• morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com
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    11 months ago

    This exchange is clearly not the beginning of the conversation. Previous messages have been excluded from the snip on purpose.

    The replies on the left are exactly how someone unimpressed behaves.

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      11 months ago

      Which then begs the question, why would they keep replying? Why would someone uninterested drag this on for so long for the other person to point it out? It makes even less sense for online dating where the block button is a staple. This is someone who feels entitled to be impressed without giving back.

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        11 months ago

        You are awfully committed to pushing all of the benefit of the doubt to him and all of the obligation to her. Why do you think that is?

        You know that the moment she stops replying, his further comments will be more toxic than the ones in the screenshot.

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          11 months ago

          Sibling in Christ, I am gay. I have no vested interest in whether one is a man or a woman. Their behavior is shitty either way you paint it. Besides, I’ve seen this play out in same-gender scenarios.

          his further comments will be more toxic

          The block button was specifically made for this.

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            11 months ago

            you’re assuming genders

            Show me a man named Chloe or a woman as clueless and pushy as the guy on the right

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              11 months ago

              I’ve seen this play out between two men and two women. And for that same reason, I had a slip-up because to me it’s not a matter of gender at all. But there, fixed, the point still stands.

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                11 months ago

                The block button was made specifically for this

                Yes, true. Love block buttons. Glad they exist.

                The existence of block buttons does not excuse pushy behavior.

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                  11 months ago

                  It’s not even pushy nor clueless, though. From my pov, the guy gave it a couple of attempts and then said something to address the elephant in the room. If someone were pushy, they’d play clueless and keep at it instead of losing their patience like that. I don’t imagine he persisted after this.