• BillyGruff82@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 hour ago

    An attractive girl talking to me for more than a few sentences is automatically sending mixed messages. Obviously they don’t like me, why are they talking to me? I’m confused.

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      41 minutes ago

      The top is just a relationship. I expect my wife to do all that for me too. And my kids. And my parents. And my friends.

      Except for “honor”. My understanding of honor is that it’s not something you do to a person. It’s how you act yourself. But I was raised by Klingons.

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      Absolutely. There is a nonzero overlap between FOSS/decentralized software nerds and white knights/nice guys.

      Thankfully it’s not too much here, as Lemmy has done a good job at not tolerating intolerance, so the incel white knights leave, but some of the more innocent ones stick around.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Me, 35 years ago, walking through a mall. Two girls cat-called me (whistle) from the second floor railing.

    I still think about that sometimes.

        • I have recieved more compliments girlmoding in the last 4 months than I ever did boymoding in the almost 20 years between highschool and beginning transition.

          To the random woman with dark red hair who said my hair looked good on me in 2008, I still remember the feeling.

          I couldn’t even tell you why the last person complimented me though. It doesn’t feel the same since I get them more often.

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    6 hours ago

    I’ve chosen to adopt random acts of male positivity. I make a point of stopping random male presenting strangers (I’m cis het male, randomly stopping women to complement them is not a realistic option) and just saying something like “hey dude, that hair is magnificent, keep being awesome man” and promptly leaving.

    It’s not completely altruistic, I must admit. Watching a stranger’s face go from puzzled/suspicious through relieved, pleasantly surprised and ending in (usually) happy is an absolute joy.

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      I make a point of stopping random male presenting strangers (I’m cis het male, randomly stopping women to complement them is not a realistic option)

      I’m settled down now, but not too long ago I had a lot of great results that started with approaching women on the street. There’s definitely a specific way to do it, because I’ve seen a lot of wannabe pickup artists completely disrespecting women, and that’s not it.

      Women are people too. If you can talk to a random man, you can talk to a random woman. You literally start off exactly the same and only start escalating if they seem like they’re enjoying the interaction.

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    5 hours ago

    The bar is usually a little lower:

    • Show respect
    • Be polite
    • Don’t assault her
    • Be good looking