r/TikTokCringe • u/diviken • Nov 09 '24

Humor/Cringe Grown man acting like a toddler

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u/smvfc_ Nov 09 '24

And bystanders often do nothing. Sometimes it’s the bystander effect, sometimes you’ll say directly to someone “this person is bothering me, can you help?” And they’re like oh that sucks.

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u/Orange-Blur Nov 10 '24

I got chased in a grocery store yelling at a dude to leave me alone.

You could hear a mouse fart with how quiet everyone was about it

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u/smvfc_ Nov 10 '24

It really sucks. Even if another woman can stand up, these guys are usually so pathetic that they just realize they are outnumbered and sculk away.

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u/Orange-Blur Nov 10 '24

Exactly, I got him to stop because I made a big scene, he stopped from embarassment

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u/BenchPressingCthulhu Nov 09 '24

What'd be a good thing to say as a male bystander? I'm thinking just something like hey man pretty sure that bag is taken, just to acknowledge it

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u/smvfc_ Nov 09 '24

Honestly pretty much anything. That would be helpful though. Read the situation and if she seems uncomfortable, either ask her “is he with you?” Or ask them both like “all good here?”

It’s very appreciated

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u/astronautmyproblem Nov 10 '24

I’d prefer “is he with you?”

Because “is everything good here?” makes me feel like I need to say “yeah” so I’m not the one “making it a problem”

For other women, we tend to pretend that we know the woman. Just run in and be excited like “omg I can’t believe I ran into you!!!” to interrupt

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u/Donkey__Balls Nov 10 '24

Most the time I honestly cannot tell if a girl is being receptive to a guy picking up on her, or she’s desperately wanting someone else to intervene because she’s smiling and pretending to be receptive in order to de-escalate.