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All of them are the product of mental illness or severe immaturity. Or both. To believe that a greentext is not the expression of, or desire to proliferate, negative character qualities is naive. Which is to say, this isn’t unusually manipulative. Also asking people out is ok

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chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
It’s ok but it’s like this idea that they should be ashamed for not thinking to do it, like it’s their obligation as a man or something

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- Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Most every person has that moment where they realize that someone was flirting with them, but they were unaware. It’s your obligation as a sexual being to recognize it, not to accept their advances. The implication that they didn’t understand the woman’s meaning is the joke. They’re free to reject it, but they didn’t. They just didn’t notice. So we poke fun.
  
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  - Prathas@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    It’s your obligation as a ~~sexual~~ human being to ~~recognize it~~ clarify intent and not just drop hints and hope the other person catches on
    
    FTFY
    
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  - umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    til i’m not fulfilling my obligations as a sexual being…?
    
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  - chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    They’re free to reject it
    
    When I was young, insecure about my sexual inexperience, convinced I was worth less than others, and on 4chan all the time, there were some levels on which I really did not understand that, which led to some uncomfortable situations, and could easily have led to worse ones. Flirting isn’t really something you analyze and make decisions about anyway, if someone isn’t responding to it, maybe that says something about how they are feeling and should be respected regardless of if they understand on a conscious level what is going on.
    
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  - SpaceShort@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    What do you do when you notice some hints but aren’t interested in them romantically, but instead genuinely want to be friends with them?
    
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    Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Reject their advances but state that you’d like to remain friends. I cannot offer specifics beyond that, as people are complex and relationships are hard. Results oriented phrasing. State it in the way that you believe they’d like to hear it, and will allow you to remain their friend.
    
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