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13 Mar 2019, 9:36 pm

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The older I get and the more I see of the world, the more I think I would be concerned to know about someone's online activity when getting to know them. If someone is raging at strangers or sadistically trolling teenagers or doing other weird stuff online I would want to know about that, because I think it says a lot about what kind of person you are if that is one of the ways you spend your time, anonymously venting sadism and abuse on people on the internet. So I would consider that kind of online behaviour as creepy because it makes a statement about what kind of person you are. It's a red flag.


For me, someone wanting to spy on all my online activity is creepy.


I wouldn't spy on anyone to find out, I would just ask them. It's true they could always lie about it, but I would still ask to see what they are willing to say about their online activity. I'm perfectly happy to talk to people about what I do online and how I talk to people because I have nothing to hide, and I would hope anyone I was dating would feel the same. If they don't want to talk about it at all, that would also be a red flag. But I'm not going to breach anyone's privacy, just ask questions like I would ask about how they are with their family but I wouldn't spy on them either. There is this thing called open communication, I would rather encourage that by talking with someone and asking questions.



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13 Mar 2019, 9:38 pm

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The older I get and the more I see of the world, the more I think I would be concerned to know about someone's online activity when getting to know them. If someone is raging at strangers or sadistically trolling teenagers or doing other weird stuff online I would want to know about that, because I think it says a lot about what kind of person you are if that is one of the ways you spend your time, anonymously venting sadism and abuse on people on the internet. So I would consider that kind of online behaviour as creepy because it makes a statement about what kind of person you are. It's a red flag.


I absolutely agree with you. It's simply the modern version of someone asking other people who may already know the person to tell you a bit more about them. Sussing them out.

In addition to weeding out creepy people (male or female), looking a person's online presence, if possible, can also determine whether the person is a zealot (e.g. political-liberal or conservative) in which case, unless you're a similar zealot, you can than run for the hills.


Exactly. And it's not necessary to spy on someone to find these things out, you can just openly ask about it. Not sure why people immediately went to spying, unless they are paranoid about something. I would just bring it up in conversation when in the "getting to know you" phase with someone, ask questions about like I would ask about other things in their background to get a better idea of who they are.



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13 Mar 2019, 10:32 pm

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Yes, men should simply talking to women.

Actually... it is already happening, it is epidemic.

And that’s better, really, for both genders: Women don’t need to be approached because they have Tinder now and can literally pick a HOT guy anytime to date on the next weekend; and the average guys can now stop wasting their times with pointless approaching and stop being accused of creepiness.
Two problems solved.


fixed: should simply STOP talking to women.



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13 Mar 2019, 10:38 pm

^ Never. I like talking to women. I like talking to them more than I like talking to men. Part of that has to do with the fact that I was raised nearly entirely by my Mom and I never had any brothers. I feel more comfortable around women than I do men in a lot of ways.



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13 Mar 2019, 10:42 pm

There’s nothing wrong with talking to women.

I do it all the time—it doesn’t mean I want to get into their pants.

Women might ask me directions. Or they might just want to talk. I’ve had that happen, and I knew I shouldn’t ask them out on a date or something.

Not talking to women at all reminds me of traditional Islam or some such religion.



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13 Mar 2019, 11:02 pm

Benjamin the Donkey wrote:
karathraceandherspecialdestiny wrote:
The older I get and the more I see of the world, the more I think I would be concerned to know about someone's online activity when getting to know them. If someone is raging at strangers or sadistically trolling teenagers or doing other weird stuff online I would want to know about that, because I think it says a lot about what kind of person you are if that is one of the ways you spend your time, anonymously venting sadism and abuse on people on the internet. So I would consider that kind of online behaviour as creepy because it makes a statement about what kind of person you are. It's a red flag.


For me, someone wanting to spy on all my online activity is creepy.

I wouldn't find it creepy though I would find it a bit overbearing if they feel the need to monitor me. I do enjoy a bit of privacy and in turn I respect their privacy as it shows trust and any good relationship is built on trust. However, if one demonstrates they are untrustworthy, it is not an unreasonable request.


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13 Mar 2019, 11:21 pm

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Benjamin the Donkey wrote:
karathraceandherspecialdestiny wrote:
The older I get and the more I see of the world, the more I think I would be concerned to know about someone's online activity when getting to know them. If someone is raging at strangers or sadistically trolling teenagers or doing other weird stuff online I would want to know about that, because I think it says a lot about what kind of person you are if that is one of the ways you spend your time, anonymously venting sadism and abuse on people on the internet. So I would consider that kind of online behaviour as creepy because it makes a statement about what kind of person you are. It's a red flag.


For me, someone wanting to spy on all my online activity is creepy.

I wouldn't find it creepy though I would find it a bit overbearing if they feel the need to monitor me. I do enjoy a bit of privacy and in turn I respect their privacy as it shows trust and any good relationship is built on trust. However, if one demonstrates they are untrustworthy, it is not an unreasonable request.


Like I said above, I wouldn't spy on anyone. I would just ask what sort of things they like to do when online and see what they tell me. There's no need to snoop to just talk about these things. I don't know why you guys assumed I would spy on someone's computer activity when I could just ask them about it directly, I never said anything about spying or snooping in my original comment. I'm curious why that was the assumption, though.



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14 Mar 2019, 12:01 am

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There’s nothing wrong with talking to women.

I do it all the time—it doesn’t mean I want to get into their pants.

Women might ask me directions. Or they might just want to talk. I’ve had that happen, and I knew I shouldn’t ask them out on a date or something.

Not talking to women at all reminds me of traditional Islam or some such religion.
Women who knew me alittle bit like at work saw me as kind of a gay friend & liked talking to me. What creeped them out was me eventually asking them out. I never figured out how a straight guy who gives off a gay vibe can ask women out offline without coming off as creepy.


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14 Mar 2019, 8:59 am

Example of creepy on the dating sites , someone slu*ty who obviously has no understanding of STDs (Yes, creepy women exist) :

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14 Mar 2019, 9:15 am

People, usually, aren't as stupid as they appear to be on these sex sites......



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15 Mar 2019, 9:47 am

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In the rural South, flyover country, and the Utah-Idaho area, mentioning any body part meant to be concealed by an undergarment is creepy.

I think it's safe to say that it's creepy anywhere to just walk up to someone and talk about those body parts.

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I think creepy is when guys talk to you like you are interested in them but you’re not and they don’t pick up on it.

Yes, it's very creepy when guys refuse to realize that they are as welcome as a pain. I'd much rather never be approached at all than be subjected to that kind of experience.

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Telling women twenty/thirty years younger than you that you give them an erection

Not taking no for an answer and whining like a small child when a woman (thirty years younger than you...that you JUST met) refuses to have sex with you.

Or be in your 40's or 50's and tell a 14 year old girl you don't know at all that you love her and wanna marry her.


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15 Mar 2019, 10:38 am

Skilpadde wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
In the rural South, flyover country, and the Utah-Idaho area, mentioning any body part meant to be concealed by an undergarment is creepy.

I think it's safe to say that it's creepy anywhere to just walk up to someone and talk about those body parts.

xxZeromancerlovexx wrote:
I think creepy is when guys talk to you like you are interested in them but you’re not and they don’t pick up on it.

Yes, it's very creepy when guys refuse to realize that they are as welcome as a pain. I'd much rather never be approached at all than be subjected to that kind of experience.

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Telling women twenty/thirty years younger than you that you give them an erection

Not taking no for an answer and whining like a small child when a woman (thirty years younger than you...that you JUST met) refuses to have sex with you.

Or be in your 40's or 50's and tell a 14 year old girl you don't know at all that you love her and wanna marry her.




But are guys still really approaching women in the old fashion way? I am hearing an increasing complaining voices from women that they’re never being approached. Hell, I am not even seeing this happening in bars anymore as well.

As if there’s a global movement among men worldwide not to approach women anymore, at least in the meatspace.

And that’s a good thing.



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15 Mar 2019, 11:41 am

Some creepy things that I've seen some autistics(not many) admit to include :arrow:

~Constantly staring at the person but not talking to them out of fear or rejection & shyness. If you get caught by the person it weirds them out & makes em think your interested in them cuz of their bodies or that they may have a bugger or something hanging on their face or whatever.

~Calling the person only to hang up rite after the person gets on the line or you get their voicemail. The person has no clue why your calling & if it keeps up the person may consider it harassment or some kind of ominous threat like maybe your a stalker. The person can also find out it's you by getting your number off their caller ID & looking it up on websites.

~Calling the person when they or their friends never gave you their number. There are ways to find people's phone numbers on the web or by phone-books. It's very common to look people up on social media but those are public things. Calling someone is more intimate & the person would give you their number if they want you to call. They may also think your some kind of stalker like I mentioned in the last reason.


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15 Mar 2019, 5:02 pm

Skilpadde wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
In the rural South, flyover country, and the Utah-Idaho area, mentioning any body part meant to be concealed by an undergarment is creepy.

I think it's safe to say that it's creepy anywhere to just walk up to someone and talk about those body parts.

xxZeromancerlovexx wrote:
I think creepy is when guys talk to you like you are interested in them but you’re not and they don’t pick up on it.

Yes, it's very creepy when guys refuse to realize that they are as welcome as a pain. I'd much rather never be approached at all than be subjected to that kind of experience.

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Telling women twenty/thirty years younger than you that you give them an erection

Not taking no for an answer and whining like a small child when a woman (thirty years younger than you...that you JUST met) refuses to have sex with you.

Or be in your 40's or 50's and tell a 14 year old girl you don't know at all that you love her and wanna marry her.


My comment was a facetious jab at religious fundamentalism. I don’t know of anybody actually spontaneously naming reproductive organs to people.


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16 Mar 2019, 7:16 pm

Only guys get called "creepy".

The guys who get called creepy are guys who are unattractive, friendless, virign, losers.



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19 Mar 2019, 5:34 am

I haven't done online dating for years. I get half way through creating my profile, get bored and go to bed, never to reopen the site for ages. I guess "creeps" can easily disguise themselves on said platforms, but you have to give them the time of day and spend time interacting with them before you find out what they're really like. Time that could have been productively spent chatting to someone who isn't like them.

Most of my approachers in public have been during my work lunch break, and the people in question were either baked, methed up, drunk, or all of the above. So I guess that's an example of creepy right there.