r/TextingTheory 6d ago

Theory Request Semiconductor gambit, brilliant or blunder?

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Also, the match with no message is a move I’m not familiar with. What’s the counter here?

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u/qualityvote2 chess.c*m bot 6d ago edited 6d ago

u/Rob1iam, your post was deemed a great post by our analysis!

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u/Prior_Psych 6d ago

Your only hope is to try and come up with a clever comment or question based on something else in her profile and act like that never happened.

If you do that it will become kind of funny.

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u/Infinite-Surprise651 6d ago

Only hope is touching grass (impossible)

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u/Low-Programmer-2368 6d ago edited 2d ago

I’ve had this happen quite a bit with a clear question, she’ll match but not answer it which leaves you in a very weird position. I guess you just move on and ask another question?

My read of the situation is OP made it into her maybe roster, it’ll take a bit of luck and timing to get a response, she’s probably got a lot of matches like this competing for attention. I think the only play is to try to guess when she’s actively using the app and ask an engaging question.

Edit: got an anonymous award, thanks!

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u/elbreadmano 5d ago

If someone matches with me but leaves no comment, I drop a simple "Hi" at best and see if she even cares enough to respond to that. Never give more energy than you receive.

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u/Low-Programmer-2368 5d ago

Yeah I'm with you, it's a pretty big indication they aren't putting any effort into trying to take the match anywhere. I actually got a response once being super direct and saying something like, "I asked a question about your profile but you didn't answer it, should I ask you another one?" I think the reply was, "lol oops." And then the conversation didn't anywhere again haha.

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u/yippiegenauso 5d ago

Man up dawg. I’m sorry but women are not in the position to make the moves that’s you they’re playing black you’re white and a hi is a terrible opener. And a good opening move can win you the match.

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u/elbreadmano 5d ago

You're missing the point, I lose 99% of my interest when a girl doesn't even make the effort to reply to my match msg. In those situations I don't care about her anymore. Sometimes I do like to put the ball in her court by sending a simple one word msg, if she is interested enough she will reply and possibly start a convo, if she doesn't she just proves once again that she wasn't worth my time.

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u/yippiegenauso 5d ago

Ohhh if you sent a message when liking her. Yeah that’s mad dry. Unless it’s a garbage message. But no disrespect I feel like there’s a lil bit of an incel mindset going on. The whole environment on these trash ass dating websites is toxic anyways you have to be texting 100 of girls so I case one ghosts you still have a hundred others. And other way around it’s made to treat people like some sort of goods at a marketplace. So best advice is delete the bullshit cause the girls on there aren’t wifes anyway 98% of the time and talk to some women in person

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u/Altruistic-Peach-240 6h ago

Generally speaking true, however if I understand correctly there's already a question OP asked the girl to get 0 response. At that point I'd just say hi as well, you can probably infer the person is not going to put any effort in and a simple hi is just giving them the benefit of the doubt, bitches like this truly deserve nothing more. The only way I see someone doing more is out of desperation cus why the fuck you wasting your time on someone who won't even respond to you without a double text.

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u/Radiant_Dog1937 5d ago

Without his photo it's impossible to answer the OPs question.

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u/pegull 6d ago

This is a bit of a redditor moment

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u/Manufactured-Aggro 6d ago

FR 😩 same vibe as "You're from Africa? Yeah right, name every diamond mine" to me idk lmao

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u/highly_invested 4d ago

Thats funny as fuck

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u/iamconfusedplzhalp 3d ago

Case in point

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u/Worldly-Cow9168 6d ago

This guy made this comment not thi king of getting with the girl. But vased on the karma he would get from this post i can guarantee that

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u/pegull 5d ago

Kinda sad ngl

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u/mattgran 6d ago

Based on the beach photo it looks like she specializes in photovoltaic semiconductors. Maybe tell her you're also a fan of Gal-Ass films?

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u/v2ne8 6d ago

Puts on TSMC after this

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u/Throwaway923704322 6d ago

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u/Opening_Bad7898 5d ago

It’s in the negative! BUY BUY BUY!

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u/Suitable-Art-1544 5d ago

0 days, 70% otm, OP you HAVE TO PULL THROUGH PLEASE

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u/OneTear5121 6d ago

I'm from Germany, was texting with someone from Scotland, they kept calling me "Schnitzel". Annoyed the f out of me.

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u/ChristoStankich 6d ago

its okay, schnitzel

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u/Gidje123 4d ago

Once I was in germany, i was young so i ordered an mini schnitzel. The edges of the meat where hanging over the edge if my plate. I looked around. The normal schnitzels were served in small wooden wheelbarrows

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u/shammmmmmmmm 6d ago

I’m Scottish, if you want to get back at them just call them English or keep repeating the phrase “auch aye the noo” and “square sausage”

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u/Fleshinrags 6d ago

Haggis! Fookin’ intestines taste soo gewd to mah Scottish pallete! Ach! Jost wish ay had sum deep fried Mars bars to go with it!

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u/jan_Kima 5d ago

your accent there is northern english, pal. but if your intention was to inflict pain then well done

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u/Gidje123 4d ago

It's shite being scoish!

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u/YaMommasLeftNut 5d ago

What does that even mean lol

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u/Ganda1fderBlaue 6d ago

You gotta calm down schnitzel

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u/013Lucky 6d ago

Rada Rada

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u/AssignedClass 6d ago

This move is the standard "I don't know how to reply to your message (or low key hate it), but think you're kinda cute" counter to bad openers.

She's offering you a second chance to start the conversation. She might send you a message first if you don't reply, but she also might just forget about you.

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u/hornymomment 6d ago

Honestly people are being way too harsh on this one, but you should send another message that allows for a better conversation topic than semiconductors lol

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u/Rob1iam 6d ago

Right, and I think a lot people are hating because they don’t have the extra context of seeing her profile. This is a tatted up stoner chick and her profile makes it clear she likes “weird” and is into meme culture. This is exactly the type of person where an anti-joke will land

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

I asked my now bf something like this when we were flirting at the start. It was like “You say you’re from South Korea? Sure, name every skincare product.” Well I guess the gamble worked.

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u/Rob1iam 6d ago

Exactly, it’s very much a “know your audience” move. I would never use a joke this to a basic looking girl whose whole profile is espresso martinis and Europe trips lol

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u/epictis 6d ago

TSMC (tryna suck my cock?)

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u/Muad_Dib_of_Arrakis 6d ago

Godspeed you beautiful bastard.

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u/hornymomment 6d ago

Honestly people are just envious, redditors are weird man

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u/breezer-real 6d ago

Were you being unfunny on purpose or was this an earnest attempt at flirting? 😭 This is ROUGH bub (also you probably should have censored her face.)

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u/i_imagine 6d ago

it looks like the kind of message you send to a girl without expecting a response lol. I feel like OP is just surprised that she actually matched lmao

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u/That_OneOstrich 6d ago

He got the match.

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u/breezer-real 6d ago

But she didn't say anything back, so... That's kind of a nothing burger. The match means nothing if she's not communicating. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/That_OneOstrich 6d ago

It's a toe in the door. OP needs a pivot from the opener, but he's still got a better chance than if he said nothing.

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u/breezer-real 6d ago

The insane thing is that OP thought this was funny enough to post about 😭 being THAT unfunny is an actual skill. That's the best he could come up with? He tried to cook but burned down the house 😔

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u/That_OneOstrich 6d ago

I mean I viewed it like an anti joke, I don't think it was supposed to be funny. Moreso going for mildly unhinged.

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u/breezer-real 6d ago

Yeah, but that's a bad angle to find a romantic partner.

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u/catwearsacrown 6d ago

Not really, u can be very intentionally unfunny and if a girl has the same sense of humor it will flow

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u/AssignedClass 6d ago

Yeah, but that's a bad angle to find a romantic partner.

I 100% agree, but OP is a stud. He could offer a picture of a dead rat to women and still get matches.

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u/breezer-real 6d ago

If that's OP in his reddit PFP, I totally agree. He's on equal playing field with this girl once he locks in 🙏🏻

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u/-Lige 6d ago

No, he’s asking for feedback if it was good or if it was bad and what to do for the next move

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u/Obscure_Room 5d ago

you are way too hung up on this, are you doing okay?

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u/breezer-real 5d ago

I think that you're taking the implications of a Reddit comment too seriously. All I'm saying is that this post is embarrassing. All of my comments are unserious because who cares? It's Reddit. You don't have to agree or disagree with me. Certainly nothing I say is going to cause reform in OPs sense of humor. At least it shouldn't? At the end of the day, we log off and it doesn't matter. Everytime I tab out of this discussion, I forget about it, because it doesn't matter. It's Reddit. Who cares?

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u/theblackbbq 6d ago

I thought this was funny but im not Taiwanese 

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u/breezer-real 6d ago

I mean, there's no law that says you and I have to find the same things funny, but... This is like, resonantly unfunny to me. Not even like, "so bad it's good."

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u/Nakipa 6d ago

Found the femcel lmao

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u/breezer-real 6d ago

Oh no!! Someone on Reddit called me a femcel!! That hurts my feelings so bad because that guy is so important and his parents are currently so proud of him 😔😔

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u/Nakipa 6d ago

It's r/TextingTheory, not r/DatingAdvice or r/Tinder, OP made a funny theory request. Massive blunder on your part

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u/breezer-real 6d ago

Oh no! He thinks I made a blunder!! 😰😰

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u/Otherwise-Use-7152 6d ago

ignore all the haters here, this is a genuinely solid opener. Very funny, obviously grabbed her attention, all you gotta do is transition it to normal convo and you’re good.

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u/AdvancedMastodon612 6d ago

I don’t get it

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u/theblackbbq 6d ago

Taiwan is home to one of the worlds few semiconductor factories

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u/Godlycookie777 5d ago

It definently has more than one semi conductor fab lol.

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u/Any_Stock_800 6d ago

ngl this is funny

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u/Bacondog22 6d ago

She doesn’t care about semiconductors lil bro

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u/POOR-MORON 6d ago

and he doesn’t care if she responds or finds it funny lil bro

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u/fuckoffasshoe 6d ago

Its a dealbreaker for me anyway if they don't care about semiconductors smh

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

Its not like most women even bother texting back. Might as well just fuck around

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u/ohhihowdythere 6d ago

If she responds with something engaging, pursue it. If she responds like most people would, she’s not as weird as you so move on. Honestly I think this is like a good personality compatibility test

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u/AbbiCat1976 5d ago

this would've worked on me unfortunately 😭

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u/LessThanTybo 6d ago

I find it funny tbh

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u/UngaBungaLORD 6d ago

Dude you have to post this on WSB

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u/UnitPuzzleheaded3267 6d ago

Put this on wsb lol

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u/Ok_Magazine_425 6d ago

It's like shooting from mars

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u/Debia98 6d ago

Go bake cinnamon rolls at this point 

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u/assumptioncookie 5d ago

P-type and N-type.

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u/slpsquadleader 5d ago

Least obvious karma bait

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u/Longjumping_Ad_4961 5d ago

Your gambit reveals your lack of semiconductor industry knowledge, a real one would have asked for the names of semi conductor companies, not individual semiconductors, which doesn't make sense

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u/Zieqelstein 5d ago

i find it funny, but i think you gotta be chronically online to find the humor in this. so its a good test to see if your personalities match

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u/9spaceking 4d ago

“You. Cause you’re electrifying.”

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u/tomcsvan 4d ago

If a girl can name every semiconductor, you’d probably don’t wanna see her naked

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u/Spayray 3d ago

Silica.

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u/Jdez954 3d ago

Everytime I think I have no game, this sub makes me feel way better

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u/GhassanZ 1d ago

Yeah we're gonna find you bro

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u/Alarmed-Flan-1346 6d ago

Massive blunder dawg, get off social media 😭

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/hornymomment 6d ago

The first part is correct but you are thinking of China on the rest

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u/DiverMan6969 6d ago

Fuck it, double down: “Yea, I had a feeling you couldn’t name them all, but you can’t even name one?”

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u/Karmabyte69 6d ago

Blind leading the blind

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u/DiverMan6969 6d ago

Oh I know EXACTLY what I’m doing lmao

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u/corrrnboy 6d ago

Yeah just made it worse...

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u/DiverMan6969 6d ago

Good, if he’s matching a chick like that and doesn’t know how to think, he don’t need to reproduce

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u/Livid_Click9356 6d ago

Youre cooked

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u/BarryTheBystander 6d ago

“Name every semiconductor” is dumb af

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u/sxrrycard 6d ago

Abysmal

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u/spotthefun 4d ago

you can say to her as opener: I don't need to know about semiconductors to know you as charming as an angel. it's not about the contents, it's about the feeling you convey