I was standing in a clothing store and uploaded a screenshot to Instagram and wrote: “This is totally a nightmare – you don’t even know if you are talking to a human being anymore.” And so that’s when Tinder Nightmares was born – standing in a Uniqlo in Times Square. And the robot kept sending me winky faces and asking me to watch it dance naked. So I kept telling the robot that I needed help because I was on fire, pleading with it to call the police. I quickly realised I was talking to a robot. I responded with “hello”, and she responded with a wink and an offer to watch her dance naked. I went on and I matched with what looked like a relatively pretty woman and she immediately invited me to her house. I had been on Tinder before to varying success.
Tell me about the inspiration for the Instagram account Tinder Nightmares? About a year ago I was in New York, and I hadn’t been on a date in a while, so I downloaded Tinder.