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[โ€“] rikudou@lemmings.world 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I once tried the most cliche of them all - did it hurt when you fell from heaven. She actually found it funny. In the sense that it's so stupid that it flips around and becomes funny. Nothing ever came of it but we had a nice chat on the otherwise empty train.

[โ€“] Duchess@yiffit.net 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

imo the purpose of those cheesy lines is more to break the ice and get your prospective partner to laugh and loosen up rather than to swoon them, sounds like it worked to me.