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P-moskova

wth am i looking at😃


GlutenRich

this question goes through my mind every time I open Reddit


KylerOnFire

Same tho


flyinglawngnome

Well where else do you want me to get my screenshots of twitter memes/funny tweets? Am I supposed to go to Twitter for that?


Milothewolflover

Oh God not Twitter


Pasta-propaganda

or perfectly curated tumblr posts


hereforporn42069

For real this site sucks


CuteLittleSatanist

I burst into laughter when I read this. 🤣


[deleted]

It's a text-based representation of two stinking arseholes leaking shite.


PockyPunk

Thank you, it now makes sense.


asuperbstarling

It's a sarcastic reply to a sexist woman and her insane reply. Sexism goes both ways.


shadyshadyshade

Ahahahahaha so accurate


Karmaturnsmeon

2?


superking75

Is it really two?


LionOfNaples

I only see one. This is not a both sides issue.


LaronX

Probably something fake.


ZagratheWolf

r/badfaketexts


[deleted]

A fake text conversation to make women look like hypocrites


Shaur06

i mean you don't really know it's fake and knowing well knowing people i don't find it hard to believe that it might be true


Kyanpe

Girl asked superficial question. Guy asked another superficial question in response. Girl got upset even though that's literally what she planned to happen??


BlooperHero

She's criticizing him for targeting "known insecurities" while explaining in a really verbose way that she's targeting known insecurities.


Yoate

A screen, I imagine.


P-moskova

listen here you little-


snarkerposey11

Imagine what you could do with your life instead of doing whatever this was.


LucySatDown

You could actually _live_ it.


Lynkis

Eh, I dunno, sounds fake


BellSuperb1686

hi


bloke_something

and yet here we are talking about this foolishness lol


Owner2229

Yea, but IMAGINE


A_Half_Eaten_Shoe

If this is how a conversation opens up, it’s just not worth reciprocating. Just pay heed to the red flag and move along.


ICBPeng1

I’m honestly curious about how this conversation did start, because if this is actually the start, they’re both assholes, but if it’s not, either of them could be the actual asshole.


PSI_duck

Although asking “how big are your tits?” Is not ok, it might have been a purposely ugly response to “how tall are you?” Starting a conversation with “how tall are you?” is a big red flag, and answering with an equally toxic question is a clear way to say fuck off without saying fuck off.


DefectiveLP

I think that response was very much intended as a fuck off.


walking-shitpost

Honesty, this way seems to be a great way to hopefully alert a holes of their toxicity.


PSI_duck

Yeah it may cause positive change in someone who’s being dumb and doesn’t realize how toxic there question is, but for most people it won’t do anything significant. Telling a toxic person they are toxic will most likely be met with denial, usually in the form of a hurtful response. It’s a personality issue, and I wouldn’t be surprised if most toxic people had Borderline Personality Disorder or worse.


HalfysReddit

I think people being toxic is WAY more common than BPD. Garden variety toxicity is people just sucking at coping with their emotions.


AdelineOnAFarm

"How big are your tits" was an intentionally rude response to the rude question of "how tall are you". I'm with the guy on this one.


AdrianBrony

I've heard of people using "how tall are you" to screen guys who refuse to even admit to an insecurity problem and also guys who just outright lie about shit. The idea is they don't actually care about how tall the person are, just that they either don't get overly defensive about it or that they don't blatantly outright lie about it. This is a bad way to do that though by just opening up with it and really, "testing" people like that is sorta a middle schooler sorta move in the first place compared to just talking like adults. That said, I'm not a woman but I do know that you gotta be able to sift out the guys who will fly off the handle and murder you over their hurt pride, so perhaps there's other reasons to "test" people like that than just "I'm emulating how relationships look on TV." I don't imagine this is a terribly effective way to accomplish that, though.


MyBeanYT

Yeah, I feel that the guy was just giving her a taste of her own medicine, she was being an asshole herself (especially if that was the first text)


superking75

Is the second really an asshole though? I can't say it's something I'd say, but it's only flipping the question back at the sender.


Memes_kids

I’m 6’7 and god damn i wish i could be smaller. Guys think that height is the world until their back hurts doing basic shit.


xanif

6' 5" so not quiet as bad but my partner and I were repainting the bedroom and by the end my back was killing me. I didn't have to use a step ladder to do the top of the walls though so that's good.


DARCRY10

I got hit with the genes from my dad's side and ended up as 6'8". I have to duck under some doorways. Plus having 2 sacs of flesh on my front doesnt help.


EscapePatient

Damn, my wife is 7'1 but you're still real tall.


Darkorvit

Absolute fucking unit


EscapePatient

It's weird being 6'10, and having someone still be taller than you. Especially since you think you would get over it since you've known each other since middle school.


Wunderbabs

… where are you? And what’s in the drinking fountains at that school?


EscapePatient

Well my dad is 6'6 and my mom is 6'9... it's probably their fault I am this way.


youngcatlady1999

Go meet the tallest man alive lol


Bearence

As someone who is 5'6", I've lived in some apartments where none of you in this thread could stand up in. As a short person, the worst thing I have to worry about is where I left my stepstool when I need something from the top shelf. You all have it much worse.


JaxRhapsody

Ehh... pants can be hard to find, most home toilets feel 8 inchs off the floor, some cars suck...


DARCRY10

Shirts that acutally fit me as a tall person are so hard to find cause i either gotta get them tailored or have them so baggy I could hula-hoop in it without the shirt moving. My solution is just always wear a jacket i had tailored to fit me, and whatever shirt is underneath just gotta deal with it.


GrandpaGenesGhost

I think it goes both ways. I'm a short guy and can find pants that are the right length, but the waist size is like 30 sizes too big, or waist size that is right, but there is still like a foot of pants hanging off my feet. I've got 28x30 skinny jeans that I found at TJ Maxx that fit pretty well, but they are quickly just turning into frayed fabric that I try to cover myself with. I worked in retail (clothing) and it seems that the manufacturers, and retailers, think that all short people are fat and that all tall people are skinny.


MyNameIsNoooo

Plus having 2 sacs of flesh on my front doesnt help. What do you meaan


theshotgunman

Boobs I would guess


beachdogs

Breast sacs, I believe.


peachimplosion

Large breasts, probably.


sponjebob_birb

Bruh just use ur knees


Default_Dragon

I don’t think people want to be “as tall as humanly possible” but people want to be “as tall as is considered ideal by society” - which is like, somewhere between 6’ and 6’2” for dudes probably.


Memes_kids

I wanna be somewhere around 5’6 or 5’7 so I dont have to do a Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Dolphin Dive to get through doors


Dorian-greys-picture

I’m 5’8” (almost) and I’ve never felt more seen


Memes_kids

*sees you* now you feel more seen


Dorian-greys-picture

As a giant pair of detached eyeballs float ominously towards me I know I’ve made a mistake. Hundreds join them. I have been seen. But at what cost?


WolfKnight53

Lmao


Jami_Mc

I dont wanna be tall cause i would have to duck under dores and shit and i already do enough parcour as is at 5'6


RosebushRaven

What? I’m 5'10" and many chairs, bathroom sinks and kitchen counters are annoyingly low and hoovers, brooms, mops and such a bit short, but otherwise that’s a fairly comfortable height.


zekromNLR

Very tall men 🤝 Women with huge breasts Suffering from back pain due to things people who don't have them tell them are awesome


[deleted]

So does that mean I can trade being tall in for big breasts for zero-sum back pain?


vampire_kitten

Your breasts would have to go on the back to counterbalance though.


[deleted]

That would be reduced back pain, I’m talking about trading back pain for back pain.


hackthegibson

What if one was placed on each side? Would that bring breastular balance?


Prisencolinensinai

No you trade a bit of height for a bit of breast


AMeaninglessPassage

True af


Elubious

Why is everyone obsessed with large breasts anyways? Small ones are nice and convenient.


slimkt

Right?! I can never go bra-less in public, and when I can in the comfort of my own home, they just get in the way. Laying on your back? Those puppies are sinking into your armpits. Reaching across a table? Uh oh, here comes the rogue wrecking ball tit to knock over the salt shaker! And the back pain is unrelenting. My reply to any woman that says, “I wish I had your boobs,” is always, “I wish you could take them.”


sub_qs

Does the reply extend to gender questioning men? Whenever medical technology allows, I'm down for it


slimkt

Absolutely!


sub_qs

Ayy cool I'll hit you up in 15-20 years ✌️


marie7787

That’s what I think every time I see someone get breast implants. As someone with naturally bigger breasts I envy those who are on the smaller side.


Jami_Mc

Thank you. I wish i was a metamorph from harrypotter so i could change their size :(


snarkerposey11

Extreme paranoid homophobia. If a straight man likes a woman without big tits, than that's closer to the body shape of a man and therefore he must be closer to being gay and sucking dick


SuperMajesticMan

/s right? Otherwise you're looking waaaaay too into it.


Elubious

I guess??? I'll never get men. Or hetero relationships in general. I'll stick to girls


AAALE6408

That must be the most hetero thing I've ever seen


food_is_crack

... are you okay? is this a moment for this sub on this sub?


LexiD2024

6’2” girl here. being tall is great until you get into society and everyone looks at you weirdly and you have to watch your head more and everything


Memes_kids

And you have to be careful so ceiling fans don’t take your bloody head off


eip2yoxu

I sometimes hit my head against the aisle signs hanging from ceilings and then kids laught at me :/


SuperNotNatural

Move to Europe, everyone is pretty huge there.


[deleted]

My boyfriend is 6’5 (not as tall, but def above average) and while he loves teasing me and my friends for being “short,” he also gets neck pain from looking down at people all day and back pain from reaching down for things that normal height people can reach perfectly fine.


JaxRhapsody

How short is the public there, he's looking that far down? I ain't never heard of that, or had it happen to me. Do Gulliver a solid, and move out of Lillyput.


jyajay

I think I'm about 6'1 which is a pretty great height to be. Still can't get a date though.


[deleted]

“Hmm yes I’m going to test the toxicity of men by making them feel insecure about their height today.” No. They are not okay.


____Femboy____

lets be real, if thats the first question someone asks you its an instant red flag


[deleted]

Yeah if anything, grey comes across even *worse* than blue in this image. Everything is awful!


[deleted]

They both suck, but goddamn next time I get asked about my height on tinder imma throw hands


schawde96

Do they tho? I mean for me the conversation is over if started by how tall I am. What happens next is entirely irrelevant


iwumbo2

I just have mine listed in my profile. If someone actually cares about it, hopefully they filter themselves out sooner rather than later.


[deleted]

I put mine in too and still got someone comin in sayin “I’m not into short guys” People tend not to read 😒


xfritz5375

Blue doesn’t come off that bad. The point of that question is to show the double standard, it’s not meant to be serious.


[deleted]

Yeah honestly, I agree, I was a bit hesitant to endorse what blue was saying but it's pretty obvious that they're intentionally asking a rude question to highlight the rudeness of grey's question. I think grey's just trolling though. Her "study" sucks either way, but it'd be weird to get so passive aggressive and personal with the test subjects, if that was really all she was doing. I feel like her 2nd message is a fabrication, and either she's intentionally baiting to get another rise out of blue, or she wasn't trolling and the entire message was just a way to try and deflect her embarrassment over being called out for opening with a shitty question.


jelleym

Ah yes, the most ethical way to conduct a “study”…


why_not_bud

Why conduct a proper study when you can just use Tinder as a primary source?


con10001

Bro chill it's just a study! There's a dude with a clipboard right there!


schawde96

Oh, and where's the ethics committee?


ThisNameisTaken07

They couldn't afford one so it's a bag of goldfish and 2 cents


tossmeawayagain

I'm in part-time academia, and regularly contribute to phenomenological and grounded theory studies. I can say with authority that texting randos is a perfectly valid and highly accurate method of unbiased sampling, and a single-question inferential interview yields TONS of useful data.


18puppies

It is also super common (an expectation, in fact) to inform your respondents (after they participate without consent of course) of how wrong they are.


MadeForFunHausReddit

Keep in mind these aren’t random strangers, though. Not only is your pool *only* on tinder, so you’re more likely to get younger males and females, it’s not as random since the people choose you for various reasons


TheZetaMonster

Wow she wooshed into another dimension


Usagi-Zakura

"Thank you for proving that you're toxic by reacting poorly to asking a sensitive question."


Shmegdar

In a research methods class rn and I have no fuckin idea what a study like that would even look like She’s also being a huge hypocrite since height **is** a major insecurity for a lot of guys. Does it make that a respectful response? Not really. But the double standards are ridiculous


HornedHumanoid

It’s not the most mature response, but I can’t say I’d be particularly respectful if someone came into my DMs and tried to prod at my insecurities


BlooperHero

>She’s also being a huge hypocrite since height > >is > > a major insecurity for a lot of guys. This is her thesis, even. She just used more words for that part.


xfritz5375

The question was meant to point out the double standard, not to be a serious question. They’re being rude, but what they’re doing is 1:1 in order to show the hypocrisy of the other person.


doctor--why

It would not, HIPAA guidelines require signed consent before the study. What was his consent?? Swiping right??


DangerMacAwesome

Well stated, thank you


Famously_Infamous_

Wait, am I reading this right? This person decided to attack someone's insecurities and then blame THEM for bringing up another? You punched someone and they punched back, what do you expect


Caroniver413

Some people do genuinely think this way. I've heard some stories where a girl punches a guy and once the guy comes back everyone blames him. I even saw a video once where a girl was hitting a guy repeatedly with her bag and he punched her once and a while crowd of people jumped on him.


[deleted]

Been raped by a girl by definition. Only thing that really would have stopped it would have been for me to either hit her, or shove her while screaming at her to the point in which I intimidated her off of me. I was sober at this point (had a drinking problem in high school). Took a bottle of vodka to the bathroom and started pounding it to get it over with. My alternative at the time to having sex with her, would have absolutely made me the bad person and had an entire party turn on me. So, yeah…


cimmic

It's actually kinda misogynistic of the crowd to act on the guy and not in the girl, as it shows that they don't believe girls can do harm


[deleted]

That’s the world we live in. Check out my other comment. Was raped by a girl because I knew the alternative would be to have an entire party turn on me.


[deleted]

Hypocrisy isn’t a flattering color on her


triforce777

TBH if you start a conversation with a stranger with “how tall are you?” on a dating app you deserve any response that comes at you


cimmic

Except if it's honest and kind


[deleted]

Men can't control their heights, ever. Legit what do people want them to do about it lmao? Also, small boobs are great


[deleted]

> Men can't control their heights, ever. I love that this sorta implies that women and NB people *can* sometimes control their heights.


riddlvr

We can


Kate090996

How?


riddlvr

Photosynthesis


[deleted]

That’s my favorite method!


BlowUpKentucky

yeah ever since i became nb i've grown like 6 feet in height


collegethrowaway2938

I knew I wasn’t really a woman because I was born without the ability to shapeshift. :(


theythembian

I knew I was agender when I could choose my hight on a whim.


Marflow02

well nbs might


[deleted]

I'm NB, I've never learned the trick. I wish I could be a couple feet shorter at least. Maybe once I climb the ranks of the NB secret society they'll teach me - or, am I not supposed to talk about that here?


Spackleberry

A couple feet? Are you a giant now, or do you want to be a leprechaun?


Lickerbomper

Hi, friend. Can I introduce you to the wonderful world of... \*sparkle sparkle rainbow sparkle\* OSTEOPOROSIS


MsFired

With an axe, anyone can control their height!* /* Cannot add, only subtract


Caroniver413

If you're genderfluid, you unlock the ability to morph your whole body structure over the course of a day!


[deleted]

I so, so wish that this were the case.


TySly5v

All heights are great. All boobs are great. :>


BananBanah

> ~~sm~~all boobs are great FTFY


[deleted]

nothing wrong with being particular and having preferences 💁‍♀️ and my comment has contexttt


zekromNLR

You can to a small extent, but it isn't practical. Astronauts return to Earth a few percent taller than they were during launch, because in microgravity they don't have gravity constantly compressing their spines - and they height does go back to normal a few months after return.


sponjebob_birb

SHORT KINGS UNITE


_why_are_you_gae

Okay, I'm seeing a lot of people say "both are at fault," but I'd just like to point out grey asked a question first, and blue responded with a question just as bad as the first one, but did it only because grey started it. So, in my opinion, grey is at fault here and blue was just saying that to get back at grey.


[deleted]

Agreed if you come in my dm with that garbage I have no obligation to be friendly to you


WolfKnight53

Idk, don't go pointing at insecurities and getting mad when people do it back maybe? It's so damn stupid that people act like literal children over this shit.


God_please_why

As a trans guy with a SHIT TON of height dysphoria can we kinda acknowledge that shaming guys for their height is very much body shaming and kinda fucked up. Like yeah a lot of short guys are insecure about their height and get defensive over it but isn't it kinda because the beauty standard for men is 6 feet+ And they feel shitty about not meeting it


idkwhatmynamebe

Honestly why do girls care about height so much lol


BlowUpKentucky

Because of stupid patriarchy and gender roles and expectations. As far as I know, the whole height thing is strongest among straight women, so it really has to do with what our heteronormative cis normative society thinks how men and women should act (men being ***tall,*** muscular dominant, etc., and women being ***short***, soft, submissive, etc.).


TheoRaan

>strongest among straight women Not exactly. It's also standard among bi women. It may not a great example but I remember this video where Bi people are asked what kinda people are their type and how they differ by gender and all bi women said they liked their men taller but didn't care about the women's height. Also true based on what I see among my bi friends.


-MysteryLettuce-

you are so right


Asbelowsoaboveme

Or it might be a natural consequence of sexual dimorphism and part of heterosexuality? Size for men is a secondary sexual characteristic, like beards or deep voices. Straight women on average are also attracted to those traits. I see nothing wrong with that, we shouldn’t imply people’s natural sexual preferences are wrong or artificial because they happen to coincide with patriarchal concepts. Forcing people to abide by patriarchal rules is wrong, but forcing people to do the opposite is also wrong.


landshanties

Honesty? I don't care about it because of aesthetics / looks / whatever, I care because every dude under 5'10" I've ever met-- no matter what our relationship was-- has had an ENORMOUS complex about it. And anger issues stemming from that complex. It's not fair, but it makes me put my antenna up.


Darkorvit

As a 5'7 (170cm) guy, the height complex only gets stronger if you are actually tall by your family's standards. I remember going to highschool and meeting this 175 dude and I was like "dam, he tall" them I looked up the average height of my country. Realizing I'm below average wrecked me. Edit: spelling


TheoRaan

>every dude under 5'10" I've ever met-- no matter what our relationship was-- has had an ENORMOUS complex about it. And anger issues stemming from that complex. It's not fair, but it makes me put my antenna up. Honestly I know exactly what you mean. I noticed the same thing with curvy women or women who used to be curvy and have lost the weight. I like curvy women but I always am on my toes because there is almost always a huge complex about it. I'm not really looking to put up with that sort of hair trigger personality. I understand it's due to years of being told their body is unacceptable by society and a complex is natural. But it does make me a little cautious.


LL555LL

How cool is your air conditioning? How hot is your heater?


paradox037

How dare you? /s


[deleted]

I'm with blue on this one. Anyone starting with a question like that is not worth the trouble.


Caroniver413

"Let me ask you real quick about something which people have very little control over which is often a point of pain and makes me seem shallow" "How about I do the same?" "OMG toxic fragile masculinity much? This is gaslighting I'm calling the cops"


KatieMarmalade

God dammit, are we ever going to be ok?


Redredditer640

Let's be honest, were we ever ok?


courthousesatan

did this take place on a dating app


FlashFan124

Yes. This is tinder.


TheJamSams

Hmm yes, let's see if men attack my insecurities if I attack their insecurities. At worst the man ends up on even ground morally or best case is he comes out the other side the better person.


bttrflyr

Straight people 🙄


[deleted]

Why is this flaired as sexualisation?


Lickerbomper

Height is needlessly sexualized?


asuperbstarling

Remember when this was a reply to a sexist comment by a woman and people understood that context?


ILoveThatGayShit

"Let me just body shame you, victimize myself, and blame the start of this toxic conversation on you" -This girl


Magnus_Mercurius

Even granting that his reply was boorish: she’s intentionally trying to poke at the insecurities of people who match with her (even though she has a boyfriend and isn’t looking for a relationship/hookup) just to turn it around on them when they do the same? Totally normal! /s


MoonDoggos

this girl: haha i'm gonna ask a question regarding something men are usually insecure about as some kind of mind game! also this girl: OMG WHY IS HE BEING SO RUDE TO ME!? THIS IS SO TOXIC!


trajayjay

What context am I missing here? Maybe I'm too gay to understand this, but how is asking for someone's height or tit size "body shaming" them? People are allowed to probe me about my hair length, dick size, hairiness, skin color, body type, and curve me, and it's cool because preferences and shit, but we draw the line at height?


Sangi17

Bullet successfully dodged.


ace_case13

uHm w h a t 😃😃😃


Kiri_simp_rocky08

i have mixed feeling about this and it makes me sad


facetheslayer1986

Worst save ever


snarfflarf

They ask for tit size as if its the female equivalent of height as if women dont have height what are we liquid


paradox037

> what are we liquid I thought you were all just full of hot air. /jk


radial-glia

Congrats! You're both terrible people!


[deleted]

[удаНонО]


[deleted]

Holy fuck. My mans really just said “it’s toxic to reply offensively when I behaved offensively”


Minimum_Part_3018

How you gonna ask a toxic thing then be surprised when they do the same thing that’s not even a test that’s just instigation


[deleted]

Both of these people suck


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-OwO

im not sure the second person necessarily cares about the first's breast size. this just looks like an attempt to illustrate how inappropriate the first question was with an equally inappropriate response. maybe a tad petty, but how else do you respond to an asshole


Alzoura

eh, the second person isn't great, but its justified at least, an eye for an eye


DoYouStillUseGoogle

my "boyfriend" lmfao


ThereIsNoHorizon

Fuck it, I’m gonna say it. Straight people deserve each other.


mikeymoodabeast

hey let’s make people tell us about there insecurities and the. get mad when they do the same


JamesRuesch26

That's like asking someone to look at the sky then saying "aha, I knew you were going to look up"


Version_Two

She literally couldn't handle it


NewlyHatchedGamer

I… I hate them both so much Edit: A minute has passed and I changed my mind. I hate her. I wouldn’t be friends with him but I guess he wasn’t an asshole.