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The hookup app used by athletes in Sochi, where an estimated 100,000 condoms were distributed in Olympic village, Tinder is rapidly gaining popularity among regular people looking for everything from dates to commitment-less sex with those nearby.

This has given us a whole new avenue of social media to explore when it comes to the best, and worst, of people saying stuff to potential significant others.

Y’all, the things people are saying on Tinder are hilarious. And also slightly horrifying, as our 21 best/worst Tinder messages list above makes undeniably clear.

From straight up asking for sex from strangers to speaking in code and hoping the recipient can decipher your meaning to responding in emoji, there’s something for everyone.

But, for the love of everything, please don’t let our parents know this exists.

They’re already terrible enough at using phones, as these epic texting fails from moms prove. Can you imagine if we turned them loose on Tinder?