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I Got Too Drunk and Rode the Mechanical Bull 3 Times On Our First Date refers to memes and jokes about a viral debate discussing whether riding a mechanical bull at a bar as a man is a "manly" enough activity. Mechanical Bull discourse may have started with a July 2024 segment on the podcast High Maintenance, during which host Thicki Lake @ShyThugg talked about getting the ick after her date got too excited to ride the mechanical bull at a bar. In May 2025, X user @gloless tweeted, "Girl just told me she ghosted me because I got too drunk and rode the mechanical bull 3 times on our first date," prompting a new round of memes and discourse about men riding mechanical bulls.

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On July 11th, 2025, Thicki Lake, one of the hosts of the podcast High Maintenance, discussed how her date insisted on riding the mechanical bull at a bar, leaving her wondering why she would enter a "ride off" with her man. Lake's Bee agreed, saying, "The mechanical bull is for women to show their ass and that's it." The segment can be seen on a post to the podcast's X^[1] account from July 11th, 2025.

On May 25th, 2025, X^[2] user @gloless tweeted, "Girl just told me she ghosted me because I got too drunk and rode the mechanical bull 3 times on our first date," gathering over 15,000 likes in two days.

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On May 26th, 2025, X^[3] user @Migwebs responded to the aforementioned tweet by @gloless, posting a screengrab of X user @WilliamRichJr riding a mechanical bull and gathering over 36,000 likes in a day. The image was taken from a video^[4] also posted on May 26th by @WilliamRichJr.

On May 26th, X^[5] user @Notdojaaa tweeted, "This all she saw. Valid reason," gathering over 46,000 likes on a post showing an overweight man revving a bike and twerking his butt.

That same day, X^[6] user @MikeBeauvais quoted the post with a photo of comedian Tim Robinson crying, implying that it was something one of his characters would do. The post gathered over 93,000 likes in a day.

Also on May 26th, 2025, X^[7] user @waymoflydenu posted an image of a pepe pocketing a card that reads, "-aggot," implying that riding a mechanical bull is a "gay" activity. The post gathered over 25,000 likes in a day.

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