• FoundTheVegan@kbin.social
      11·
      2 years ago

      never felt like I needed to post my life for the whole world to see

      As he posts a story from his life 🙄

      Dude is so oblivious and arrogant. He barely knows her and is already judging, thankfully smart girl saw the signs and dodged a bullet. It’s rare for greentext to have a happy ending.

      • InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        2 years ago

        damn bro, no need to get up in arms about it. Everybody judges everybody all the time, just a reality of life. She’s judging him, he’s judging her, I’m judging you right now, you’re going to be judging me when you read this, and on it goes.

    • nycki@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      This, for real. I’m autistic but I’ve learned to mask it by showing normies what they expect to see and it makes things so much easier. Remember, reception matters more than intention.

        • MareOfNights@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          2 years ago

          You might be right, but I’d still rather kill myself than play these weird games for a relationship. So far I’ve been doing ok without WhatsApp in the EU. If they can only talk to me via WA I’m just not talking to them. But then again, my circles are pretty “techy” so most people are OK with it.

      • InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 years ago

        I AM A NORMAL PERSON AND CAN BE TRUSTED WITH GUNS! I AM A NORMAL PERSON AND CAN BE TRUSTED WITH GUNS! I AM A NORMAL PERSON AND CAN BE TRUSTED WITH GUNS!

        lol

    • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 years ago

      I only know two women who use non-standard social apps, and both of them work in NGOs with good reason to not trust corps/government.

    • AlfredEinstein@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      Her: “What’s Lemmy?”

      Me: “It’s like if 500 nerds emulated the Reddit experience of 2011.”

      Her: (visibly drying)

  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
    32·
    2 years ago

    NGL if you have a flip phone now, you’re either a contract killer, a drug dealer and or a stage 5 weirdo.

  • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
    1·
    2 years ago

    I know this is likely fake, but I have gotten that reaction from people. Folks really find it strange when you don’t have social media. The times it really sucks is when they think you’re lying and just don’t want to add them.

    • ChexMax@lemmy.world
      0·
      2 years ago

      It’s about safety for me. Going on a date with someone is such a gamble. If they have zero social media presence, that’s outside of what’s normal. Anything outside of normal social expectations is a safety red flag to me, because you immediately become less predictable to me. I don’t want to be alone with someone I don’t really know who is unpredictable. I’m just trying not to get murdered.

  • Stern@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    Folks wanna know what they’re getting into. Your social media feeds are an easy indicator. Your twitter all retweets of Andrew Tate? Facebook filled with pics of you dressed up like a leather dog? Truth social? Concerning for many women.

    • t3rminus@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Or get Signal/Telegram.

      Anything that’s not owned and being excessively monitored tracked and targeted by Meta. Yes it’s end-to-end encrypted, but there’s no rules about what happens once things are decrypted at each end.

    • activ8r@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 years ago

      This has happened to me. Though with the opposite vibe. I was the one who was disturbed by the insistence on using social media instead of just giving me his number. So I left.

  • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    While like others have said this is probably fake.

    That said, there is a middle ground. Any one refusing to use ANY social media probably has issues…

    Those acting like this is normal, would give someone who refuses to have a cell phone weird looks or what about any phone at all?

    For people refusing to use LinkedIn (or similar), that’s the same as refusing to have a resume pre Internet

    Don’t expect society to bend to you, you’re NOT special.