Comment on Anon tries to impress a woman at the gym
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 days ago
well I mean if she left even without notifying staff or anyone that is a pretty clear red flag but then again so is spurting fake blood to get attention is too. so maybe they would have made a nice match.
that is a pretty clear red flag
This isn’t a red flag, this is a predictable psychological response:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological theory that states that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim in the presence of other people.
Alternatively: op was not a suave and clever as he thought, has very obviously been macking on this woman, looked at her, took a sip from his gym sippy cup, spat red shit on the floor at her feet and then stared at her.
I’d fucken run too
I mean I do understand the sense of weaker responsibility when there are other people around especially those who are immediately responsive and seem like they know what they are doing. But being the first one to witness a distressing event and vacating the premises immediately without informing even the staff is an outlier example, even for this theory imo. Just to note though we are probably discussing this over some made up story.
Just to note though we are probably discussing this over some made up story.
Assuming ‘fake and gay’ is the default in the land of greentext.
They both dodged bullets.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I imagine anon just staring down this woman as they puke up blood.
_lilith@lemmy.world 4 days ago
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iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s funny this was around the same time as movies like Evil Dead which set the record (till 2020s atkeast) for the amount of fake blood used. I guess it was a thing that excited people quite a lot at the time lol