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[–] [email protected] 190 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I remember being young and thinking middle-aged people are staring at me because they want me /they disapprove/whatever.

Now I'm middle aged myself, I know the staring is way more likely to either be something along the lines of "ah that kid is so 90s, I never had that green colour but blue Fudge used to wash out to green like that..."

Or "have we run out of natural yoghurt, we bought that 500ml pottle last week but we had curry twice, maybe I should get some more..."

[–] TexasDrunk 72 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Or "have we run out of natural yoghurt, we bought that 500ml pottle last week but we had curry twice, maybe I should get some more..."

This is me. I have to really watch where I'm zoning out because I have absolutely been called out for staring when my brain was miles away.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Me too, it's like the boring version of those "reveries" in Westworld.

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[–] macrocarpa 63 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"OK so she must've bleached the full head then done the green side first, then the black side. Man her scalp must be itchy as fuck. What did I used to use to stop the burn? Coconut oil? Yeah that's right. Smelt like Malibu for a week or so, and had to throw out that set of pillow cases. Man that sucks, I loved those pillow cases, perfect for winter. I wonder if you can still get them?"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Morpheus: ".... and find out just how deep the rabbit hole goes." Only it's more like an interconnected maze of rabbit holes leading everywhere. I wonder if you can still get "pina colada" Malibu?

Theoretically she could part her hair with a knife and bleach the green side, wait 20 min and put the black side on with a toothbrush, then wash it and add the green as required?

I love how Gen Z has gone back to all that stuff.

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[–] hordenduopol 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm still wondering how the 90s entered kids garderobes again overnight. Sometimes I see a very funny xxxxxxxxwide jeans and I talk about that with my kids in the car and yes I do stare a bit with curiosity and amusement.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Fashion goes in cycles. Personally I'm just waiting for the nice wide jeans to filter down to an affordable price point and then I'm going to get some for myself.

I hate skinny jeans. They feel cloying and I'm pretty sure they promote swamp crotch.

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[–] fprawn 122 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Middle aged men today? They’re millennials and that’s called a 1000 yard stare.

You’ll understand soon.

[–] nifty 36 points 7 months ago

They’re thinking about the house they can’t afford.

[–] [email protected] 120 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Jokes on you then. I'm probably staring because I'm trying to figure out what's going on with that eye makeup, and I have no idea what that face is supposed to mean.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

It's the same face I am making trying to figure out the eye makeup

[–] EdibleFriend 103 points 7 months ago (3 children)

All I see is crazy eyes which means she'll most likely let me do the weird stuff

[–] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] EdibleFriend 41 points 7 months ago (3 children)

As a middle-aged man with a long history of crazy chicks in my past... Yeah this is working for me

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It’s just always goes so bad, but it’s so much fun while it lasts.

[–] EdibleFriend 12 points 7 months ago

The cats hair grows back.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (2 children)

She could fix me
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[–] [email protected] 65 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Plot twist: they are into that and see that as a yes

(that as in what they are doing to repeal the middle aged man)

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (5 children)

then I continue making that face and hit them with one of these :3

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So you're into BDSM as well?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

the B stands for Bonks right?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

half life crowbar sound effect

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, if I'm staring at you, it means a) I'm thinking about what I'm cooking at home, or balancing HOR production with HOR-to-fuel conversion in Satisfactory and b) my eyes are so bad (I haven't had prescription glasses for years now) that you're a blur of colors.

That said, I wonder if she likes board games.

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But all men are creeps, surely you're lying? Men only stare at woman because they're pigs, obviously. /s

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's a horrible thing to say about women.

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[–] Shou 55 points 7 months ago (6 children)

There is a difference between a guy staring into the void, and an older guy checking you out. I've experienced both and I don't understand how people manage to confuse the two.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Being either self-absorbed, or traumatised?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

One day, about 10 years ago, a guy pull out a knife to fight me in a subway station because he thought I was staring at him. Also got some nasty comments from women who thought I was looking at them when I didn't even notice their presence. Now I try to look at the floor in public in case I get lost in my mind.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’ve got to admit, a girl makes that face at me, I’m going to walk up and start explaining the plot of Krull (1983) for as long as she can hold it. If she makes it through the whole thing I’m pretty sure we’re legally married.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago

Half the time I have no idea what I am staring at. It's like having closed eyes, but they're open. It's my autopilot staring, not me.

On a side note, that lip piercing (just like any other piercing in mouth) may cause tooth damage and/or gum recession over time. It's a bad idea.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

~~Maybe don't look so cool like the girl I want to be if you don't want to be stared at.~~

Cool hair...sorry

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

you remind me of my acid dropping goth friend from the 80's. the "crazy" stare really sells it. wanna take drugs in the park and laugh at people in pleated jeans?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is that flirting? My Social skill is still around 12/100, but I heard that face is what people call flirting

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

I think she's trying to put them off to get them to stop staring. So the opposite of flirting. But it's not super clear

[–] MalachaiConstant 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Could be "come hither", could be "I have mace"

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[–] nifty 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I am middle age! I get stares from college kids haha, I look younger than I am. I don’t care who looks, and I am too autistic to stare at others 🤷‍♀️

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

I think this image is peak "do I want to be her or be with her?"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

Starring at you? Like you're a supporting character in a movie or like Mario?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The responses to this post have been disgusting

[–] RageAgainstTheRich 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah its like they don't understand the difference between just looking at someone that has a cool haircut and someone creep staring at you to where you feel unsafe.

I don't want people staring at me like I'm a zoo animal. Bur apparently people in the comments here don't understand that.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

This would make me stare more. Maybe even say something, like, “are you ok?”

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

When I was 18, this girl would have been my idea of absolute perfection.

[–] JackLSauce 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"Tonight on ABC, Middle Aged Man...starring..."

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The narcissism on so many levels is such an adorable aspect of this generation

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

The narcissism on so many levels is such an adorable aspect of ~~this~~ every generation

Same thing happened in : 90s with Goths, 80s with New Wave , 70s with gender fluid androgyny, 60s with hippies, 50s with rock and roll... 20s with flapper girls.

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