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Anon tries to impress a woman at the gym (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] iAvicenna 12 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (7 children)

well I mean if she left even without notifying staff or anyone that is a pretty clear red flag but then again so is spurting fake blood to get attention. so maybe they would have made a nice match.

[–] FauxLiving 0 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

that is a pretty clear red flag

This isn't a red flag, this is a predictable psychological response:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological theory that states that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim in the presence of other people.

[–] iAvicenna 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I mean I do understand the sense of weaker responsibility when there are other people around especially those who are immediately responsive and seem like they know what they are doing. But being the first one to witness a distressing event and vacating the premises immediately without informing even the staff is an outlier example, even for this theory imo. Just to note though we are probably discussing this over some made up story.