It may be an app best known for sex negotiations and a dating culture drenched in transmisogyny and heteronormative masc4masc scenes, but Grindr has turned into an underground hub for some of the best digital shitposting. “They’re wrong, and they need a sense of humor,” he tells me.
McCarthy doesn’t entertain their confused inquiries over his sexual shitposting, though. His boss and the bar patrons often ask why he sent them memes - and not nudes - on Grindr. McCarthy’s artistry isn’t always appreciated. When there’s a filter on the unsolicited dick, he sends a photo of Simon Cowell saying, “It’s a no from me.” When the anon guy who tapped you first won’t respond to his “hey,” he sends the girl from Finding Nemo knocking on the fish tank. When he’s not looking to hook up on Grindr, English bartender Harry McCarthy, 20, is using the app to send a barrage of memes to his boss or other gays at his pub.
