Reddit Proposal

It's the geeky alternative to proposing to your beloved on the Jumbotron in front of 40,000 braying fans at the ballpark—asking her to marry you on Reddit.

A Reddit user going by SirTechnocracy did just that on Monday, penning the simple message: "This is a marriage proposal (she will recognize my username): I can't believe the day is finally here ..."

It don't mean an Ask Me Anything if you ain't got that ring.

Amusingly enough, SirTechnocracy bent his virtual knee on the Advice Animals subreddit, prompting a slew of friendly but snarky responses.

"If she posts an awkward penguin with just the word 'No,' this will be the greatest day of my life. (I mean, I'm rooting for you, don't get me wrong. Love is great. But oh man would that make my day)," one commenter wrote.

Another Redditor suggested "an annoyed Picard meme" reading "WHY THE F*** WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO ME ON REDDIT?", while a third simply offered, "I now pronounce you neckbeard and wife."

But all's well that ends well. About an hour after SirTechnocracy proposed to his anonymous girlfriend, she appeared on the thread as LadyTechnocracy to report that she said yes, adding that despite the unorthodox proposal forum her new fiancé used, "SirTechnocracy is a serious Redditor, but by no means a basement-dwelling neckbeard."

"Understandably, a lot of people are giving SirTechnocracy grief about this. I understand that the concept of a Reddit proposal is ... unconventional (hell, I'd never think of it), but this is honestly the most romantic thing someone has ever done for me. The advice animals crack me up, and the commissions are amazing," Lady Technocracy explained.

SirTechnocracy, who is apparently an MBA student at Stanford and a "frickin' hot ... Harry Potter lookalike type," happily reported: "She just ran up and hugged me almost in tears for like a minute (which seemed like forever). Then I had to remind her that she was supposed to say yes or no.

"In truth this proposal was just to make her happy; she was with me when we commissioned the ring. She wanted my actual proposal to her to be a surprise, something we would remember forever and that showed real commitment and understanding."

The happy suitor also noted that "[i]n all honesty I don't mind the trolling. It's the way the internet works."