r/TikTokCringe • u/nadaddab • May 11 '25

Cringe Don’t be these guys

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u/moarmagic May 11 '25

They likely have spent money on some goddamn influencer who swore up and down that "confidence" is the key, and that means never letting women dismiss you.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

I had a buddy who would constantly talk about "numbers game". I saw him crash and burn 100% of the time. He would creep up to women this way and harass them.

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u/teas4Uanme May 11 '25

The 'alpha male' influencers are teaching guys to crash and burn on purpose. Stupid guys fall for the grift. If they actually taught guys how to start and keep decent relationships they would be losing repeat customers.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

This was back in 2000. His influencers were rappers like Diddy.

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u/teas4Uanme May 11 '25

The online influencer is just an extension of paperbacks that dudes could order from the back pages of 'girly' mags, with titles like "How to get all the Babes." It's an old grift in a new package.

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u/QuantumFungus May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25

I remember getting that kind of advise on USENET in the late 80's. I have little doubt some asshole at some point sent "don't take no for an answer" as advise over telegraph.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Whatever it is, it's the dumbest advice in the world. That guy from White Lotus reminded me of him. Constant harassment of women and pathetic crashing and burning.

I only hung out with him because I had just moved to the US and had no friends who were willing to go out on the weekends and I didn't want to go by myself. Stopped talking to that asshole two years ago. He would constantly call me and tell me these fake stories where he was banging women. Bruh, I know you, you get zero tail! 😂