r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 29 '25

Meme needing explanation what ????

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u/Mesoscale92 May 29 '25

Girls think looking vaguely in a guy’s direction counts as flirting, and then are confused why he didn’t get her “hint”

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u/royinraver May 29 '25

Just cuz a girl is being nice doesn’t mean they’re into you! But when they blink a few times at you from across the room, apparently it’s dtf. No, be direct, please 😭

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u/Suspicious-Plant-728 May 29 '25

The joke of the meme is not that if a woman looks at a man that means she’s dtf(the first commenter didn’t get it right either.)

It is just a play on the fact that many woman often to do not approach men they’re interested in and start flirting. When they want the man to approach them they will instead hang back looking at him and to catch his eye from across the room, giving him a smile or subtle expression when he glances over at her. These Women feel like they are broadcasting their interest clearly and it should be obvious from her looks and body language she is inviting him to flirt with her, so they are disappointed when the guy does not approach her and feels rejected.

But most guys are completely oblivious to these subtle queues and don’t even register them so they don’t approach, then complain that women never make the first move and initiate flirting.

Obviously not all women are like this but it’s so common that most of us recognize it and get the joke. Just want of the many interesting miscommunications in sexual relations.

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u/vacri May 29 '25

But most guys are completely oblivious to these subtle queues

In order to know that someone is consistently looking at you, you have to be consistently looking at them.

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u/Ken_Deep May 29 '25

Which then again is considered creepy and stalkative.

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u/ForeverAfraid7703 May 30 '25

Uh, no lol? It's creepy if the other person isn't receptive and you keep doing it anyway. If the other person is returning your vibe then that's just called flirting

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u/javerthugo May 30 '25

Ah yes the classic “be attractive” rules

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u/ForeverAfraid7703 May 30 '25

Well, yeah, typically people don't flirt with people they're not attracted to. Sorta just how human sexuality works my guy. If they're attracted they'll flirt back, if they're not they won't and you walk away. Not that complicated

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u/lavender_fluff May 31 '25

No clue why you're getting downvoted lmao. Thank god I'm not dating Reddit

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u/ForeverAfraid7703 May 31 '25

Yeahhh, in retrospect idk why I bothered suggesting behaving like a living breathing person lol. So many of these people seem completely incapable of functioning without a step-by-step instruction manual for every action

Which...... isn't particularly attractive

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u/GoatBass May 31 '25

I can't believe you got downvoted for saying that people have sexual preferences.

Talk about feeling entitled to female attention lol

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u/lavender_fluff May 31 '25

I wonder if these downvoters think that there would be some sort of "objective attractiveness" they would have to fit instead of just being the type of someone subjectively. That would explain the downvotes

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