ummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days ago"You'll have to excuse my friend. He's a little slow." - Lloyd Christmaslemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1200arrow-down1image"You'll have to excuse my friend. He's a little slow." - Lloyd Christmaslemmy.worldummthatguy@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·26 days agoI hate that this is framed as men being stupid when in reality if a man is ignoring a hint it’s because he’d rather be wrong about it not being a hint than wrong about it being a hint and make an unwanted advance.
minus-squareTippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·26 days agoNope, there’s a decent number of us who can completely miss any type of hint, and need to be told explicitly that someone’s into us. Source: It’s me, I’m one of those men.
minus-squareCrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·26 days agoIt can both of these things. I can completely miss most hints thrown my way and still be concerned about misreading possible hints. In some things a lack of subtlety is a virtue. In this case, “you, me, sex” is not clear enough. Please specify a time and location as well.
minus-squareTippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoWait, it doesn’t mean right here, right now? Maybe that’s why I’m banned from the supermarket 🤔
minus-squareThebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·26 days agoOr, as I’ve said 1000 times before and will say 1000 times again… Playing hard to get is often indistinguishable from not interested.
I hate that this is framed as men being stupid when in reality if a man is ignoring a hint it’s because he’d rather be wrong about it not being a hint than wrong about it being a hint and make an unwanted advance.
Nope, there’s a decent number of us who can completely miss any type of hint, and need to be told explicitly that someone’s into us.
Source: It’s me, I’m one of those men.
It can both of these things. I can completely miss most hints thrown my way and still be concerned about misreading possible hints.
In some things a lack of subtlety is a virtue. In this case, “you, me, sex” is not clear enough. Please specify a time and location as well.
Wait, it doesn’t mean right here, right now? Maybe that’s why I’m banned from the supermarket 🤔
Or, as I’ve said 1000 times before and will say 1000 times again…
Playing hard to get is often indistinguishable from not interested.