I had to re-read it several times to figure out how it wasn’t supposed to be a gay hookup.
I still don’t get how it isn’t a gay hookup. How are you supposed to read it?
They’re not texting each other, they’re texting their girlfriends
Or boyfriends, the story does not tell…
I guess we’re supposed to look at the guy on the left and instead of thinking “He is in distress,” we’re supposed to think, “He is unfuckable.” And we’re supposed to look at the guy on the right and instead of thinking, “He is going to fuck that other guy,” we’re supposed to think, “He is so fuckable.”
I think it’s gay either way you look at it.
It’s going for “No woman will respect beta left guy’s wussy way of asking to hook up while women love gigachad right guy’s demand for it.”
Ohh. They’re not even texting each other. They’re texting two other dudes. That makes a lot more sense.
Yeah, the second I see anyone trying to make a point by using AIGen images, there point is already invalid in my mind.
They don’t even have the gall to use random non-AI stock images or even better, use shitty hand drawn images.
Either way, I can’t give this an upvote, morally, but it is kinda funny, though.
And what the fuck is up with that floating keyboard passing through his hands? What an absurd thing.
Maybe he’s not getting dates because his hands are cuffed to a keyboard? 🤔
As opposed to Mr. Assertive on the right, whose invitations aren’t even read until it’s too late.
He’s just so assertive, he sends invitation to 9PM at 9PM
Also a possibility that they are both already at his place
Fellas, is it gay to apologize?
Sorry, but I’m straight.
ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY?!
Are you coming on to me?
My ex, well if you can even call it that, dumped me because I apparently apologize too much and “apologies are useless and just show that you lack confidence”.
So, according to her, yes.
I don’t mean this is in a bad way, but they are sort of right on the last part. Apologies aren’t useless though. They are very needed to maintain healthy relationships between people, be they romantic or business or otherwise.
But I do also get very tired very quickly, if someone is over-apologizing or just constantly doing it. Either there’s a reason for the apology and they constantly fuck up or do something wrong, at least in their own opinion enough to warrant the apology. or they keep saying it where they need not do so which is just frustrating and I have also associated it with lack of confidence.
Either way, I can understand your ex, and have felt the exact way they did, and I wanted to just stop by and say that it is not necessarily intended as an insult or as a criticism or whatever, just that they really could not deal with it. I had no hard feelings or anything bad to say about the people I’ve met like this, always apologizing, it’s simply a very human incompatibility.
There are people who don’t perceive the apologies as tiring or annoying or as lack of confidence or whatever. Those people will love you for it. But the people who don’t, aren’t necessarily intending to signal or say it’s bad, it might just be that it’s incompatible with them. That’s how I’ve explained it or how I feel it anyway, but I found myself relating to your ex so thought I’d throw in an anecdote from the other side.
What she unironically meant is that you should never, ever apologize even if you realize you fucked up and just double down endlessly. But nice that you assumed the worst possible scenario about me as a person with no context whatsoever, really appreciate that.
Small anecdote to demonstrate: after we broke up, she went out with her best friend to party and they met some dude that they invited to an after-party at my ex’s place. Best friend hooked up with him and that made my ex so mad that she called the police on both of them (it was during covid - they didn’t practice social distancing, their body their choice, you know). She never apologized for it and it destroyed their friendship for a while. They apparently hang with each other again now, so I dunno what happened. They are both crazy, so birds of a feather I guess.
But nice that you assumed the worst possible Scenario about me as a person with no context whatsoever, really appreciate that.
orgrinrt@lemmy.world generously gave you gentle feedback in case it applied to you. No need to get insulted. They didn’t bother to get more context from you in a to-and-fro because they are not paid to do so.
Maybe I’m getting older but I feel like texting someone so late they didn’t read it until after the proposed meeting time might not be a good strategy either.
It’s a power move, bro. They’ll realize they’re already late which creates a sense of urgency. Like and subscribe for more alpha tips on manipulating others.
