No joke: guy tried to pull this with me, except I’m not blind. I do, however, have this thing where if you change your look (new hair, heavy makeup, whatever), my brain basically registers you as a different person.
So we met on a dating site, had gone out, I wasn’t really feeling it, so I wished him well and moved on. Matched with another guy almost 2 months later, and he seemed cool so we set up a date.
It took me a while, but I swore I knew him from somewhere, just couldn’t put my finger on it, but then I realized: he smelled familiar. That’s how I figured it out.
Dude darkened his hair, wore sunglasses, swear to god: wore fake facial piercings, and changed his overall style.
He “wanted another chance” and wanted to show that he “could change for [me]!”
No. No no no. No thank you. This ain’t a romantic comedy with you in the starring role. Goodbye.
I have the same issue. If you don’t look exactly like I expect and you’re in the same place I expect then I can’t really place you. I can see friends at the grocery store and have no idea who they are.
A friend of mine cut off her hair and dyed it. I saw her out and she said hello. We talked for a minute and I had no idea who the hell she was, so I politely excused myself thinking it was just someone I had met once or some drunk person striking up a conversation. Later that night I texted her and asked where she was. She walked up to me and asked what I needed. That’s the only way I put it together.
I have never told her this.
It’s sometimes called face blindness but is also known by Prosopagnosia.
It’s a real, scientifically named thing?? Wild!
There’s a well known (TV & radio famous) scientist in Australia that has this condition, super strange to imagine what it would be like only recognise people by their clothes/styling, mannerisms etc. https://startsat60.com/media/entertainment/dr-karl-face-blindness-prosopagnosia-anhs-brush-with-fame
HAHA I love this!!
But it’s absolutely understandable (to me, at least).
Lots of women especially seem to be so versatile. Can seemingly switch looks at will! So cool.
But also so confusing LOL
Things that never happened
Lying for what? Clout? On Lemmy?
The fine line between creepy and romantic is how attracted to the person you end up being. I think most of us would put some hair dye in and wear some shades to get a second chance with someone we really wanted an actual shot with. Then again I don’t use dating sites so I’m sure some of the people on there smell more of desperation than a teenager does of axe body spray.
All I know is I’d bleach my hair and put sunglasses on for the right kind of cute goth gf.
I think most of us would put some hair dye in and wear some shades to get a second chance with someone we really wanted an actual shot with.
No. I think you’re just assuming other people would do the creepy shit you would. This would never have even crossed my mind.
The fine line between creepy and romantic is how attracted to the person you end up being.
“Fickle females love sneaky creeps, as long as they’re good-looking! Tee-hee!”
Fuck off with that shit.
Creep shit is creep shit. End of story.
You’re the kind of person women warn each other about.
And you’re the kind of person that’s so wrapped up in their own personal experiences they think their anecdotal bullshit can be applied generally. That concept you have such a fucking issue with has been a societal meme for years. Creep shit is only creep shit when you’re not into the person doing it. I had a girlfriend who found it sweet that I texted her every day to let her know I was thinking about her, got on me if I forgot a day. Shit happened, got with someone else, they were super uncomfortable with how often I tried to keep in contact with them.
Not everyone is the same and shit that you don’t like isn’t just “creep shit” because you’re not into it. But you know, you do fit the archetype of a bitch by immediately writing off everyone with a contrary opinion to yours as “the kind of person women warn each other about.” Please - warn everyone who considers you a friend because my god I want to be as far away from anyone who can so much as even tolerate you as I possibly can.
Better have a different smell and feel too. Possibly taste.
And don’t forget to also change your name after changing all of that.
Jake Jortles
Me: “But how can it can be both!?”
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Wouldn’t work. Blind people have superior “vision” with their fingers.
This blind gal I went out with told me I had the biggest thing she ever felt, but I told her she was just pulling my leg.
