If you grew up in the early 2000s — or watched the Disney Channel for even two minutes — you probably remember The Princess Diaries and its sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement.
You might also remember that our girl Mia faced a rather huge dilemma in the second movie: She had to get married within a month to keep her crown.
So she did what any of us in that situation would do, and she began looking for a bae. And, if you really think about it — just like Twitter user Mary Lavelle did — Princess Diaries 2 basically invented pre-Tinder...and I am SHOOK.
BRUH. MIA THERMOPOLIS INVENTED TINDER.
There's the guy that's too old to be in your selected age range:
Then the guy who can't even go out to the bars yet:
The dream man who you swipe right on within five seconds of seeing his profile:
And finally, the guy who might actually be worth a legitimate date:
And if the above evidence doesn't convince you, just look at all these other people who also know where the TRUE inspiration for Tinder came from:
So, basically, the Princess Diaries 2 invented Tinder???? I guess we might never know for sure, but it's nice to speculate. (And finally have someone else to blame for my online dating fails.) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯