This would work on me if I wasn’t just going to have a pleasant discussion about the airplanes and then tell her to have a nice day, because I’m not going to just assume she’s into me because we both like old airplanes.
I once got a tattoo from an artist who was cute and, in hindsight, clearly into me. Just the two of us in the shop, showing me photos of other designs while leaning very close, etc.
I commended her artwork, paid for the ink and left. Still kick myself thinking about it, we are not the most intuitive creatures.
And you didn’t because then you’d just be another customer hitting on someone who’s just trying to do her job. Just like I’d just be another asshole hitting on a woman who’s just trying to enjoy airplanes.
Similar story for me
I was in a hostel in Berlin and I’d had a fun time with this girl and a few others in a bar the night before. She had a nice tattoo on her arm and I complimented on it, she then took off most of her clothes and showed me her other tattoos but I didn’t think they were as nice though I politely said they were nice. I then went out to get breakfast leaving this poor girl in her underwear
You didn’t miss out on anything.
If that’s how unclearly she expresses sexual attraction just imagine trying to get consent out of her.
Aw geez that smarts. Lesson learned, if you ask a woman about her ink and she offers to show you more…ask to see more. It’s been working pretty well for the gf and I, she’s got em all over.
Haha I had pretty big self esteem issues at the time.
Funnily enough my wife doesn’t have any tatts, maybe I should encourage her haha
“Show me all the places you don’t have tattoos”
This is a great line.
Getting hit on by business people is very normal, because people who flirt back routinely become repeat customers.
An unaccompanied woman in an aircraft museum?
You’re right. It’s clearly a trap.
That’s fine, that’s what we want you to do.
We use the purely platonic conversation to get a sense of what level of compatibility there might be. Something physical, something more, what are we feeling.
Sometimes the companionship of a conversation is enough and we’re both happy to say “this was a lovely chat, bye, have a nice day”
But occasionally… “thanks for chatting to me, hey I don’t suppose you’d want to come over one day and check out the recreation prop kittyhawk my brother and I are building? I’m stuck in the shop alone on Saturday if you’d like to keep me company and tell me more about old airplanes.”
Honestly, if I met someone there I’d want to make friends with her, so that she can tell all her friends what a great guy I am.
If she wants me she can always just tell me. And, at a minimum, girls are easier to look at and generally smell better than guys so I prefer women as friends to men.
time to learn about punctuation.
Just another strategy, she clearly wants to date a Nazi, grammar or otherwise.
At first, I was trying to figure out what “working time” meant here and thought it must be some other gen-z slang my old ass doesn’t understand.
i had to read it a couple times, felt like I was losing my grip on language
I had to read that 5 times to figure out there as a missing period between “working” and “time”.
Its still funny though. While we’re here in this comment, let me tell you some fascinating things about the B-29 you’re standing next to. Did you know that during the war…
I’m noticing a disturbing lack of punctuation recently.
Yeah it’s especially annoying when people write long winding complicated sentences and use no punctuation signs whatsoever it’s so infuriating!
I don’t… know which, is worse… too much punctuation, or, not enough punctuation…
Definitely none. While your comment is annoying, at least it’s legible without needing to be read 17 times.
Also, the run on sentences aren’t that bad it’s the multiple sentences with a missing period between the two that suck.
He just kept talking in one long incredibly unbroken sentence, moving from topic to topic, so that no one had the chance to interrupt him. But really quite hypnotic.
I’m noticing a disturbing lack of punctuation recently.
With inflation raising the costs of everything, should we really be surprised that people can’t afford to waste expensive punctuation on memes?
I read it 5 times, and couldn’t understand it until I saw your comment. So thank you!
It’s working time!
Thank you
Jesus christ, use a comma.
It’s working someone took the real bait!
Oh, now it makes sense. Was really trying to figure out what the word salad meant.
It would still be incorrect, but it would be easier to parse.
Pretty sure that counts as mansplaning
mansplaining
*cancels ikidd
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Look confused in WW2 section
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Get hit on by a bunch of Wehraboos
Damnit.
Either Wehraboos or Non-Credible Defense posters
Her odds are good, but the goods are odd.
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Until you’re approached by a guy who’s suspiciously obsessed with the Wehrmacht.
Hey it is just a hobby man, I don’t know why people care so much about me being a collector.
Ok so what’s the opposite gender equivalent of this. Asking for a friend.
“Dating apps don’t work. Time to go act confused in a yoga class.”
OOOOH now I get it lol. Guess I had to see it from a more personally relatable perspective.
Be a bear in the woods
Nah I am a human male which means a bear should be terrified of me
Take your kid to the playground.
It’s a perfect equivalent, because you’ll get the occasional sexist saying vile things and forcing you to leave, too! But mostly, women will fawn over you.
Even the dating market demands experience for an entry level position now.
When I was a teenager, I used to walk my grandma’s cute dog past the nearby all-girls school when the girls were coming out at the end of the schoolday.
Guy with cute dog + dozens of girls around = loads of attention ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Terrible advice for anyone who isn’t the same age as teenage girls.
Supply and demand. Even ugly guys get attention in an all-female area.
It’s funny, two things that made it infinitely easier to pick up women were my wedding ring and my kids. Of course it’s probably the complete lack of pressure, knowing I’m not actually picking up anyone. Always been a confidence issue.
Are you watching your kid play from the bushes or something? I’ve never had about encounter like that at the playground.
I don’t have any kids, but I’ve heard from friends. Man with kid = pedophile, somehow, in some people’s minds.
Never had a problem
Welp, I guess since it’s never happened to you, it never happens!
Just sharing my experience. May not be representative of every individual and locations
This only works once a year, but the ice cream aisle on Valentines Day.
Fabric store
in my personal experience, going to cooking/baking classes for the general public, as in not some school/academy. I like to cook and decided to find out if something like this existed where I lived. I found a couple and went to the two that had the more interesting information/description online from the person running the classes, and customer comments.
It ranged from 50/50 to 20/80, men to women, in almost every class. Also, an extended family member of mine has run art classes for a long time now and he says those are very popular with women.
spending time with someone in a social environment over a period of several days.
Oh that’s why I’m alone.
Doesn’t work
being a serial killer
Don’t think you’d get anyone responding under the age of 60, unless she’s looking for a dilf
i would say autistic ppl, but they probably would be more focused on the planes than the woman
Never underestimate the power of infodumping a special interest
There are what a thousand or so real WW2 planes left? There are 4 billion woman. Clearly the planes should be the priority given their scarcity.
My 3 yo son is interested in ww2 planes, this passion is inter-generational.
I’m guessing he’s been directly shown a lot of ww2 planes… never had a chance, oh well.
He prefers movies on planes, trains, tanks, excavators, etc. than e.g. nature or national geographic movies. I am not sure whether this is age-related, or I biased my child 🫣
“the WWII section” of what, IKEA?
If you haven’t checked out that section of IKEA, it’s pretty great. The aircrafts take ages to build though.
Maybe the French revolution stuff is easier. I hear guillotines might be making a comeback.
A do-it-yourself airplane kit would be pretty amazing, time be damned!
Dude’s never been to a museum
Looks like Wright-Patterson in Dayton. Amazing place.
was just down there recently for the first time in a few years.
Great place, highly recommend it. Lot’s of cool stuff in there.
The WWII section of The Airplane Store, of course!
Yes, the weii section of ikea rofl
Thanks for clarification! Didn’t know this even existed. I will check it out next time!
Edit: went to IKEA and I’m very disappointed. Didn’t find the section and when I asked, they thought it was a joke or something. I showed them your comment and they said lemmy is famous for spreading misinformation and you in particular. I will check everything twice in the future. Thanks for nothing
Yeah Ikea knows me, fears my bad advice, face it you got had
“I’ve tried to date this plane. Still don’t know how old it is”
“such smooth metalwork! Almost as smooth as my brain”
So do we like the mansplaining or information dumps? I’m on team information dump.
My current META for this is just saying “Do you know about <thing>?” wait for their response and if they know we’re done! If they say “No” I then ask “Do ya wanna hear about it? Approx listening time <x> minutes!” and respect their answer.
It’s about etiquette and giving them a choice. You have to be prepared for them to say “no” to hearing about that thing you’d like to info dump about. It’s not that dissimilar to getting consent if you think about it, it’s rude to just start shoving your information into their brainhole, so to speak lol
I kinda like the way you say stuff.
Thanks!
Just found it easier to not talk to anyone, IRL, who I can’t trust to not assume the worst things about me.
I’ve determined that it’s totally and completely excellent when they assume the worst. Bullet dodge me!
How do you figure? Pretty much all we do is gossip, backstab, and tattle on each other.
I mean it’s polite to ask what she knows about it first. I mean mansplaining is rude, but it’s also just kind of annoying to have to explain things to people who already know it. Much better to have a conversation and skip that part so you can just get to talking on a level playing field.
Well the issue with that is how I’ll encounter someone who tells me they already know all about it and then they go acting like they know absolutely nothing.
25% of Lemmy users are incapable of understanding this meme without the inclusion of a comma, and they seem to think this reflects more on the intelligence of the meme’s author, rather than their own inadequacies as a reader. They take this opportunity to effusively mansplain the importance of proper punctuation to her, and… Wait a minute… She’s a genius!
I hate that I saw the wooden thing behind her as an among us character
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sus
Broaden your selection by standing in the WWI section as well
is she looking for captain america?
