In the X post, which boasts 1.6 million views, she recalled how a male stranger sitting behind her handed her a “piece of paper and said, “Take this and read it later. It’s not creepy."
Yeah, can't see anything creepy about that lol
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lol the title of the article is “Passenger horrified”
Then the article:
“It was a handwritten note complimenting my hair at length … and [a] $100 bill,” exclaimed the flabbergasted gal.
However, the passenger explained in a follow-up post how she didn’t find it creepy because her mile-high admirer “didn’t leave a number and there was clearly no expectation or hope that we would interact again.”
Apparently it’s fine to do weird shit as long as there’s money involved
Honestly, the money makes it weirder imho. I think it's valid not to want someone to take a compliment the wrong way so you say it as you're leaving or in a context where it's clear you don't want anything from them, but being so extra about it is weird imho. Like, sure he didn't leave a number, but if he just casually complimented her that probably would have been fine and not weird at all. I imagine the note was an excuse to add the money, and he said open later to avoid her feeling weird about the money. It's his money he can ostensibly do what he likes with it, but I would feel at least a bit creeped out if someone randomly gave me money because they liked my appearance.
I hate articles that are essentially "we turned a tweet into an essay", but I don't think the takeaway is that money makes things less creepy.
Yeah, a note that just said your hair is amazing or whatever and have a nice day would have been way less weird I think.
More like "we let ChatGPT turn a tweet into an essay."
God, we'll really talk about anything won't we?
I obviously didn't read the article, so I have no idea if it was chatGPT, but I try to stay away from this kind of piece because it generally has little if any journalistic merit regardless of if it was AI or not.
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It looked like the consensus in the comments was that he probably snipped some of her hair to take home with him without her noticing before giving her the note with the money in it
The real take away is that the $100 indicates the weirdo is wealthy enough to just give her, a stranger, that money for no apparent reason. So if you are wealthy, doing weird stuff is fine.
What is the difference between creepy and a hopeless romantic?
Money. Sometimes looks. But usually money.
I think it's actually chemistry. If you have chemistry with the person it probably won't be creepy. Now looks, and money, okay a part in chemistry but the two issue isn't ugly, poor people. It's people that don't seem to know it care if someone is in to them.
I often see people trying to reduce creepy/not creepy down to one variable, but I think it's at least two very broad categories: mutual interest and context.
Leaving my partner a surprise gift telling them I'll always be with them and will never leave is romantic. Doing the same to someone I've just met is terrifying.
If I had a dollar for every woman who called me ugly, women wouldn't think I was ugly anymore
Yeah you can't just say "It's not creepy" like a jedi mind trick
Well no, of course not. You have to wave your hand too
I have to wave my hand, too.
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What did it say tho
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine
Ovaltine? A crummy commercial?
We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty.
It was a handwritten note complimenting her hair at length and a $100 bill.
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bro thinks he's a vtm vampire with dominate
Is the post now deleted? The link(s) don't work for me
I just tried it again and the link still works for me 🤷♂️
Even the tweets? On both X and Xcancel they are not found
Oh ok, I was talking about the link for the article. Yeah I tried the X link too it looks like it's been taken down. I'm guessing since they linked the article directly to that ladies personal Twitter account she probably got sick of hearing about it and deleted it lol
The note compimented her hair at length and had a $100 bill
"However, the passenger explained in a follow-up post how she didn’t find it creepy because her mile-high admirer 'didn’t leave a number and there was clearly no expectation or hope that we would interact again.'
The X commentariat begged to differ."
The note compimented her hair at length and had a $100 bill.
And 'that' was the rub....
Damn, that's a nice note.
The worst she can say is "no"
But the thing is she's not gonna say "no", she would never say "no" because of the implication.
Last week, I was on a train and a much older drunk man came over and started asking me out and trying to make conversation. I ended up trapped on that train with him for about 30 mins, constantly having to consider the risks. I never outright rejected him because we were stuck in an enclosed space and I thought that it was a very real risk that he would become violent. Eventually, along with two other women that I had just met on the train, we managed to convince this man that it was his stop when it wasn't because, without a word we each realized that he would become more of an issue if he followed one of us at our stops.
On a plane, it is even more enclosed and usually only goes to one destination. You can't make the same decisions to keep yourself safe that women have to make all the time. Its also much more likely that you will be in an unfamiliar environment.
Every woman has countless stories like this so this woman was right to be scared.
She wasn't scared, you should read the article.
That said, she wasn't creeped out because her survival instincts are weak and insufficiently paranoid.
That wasn't what I was going for. Look at the title the thoughtless OP put, "The worst she can say is no". Her having shit survival instincts doesn't mean that kind of thing wouldn't end up messy in a typical scenario.
I don't mind $100 weird notes. My inbox is open for such weirdos.
Nicole the Fedivetse chick?
NYP isn’t news.
It’s barely legible most times.
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I mean the thumbnail is clearly ai
It's like being gay, if you say, no homo before, it's okay, youre still straight.. So, by that logic,if you say, not creepy beforehand, it makes it not creepy.
brb I have some women to.... compliment aggressively
"Why don't men approach women anymore? 🥺"
"Why do women feel so threatened being approached in spaces they an unable to leave safely & on their own accord? 🥺"
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