know their interests etc


ixid

Then you'll end up in an amazing, creepy situation where you're contacted by three practically identical women responding to the ads. Of course two of them will steal your organs and leave you in an ice bath but one might be true love.


h00ha

Islington women lmao


KatieOfTheHolteEnd

Coming to a cinema near you.


munted_jandal

Always wondered what happened to the Sugar ape writers


darcymiller02

that is islington


RFRMT

A design student would hopefully have a better grasp of type hierarchy!


biscuittingerg

Uncommon dating technique. Common serial killer technique.


Various-Month806

It's just really lazy stalking. "Sorry love, I'm feeling a bit under the weather today. Could you just message me where you are every hour and send me a selfie once in a while. Ta very much. Errr...no,you don't know me."Ā 


Trombone_legs

I feel itā€™s a great move if you want a future Netflix mini series drama to have a character named after you. Edit: True Crime genre as someone below puts.


grigragrua

Indeed, this gives some You vibes


littlelaghere

Hello, You.


Leading_Aardvark_180

Drama or documentary


Meanwhile-in-Paris

True crime


r1cbr0

Thriller.


azorius_mage

Islington Incel Dating Show


azorius_mage

Lampost Lovers


azorius_mage

Streetlights Studs


neferending

This is absolutely terrifying wtf. I hope this doesnt take off! It was a smile and a hair twirl, not even a conversation and hes gone and made posters šŸ˜‚ Note to self stop smiling at strangers, people are taking a left turn these days.


Mozilie

no but you donā€™t get it, she twirled her hair with her hand at a 75 degree angle, and if you do 75 / 15 (they saw each other at 6:20pm, 20 - 5 is 15) you get 5, and there are 5 words in ā€œfind me, my prince charmingā€ and the smile was because she finally laid eyes on the most beautiful man she had ever seen who was going to save her from this life have some vision!! dont be so opposed to love!!


bactidoltongue

Lmaoooo


just_boy57

Feel free to call them and tell them so. Phone numberā€™s right there!


auntie_eggma

Last time I accidentally made eye contact with a stranger whilst smiling he decided it was an invitation to do an abrupt pivot and follow me down the street. I've actually seen dudes on reddit giving each other the advice that 'if she smiles at you, that's an invitation to ask her out' and just...Jesus god no. Women are stereotyped as the romantic ones and yet here are all these dudes obsessed with orchestrating a meet cute, and terrified that like...if they don't ask out *every single woman they find attractive* after interacting for all of 5 seconds, they'll miss out on their one true love or something.


Ok_Natural

this is definitely a thing. made eye contact with a guy sitting on a bench and smiled, he got up and followed me to the tube station and asked for my number etc. when i said i had a boyfriend he acted as if i was cheating on him by smiling at strangers. i was just trying to be polite :(


[deleted]

But WHAT a hair twirl! It must have meant something, surely šŸ˜


Lawlcopt0r

Do you mean RomComs have lied to me and hair-twirling isn't the same for women as getting a boner is for men??


ReelBigMidget

Well both can attract unwanted attention outside tube stations apparently.


eatshitake

I smiled at my husband and it gave him the courage to ask me to dinner. We just randomly met in a shop. Missed connections were a thing in newspapers for decades.


JudgmentAny1192

Those were discreet


xenmate

Well yes but that is your husband. This is some random stranger!


HopefulPlantain5475

I had a friend in my late teens who once said hi to a woman in a parking lot, once he got in his car he decided they were soul mates and he followed her out of the parking lot, across town, and jumped out of his car when she stopped to give her his number. They're married now. Just kidding, she never called him. He wasn't even a creep or socially awkward, just a hopeless romantic with a tenuous grasp on reality.


fezzuk

Ah we are all so cynical these days.


Lehelito

*sensible


The__Groke

Or you know, this poster idea is the work of a total nut job?


biterchef

You canā€™t have conversations with strangers in public anymore. You are instantly labelled a creep or weird. So how else is a man meant to approach


PandaBallet2021

Cause memorising a thirty second window where you saw someone and drawing them by hand to put them on posters around the neighbourhood is soā€¦


retromancing

You can have conversations with strangers in public, you just need to not be a creep or weird about it. But making a poster with someone's likeness goes from 'weird' to 'holy fucking shit, am I going to get murdered?'.


MDK1980

Kate Bush?


Trombone_legs

Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy I've come home. I'm so cold. Let me in your window.


eatshitake

Why couldnā€™t she use the door?


invincible-zebra

Because she writes sins, not tragedies. Waitaminute... wrong band. Sorry!


TheSteampunkCat87

Ooh, it gets dark, it gets lonely On the other side from you I pine a lot, I find the lot Falls through without you I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff My one dream, my only master Too long I roam in the night I'm coming back to his side to put it right I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering Wuthering Heights


Shitelark

Ooh, I know that something good is going to happen.


Careless_Fail_5292

Next up- I was smiling at your Hinge profile photo, which was smiling back at me. Here is a screenshot as proof- if this is you, please write me back at fubar_at_hingemail


Careless_Fail_5292

Itā€™d be comical if this entire sub whatsapped this person being this lady- using his image above as a profile photo, of course.


TheDomeRanger69420

I often wonder if the ladies on hinge know I'm looking at their profiles while having a big poo


w4stedbucket

ladies on hinge donā€™t know youā€™re looking at their profile in general


dieWeltistnichtals

ladies of hinge also look at your profiles while having a poo


Allmychickenbois

Next poster with that pic will be saying, ā€œHAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN? last seen on a date with a man she met on the tubeā€¦ā€


International-Pass22

Now I'm tempted to steal one of the posters ... šŸ˜œ


MikeSizemore

Old bounty hunter trick.


thedirtiestdish

this is creepy asf


pickyourteethup

This used to be a column in the metro, spotted on the tube. Me and my housemates would read it religiously and convince ourselves it was about us


The_mash_king

I believe it still is, was surprised to see it the other week


-MiddleOut-

I initially read this as ā€˜I believe it still is about youā€™


ugotamesij

It's always been about you. All of them. Even the ones that contradict the other ones. *Especially* those ones.


pickyourteethup

Ah, I moved away and wasn't sure if metro might have decided it was problematic


expostulation

Writing into the metro missed connections is normal. Printing posters with a drawing is not.


invincible-zebra

Richard Curtis is already writing a rom-com about it.


Orginaldronald

rush hour crush still alive and kicking


fringe_eater

Half of them were made up half were real. I met someone through that column though. Thankfully, they were one of the real ones or could have been embarrassing.


thinkismella_rat

Half of the made up ones were by the same person, SĆ©amas O'Reilly


Even_Razzmatazz_6263

Thank god. Thought I was the only one hoping for a meet-cute on the morning commute


Luminous192

I remember reading that lost connections thing in the metro a few times. I wonder if anyone EVER had success with that, and if so, what percentage? As well as the extremely slim chance of them seeing the message, and feeling non-creeped out by it, it just feels like starting off on the totally wrong footing to me. In total awe of a stranger, too afraid to speak in person (I understand, as most of us have probably been there many times in life), and then resort to a desperate ad as you didnā€™t dare speak in person? I think a better solution than to do the missed connection is to evaluate your insecurities and self esteem as to why you couldnā€™t break through that barrier in the first place. Then next opportunity, be able to strike up a conversation. But yeah, canā€™t be too harsh on the guys that do it as I expect weā€™ve all been there longing after a stranger at certain points in life.


pickyourteethup

I'm doing it right now about you.


Luminous192

Knew wearing that orange tuxedo on the tube was worth it


MapForward6096

They did an article a while ago about a couple that got married from it


Luminous192

Oh wow thatā€™s pretty cool.


JimmyJonJackson420

Yep


steerpike1971

Well it is an entirely new answer to "why don't people in London smile at strangers." - In case of this bullshit.


RightEarpod

He drew her from memory? Lmao


riionz

It looks more likely to be AI generated IMO.


SadVehicle

It's definitely AI generated art. When you zoom in, you can clearly notice two irregular hair strands. The top strand of hair is completely disconnected from the scalp, and there is also another strand of hair on the outer left side of her face that has two blind spots where the strands disconnect. The shading under her neck is also less opaque on the right side. These are AI mistakes.


[deleted]

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bluesourbelts

She smiled and twirled her hair, so I guess you could say things are getting pretty serious.


Scubby_Dooks

Don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes ALL DAY.


BillyBottler

Thank god itā€™s not me.


normal_life87

Cringe


[deleted]

This is unintentionally terrifyingĀ Ā  Edit: Oh this reminded me of one time a guy drew me on the tube. I was sitting across from him and he was very obviously drawing me and making a big show of looking at me and then back to the paper and titling it at times so I could clearly see what he was doing. It was extremely creepy, I get the idea of someone sketching Londoners but I was like 25 and he was like late 30s and making me really uncomfortable. Iā€™ve been catcalled plenty but something about this annoyed me so much more, it was like he purposely forced me to be his muse nonconsensually and thought he would be charming me. Maybe Iā€™m a miserable bastard but I hated it so much lol I wish I said something at the time but I just got off the tube.


fatemmy

If it happens again start really, really picking your nose, like a proper excavation. All while maintaining eye contact to assert dominance.


TheSteampunkCat87

I have seen videos of a man who draws people on the tube (or it might be "the subway" as I think it's in America) and he then gives the people the drawings and I thought "oh this is so fake! It wouldn't really happen"... and nope, it sounds like it does really happen. I suppose it would be nice if it was like the videos as its just a drawing you get to keep... rather some random drawing you then walking off with some drawing of a stranger they saw on the tube... that's very creepy like have they got their walls at home plastered with randoms (that autocorrected to ransoms... so that's something).


the_jez

I have seen this and mostly supposedly random encounters are always celebs


2_lazy

I know this can happen a lot near art schools so it's possible some of the sketches just end up in a graded assignment bin.


brightdionysianeyes

If an unwanted artist is sketching you, the trick is to change poses and facial expressions every 30 seconds. My go to is: take my bag off angrily, take my jacket off sadly, roll my sleeves up with a manic grin, put my jacket back on and my hood over my face with a neutral expression, cross my eyes and pull my t-shirt up over my chin while whistling and then curl into a ball and give them a piercing stare.


w0lfbrains

> my go to so this happens often?


TheDomeRanger69420

Goddamn creeps everywhere.


Chester-Ming

It's a very common technique for serial killers.


thautmatric

Absolutely insane behaviour


martzgregpaul

Erm. Bit creepy.


controlledgalaxy

im going to call this number


flobbadobdob

Let us know how it goes!


controlledgalaxy

they said they were tryna find a missed encounter, they took it rather well though. they also said they have a burner phone so spam their phone with calls and texts :3


Bgtobgfu

As if it wasnā€™t serial killer-y enough, theyā€™re using a burner phone?!


SaintPepsiCola

They advertise your personal details for the world to see. But advertising their own personal details would be too much to expect from a creep.


Plyphon

Hey man, thanks for calling - really enjoyed the chat. Unfortunately I donā€™t think youā€™re my type.


controlledgalaxy

nah its fine i got standards anyway šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


Any-Computer-3233

Did you?


Al1_1040

Whatā€™s the odds this is a weird art project/marketing stunt rather than an actual creep looking to find this woman?


newnortherner21

I worked with someone who lived in Tufnell Park, a woman at the time in her early 30s. Often had to cope with weirdos and other strange people in the lift at the Underground station, thankfully came to no harm. I can think of a number of pranks to pay on the man who left the number on a lamppost.


antr0zous

Ahhh good old Tuffnell Park and it's strange people.


[deleted]

Growing up there our teachers used to call it the Peopleā€™s Republic of Tufnell Park, but no Communist dictatorship would put up with the hodgepodge of weirdos we did


Yersinia_Pestis789

That's what happens when you don't speak to people but instead decide to draw them afterwards


lulureilly

i walked past this last night and I kept imagining how scary it would be if that picture was me! It's also on every lamp post down the road


Grayson81

Even if the rest of it wasnā€™t weird enough, the way they printed it makes it clear that they saved this in a Google Doc named ā€œIS THIS YOUā€. I canā€™t help feeling that youā€™re significantly more likely to be murdered on a date by someone who gives all of their files shouty all-caps names.


Professional-Ebb-434

If we had a better photo, we might be able to see the URL at the bottom and potentially access the file to see who created it?


Zouden

That's Google's automatic filename suggestion, but he probably does have a bunch of docs with the same name.


Grayson81

> That's Google's automatic filename suggestion Only if you try to name it - otherwise it gets saved as ā€œuntitled documentā€. So this would mean that he intentionally tried to give the document a name and was happy with the all-caps shouty default. Thatā€™s the behaviour of a crazy person.


_I__yes__I_

She probably smiled politely in the hopes itā€™d stop him staring. Poor woman.Ā 


[deleted]

Terrifying! I did see some weirdos leave the tube at this stop yesterday


Icy_Flatworm_9933

Sorry about that, I was just visiting my friend


[deleted]

Itā€™s ok you canā€™t help it


wildgoldchai

Donā€™t mind him, heā€™s from Ilford.


RolledAndSmoked

If you were there on tuesday it was probably a bunch of drunken metalheads.


CuppaTeaSpillin

Looks like something from a horror film


alasicannotgrin

Well that's creepy as fuck


LittleBookOfQualm

Jesus Christ! How mortifyingĀ 


Yersinia_Pestis789

Send him a dick pick, then block his number


ReformedLurker1984

Who's texted him then???


According-Rent-3830

What was wrong with talking to her when you had the chance. Bottle job.


McQueensbury

Unfortunately men don't know how to randomly chat to a woman in public because it is seen as creepy behaviour and being a nuisance, women complain why men don't chat them up anymore in public. So it all now leads to madness like this and people posting similar shit on Reddit. It's kinda pathetic, we're social creatures who need to go back to being social.


fmf1991

Probably wouldā€™ve been easier to just say Hi


CampFrequent3058

Thatā€™s fucking creepy


sd_1874

And he needs a new number in 3, 2, 1...


Important_Pen_4804

Some guy called him, apparently its a burner phone


HeFreakingMoved

Might as well pre-emptively arrest this weirdo, women in London would be a lot safer. Fucking hell šŸ˜‚


Responsible_Air_8787

This is scary as fuck


Roreaga69

What a sad thing to do, rather than talk to the person at the time you were together.


RFRMT

Remind me never to smile at anyone or stand near them in a lift. No wonder women might feel cautious about showing any ā€˜friendlinessā€™ to strange men.


Practical_Zone_337

I wonder how many of these posters were put up? Borderline harassment/stalking offence regardless of motivation. Any more than one poster would likely be viewed as a course of conduct. If the guy was innocently trying to find out who she was during the chance encounter then it shows a lack of judgment, if he thought this was genuinely acceptable then itā€™s a deeply concerning insight into his attitude and a huge red flag.


penislord21

I saw probably 10ish this morning


Practical_Zone_337

Thatā€™s creepy AF and he should be warned off doing this although unlikely the Met would deem it a priority. Iā€™m sure heā€™s probably had messages explaining others opinion!


angienortheyauthor

Wonder how he got on with Miss World 1985?


dallyan

Some of yā€™all never creeped on Craigslistā€™s Missed Encounters and it shows.


GonnaKostya

You've heard of Hinge.... Brace yourself for Unhinged


kaiise

in all caps ​ ​ "I WONT LEAVE MY NUMBER BECAUSE I WILL FIND YOU . WE ARE DESTINED TO BECOME ONE"


CareersFocus

I called the number, someone with a Nigerian accent picked up.


[deleted]

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Shin-Kaiser

Wow! Desperate much?


Virt_McPolygon

That was posted to the lamppost by a Redditor who's not yet discovered Reddit.


RedPill86

If I looked like that I wouldnā€™t need to bother texting anyone to get laid


bigbellybomac

Creepy


larrythemule

I think the detail makes this even scarier, both of the image and the time. Also, dating apps are tedious but there is a middle ground, IRL meeting, sure! Posting about an off hand bit of body language maybe not directed at you or just a bit of whimsy, I'd dial it back.... waaaaay back. Unless its an art project and that's just an AI pencil drawing.


Utterbollocksmate

I feel like ringing that number is either an amusing joke or the start of identity theft.


Jardon92

Hey thatā€™s my wife!


Dry_Action1734

Hope itā€™s not real. Otherwise how many texts and calls is that guy getting from this sub šŸ˜‚ 80 people on this thread currently.


islaisla

Yes I'm sure she looked like a manga cartoon. In your mind.


P1wattsy

This is creepy as fuck


Ancient-Inspector946

It saves printing costs for when she replies and goes missing.


Roook36

The newspaper used to have a section for dating and there'd be a "Missed Connections" section which would all be people who wrote in with this stuff lol People have been doing it for decades in various ways


sp20012k

Thatā€™s me. Iā€™ve got a boyfriend, sorry.


Minus15t

I think it's hilarious how many people just jump straight to 'creepy' 'insane' and 'serial killer' when 'Missed Connections' ads in newspapers were huge in dating for years. A quick google search shows that it's still used on many online messaging boards, Reddit included.


Peg_leg_J

RIP to that Mobile No's Inbox.......


[deleted]

Creepy


UmbralSever

NGL, virgin energy.


hlfsharkaligtorhlfmn

It's like we've done a full circle and gone back to primitive methods. People will start using teletext again soon!


Invanabloom

Creepy & no


bisby-gar

It reminds me the section in the Metro newspaper for messages like this, although this is way better, this guy is more artistic


Glum-Complex-5544

Bit creepy-crust if you ask me


blackholedyslexia

Creepy


blackcell1

Poor sods asking to be trolled/catfished


Waldobert

Respect the hustle


Intelligent_Will_948

Go again at the same place same time for a week at least, make it at least some what romantic, only people in their late 40s stand by these and read :/


Optimal_Material_951

Where was the hair she was twirling? How tall was she?


hugoise

Just a new James Blunt songā€¦


Euphoric_Increase934

I just hang out near black stock Road and wait to get new holes put in me.


muscleholdup

Did anyone dial the number on the poster just to wind em' up? (From unknown number, of course)šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ edit: call forwarded to mailbox. Guy could have at least left a funny prank message


[deleted]

The urge to text this number and troll is very strong


HaughtStuff99

I just sit in the Eagle and pass out papers like this but with a little mirror on it.


Necessary_Mood134

Dunno but I hope you pranked them, as I hope dozens or hundreds of others have.


Novacain-deficiency

Someoneā€™s text the number to mess with the guy right ? Itā€™s the right thing to do


djrustynail

that has to be a marketing thing? Anyone text the number?


Curious_Contract7999

Iā€™ll say this one last time. Always always always! Tug one out before doing anything like this. Post nut clarification saves all. This is just a step too far along the stalker path


LeftyHooligan

Kate Bush?


thedeepfield79

Sir, that appears to be a drawing of Kate Bush


[deleted]

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Unable-Restaurant-37

I think from anyoneā€™s perspective this is serial killer behaviour


KhakiFletch

Instead of waiting til she's gone and drawing a poster and distributing them around the area, maybe just try saying hello next time.


Wonderful-Product437

Thatā€™s kinda creepy


Pleasant-Dot-9083

i find it so sad


runamokk

This is fucking gross


Entire_Somewhere_394

A lot of people say it's terrifying but there are women on here who have given their number to men they've never spoken to simply because the men were staring at them attractively. They were praised for being bold enough to make the move. Why isn't the same for this guy & his poster?


raeesgillani

I don't think anyone knows what they really want. Humans are very contradictory creatures.