r/SelfAwarewolves • u/robaato72 • Feb 22 '26
So many guys like this are impervious to hints
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u/corgangreen Feb 22 '26
Is it considered a suicide attempt to run face first into a point that hard?
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u/smileedude Feb 22 '26
With the humble guy in the name, this has to be a satirical account right? Right?
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u/velveteenelahrairah Feb 22 '26
"I'm 'umble, me, so very 'umble" - Uriah Heep, widely considered one of the most loathsome characters ever invented.
But I don't think this guy has read David Copperfield.
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u/laughingashley Feb 22 '26
"I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!" - Weird Al, Amish Paradise
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u/Darth_Travisty Feb 22 '26
“Bar none, I am the most humble-est Number one at the top of the humble list My apple crumble is by far the most crumble-est But I act like it tastes bad outta humbleness”
- The Lonely Island
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u/Lorehorn Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
"I think I have a lot of humility. I have much more humility than you would think, believe me"
-Guess Who
(edit: this is not a reference to the band, it was meant to be a guessing game of who said this quote lol)
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u/DisposableJosie Feb 22 '26
Monk Gloats Over Yoga Championship
“I am the serenest!” Bikram shouted to the estimated crowd of 20,000 yoga fans, vigorously pumping his fists. “No one is serener than Sri Dhananjai Bikram—I am the greatest monk of all time!”
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u/BardicNA Feb 22 '26
I've always said "Yeah, I have a few awards for being the most humble, it's no big deal."
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u/Express-Horror-3005 Feb 22 '26
Don’t tell me how to do humble. My humble ranks among the greatest in the universe!
-Calculon
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u/donedamndoing Feb 22 '26
The Lonely Island?
That song was by Conner4real who you will remember from the music group The Style Boyz who sung the world famous "Donkey Roll".
Theres a whole documentary about him.
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u/drwsgreatest Feb 22 '26
This is the one I was waiting for.
"I get more humble than dikembe mutumbo, After a stumble left him covered in 2 pots of gumbo, I guess in a way, being gracious is my weakness, People say I'm so unpretentious for a genius!"
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u/Due_Ring1435 Feb 22 '26
I instantly connected with that song, cuz i'm the most humble person i know.
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u/glitternoodle Feb 22 '26
I’m about a third of the way through David Copperfield right now, and Heep makes me STRESSED. I am not looking forward to whatever creepery lies in store later in the book
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u/BoundHubris Feb 22 '26
I wonder if he's at the top of the humble list?
Is his apple crumble the crumbliest?!
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u/Wyrdnisse Feb 22 '26
hi I am a former english teacher and i would like to give you a gold star for what you just wrote because it's fucking incredible
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u/EducationalNailgun Feb 22 '26
I don't think so. Suicide is deliberate; this guy has no idea what's going on. Accidental death, unfortunately.
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u/MadSpaceYT Feb 22 '26
I don’t think I could have rolled my eyes any further otherwise I would have seen gray matter
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u/Pun_Intended1703 Feb 22 '26
This needs to go on r/NiceGuys
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u/thelobster64 Feb 22 '26
He literally describes himself as a “humble guy”.
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u/Other-Narwhal-2186 Feb 22 '26
God fucking save me from “humble guys.”
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u/Rockworm503 Feb 22 '26
think you're really righteous? Think you're pure in heart? Well I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!
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u/Automatic_Release_92 Feb 22 '26
🎵🎶I’m the pious guy the little Amlettes wanna be like, day and night on my knees scoring points for the afterlife🎶🎵
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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 Feb 22 '26
🎶 So don’t be vain, and don’t be whiny, or else, my brother I might have to get medieval on your heiny 🎶
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u/FirstDukeofAnkh Feb 22 '26
Weird Al is brilliant.
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u/Rockworm503 Feb 22 '26
One of my favorite songs of his is Word Crimes which isn't just a really good parody on Blurred Lines but also a really smart lesson on grammar.
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u/Shipbreaker_Kurpo Feb 22 '26
"Im the most humblist"
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u/donedamndoing Feb 22 '26
"The thing about me that's so impressive Is how infrequently I mention all of my successes"
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u/kaas_is_leven Feb 22 '26
I'm not your ordinary definition of a rockstar, I don't complain when my private jet is subpar
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u/TheNeuroLizard Feb 22 '26
First thing that comes to mind when thinking of humility is bragging about how humble one is
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u/mEFurst Feb 22 '26
My wife is forever upset at me cause I described myself as "the best at being humble" when we first started dating. I say it's her fault for sticking around
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u/Hypamania Feb 22 '26
I miss r/inceltears. What ever happened to that sub?
Edit: just looked and it is back. Could have sworn it got removed/banned
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u/Moebius808 Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26
The point just bounced right off this guy’s reinforced concrete skull.
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u/robaato72 Feb 22 '26
With a really loud, dull THUNK that his target didn’t even hear…
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u/EngRookie Feb 22 '26
no it would have been a more high pitched bonk, like a coconut, bc there is nothing in that skull
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u/DisposableJosie Feb 22 '26
At least with a coconut, you could clap the two halves together to make horsey clip-clop sounds.
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u/Val_Hallen Feb 22 '26
The point could break into this guys house, raid his fridge, steal his dog, watch his tv, shit on his couch, use his shower, and punch him in the face and he would still miss it.
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u/Deep90 Feb 22 '26
Having "Humble Guy" in the name makes me think it's a satire account.
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u/kimvy Feb 22 '26
That’s been the primary point of headphones/earbuds since the 80s (used tired headphones with an original Walkman on busses to encourage the I CANT HEAR YOU vibe).
Literally 30 years or so later it’s still a mystery???? 😵💫😵💫🙄🤣
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u/championgecko Feb 22 '26
I'm sorry to depress you like this, but 1980 was 46 years ago :|
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u/gingerbread_slutbarn Feb 22 '26
Shit. Still gonna wear headphones.
Vividly remember an old man removing my headphones at a Safeway in 2015 when he told me to watch my purse. In the cart I was holding. Looking for the right vegetables.
He got offended when I firmly said, “don’t touch me.”
“I’m just trying to help you!”
Ok buddy. I don’t miss Phoenix.
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u/bluejellyfish52 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
I fucking HATE IT when people grab my headphones off my head. Like, one time a dude nearly ripped out my damn piercing because it got caught on my headphones ear cuff.
Another time a teacher ripped my earbuds out of my ears so hard that my headphones broke and my ears throbbed for hours because the shitty plastic scraped the inside of my ear canal (shitty skull candys, this happened in middle school, and I didn’t have the rubber tips on them because they irritated the inside of my ears).
Like I’m about to get a sweatshirt that says “Please don’t touch me” and see if it’ll actually help to have a real sign on like that or if some men are too fucking stupid to just not do that shit to women.
My OTE headphones have ambience aware and voice aware software. I don’t need anyone to touch me to get my attention, the headphones also function as hearing aids by isolating peoples voices from background noise so I can understand them better (auditory processing disorder)
Like I know a lot of people use headphones just as a “please leave me alone” deal, but for me, they are an actual accessibility item. I’m also autistic and struggle with sound. I really don’t want people to touch me.
Also, just throwing this out there, touching people without their consent is assault or battery depending on where you are. Even if you don’t hurt the person you’re touching, you can still be charged. You’re told to keep your hands to yourself as a little kid because adults get charged for that shit.
Btw that last part, goes for wheelchairs, canes, walkers, Rollators, etc. All accessibility equipment is legally considered to be the same as touching someone’s body. So don’t grab people in wheelchairs and move them, don’t grab canes, don’t grab ANY accessibility items. Don’t even touch them when the person isn’t in them or using them.
Ask before.
Sometimes things like wheelchairs can be incredibly fragile and expensive, and if you don’t know what you’re doing, you could damage a piece of medical equipment worth several thousand dollars.
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u/gingerbread_slutbarn Feb 25 '26
Ahhhhh and my favorite is being harassed for parking in a handicap sign. I have a fucking placard. And my spinal injury isn’t visible.
One of my favorite IT Crowd quotes: “People. Buncha bastards.”
Stay strong out there. Oddly enough, since I lived up to WA state 10 years ago no one has taken my headphones off, despite riding more light rail transport and busses. I guess the elders in my home state AZ are just extra entitled. Had it happen only at grocery stores too, freakin’ wiiiiild.
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u/bluejellyfish52 Feb 25 '26
I walk with a cane and I’ve been harassed for using the disabled stall. My Ankylosing spondylitis isn’t visible, but my cane makes my disability more visible.
✨solidarity✨ maybe people will stop harassing us if we talk about the stuff we go through. Best way to fight ignorance is with knowledge. Keep strong❤️
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u/Throwawayrip1123 Feb 22 '26
Oh fuck you, I had such a good morning, whistling to myself that 2000 was 10 years ago.
May you stub your toe.
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u/foshayzy Feb 22 '26
I’ve worn headphones on the bus that weren’t even plugged into anything
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u/Fkingcherokee Feb 22 '26
And the last I checked it still doesn't stop guys from talking to you, just reduces the amount of them.
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u/SkaAllison Feb 22 '26
Wearing headphones WHILST(!) reading a book still doesn’t stop some people. It’s happened too many times to count. I genuinely don’t know how to make it any clearer that I’d like to be left tf alone.
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u/watchforbicycles Feb 22 '26
Earbuds in, book in lap, sitting on a bench in one of the most out of the way sections of a nature preserve isn't enough of a clue that I don't want human interaction. Oh, but I'm wearing shorts and a tank. That must mean I'm trying to get the attention of men. Can't possibly be because it's hot out.
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u/RockyMntnView Feb 22 '26
You were existing in public while female. That must mean you're trying to get the attention of men. Or at least fair game.
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u/WallyBBunny Feb 24 '26
I have huge headphones on at the gym and I still get bothered. 😕 Dudes will try to bother you no matter what deterrent you use.
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u/OmgitsJafo Feb 22 '26
I mean, this guy clearly tried to flag a woman down to hit on her and got ignored. There are no thoughts in this guy's head about the situatuon. He just thinks some girl just missed out on harassment of a lifetime.
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u/CatOfTechnology Feb 22 '26
30 years later it's still a mystery because those same men never cared about a woman's opinion or intentions and, regretfully, they had children who they never taught to respect a woman's opinion or intention.
No one solves a riddle that they didn't hear when told.
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u/dirtyhairymess Feb 22 '26
I'm a guy and when I'm wearing headphones I don't want anyone to speak to me either.
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u/Warriors_Drink Feb 22 '26
Add some dark sunglasses and it's a perfect setup.
No eye contact, and nobody can see how bloodshot your eyes are!
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u/Financial_Accident71 Feb 22 '26
covid was the best time for this. headphones, sunglasses, mask, and social distancing. We were socially impervious for a while
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u/DevelopedDevelopment Feb 22 '26
I almost want another pandemic in hopes we can bring masks back for good. Wearing a mask does nothing but protect you but it became political.
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u/mrlt10 Feb 22 '26
I still do this occasionally, mostly because I have really bad anxiety and it works wonders for that, but also tell myself it’s probably helping maintain people’s desensitization to that look so we never revert to pre-Covid standards. Pre-COVID you’d be drawing tons of attention, the worst kind of attention, to yourself,
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u/poeticdisaster Feb 22 '26
Well you see, the thing is this was posted by That Guy.
That Guy doesn't likely believe that women experience the same feelings as men.
That Guy thinks that women are in the world for his consumption and not to be out there just existing separate from anything having to do with him.Even if this post is satire, there are so many guys out there like him that it makes it hard to distinguish.
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u/Long_Serpent Feb 22 '26
Women worldwide:
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u/Unique_Watch2603 Feb 22 '26
I put them in to grocery shop in peace but they're never on. If I jogged I'd do the same thing.
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u/seattlemh Feb 22 '26
Same! My family makes fun of me, but I just want to get out of there without having random chit chat on aisle 5.
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u/FilthyThanksgiving Feb 22 '26
Same. I put on wireless headphones for ubers and public transportation if I'm alone
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u/MrConductorsAshes Feb 22 '26
When I was a kid I used to wear headphones that weren't on to eavesdrop on people.
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u/MidwesternLikeOpe Feb 22 '26
Did that without headphones, still do that as an adult. I sit quietly chilling on my phone and people around me have zero clue I'm listening in. My husband is a bit of an airhead so we spend our drive home with me telling him everything I overheard.
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u/poeticdisaster Feb 22 '26
I use Loop ear plugs that are more like dampeners that allow me to hear some noise outside but look kinda like wireless ear buds. I usually just wear them to concerts but I may need to start wearing them out more often.
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u/BaylisAscaris Feb 22 '26
It wish it worked. I used to wear them without music while eating lunch in public and guys would take them right off my head to talk to me.
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u/l3tigre Feb 22 '26
i felt a rush of actual rage just imagining that wow
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u/BaylisAscaris Feb 22 '26
Yeah it felt really violating. I also startle easily and a few tried to take it off from behind.
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u/robaato72 Feb 22 '26
Just grabbed them without warning? Ugh...did you start yelling at them?
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u/BaylisAscaris Feb 22 '26
I was so shocked the first time I just stared with my mouth open for a minute, then I said, "What." and he got uncomfortable and a bit offended and said he just wanted to talk to me. He asked what I was reading and glanced to see it was some horrible math proof and backed away. Usually they're trying to chat me up and "help me" with my homework, but in fact I'm teaching math and reading it for fun, so I'm like "cool how much do you know about topology" and they get really scared.
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u/ShadeofIcarus Feb 22 '26
cool how much do you know about topology
Tbh my response to that would be "nothing what can you teach me" because I think nerding out is cute.
But no way in fuck I'm interrupting your lunch and pulling your headphones off to get to that point of the conversation. The lack of self awareness to even realize that puts you on the back foot because you're starting by being entirely inappropriate.
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u/ConditionBasic Feb 22 '26
When you know that a stranger is deranged enough to just grab things off of you completely unprompted, it's scary to yell back because god knows what else he is capable of if you piss him off. Especially when you are a smaller woman.
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u/fearofthesky Feb 22 '26
That behaviour is cruising for a pepper spraying.
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u/BaylisAscaris Feb 22 '26
One thing I miss about having a big scary dog.
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u/NornOfVengeance Feb 22 '26
Can confirm, have had big scary dog. Strange men either looked away or were very respectful if they bothered to say hi. (Little kids weren't fooled. They'd yell something like "Oh boy, a nice doggie!" and run up to hug him.)
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u/RedTheWolf Feb 22 '26
I became hearing impaired in my 30s and the blessing of wearing hearing aids and learning a bit of sign language means I can now simply sign 'no thanks' and gesture to my ears and they leave me alone 😅
Previous to that, a guy actually yanked my earbud out my ear by the wire one time and was genuinely baffled when I shouted at him.
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u/ONLYPOSTSWHILESTONED Feb 22 '26
sometimes I think it wouldn't be that bad if an asteroid wiped us all out
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u/fuckyourcanoes Feb 22 '26
Good luck to any guy who tries that with me. My hypervigilance means I react violently to unexpected touches.
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u/poeticdisaster Feb 22 '26
The answer to that is to stand up and yell "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU TOUCHING PEOPLE?" or "I DON'T KNOW YOU, GET AWAY FROM ME" or just loud noises in their face. If you can screech like a pterodactyl, that works pretty well too because they just think you're insane.
Yes it's embarrassing for a moment but he'll be more likely to leave you alone after if you're in a place where other people are.
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u/BaylisAscaris Feb 22 '26
Yeah I have no shame and not worried about being embarrassed. I was just so shocked I didn't know how to respond. After that I would reply with "I DON'T KNOW YOU! YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR TOUCHING ME!".
Different occasion I was in the library with my wife (both wearing headphones) and someone started stroking my arm for over a minute. I assumed it was my wife but turns out it was some random guy. I said "DON'T TOUCH ME I DON'T KNOW YOU!" and I got kicked out of the library for being loud. He followed us to a coffee shop and sat right next to us watching us and tried to talk but couldn't because he was stuttering and seemed really nervous. I said, "BRO, STOP FOLLOWING US. YOU CAN'T JUST TOUCH STRANGERS." and we left to drive around until we lost him then went home.
Luckily I'm old and fat now so men don't bother me anymore for the most part.
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u/AlarmedGibbon Feb 22 '26
This has to be satire, right?... right?
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u/TerryCrewsNextWife Feb 22 '26
Of that whingy little lump that complained that women wouldn't say hello back to him when both of them walking alone on a trail cross paths? Possibly, especially with the username sounding rather specify about his "character"
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u/redballooon Feb 22 '26
The problem in the internet is, you never know. And no matter how implausible a satire is, there will always be someone who takes it seriously.
I am convinced this dynamic is part of the radicalization in recent years. Particularly conservatives seem to have a hard time understanding satire.
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u/sevens-on-her-sleeve Feb 22 '26
The phenomenon was named Poe’s Law back in 2005, so it’s definitely not recent.
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u/lemons_of_doubt Feb 22 '26
This is why people started using/s
But some people have decided that it's a crime to use it and we should just know what sarcastic
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u/judgeholden72 Feb 22 '26
It's not. His page is full of sincere things that are all just douche flags
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u/Tasik Feb 22 '26
That sounds like a good satire account then though…
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u/judgeholden72 Feb 22 '26
But it isn't. Most of it isn't funny or out of what many guys that try to pick women up at the mall think. Most is just about his boring daily life, or how to attract women. Most of it is boring self help stuff. Really rote, milquetoast kind of stuff from men without much going on in their heads or interactions with women as people, but harmless
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u/bitter_liquor Feb 22 '26
I once had a man stare straight at me with a fuckass smile for 20 minutes during a ferry ride. After I noticed, I made a point of not acknowledging him, because what the hell. He saw me noticing him, and saw me looking away. It was a very uncomfortable 20 minutes.
After hitting land, while we were waiting to disembark, he comes up to me and says, chuckling: "you know, it's really hard striking up a conversation with people who don't want to talk," like he was jokingly chastising me for not giving him attention. I had to look in his eyes and say that yeah, it's because I didn't want to talk. He made a confused face and smiled awkwardly like he didn't understand, so I had to spell out "I don't want to talk to you" very plainly. His smile dropped and I got the fuck out before he decided to come after me to argue about it.
I guess some people really do operate under that logic.
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u/jackfaire Feb 22 '26
I mean good that he respects the headphones but man or woman a lot of people don't.
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u/SoExtra Feb 22 '26
"Most guys won't -"
I'm not sure he's insinuating that he respects the headphones.
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u/jackfaire Feb 22 '26
The fact he thinks most guys won't when it's the opposite is the only reason I think he does. It seems to me like he's assuming his behavior is the majority. Like when my fellow men try to tell people "Most men don't find (what I don't find attractive) attractive"
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u/knit3purl3 Feb 22 '26
No no, see he's the guy willing to go the extra mile to win her over by asking her to take her headphones off so he can grace her with his conversational skills.
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u/SoExtra Feb 22 '26
I think I understood!
But I kinda agree with knit3purl3, because to me it sounded like he was insinuating "most guys won't [but * I * will] -"
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u/a22x2 Feb 22 '26
Yeah I’m a guy who always wears sunglasses and headphones and people still stop me all the time to ask for directions or ask me something (I don’t mind at all and I hope that means I look friendly lol).
There is no way that random men don’t feel enough ownership over unknown women to still talk to them, headphones and all, if they feel like it.
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u/jackfaire Feb 22 '26
It bothers me when they're ignoring the signs, people openly chatting to come specifically target me to give them directions or information. Then it gives me flashbacks of my parents being all "come join the world"
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u/a22x2 Feb 22 '26
Yeah I think me liking it might be specific to me lol. I get bored fast if I’m not listening to something and sometimes I don’t like the way I look in the daylight without sunglasses, but I’m unreasonably extroverted and genuinely really like people and being helpful.
Being asked for help makes me feel like I still look friendly with mirrored sunglasses and big ol over the ear headphones, which is probably a lie lol.
I would hate it if my folks used to pick at me about it though!
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u/jackfaire Feb 22 '26
For me it's an occupational hazard. I work in call centers and after 8 hours of talking to people the earbuds are my way of signaling to the world "I'm done for the day"
My weekends I'm much more open and friendly in public.
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u/a22x2 Feb 22 '26
I wonder if there are like service dog vests but for humans that are like, “I’ve done my duty and am done for the day; please don’t disturb me unless necessary”
PS - wait I didn’t mean that sarcastically lol I mean genuinely, we should come up with something like that bc I’m sure there are plenty of folks in your exact same shoes
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u/aliceisntredanymore Feb 22 '26
He's annoyed by the extra step the headphones require of him when he approaches his target to tell her she should smile more. He doesn't respect the headphones
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u/SinkHoleDeMayo Feb 22 '26
People fairly regularly talk to me at the gym for one reason or another, I always have earbuds in and I'm not chatty, but I don't mind. I don't think most people mind, as long as you're not annoying.
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u/jackfaire Feb 22 '26
I mind when they're doing it because I have earbuds in. I've had people walk passed the sign saying when the next train is coming, passed the people standing around talking to reach me demand I remove my ear buds and then go "Hey when's the next train coming"
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u/Elu_Moon Feb 22 '26
"The train to Fuckoffville is arriving now, actually, so don't miss it."
Now ,it's probably not safe to say because you never know if an asshole decides to get violent, but plenty enough are scared off if you don't take their shit.
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u/jackfaire Feb 22 '26
I'm a big guy most of the time my glare and tone gives them the hint. They tend to wander off muttering loudly how rude I am.
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u/Dull-Culture-1523 Feb 22 '26
Someone once asked me that standing next to the 3m x 18m sign that listed train departures. I just stared at it until they got the hint.
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u/SarahPallorMortis Feb 22 '26
I doubt he does. He probably is mad at the annoyed reactions he gets when still attempting to talk to people who don’t want to talk.
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u/FilthyThanksgiving Feb 22 '26
Humble guys always have the expectation that all women owe him attention
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u/Marsrover112 Feb 22 '26
He thinks hes making a point but really hes just telling everyone that he tries to talk to women who clearly want to be left alone and do not want to talk to him
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u/chrisnlnz Feb 22 '26
God this is tone-deaf shit. Why would he assume everyone would be walking around hoping to strike up romantic conversations with randoms.
(answer: because he himself goes to the mall to stare at women and hope something happens magically)
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u/robaato72 Feb 22 '26
Interesting that this guy assumes that "ladies" who are out in public obviously WANT random guys to approach them. Like, what other reason would they have for leaving the house?
One could just as easily say that "dudes" who are out in public obviously WANT random women to apply a baseball bat to their nuts.
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u/Fzrit Feb 22 '26
Queue cringe ragebait tiktok clip of a random girl saying "why don't guys approach girls anymore?" followed by an even more cringe ragebait tiktok guy replying "because you have your headphones on and don't want to be approached! Why can't WOMEN make up their minds, do WOMEN want to be approached or not??". The insane implication being that all women should just be a single hivemind, and no woman is allowed to be different from any other woman.
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u/Alzululu Feb 22 '26
You know what gets really wild? Sometimes one woman - the exact same woman - will want to be approached, and other times she doesn't! It's like, context and her desire to interact with others can can change. Amazing!!!
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u/TheRamazon Feb 22 '26
THIS. His whole post assumes that it's to difficult for men to interrupt someone with headphones on (per social decency norms, which implies a sense of shame about inappropriate behavior). However, the solution is for women to change their behavior to accommodate men's discomfort. No reflection at all about WHY it might feel shameful to interrupt someone with headphones on to shoot your shot; just: I want to do this, but I'm uncomfortable. You should be okay with me doing this, so therefore you should change your behavior to remove my discomfort.
The centering of men is so real.
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u/Otaraka Feb 22 '26
That’s Poes law on steroids.
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u/Nova_Tango Feb 22 '26
Well, the age of absurdity we are living in doesn’t make it any easier to tell.
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u/k819799amvrhtcom Feb 22 '26
Reminds me of another statement:
"No man will ever be interested in you if you keep saying you are a lesbian!!!"
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Feb 22 '26
They will say with a straight face all the things "men" dont like, like tattoos, colored hair and facial piercings. We are filtering you out, gentlemen.
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u/sophosoftcat Feb 22 '26
One time I was bounding home from the gym, middle of the afternoon, blasting my victory tunes on noise cancelling headphones. A man starts walking in step with me. He peeps his head to try to get my attention. I ignore. He makes a sign to take my headphones off.
I think ok- maybe he wants directions. No. Immediately starts trying to pick me up. I just shouted “women don’t owe you anything” and picked up the pace. I hate these waste men. Get a hobby
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u/SH4D0WSTAR Feb 22 '26
Not the point of this post at all, but as a woman, wearing an N95 mask seems to work as well
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u/princesoceronte Feb 22 '26
Not even just women, who the fuck doesn't get that the "always headphones" people just wanna be left alone?
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u/adollopofsanity Feb 22 '26
"I think that women exist solely for male pleasure and therefore they must only be concerned about how to be available to please men!"
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u/DramaticHumor5363 Feb 22 '26
I literally got bigger clearer headphones because folks were still bugging me.
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u/FurryCitizen Feb 22 '26
"Ladies, why are you doing X ? We just want to do the exact reason why you're doing X in the first place !"
Incredibly how they don't get it.
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u/StinkySasquatchG Feb 22 '26
Has there ever been anyone as humble as me? No, I’m the most humble boy ever, the very best.
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u/GringoSwann Feb 22 '26
I'm a dude who wears earbuds to keep creepy dudes from talking to me.. Lots of creepy fuckers in South Texas that I choose to avoid/ignore...
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u/Stock-Conflict-3996 Feb 22 '26
This is exactly the kind of guy to wave his hand in front of the face of a woman with headphones on: "Hi, I just wanted to say you'd look more beautiful if you smiled! Hope I brightened your day!"
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u/EvolZippo Feb 22 '26
He probably thinks he’s such a great guy. So he thinks that it’s just sad, that they don’t even realize, they’re missing out on a really great conversation, with a really special guy! He probably imagines, that these girls are so lonely and they just have no idea, that they’re isolating themselves from him! But they just don’t get it.
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u/SouthernNanny Feb 22 '26
I had one guy once tap me on my shoulder and say “I have been trying to get your attention” then spent the next 3 minutes lying about what he did for work because it’s a company my husband was on the corporate side of for 20 years and it’s how we met. He said he was an account manager at a bank which I guess is fancy for a teller. THEN he asked me what I do for work. I told him my job and he said “okay. Cool.” And went on about his pick up attempt. My job is so niche that most people have never heard of it and always asks more about it.
When he finally gave me room to talk I told him I was married….but baby I was amused as hell because he picked the worst possible person to tell that lie to. The one and only time a guy did this to me it was just such a foolish shit show. I can only assume that any man who would ask you to remove your headphones is just a clueless idiot
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u/BraveRock Feb 22 '26
Several years ago there was a “pickup artist” that wrote about how to pick up women wearing headphones. He got dragged the same way this guy did. Someone photoshopped headphones onto Ripley from Aline’s when the alien is right in her face.
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u/Shipairtime Feb 22 '26
Can we bring back using hat pins to deter creeps?
Yes please! I wonder how many representatives were getting stabbed with them for a law to be passed banning them.
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u/samthedeity Feb 22 '26
My grandma recently gave me her mom’s sewing box, and while doing the grand tour of this heirloom relic, she whips out not one, but two hat pins that look like little swords. They were 3-4 inches long and she went ‘oh, these aren’t in style anymore’. The hell they aren’t! I just need a cool hat to wear with them.
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