Queer Comic's Dating Disaster Goes Viral as Gay Twitter Weighs In

Do clothes really make the man? Or does getting your date cancelled thanks to what you're wearing reveal more about him than you?

The debate rages in the wake of comedian Zach Zimmerman's tweet, in which he shared how his date went from hot to naught after he sent a photo of what he was wearing - and the guy bailed on the spot.

The 36-year-old took to X (formerly Twitter) with the tale, detailing how the man he was supposed to go out with asked for a pic of his "fit," and, when Zimmerman obliged, promptly backed out.

Undaunted, Zimmerman made comedic lemonade from the sour experience.

"fun fact: the socks don't actually match, which I thought was a cute touch. 🥰 one sock has Bert and Ernie on it" the comic explained in a followup post.

On another, he tweeted out a video of himself performing at the Kennedy Center last month (shortly after the Trump takeover) and invited his fans to "go watch my half hour, and tell me that fit isn't adorable as hell".

"This cannot be real" one person commented, to which the comic responded, "HE matched with ME. HE asked ME out!!!"

Others chose to be outright cruel, but the spirited funnyman didn't let them kill his buzz.

"gay, ugly, and white. pick a struggle," one troll posted.

Zimmerman fired back: "umm, excuse me! i'm bi!"

Another hissed, "If it were me, I wouldn't even ask you. Your outfit screams Broadway queen. I'm pretty sure you love Wicked."

Replied the comedian: "Who among us didn't enjoy the untold story of the witches of Oz?"

And when a major newspaper asked permission to use the post in a story, Zimmerman - spotting a chance for some good PR - made his feelings known.

Have a look at some of the other reactions:

Not everyone displayed a lack of empathy. A number of responses offered support to the comedian.

Not that Zimmerman was about to back down. He posted a followup video captioned "addressing the HATE" and took on the trolls.

"I wanna thank everyone for all the feedback I've received over the last day," Zimmerman said cheerfully, sporting a T-shirt emblazoned with "Cannot Tolerate IDIOTS!"

"It's been really exciting to learn that after a certain age I'm not allowed to wear shorts," Zimmerman went on to say, after flexing a leg to show off the khaki shorts he was rocking.

"Also, great to learn that tall socks are not in, even though a cool friend I had told me last year they were," Zimmerman added. "And it's great to hear that my On Clouds, which keep me from lower back pain, are not a thing that I'm allowed to be wearing!"

"Yes, so I'm looking forward to hiding my legs, oh, suffering from lower back pain, and, uh..." Zimmerman adopted a lower register and more rugged accent, having been targeted by those critical of the pitch of his voice, continuing, "...talking like this for the foreseeable future."

Added the comic: "My voice is so deep because my dick's enormous. Yeah!"

Zimmerman then offered the moral of the story: "If you are willing to change who you are to please complete strangers, then you can get a kiss on a Saturday night!"

The comedian offered another insight: "Twitter right now is just, like, Nazis and transphobia and outright idiots. Hasn't it been beautiful for us all to come together to do what Twitter was meant to be - to roast a stranger for their questionable choices?"

"I feel nostalgic!" Zimmerman declared. "Obama's back!"

The comedian summed it up with: "If you can't love who you are, then you know what? You're giving goober!"

Celebratory comments poured in as Gay Twitter applauded.

Where critiques lingered, so did Zimmerman's upbeat humor.

Well done, Zach!