2016年电视剧《微微一笑很倾城》中，杨洋饰演的肖奈用编程代码写情诗，被网友称为「撩妹天花板」。这个名场面在微博获得3.2亿次讨论，正式开启「撩学」元年。
2018年抖音兴起「反撩挑战」，用户拍摄如何机智回应搭讪视频。@东北酱的「大碴子味情话」系列单条播放破亿，将东北方言与「撩」文化结合，衍生出「铁汉柔情式撩法」。
2020年「直男撩话翻车现场」成为B站热门tag，up主整理钢铁直男的窒息操作，反向推动「有效撩vs无效撩」的全民大讨论。豆瓣小组「撩汉研究院」总结出「三秒定律」：优质撩需在对话开始3秒内激发对方好奇心。
In 2020s Chinese cyberculture:
gamein Western dating culture but more subtle
⚠️ Cultural Insight: Requires reading between the lines - excessive liao may be seen as cringey pickup artistry
The cultural turning point came in 2016 when Yang Yang's character in Love O2O wrote love poems using Python code. This geek romance
moment went viral on Weibo, amassing 320 million discussions and establishing liao as a relationship skill.
Douyin (TikTok) accelerated its spread through 2018's Counter-Flirt Challenge
, where creators demonstrated witty comebacks to pickup lines. Influencer @DongbeiJiang's Corn Cob Sweet Talk
series blended Northeastern Chinese dialect with flirting tactics, gaining 100M+ views.
By 2020, Bilibili's Flirt Fail Compilations
sparked nationwide debates about effective vs cringey liao
. Douban group Liao Research Institute
developed the 3-Second Rule
: Quality liao must spark curiosity within 3 seconds of interaction.
I purposely made this noodle bland... so we can season our future together
Missed my epic play? Let's rewatch it in DMs
We're hiring for a crucial position - my workplace crush
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