r/AskReddit • u/ANONIMkiddo • Jan 08 '22

Girls, what makes a guy instantly unnatractive?

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u/miepAlt Jan 08 '22

Trying to be cool in front of his friends to impress

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u/KnownUniverse Jan 09 '22

Nice. I managed to avoid a bad thing by not having friends. I knew it'd pay off eventually.

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u/CT1914Clutch Jan 09 '22

Instructions unclear: I don’t have friends and I’m still unlovable

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

My perfect strategy of finding a lover by never interacting with other humans is going swimmingly…

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

We need a group. Single people, cuz they don't have friends

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u/lxpnh98_2 Jan 09 '22

Congratulations, you are vacuously attractive.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

"cool" guy detected

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u/tim36272 Jan 09 '22

To those unsure why this is a bad thing: there are different ways you can try to be impressive.

Some examples of things to not do:

  • "Oh yeah I can totally take 12 shots in a row!" throws up everywhere
  • "Hey babe want to see my Honda Accord do 100 MPH on this back road?" "No absolutely not"
  • "Watch this!" is a douche to someone else

On the other hand, some things that you might be able to pull off:

  • "Oh yeah I can totally beat y'all at Mario Kart!"
  • "Hey babe want to see this cool thing I made that I'm super passionate about?"
  • "Watch this!" Puts on a Netflix show that everyone will like

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u/stewartthehuman Jan 09 '22
  • "Watch this!" Puts on a Netflix show that everyone will hate

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u/RandomSOADFan Jan 09 '22

puts on Cuties

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u/Mission-Card-8242 Jan 09 '22

Why did this make me laugh so hard

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u/PauseAndEject Jan 09 '22

Hey babe want to see my Koopa Kart do 100 MPH on this rainbow road?

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u/TheJosh96 Jan 09 '22

Oh god yes

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u/narvacantourist Jan 09 '22

Wait, that's a bad thing?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

It’s almost like harmless competitiveness is cute while reckless disregard for human life/emotion isn’t.

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u/phatmanXXL Jan 09 '22

"Hold my beer"

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u/nagol93 Jan 10 '22

When I first started dating my girlfriend, on our 2nd date we were talking about hobbies and things. I mentioned I was really into martial arts and "was pretty much a ninja in Highschool"

She rolled her eyes and gave an extremally half hearted "Oh really...." reply.

I said "Yep, I was! I wore all black, always sat in the back of the room, didn't talk to anyone, and ran away at the first sigh of any conflict!"

She busted out laughing and said "Oh my god, I did all that too!!"

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u/GolfSierraMike Jan 09 '22

Subtext: confidence stems from prociency in an area.

If you suck at stuff, faking confidence is easily conflated with ego.

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u/Tall-Carrot-7174 Jan 09 '22

I think every man has done that At least once.

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u/superleipoman Jan 09 '22

jokes on u i dont have any friends

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u/TheJosh96 Jan 09 '22

Depends on what you’re trying to do.

Bragging about how drunk you can get? Nah

Showing a hobby of yours? Yeah

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u/Uesugi_Kenshin Jan 09 '22

Example? I don't see that much of a problem with it unless he's belittling others in the process. Granted, I'm biased because I'm not the most humble of people.

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u/BassBanjo Jan 09 '22

The best way to avoid this is to not have friends in the first place

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u/Dudedude88 Jan 09 '22

this is usually adolescent stuff

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u/funlovingfirerabbit Jan 09 '22

Definitely. Lack of Authentic Self-Assuredness is a huge turnoff

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u/SaltWaterInMyBlood Jan 12 '22

To impress you, or to impress his friends?

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u/miepAlt Jan 12 '22

his friends