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Feminist Twitter has been known for hilarious hashtag memes — have you guys seen the new #MRAPickupLines trend on the microblogging site?

It’s not clear who started #MRApickuplines, but once it began, the ribbing of men’s rights activists and their notoriously embittered platform of gripes began in earnest on Twitter … and it was brilliant.

From rape to family court to pickup artists, MRA pickup lines brought the social justice funny.

From what we can tell, the trend picked up with a tweet from Franklin Veaux, of the popular polyamory-centric relationship resource site More Than Two, with the tweets:

Your lips say “no, no, no” but my entitlement says “yes, yes, yes.” #MRApickuplines — franklin veaux (@franklinveaux) March 4, 2014

“Me and my exaggerated sense of injury both think you and I would be great together.” #MRApickuplines — franklin veaux (@franklinveaux) March 4, 2014

“I desire you greatly. And isn’t it about time men got what thy wanted for a change?” #MRApickuplines — franklin veaux (@franklinveaux) March 4, 2014

Soon #MRApickuplines were about as prolific as men’s rights activists believe women who deliberately become pregnant to receive child support slutbucks are, and the tweets rolled in:

@franklinveaux Do you have a mirror in your pocket? Because all I see are my own needs and desires. #MRApickuplines — Wes Fenza (@wfenza) March 4, 2014

@chaosprime @franklinveaux The injustice of the US family courts is nothing compared to the injustice in my pants. #MRApickuplines — jenphalian (@jenphalian) March 4, 2014

.@franklinveaux Hey girl, are you a birthday present? Because I think you’re a prize I deserve for having been born. #MRApickuplines — Chaos (@chaosprime) March 4, 2014

@franklinveaux girl, you’re like a father in family court, cause what you want doesn’t matter #mrapickuplines — Wes Fenza (@wfenza) March 4, 2014

Dr. Pepper through the nose for this one:

Girl, you must be a false rape accusation because you’re all I think about. #mrapickuplines — Drew Franzblau (@DrewFranzblau) March 5, 2014

Because:

“Hey, baby. You’re not like all those other girls. You know, the ones with agency.” #MRApickuplines — franklin veaux (@franklinveaux) March 4, 2014

And:

Hey, wanna stay up all night makin’ babies with me, and then spend eighteen years raising them all on your own? #MRApickuplines — VoltSL (@VoltSL) March 5, 2014

Hey baby, men are biologically programmed to use you for sex even if you don’t want it, wanna come back to my place? #MRAPickupLines — Jessay (@jessay) March 5, 2014

You can get in on the conversation by tweeting under the #MRAPickupLines hashtag with your own men’s rights activism observations.