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šŸ¹Early to RISA šŸ§‰ sh.itjust.works Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works
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Skullgrid lemmy.world Skullgrid@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#2 · Quote Reply

I mean yes, creepy boy... but not for the reasons she thought

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[object Object] lemmy.ca panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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I can’t tell if this is real, but I can’t fathom how you could make it up

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BodilessGaze sh.itjust.works BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-16
#4 · Quote Reply

I can’t tell if this is real, but I can’t fathom how you could make it up

"it must be true because, if it were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent itā€ - fancy math man

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TheYojimbo lemmy.world TheYojimbo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
#5 · Quote Reply

I mean yes, creepy boy... but not for the reasons she thought

Or she saw him peeking at her panties everyday

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DrunkenDuckling lemmus.org DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org
Joined: 2026-08-12
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I can’t tell if this is real, but I can’t fathom how you could make it up

"Creepy landscape boy" feels made up. Children are way more imaginative, especially when it comes to derogatory nicknames.

No "Horny Hill Henry", "Masturbatin' mountain mike", "Lickin' Lakes Liam", ....?

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Waterpumpee lemmus.org Waterpumpee@lemmus.org
Joined: 2026-06-05
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I can’t tell if this is real, but I can’t fathom how you could make it up

One thing i can vouch for. During HS in early 2000's, girls would wear thongs and low waist jeans exposing their junk when leaning forward. Sounds good on paper but when youre not rly interested in them and forced to see it its meh.

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mycodesucks lemmy.world mycodesucks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-08
#8 · Quote Reply

When I was in school I had a crush on a girl

...and we see where it all went wrong.

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cosmos8188 leminal.space cosmos8188@leminal.space
Joined: 2025-12-30
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"Creepy landscape boy" feels made up. Children are way more imaginative, especially when it comes to derogatory nicknames. No "Horny Hill Henry", "Masturbatin' mountain mike", "Lickin' Lakes Liam", ....?

Yeah, and teenagers have even more derogatory imagination than children. Really depends on the grade.

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LouNeko lemmy.world LouNeko@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-14
#10 · Quote Reply

OP was not allowed to teach at the school again.

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Pringles sopuli.xyz Pringles@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-07
#11 · Quote Reply

I respect that. He had a theory and tested it out. It was wildly wrong (and yes, I know it’s most likely fake), but at least he went and tried.

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Hardeehar lemmy.world Hardeehar@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-11
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

One thing i can vouch for. During HS in early 2000's, girls would wear thongs and low waist jeans exposing their junk when leaning forward. Sounds good on paper but when youre not rly interested in them and forced to see it its meh.

There were two young English teachers who came in my senior year who wore whale tails almost every day of the week. They were the source of many controversial arguments. Regardless, I overheard that they matched on a bonus at the end of the year because their courses had the best attendance record.

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protist Member Joined: 2026-03-10
#13 · Quote Reply

When I was in school I had a crush on a girl ...and we see where it all went wrong.

Shouldn't've gone to school

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billwashere lemmy.world billwashere@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#14 · Quote Reply

Moral of the story: be yourself not something you think somebody wants.

I learned that lesson a long time ago.

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cRazi_man europe.pub cRazi_man@europe.pub
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Moral of the story: be yourself not something you think somebody wants. I learned that lesson a long time ago.

Next green text story incoming:

Me: tried being myself

Her: ew

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Comrade_Spood quokk.au Comrade_Spood@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-09-20
#16 · Quote Reply

Of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most

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BorgDrone feddit.nl BorgDrone@feddit.nl
Joined: 2025-06-10
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Moral of the story: be yourself not something you think somebody wants. I learned that lesson a long time ago.

be yourself

But I’m not like that.

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jade52 lemmy.ca jade52@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-14
#18 · Quote Reply

Moral of the story: be yourself not something you think somebody wants. I learned that lesson a long time ago.

I didn't learn this until my late 20s and that was really too late. It's weird once you realize you haven't been yourself for years, and when you start to try to be, it's like meeting a long lost friend again.

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Ariselas piefed.ca Ariselas@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-03-14
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"Creepy landscape boy" feels made up. Children are way more imaginative, especially when it comes to derogatory nicknames. No "Horny Hill Henry", "Masturbatin' mountain mike", "Lickin' Lakes Liam", ....?

Maybe he'll pursue a career in manscaping

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lessthanluigi lemmy.sdf.org lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2024-11-08
#20 · Quote Reply

Of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most

idk what your talking about, this hella happened!

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Nangijala feddit.dk Nangijala@feddit.dk
Joined: 2025-02-28
#21 · Quote Reply

I didn't learn this until my late 20s and that was really too late. It's weird once you realize you haven't been yourself for years, and when you start to try to be, it's like meeting a long lost friend again.

Thats basically what the 20s are for everybody. You try to be anything but yourself and then you grow out of it and spend your 30s cringing at 20s-you.

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P1k1e lemmy.world P1k1e@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-29
#22 · Quote Reply

idk what your talking about, this hella happened!

And it DEFINITELY happened in 2001

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P1k1e lemmy.world P1k1e@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-29
#23 · Quote Reply

Next green text story incoming: Me: tried being myself Her: ew

Meh, happens sometimes

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billwashere lemmy.world billwashere@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#24 · Quote Reply

be yourself But I’m not like that.

Yeah me neither.

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billwashere lemmy.world billwashere@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#25 · Quote Reply

Next green text story incoming: Me: tried being myself Her: ew

Well yeah of course. Lots of people may not like the real you. You just need to find one. Well unless she’s a cheating bitch and then you need two. Er… I mean … never mind. šŸ˜‚

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TheBrideWoreCrimson sopuli.xyz TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-06-06
#26 · Quote Reply

There were two young English teachers who came in my senior year who wore whale tails almost every day of the week. They were the source of many controversial arguments. Regardless, I overheard that they matched on a bonus at the end of the year because their courses had the best attendance record.

Whale tails? Nice. We called underpants sticking out from pants "filter bags."

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nullspace lemmy.world nullspace@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-05
#27 · Quote Reply

Anon wasn't a creep because of the landscape shirt. Anon was a creep who wore a landscape shirt.

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CultLeader4Hire lemmy.world CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-28
#28 · Quote Reply

Extrapolating hobbies and sexual turn ons from spying on someone’s underwear is indeed pretty creepy

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degen midwest.social degen@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-06-15
#29 · Quote Reply

Whale tails? Nice. We called underpants sticking out from pants "filter bags."

Whale tale is specific to thongs, so not much bag to filter. More like a shit splitter

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Leviathan fedinsfw.app Leviathan@fedinsfw.app
Joined: 2026-06-06
#30 · Quote Reply

"Creepy landscape boy" feels made up. Children are way more imaginative, especially when it comes to derogatory nicknames. No "Horny Hill Henry", "Masturbatin' mountain mike", "Lickin' Lakes Liam", ....?

Sounds like a thing girls would come up with, tbh.

My highschool girlfriend used to call a guy "the creeper".

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UnequalExchange lemmy.world UnequalExchange@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-31
#31 · Quote Reply

Well yeah of course. Lots of people may not like the real you. You just need to find one. Well unless she’s a cheating bitch and then you need two. Er… I mean … never mind. šŸ˜‚

but the sad truth is that there is the likely possibility that NOBODY will ever like you despite how loyal or peaceful or kind or handsome you are.

THATS what makes dating one of the shittiest games to play.

You can do everything right and every single person you want to date can still want to hang you despite you not saying or doign a mean thing to them.

You can do everything wrong like pinochet, reza shah, mobuto, joe biden, kamala harris, suharto , pol pot, benjamin mileikowsky, adolph shitler, queen victoria, idi amin, etc... and people will build statues in your honiur AND wanna have your babies.....wait... ALL the people I just mentioned all had spouses AND children! loool.

The same can be said for making friends too I have also found. People have told me they either wont date me or either wont befriend me....because the biggest sin Ive committed , in their words, was I am Black...

Enjoy those shitty, lonely games , comrades lol šŸ˜‰šŸ«”šŸ’”šŸ˜šŸ¤­

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Kobibi sh.itjust.works Kobibi@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-07
#32 · Quote Reply

I respect that. He had a theory and tested it out. It was wildly wrong (and yes, I know it’s most likely fake), but at least he went and tried.

He had a theory based on spying on someone's underwear and turning them on with a shirt, so i actually don't respect that

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UnequalExchange lemmy.world UnequalExchange@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-31
#33 · Quote Reply

I respect that. He had a theory and tested it out. It was wildly wrong (and yes, I know it’s most likely fake), but at least he went and tried.

but sypying on someone's panty color and then using that porposition to guage when to ask them out is just weird. I think we can all agree on that , no?

I would recommend Please dont do that.

If you wanna ask someone out ? Just ask them out and pre-emptively accept the eternal heartbreak when they deny and then move on in life when you can.

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UnequalExchange lemmy.world UnequalExchange@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-31
#34 · (edited) Quote Reply

Shouldn't've gone to school

Aye , learn from my mistakes, when youre being homeschooled dont date any of the ladies there.... /s

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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-27
#35 · Quote Reply

One thing i can vouch for. During HS in early 2000's, girls would wear thongs and low waist jeans exposing their junk when leaning forward. Sounds good on paper but when youre not rly interested in them and forced to see it its meh.

How are you forced to see it? Just don't look at it?

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UnequalExchange lemmy.world UnequalExchange@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-31
#36 · Quote Reply

I mean yes, creepy boy... but not for the reasons she thought

Im pretty sure either she saw him doing the creeeping orr he told her his creepy hypothesis. And THATS where she gets the term from...

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lessthanluigi lemmy.sdf.org lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2024-11-08
#37 · Quote Reply

His mistake was not having a map for a shirt. Maybe his shirt would work if it was photography class

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billwashere lemmy.world billwashere@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#38 · Quote Reply

but the sad truth is that there is the likely possibility that NOBODY will ever like you despite how loyal or peaceful or kind or handsome you are. THATS what makes dating one of the shittiest games to play. You can do everything right and every single person you want to date can still want to hang you despite you not saying or doign a mean thing to them. You can do everything wrong like pinoch...

I totally believe there is someone for everyone. But given the amount of people around you and the number of combinations there is a very distinct possibility you may never meet them. It's basically a math problem. Well computer science (and possibly economics… can't remember), lookup the stable matching problem if you really wanna nerd out.

I'm sorry you have run into that. I can't help that some people are just racist assholes but I understand how that could make it difficult. My entire life has pretty much been in academia so I don't really see that side of people very often. I guess the more educated someone is the less racist they tend to be.

I consider myself very lucky in that I have quite a few friends. Some for as long as 35+ years. But the one trick that I have found to making friends is pretty simple… well its at least worked for me… just be interested in whatever they are interested in. I mean don't be someone you're not, but just finding their passions worthy of discussion almost always gets my foot in the door. Eventually, unless there are just a narcisstic asshole, it will be recriprocatedI. If they are that selfish and just use you, you really don't want them for a friend anyways.

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lessthanluigi lemmy.sdf.org lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2024-11-08
#39 · Quote Reply

Extrapolating hobbies and sexual turn ons from spying on someone’s underwear is indeed pretty creepy

And stupid as fuck, lmao!

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idiomaddict lemmy.world idiomaddict@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-16
#40 · Quote Reply

Sounds like a thing girls would come up with, tbh. My highschool girlfriend used to call a guy "the creeper".

I dated a guy in college whom I (affectionately) referred to as ā€œthe caveman,ā€ because he had a really prominent brow. My (unaffectionate) nickname in high school was ā€œsleepy,ā€ because I fell asleep in class once, and that was made up by boys.

I think most nicknames are a little unimaginative.

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Gonzako lemmy.world Gonzako@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
#41 · Quote Reply

Extrapolating hobbies and sexual turn ons from spying on someone’s underwear is indeed pretty creepy

Yeah but isn't like this exact thing what big tech is doing?

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qarbone lemmy.world qarbone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
#42 · (edited) Quote Reply

Extrapolating hobbies and sexual turn ons from spying on someone’s underwear is indeed pretty creepy

I don't understand how you propose fixes for cases like this. Like the thought-process is so alien, I don't even know where to start fixing these people, except to head back to toddler instructions on personal space and communication.

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qarbone lemmy.world qarbone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
#43 · Quote Reply

And it DEFINITELY happened in 2001

But actually she definitely didn't laugh in my face, and make me cry, and get all her friends to make photoshops of my crying face on various pieces of landscape photos, for nearly a decade.

She said she would love to date me, right after her family finished moving to Canada.

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Hardeehar lemmy.world Hardeehar@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-11
#44 · Quote Reply

How are you forced to see it? Just don't look at it?

If it's a teenager ... don't look at it was just about as effective as the D.A.R.E. just say no line.

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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-27
#45 · Quote Reply

If it's a teenager ... don't look at it was just about as effective as the D.A.R.E. just say no line.

Good point

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bstix feddit.dk bstix@feddit.dk
Joined: 2023-06-09
#46 · Quote Reply

Landscaping when he should be Manscaping.

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Whats_your_reasoning lemmy.world Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-22
#47 · Quote Reply

I don't understand how you propose fixes for cases like this. Like the thought-process is so alien, I don't even know where to start fixing these people, except to head back to toddler instructions on personal space and communication.

Middle and high school are full of stupid misconceptions about girls. In my middle school, people believed that if you wore black panties, it meant you're DTF. The boys also thought that if a girl's nipples were hard, it meant she was turned on. No amount of saying, "Bruh, it's just winter," or asking why boys' nipples don't get hard when they're horny, would change their minds.

It all really boils down to - some boys will grasp at anything to confirm their belief that a girl is interested in sex.

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bilouba jlai.lu bilouba@jlai.lu
Joined: 2023-08-20
#48 · Quote Reply

but the sad truth is that there is the likely possibility that NOBODY will ever like you despite how loyal or peaceful or kind or handsome you are. THATS what makes dating one of the shittiest games to play. You can do everything right and every single person you want to date can still want to hang you despite you not saying or doign a mean thing to them. You can do everything wrong like pinoch...

Maybe try to avoid this defeatist way of thinking? It hard, sure, not trying to downplay the harsh reality of dating, but giving up will not help you find a partner.

It's like giving up on life because you can accidentally die tomorrow.

At least, meet new people, not trying to date anyone and maybe make friends. Maybe and maybe with some time, one of this new friend will become a lover?
Worst case scenario you got more friends. Maybe they have friends themselves and you can meet new people?

Forget about loyalty, peacefulness, kindness or handsomeness like they are traits in a video game. A mid girl can become you crush by the way they talk to you about their experience of something you share.
Try to be the best human being you can become. It's a lifelong journey. Meet people to expand your perspective. Try sometime to get out of your comfort zone.
But also be kind to yourself, allow time to heal from pain and hardship. Allow yourself to cry, it "reset" your nervous system and process an emotional event.

As for your awful experience of racism, I'm sorry you had to go though that. But don't forget that you dodge a massive bullet. How would you have like living with someone who devalue you for your skin color?

Sorry if I sound preachy, I hope you get my message and good intentions. A friend of mine followed for most of his life this "love is not for me" mentality and now regret this choice and is trying his best to live his life fully.

In the end, it's your choice, feel free to ignore everything I just said off course.
Whatever your choices, good luck, I wish you the best 🫶

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Zephyr sh.itjust.works Zephyr@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-06-11
#49 · Quote Reply

OP learned that day the difference between correlation and causation.

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Polisheocket lemmy.zip Polisheocket@lemmy.zip
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#50 · Quote Reply

Op on the tism

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UnequalExchange lemmy.world UnequalExchange@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-31
#51 · Quote Reply

OP learned that day the difference between correlation and causation.

OP learned that day that you dedinitely should not be spying on a person's panties lol ewww wtf?!

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