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[–] 75 points 8 months ago (31 children)

Does he usually walk up to random people on the street who aren't wearing headphones to try start conversations? 😬

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  • [–] [S] 104 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (19 children)

    Judging by replies to that thread… yes, quite a bit. One woman described how she had to wear ear protection after ear surgery and a guy removed that to talk to her from behind. She was in pain for 2 days afterwards.

    Edit: my personal experience is I had 2 different guys tap on my shoulder and ask me to remove my earbuds by gesturing. Both times they were trying to pick me up. I was just on the way home from work, exhausted and also heavily married.

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  • [–] 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's a thinner batter - think tempura rather than chipshop fish (or corndog if you're of the USian persuasion).

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    lol, maybe engaged? So like wearing just the engagement ring instead of both rings?

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  • [–] 34 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    H..How can someone come even close to think it is a smart move to stand behind someone, invading personal space (at minimum with their arm), grabbing and taking away ones belongings aka the headphones and then expecting that person will be happy to have a nice chat with you which results in a date?

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago

    Because they think they're hot shit and have an ego the size of Jupiter. In their mind, they're the catch and someone would have to be a (insert slur) to turn down such a gracious offer from the world's most attractive "alpha male".

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Someone... touched what some stranger is wearing to remove it... and it wasn't an emergency???

    What the fuck is wrong with people

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago

    One woman described how she had to wear ear protection after ear surgery and a guy removed that to talk to her from behind. She was in pain for 2 days afterwards.

    Sounds like she suffered consequences while the man who harmed her suffered no consequences.

    We should be able to easily call police and sue for damages in such situations.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    Of course not, just hot women who can't wait to speak to him. Except, y'know, those bitches who blow him off immediately. But those bitches are just getting in the way, the really hot chicks are still waiting just for him.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    walk up to random people on the street who aren't wearing headphones to try start conversations?

    It's strange to me that this would be considered out of bounds. "Pickup artists" aside, this really ought to be more normal.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I wish someone would do that to me in real life. I'd tell them about how a popular coffeeshop in our city is run by a straight up cult and the employees are all members whose wages go into a "shared purse" controlled by the cult.

    Because unlike the guy in the OP, I recognize I'm not the main character. I'm the NPC in the tavern who sends the protagonist on a side quest to take down a cult.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    But then it turns into a moral lesson when it turns out that cult was actually a cooperative and the person who told you the original rumor a real estate developer that wanted the property

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    So there was an "article" written about the cult, but it was written by the head of the church. The article itself painted the group in an extremely positive light... The comments, on the other hand, were largely from concerned parents, siblings, and friends who had lost loved ones to the cult and no longer had contact. They've been active since 2007, this isn't a meme.

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  • Idk man the way i look at it gossiping is morally wrong and dangerous. Like no i dont wanna hear rumors at all -- if there's a real problem sure let's talk about it may be an emergency we have to take action so talking is necessary. But idk what's the point of rumors and gossip?? For machiavellian to manipulate those around them, as far as I can tell.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    If they aren't family, or friends, and they aren't on some talking forum, they might as well not exist. You have no right or reason to interact with them whatsoever.

    Heck, family and friends are optional too...

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (3 children)

    You have no right or reason to interact with them whatsoever.

    I absolutely have the right to talk to anyone I wish. (Assuming we're not talking about stalking, harassment, etc). As for my reasons, they are my reasons and fuck you if you don't like them. It's no wonder nobody has a social life anymore.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    You aren't entitled to other people, and to make them talk or listen to you.

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