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ComradeSharkfucker lemmy.ml sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml
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absquatulate lemmy.world absquatulate@lemmy.world
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...Étoile de mer

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sad_detective_man sopuli.xyz sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz
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So much game, she not even playin'. You're not supposed to rizz that hard, to give everyone else a chance.

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wheezy lemmy.ml wheezy@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-07-02
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I don't know why. But this reminded me of the time I wore an orange shirt to home depot by mistake; spent 10 minutes helping a girl I thought was hitting on me. Realized about 5 minutes in she thought I worked there.

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FooBarrington lemmy.world FooBarrington@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
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...Étoile de mer

The toilet of the sea?!

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Janx piefed.social Janx@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-12-19
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I don't know why. But this reminded me of the time I wore an orange shirt to home depot by mistake; spent 10 minutes helping a girl I thought was hitting on me. Realized about 5 minutes in she thought I worked there.

2 things can be true at the same time!

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justme lemmy.dbzer0.com justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-04-17
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If that would work generally , I would be covered in chicks. It attracted the right ones though... happily married.

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Valmond lemmy.dbzer0.com Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-11-13
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I don't know why. But this reminded me of the time I wore an orange shirt to home depot by mistake; spent 10 minutes helping a girl I thought was hitting on me. Realized about 5 minutes in she thought I worked there.

Snorfl! Thanks for the laugh man 😁 ❤️!

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Kraven_the_Hunter lemmy.dbzer0.com Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-15
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The toilet of the sea?!

Dayum, how many languages do you speak?

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tetris11 feddit.uk tetris11@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-02-17
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I don't know why. But this reminded me of the time I wore an orange shirt to home depot by mistake; spent 10 minutes helping a girl I thought was hitting on me. Realized about 5 minutes in she thought I worked there.

Relevant Mitchell and Webb butler sketch:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1DW1giVv3x4

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hayvan piefed.world hayvan@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-12-06
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I'd fall.

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Guy Ingonito reddthat.com kandoh@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-08-17
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All the people in the comments saying 'this would work on me'

Brief eye contact and a light arm touch would work on you.

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Test_Tickles lemmy.world Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
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I don't know why. But this reminded me of the time I wore an orange shirt to home depot by mistake; spent 10 minutes helping a girl I thought was hitting on me. Realized about 5 minutes in she thought I worked there.

One of my first jobs out of highschool was a retail job that required a lot of customer interactions (specialty store). I worked there through most of college and now, literally decades later, I still find I have to restrain myself from helping other shoppers who have that "I need help" look.
The best for me was about 5 years after I had moved on from the job, I was in a similar specialty store buying something, and one of the customers that I used to help all the time at my old job saw me. She recognized me and her face lit up like she had been saved. She came over and asked me about something that, thankfully, I knew a fair bit about. And then I spent the next 15 minutes helping her out. When she had everything sorted out I walked to the register with her and we got in line to check out. After she checked out, I put my two small items I've been holding on the counter and the employee rang up my purchase. The person I had been helping watched me get out my wallet and start paying for the items, got a very perplexed look on her face, and asked me "wait, don't you work here?" I shook my head and the look of absolute mortification that crossed her face made me both want to laugh my ass off and give her a hug and console her at the same time. She was like, "I thought you were just waiting to help me put this in the car!". I told her I was going to help her put it in the car, I just need to buy my stuff first. She was so embarrassed, I wasn't even wearing anything like the store employees, she was like "I thought you were a manager now!". I told her nope, I don't even work retail anymore. When she asked why he didn't say something to her to let her know, I told her that I knew what she was asking about, and that she was one of the really nice customers that I enjoyed helping at the old job, so I helped because I wanted to.

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djsoren19 lemmy.blahaj.zone djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-01-13
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All the people in the comments saying 'this would work on me' Brief eye contact and a light arm touch would work on you.

and what's wrong with that!

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WorldsDumbestMan lemmy.today WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
Joined: 2024-12-05
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This is how you can 100% guarantee that I like you.

As a friend.

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ChickenLadyLovesLife lemmy.world ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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All the people in the comments saying 'this would work on me' Brief eye contact and a light arm touch would work on you.

My girlfriend once asked me how I knew she liked me when we first met. I told her it was because she would lightly touch my arm when we were talking. She said she didn't remember doing that, and also that she didn't actually like me when we first met.

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qarbone lemmy.world qarbone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
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My girlfriend once asked me how I knew she liked me when we first met. I told her it was because she would lightly touch my arm when we were talking. She said she didn't remember doing that, and also that she didn't actually like me when we first met.

That's hilarious, you activated a faux meet-cute and turned it real.

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Akuchimoya startrek.website Akuchimoya@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-08-22
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One of my first jobs out of highschool was a retail job that required a lot of customer interactions (specialty store). I worked there through most of college and now, literally decades later, I still find I have to restrain myself from helping other shoppers who have that "I need help" look. The best for me was about 5 years after I had moved on from the job, I was in a similar specialty store...

It's happened to me several times that other shoppers have come up to me in a store to ask where such-and-such is, which I didn't know the answers to 🤷‍♀️. I have never even worked retail before. (Food service, yes, retail, no.) I think maybe just walking with purpose gives off a vibe? I walk with purpose because I want to just buy what I need and get out 😂

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Siegfried lemmy.world Siegfried@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

You are not alone, sharkfucker..

Edit: i mean, the strategy, not the shark fucking

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Jakylla jlai.lu Jakylla@jlai.lu
Joined: 2023-06-30
#20 · Quote Reply

...Étoile de mer

...Étoile du fromage

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DragonTypeWyvern midwest.social DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
Joined: 2024-05-23
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You are not alone, sharkfucker.. Edit: i mean, the strategy, not the shark fucking

Sure dude

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DragonTypeWyvern midwest.social DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
Joined: 2024-05-23
#22 · (edited) Quote Reply

That's hilarious, you activated a faux meet-cute and turned it real.

https://news.ku.edu/news/article/2014/06/03/flirting-hard-detect-study-finds

TL;Dr not only is everyone's definition of flirting different, coin flips are better than humans at detecting when someone is flirting

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Francislewwis lemmy.world Francislewwis@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-28
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I like how it starts as a random trivia fact and somehow turns into a completely different train of thought. That’s a very real kind of mental jump.

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chatokun lemmy.dbzer0.com chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-16
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All the people in the comments saying 'this would work on me' Brief eye contact and a light arm touch would work on you.

Don't forget occasionally telling me I'm not a giant piece of shit:
https://youtube.com/shorts/cZRCELXf8QU

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qarbone lemmy.world qarbone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
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https://news.ku.edu/news/article/2014/06/03/flirting-hard-detect-study-finds TL;Dr not only is everyone's definition of flirting different, coin flips are better than humans at detecting when someone is flirting

All I'm getting is I should start flipping a coin when I'm suspicious someone is flirting with me. Bonus points is it'll make me look mysterious.

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Zetta mander.xyz Zetta@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Chainsaw man is pretty good

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me_myself_and_I lemmy.world me_myself_and_I@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-11
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Sounds...fishy!

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