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Fuck no! I absolutely hate the idea and will never attempt it!

On 1/5/2024 at 2:37 PM, alto said:

A friendly peck on the lips

Hell, even this is too much. (The thought of someone else's lips touching mine isn't a pleasant thought for me, to say the least.)

That's not a bad way to learn tactics.

The next person gets to watch me and Richard Riley (aka #12, aka Dr. Davidson, aka The World's Largest Smith's Machine, aka A "race horse", aka Rich the Bitch) trash talk each other for a whole day!

The person AFTER the next person (the next person must not be involved in the decision!) gets to be anonymous (translation: MUST be anonymous) for the rest of their lives. Of course, they'll also get what the next commenter brews up.

Where did you find all that dust? You must have been working hard cleaning the house, huh?

The next person will have a choice. You can:

A) Be instantly teleported to TON-618 with no chance of ever returning to Earth.

B) Be lost at sea in the middle of a massive hurricane (you have no boat or life vest ... it's just you and the storm ... and there's no sign of help for hundreds of miles in all directions, so don't waste your breath screaming for help).

C) Watch a loved one die right in front of you.

D) Be in Colin Delaney's position in the following video. (Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Nf97TrVro)

September of 2020, I was active on LinkedIn. A girl wanted to connect to my profile during that time. We connected and had conversations on the LinkedIn messenger. I was only talking about work and career stuff, but she was asking me about my romantic life. She even demanded I give her my phone number and talk with her on Google Hangouts (probably so she could see my face in real life -- we never talked on Google Hangouts). Eventually, I gave her my phone number as a prank I wanted to play on her. I told her she'd worn me down into giving her my number. I gave it to her and she texted me. I pretended to be a friend of mine who had been receiving her texts. I (pretending to be the "friend") told her that it wasn't my number. So, she found out I was pranking her. She got offended and disconnected from me on LinkedIn pretty fast after that, and I never heard from her again. What she never discovered, though, is that she had my number all along! (I call such a prank a multi-layered prank)

In a nutshell, I didn't have it like others have, and she wasn't really able to stalk me how other stalkers mentioned in this thread could stalk you all. I still thought I could share a funny anecdote here that's at least remotely related to stalking!

On 11/10/2023 at 5:15 AM, Koffee said:

In late middle school, or early times in high school some girl listed TEN crushes she had on the board, i didnt even have ONE?????

She may as well have admitted to liking everybody!

On 8/26/2023 at 10:18 AM, The Newest Fabled Creature said:

I also find it incredibly stupid as well, when a girl and boy befriend each other, that their separate parents go, "Oh I can just imagine them being married already 🥲" Um... excuse me? They're fucking three?!

Imagine the parents nudging to two three-year-olds toward each other, not only saying how they'd make a good married couple, but also saying they'll have kids of their own, then start talking about the three-year-olds having sex together. (I know it probably won't get that extreme, but that's what went through my head when reading this.)

No. Not even for legal benefits. It's bullshit that you have to be married to get such benefits. Yeah, I may be at a financial disadvantage, but who cares? Money is corrupt anyways, and I'll stand up for myself, even if it means sacrificing some societal "benefit".

On 2/8/2023 at 12:42 PM, aro_elise said:

i don't find babies/children cute

Same with me -- they're usually loud, annoying and needy. Just yesterday at my work, a little boy said "hi" to me in a friendly little kid voice, and I even find THAT annoying. Also, babies are ugly as fuck. Childfreedom reigns forever!

A few years ago, I had a girl on LinkedIn ask for my phone number. She seemed suspicious. She wanted to contact me on Google Hangouts, probably to see my face. It was a VERY weird request (I never granted that request). Eventually, I did give her my phone number as part of a prank, where I pretended to be someone else. Through that, this "someone else" told her I was pranking her, which lead her to eventually cut contact with me on LinkedIn (she never discovered that it was my number all along!). I never heard from her again and I lived happily ever after. The end!

On 4/25/2023 at 10:32 AM, Picklethewickle said:

I'm aplatonic. I can find people interesting and likable, but I don't feel a need to bond with someone as a friend. Friendships can be nice in small doses, but overall maintaining a friendship is a lot of work and can be more burdensome than anything. I very much prefer casual acquaintances and communicating with people through the internet over pyhsically getting together and spending time with people. I've also noticed that I don't find the end of friendships painful. I've seen many other people grieve the end of a friendship, but to me these kind of life changes are healthy, normal, and easy to accept.

I'd say this is quite similar to my experience. I do have friends, yes, but only a couple and I don't need to spend that much time with them. Luckily, all the friends I have work at the same job as I do, so I can see them there. So, I'd describe myself as aplatonic (at least partly so). I'd agree that maintaining friendships is work, and because of that, overbearing personalities wouldn't make great friends for me.

I'd love to have that poster!

The next person gets to go skydiving (without a parachute!).

I'd rather not be touched, unless it's on my terms. How about a handshake, fist bump or high-five? Those are appropriate ways. I'll tolerate hugs from certain people. The only ones with whom I'll initiate hugs are my grandparents.

I never felt any pressure, at least internally, to get into romantic and sexual relationships. In fact, well into high school, I thought I was doing everything right and others were rushing it or "kidding". Then I came to realize that they were indeed being serious and that both their experiences and mine were valid. Now, as an adult, I continue to feel no pressure to be involved with such stuff. I have a friend who, just like me, isn't interested in romantic or sexual relationships. I suspect he could also be aroace. I have another friend who, even when he had a girlfriend, always made room to spend time with the two of us.

No romantic relationships or QPRs for me. Hell, sometimes even having regular friends can be draining. When I'm at home, getting chores done, exercising, studying a foreign language, watching various things on YouTube, etc., and I do it alone, to me, that's the real definition of freedom.

My god, this angers me. It's never happened to me, but something similar has. Almost two years ago now, I was at my job doing trash for the evening. I looked up randomly and this girl was staring directly at me, smiling a bit. She must have been having sexual thoughts about me. I was a little put off and gave her the resting bitch face while maintaining my distance. Granted, I had my hair spiked up in a way that looked complimentary I suppose, but still, what audacity she had to look at me like that, as if undressing me in her mind. The encounter lasted only a couple seconds, then I walked off and never saw her again.

As far as my thoughts on your experiences, it seems like ignoring these girls isn't working. If you only see the person once, no big deal, but if it's a recurring problem with a particular person, I'd walk up to them and say something like:

"Look, I don't know how you interpreted me looking at you, but there were no romantic/sexual undertones there. Please leave me alone."

On 2/3/2023 at 7:08 AM, unromanceable_npc said:

She then called me a liar and demanded that I “admit who I really am”

On 2/10/2023 at 9:50 AM, ZaiynXavier said:

My worst is when I told my mom and she just said, “yOu hAvEnT mEt tHe RiGhT pErSon” 

To anyone who uses this type of logic, FUCK YOU!

7 hours ago, AroAcedragon13 said:

Next person gets to meet their fav celeb

I'd love to meet Benny Lewis!

The next person gets a trash can that's overflowing with stinky garbage!

I'm not fond of physical touch. I initiate hugs with my grandparents, but that's it. A couple folks I might let hug me, but I'd be ok if they never did. For everyone else, NO! NO! NO! NO!

2 hours ago, Storm_leopardcat said:

Also cant forget the existential crisis videos!

I love those ones, too.

2 hours ago, Storm_leopardcat said:

I also love their videos about extreme topics, like the most deadly virus, was it? I can’t remember the actual video’s name, sorry!

I just browsed the channel. The name was "The Deadliest Virus on Earth". I haven't seen that one yet. Currently, I'm looking at Kurzgesagt's Spanish channel so I can get more practice listening to Spanish. I'm about 90% fluent right now. I enjoy their French channel as well. I'm pretty good at French, too, but not as fluent because there are few opportunities to speak it for me.

On 1/23/2023 at 11:15 PM, hemogoblin said:

High intensity workouts

What do you do for your workouts?

On 1/24/2023 at 4:25 AM, Storm_leopardcat said:

Ooh, I love Kurzgesagt!

Do you have a favorite aspect of Kurzgesagt? Perhaps a specific video? I'm fascinated by he space videos especially -- more especially videos about black holes.

1. Foreign languages (ironically, I'm the most familiar with the romance languages)

2. Brain Scale

3. Kurzgesagt - In A Nutshell (which includes alternate channels in other languages)

4. Calisthenics and general fitness

5. Character Stories

6. My Friends

7. Volunteering for Republic Services

@Frogrobin This person doesn't care about you in the least. They just want someone at whom they can throw their degrading "jokes".

On 6/6/2022 at 2:33 PM, Deltalorian said:

When a friend is trying to get you to ask someone out because that person may be interested in you, and you're just like "yeah but I don't care. That's just not something that I want to do".

You shouldn't feel like you have to date someone simply because they like you. It seems irresponsible and immature of your friend to get you to ask that person out (that is, unless they thought you liked that person, too, or they simply didn't know you weren't interested).