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A Bumble user accused his match of being a "gold digger". So the app stepped in.

Go take your $40,000 account manager job and ASU degree elsewhere. My $300,000 job and Notre Dame finance degree has no use for you.

And so ended the story of Connor and Ashley.

The pair met on the dating app Bumble and their exchange has gone viral.

Connor asked Ashley how she was going. She said she was having a slow day at work and followed this up with a question about Connor’s work.

Connor, mistaking common curiosity as the world being absolutely all about him and his bank balance, took this the wrong way.

“I’ve gotten tired of girls like you who shamelessly attempt to pry into my career (and really, the kind of money/earning potential I have),” he said.

Woah, that escalated quickly.

Ashley calmly pointed out her intention was not to ask about his money.

She also mentioned that she is, in fact, a highly ambitious and successful woman in her own right.

Connor still wasn't convinced.

"I don't have time for entitled, gold-digging whores," he said.

"I don't fall victim not to prescribe to this neo-liberal, Beyonce, feminist cancer which plagues society and says a guy can't so much as give constructive criticism and call a girl out on her bullshit."

Quite clearly, he's a genius: he doesn't fall "victim" to society (is it even possible for a Notra Dame graduate on a $300,000 salary to ever fall victim to society?)

And he's so diligent in "calling girls out on their bullshit", he makes up the bullshit when it doesn't actually exist (as if the "neo-liberal Beyonce" lovers would ever bother with a guy like Connor).

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The reason why we know the story of Connor and Ashley is because of Bumble itself.

The app received screen shots from Ashley, who sent through photographs reporting Connor for bullying. In response, Bumble wrote an open letter, on behalf of all women, to Connor himself.

They started off courteously, asking the misinformed man to make himself comfortable: "Take a seat, because this concept may blow your mind. Women nowadays work. It’s happened over time, we know, but a vast majority of women from our generation have jobs."

"With that in mind — and knowing that Ashley simply mentioned work in the conversation — we can gather that she wasn’t hoping to figure out if your wallet was sizeable enough for her to move into your house and start cooking dinner for you after vacuuming your living room while you clock in a 9 to 5 work day," the letter continues.

"Instead, Ashley was (wait for it, Connor, because this is where things really get interesting), viewing herself as an equal."

Poor Ashley. (Image: iStock).
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Then, there is a lesson in connecting-with-people-in-general etiquette.

"It might sound crazy, but people connect over the basic routines of life. You know… the weather, working out, grabbing a drink, eating, and working," the letter reads.

Finally, in the ultimate move, the app blocked Connor as a user and women across the world are collectively fist pumping.

"We are going to hope that one day, you come around," the letter says.

Get off the phone and go and meet someone? Crazy. Post continues below.

"We hope that the hate and resentment welling up inside of you will subside and you’ll be able to engage in everyday conversations with women without being cowardice to their power. But until that day comes, Connor, consider yourself blocked from Bumble."

Ashley = 100 points.

Connor = zero points.

Bumble = subscribing.

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