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[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 21 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

I've heard total horror stories from exes and friends. First date weirdos and creeps are absolutely a common thing. Never hurts to be safe, especially in such a non-obtrusive way!

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

I feel like weirdo, creepy, and predator, are three different terms. I kinda like weirdos, the other two not so much. Predators are the worst.

I think the internet and the collecting of anecdotes that everyone probably has (I have some), can sometimes construct a self-selecting criteria that paints the world to sound worse than it is.

I just sometimes worry that online, or in anecdotes we're using a selection criteria that takes humanity, and make the worst of it stand out to the point nothing is worth doing, no one is worth sparing or dating.

Of course there are unambiguous cases of horrible predators. But here's to the weirdos and even some of the creeps, may your social skills dramatically improve through the stories you ended up in, and may you never lose your way and become predators.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 12 hours ago

There's some guy out there with a religion that says you are basically the devil, and there is nothing you can do about it.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think it was fairly clear from what I said about "horror stories" that I didn't mean harmless and fun weird people.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

I think weirdo, basically means we have different standards of behaviour, and/or humour.

Creep, means they wanted to have sex with me and I didn't want to have sex with them.

Predator, means they're stalking or pestering me.

So like I guess I just don't have weirdo "horror" stories (they'd be escalated to creep, horror is creepy or involves predators). But you seem more like you're willing to mix all the terms into a stew of bad. Understandable.

Anyways, thanks for the discussion. 🙏