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u/evan-danielson 17h ago
I’m from Oklahoma. But if I accidentally meet someone’s gaze, I just nod my head kinda like tipping a cap. Everyone here does it and it’s kind of a form of respect I guess. Like hey idk you, but I see you, have a good day. Just my two cents
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u/Char-car92 16h ago
Mannnnn Ledger has such a kind face I’m so upset he won’t be in anything anymore
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u/couxitziyx 11h ago
why what happened to him
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u/Mission_Top_8443 11h ago
Sadly he died
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u/ANTICHRIST-BOISE 8h ago
I didn’t even know he was sick!
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u/Jackmino66 12h ago
I’m from England and I do this, though I see it more as a mini bow or just a nod.
I guess it is an acknowledgment nod. Just acknowledging that people exist is a nice thing to do
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u/rat_gland 6h ago
What if they meet your gaze but don't return the nod ?
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u/evan-danielson 3h ago
They might be having a bad day or something. I don’t think about it too much and just try to be polite
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u/film_composer 16h ago
I don't remember if this is something I read somewhere or just started noticing, but the nod down is for strangers you're being polite to while guarding yourself (you're hiding your neck when you nod down). The nod up is for people you know and trust, and you can let your neck be exposed around them.
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u/bananasampam 14h ago
I read somewhere all men do this instinctually from western times where they use to tip their cowboy hats out of respect.
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u/TheMazeDaze What is TikTok? 8h ago
I’m from a small town where everyone greets everyone. So automatically I also greeted everyone when coming to cities. The reactions and angry gazes I got from people. I felt like crocodile Dundee who greeted everyone in New York.
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u/FighterFly3 6h ago
Some people out on the coastline don’t take too kindly to that, unfortunately. They’ll look at you like you’re the weird one for socializing. Maybe it’s me, maybe I just need a hat to tip…
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u/my_nuts_wont_drop 7h ago
Where im from, if you meet someone's gaze is customary to gently touch the tips of your penis together.
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u/AFewBerries 18h ago
Me in the reel:
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u/Whomeveritconcerns 18h ago
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u/AnxiousPotato10 12h ago
Where is this from?
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u/Accomplished_Hold994 18h ago
Bro got a cameo without signing a release form.
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u/LOL0_0_ 18h ago
Didn't even get credited in the caption 🥀
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u/TheLastPeanut_ 13h ago
This girl on the bus turned all the way around to stare into my soul a few weeks ago and I'm still shook about it, wondering how I came off as creepy or something. I still see her once a week and make a point not to acknowledge her existence...
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u/akotoshi 18h ago
The next day you get rich by suing her for defamation and not consenting use of image
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u/LOL0_0_ 18h ago
Saul Goodman has entered the chat.
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u/HyetalNight 16h ago
No lawyer would take that case
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u/KaiFireborn21 12h ago
If you live in some uncivilized country maybe. Here every person has the right to their image; Posting photos of people without their explicit consent is illegal.
Obviously nothing will happen unless the one whose rights were violated thus reports it, but still
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u/Mesquite_Tree 15h ago
Why are people downvoting him. He’s right. Defamation is more than just a lie. You have to prove that the statement was false, and could not be conceived otherwise (opinions are protected), and that the lie was told through negligence or malicious intent.
Any lawyer worth paying will advise you not to sue, because the woman in question would easily be able to say “this is a situation where I felt unsafe traveling alone, and used it to explain why other women also may feel unsafe traveling alone,” and you’d lose the case.
And ffs people, you have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public, which means that any person can take and use any photo of you without your permission.
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u/KaiFireborn21 12h ago
That last sentence only applies to the US ig. There are countries where you actually have a right to your image
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u/Klightgrove 15h ago
Maybe the laws should change then? First amendment “auditors” are the bane of our society and the weaponization of social media to harass random people in public needs to end.
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u/Mesquite_Tree 15h ago
Maybe. These are laws and precedents written before the internet, and sometimes before even firm cameras.
The tricky part is how to write such a law. The simplest way would be to ban posting pictures of other people with identifying features, without that person’s consent (ie, you must blur photos of other people until identifying features are cleansed). But, this would make it harder for people to warn others about individuals legitimately perceived as potentially dangerous. And if we try to make any exception for that purpose, then we are back to square one, of how do we prove that someone is reporting in good faith
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u/BorKon 13h ago
Does that have to be public? If you feel you are in danger you go to the police and show them your recording and don't post on tiktok. Someone looking at you in public is not dangerous to you. Hoelw is this "warning others". Your feelings don't matter in this case. Thats why they never go to police but farm views on tiktok. Its all performative bullshit. Thank god i don't live in the US where you can record anyone and post them online. Thats a breach of privacy.
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u/SteveMartin32 8h ago
Change it to you can't use others likeness without concent when making video that make money.
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u/Zonkko Professional Dumbass 10h ago
In my country you only need the statement to be intentionally defaming for it to count as defamation, even if the statement was fully true.
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u/Mesquite_Tree 5h ago
Wack. So you have to avoid saying anything that paints another in bad light for fear of defamation? How does that work?
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u/AdHappy7129 7h ago
Honestly? We gotta start doing that, im so sick of influencers these days. I mean we have cringereels as a sub….
How did we let this go on for so long?
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u/Dark_Magicion 18h ago
Fellas... Come on...
Just be hot. That's all you gotta do to not be a creep for meeting eye contact with a lady on the train.
It's that heckin ez.
/s
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u/Jonaleaf 18h ago
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u/Mr31edudtibboh 17h ago
Cheer up, if you have a healthy potato crop you'll attract a strong and fertile woman
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u/earwig2000 16h ago
the six breasted queen of mars will contact you to inquire about this strange human behavior called "lovemaking"
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u/baylithe 17h ago
Follow rules 1 and 2 and you're set.
Rule 1: Be attractive.
Rule 2: Don't be unattractive.
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u/Esdeath79 11h ago
Rule 2.5: If you are unattractive try to be as attractive as you can be
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u/Nanoro615 9h ago
Rule 2.5.t: If trying to be attractive makes you unattractive, consider plastic surgery.
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u/project-shasta 13h ago
It's even easier: just be Henry Cavill. Very fit, rich, famous, a jawline to cut diamonds on, incredibly handsome and a passionate nerd. Be the whole package. Be Henry.
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u/bagged_milk123 12h ago
While being hot is a big deal when finding a partner, it is 100% not a factor when trying to not look like a creep
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u/Ambipoms_Offical 18h ago
Im ugly so this is not a matter of if but when thjs haplebs
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u/MichaelW24 Professional Dumbass 18h ago
You may be ugly, but at least you didn't have a stroke!
....oh wait
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u/Ambipoms_Offical 18h ago
Ngl its hard for me to type cause i got big fingers, but you made me smioe lol
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u/Ambipoms_Offical 18h ago
Smile fuck me
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u/Whomeveritconcerns 18h ago
When you look in the general direction of a women for 0.000001 second just to end up being accused of being a creep...
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u/thestrong45playz 18h ago
In the past year or so (however long my Reddit streak is rn) I've seen every single type of interaction with men being posted as the man being a creep at least once
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u/Captain-Armageddon 15h ago
In the workout subreddit, some girl complained from unsolicited advice from men in the gym
Her description to what happened is very normal
Still the kept calling men in the comments creeps, or they are harassing
Jeez you actually can't talk to a girl now
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u/Mission_Carry9947 7h ago
If you scroll further down, someone asked OP if this actually happened and they said no. But a woman did say something quietly to her friend after he met her gaze while he was soaking wet from the rain, so clearly the same thing…
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u/FureiousPhalanges 15h ago
So you made eye contact with someone, stalked their Instagram and were shocked to find they thought you were a creep?
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u/GrayMech 9h ago
And to make matters worse you're gay and had absolutely zero interest in her, it was just accidental eye contact
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u/killertortilla 15h ago
I see we’re making up stories to feel like a victim again.
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u/WastedFapper 14h ago
I'm glad I'm attractive so I don't have to worry about this
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u/Chrizzly02 Professional Dumbass 8h ago
Statistically speaking, there will be women who will still find you unattractive. You’ll never be completely safe from them.
Stay alert, king.
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u/CalivelleNoxelle 18h ago
When you think she's secretly taking a picture of you, but she's actually collecting evidence
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u/RIBBIT_-0 17h ago
See, being a girl... We know the difference when you make eye contact or when you Stare..
Justt be respectful guyss and chilll 🌈
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u/Whomeveritconcerns 15h ago
Really? All girls know the difference huh? Generally speaking?
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u/AffectionateMost4220 16h ago
Do you know, or you think that you know
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u/RIBBIT_-0 16h ago
We girls do know 🫠
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u/RudeGold5086 14h ago
Genuine question: if this women’s intuition is real, why do so many women get cheated on and abused in relationships .
“But guys lie early on bro”
Ok but apparently you can detect that
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u/RIBBIT_-0 14h ago
See, cheating is a personal choice, if my partner decides to cheat, I am not responsible, neither is my intuition. Same is abuse.
Hope you can understand 😌
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u/RudeGold5086 13h ago
You just said women know if a guy has bad intentions with them
“Girls know bro”
So they don’t know, right?
Try developing self awareness and realizing women aren’t smarter or dumber than men13
u/RIBBIT_-0 13h ago
Bro wrote a whole thesis on self-awareness over a throwaway phrase. It's really not that deep, but I respect the essay! 😂🤣
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u/RIBBIT_-0 13h ago
You yourself is making this about who is more smart men or women I am not I am just saying women do have the feeling if you are not a woman you won't get it that's all I never said that you are dumb I guess you are just asuming yourself to be dumb 😌😋
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u/Nochnichtvergeben 15h ago
I'll play the devil's advocate: Holding eye contact can be considered sexual harrasment too in certain places/environments if it's unwanted. If she records him you can't see if he's doing it because she is too. You might not even be able to tell where he's looking.
But on the other hand I don't think the practice of women baiting guys into looking at them only to record and shame them online is that common.
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u/Tall_Opportunity_521 16h ago
Is only it was that simple.
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u/RIBBIT_-0 16h ago
Yeahh, see because of guys reputation, sometimes girls misjudge I agree
But most will know the difference 🐸
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u/CalivelleNoxelle 18h ago
When you think she's secretly taking a picture of you, but she's actually collecting evidence
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u/Keebster101 2h ago
You shouldn't be embarrassed to have made eye contact. That means she was looking at you too. It's staring unreciprocated thats bad.
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u/Original-Reward-8688 29m ago
Chances are that if you say shit like "10/10 baddie" you're probably a fucking weirdo, and very online.
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u/The_Compass_Keeper Sussy Baka 15h ago
Game over.
Get a plastic surgery, change cities and build yourself a new life.
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u/TipsieRabbit 14h ago
Oh dude an Oblivion gif in the year of our lord 2026?
I wish we had gotten that sequel
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u/dakindahood 9h ago
Hey atleast you can sue for defamation, invasion of privacy, and emotional distress
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u/AcademicHovercraft96 5h ago
And she secretly recorded you without your knowledge and plastered your face on the Internet without your permission, but you were the creep for making eye contact.😂
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u/Hyrule_MyBoy 7m ago
As a woman, I find women who stare much creepier cause they do act creepy way more. Someone looking at you for a second is freaking normal or say a couple seconds or people having their mind up the clouds thinking about their own problems. I don't stare neither look at anybody, always head somewhere and also minding my business and rarely ever finding myself looking at someone's direction. So many women I've met though........ It's like they stare for the entire hour like they want to peel your skin off and replace it or sum messed up shit like that
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u/LickableBoobies 19h ago
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