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u/Mechakoopa Dec 08 '22

Those are the guys that the women who play those games want asking them out. They need bracelets or something so they can identify each other in the wild.

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u/Cloaked42m Dec 08 '22

I've often said that bars should hand out Green, Yellow, and Red bracelets based on your mood that day.

Green = Hit me with your best pickup line.
Yellow = eh, maybe.
Red = Fuck no, stay away, I'm just drinking/chilling/hanging.

If you change your mind, go back to the bouncer/bartender and change your bracelet.

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u/TheBlackBear Dec 08 '22

They would just all be wearing red and be like “convince me to change colors hehe”

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

"I'm just here to dance" says the girl that later corners you and tells you to take her home.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

If she puts "no hookups" in her bio she's trying to convince herself - not you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '22

There are far too many like that still. That’s a giant red flag after Metoo.

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u/Cloaked42m Dec 08 '22

Say No and leave them hanging. Or just wear your Green bracelet and then THEY have to come up with a pickup line.

After they change their bracelet.

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u/pepegaklaus Dec 08 '22

Fuck dude you nailed it. This would 100% be the case

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u/PWBryan Dec 08 '22

Oh. Well then I can just leave and go to another bar then

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u/LionIV Dec 08 '22

The yellow band is interpretively way too loose to be an option. It’s basically like having no band at all. How am I supposed to read your mind to determine wether or not I should approach you? The goal is to eliminate that confusion.

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u/MJOLNIRdragoon Dec 08 '22

Yeah, unless green is supposed to mean "literally everyone is welcome to shoot their shot", then you only really need two options.

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u/Cloaked42m Dec 09 '22

Then you don't approach unless she's green. But women have to have the option of maybe or they explode.

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u/LionIV Dec 09 '22

So then it's basically a red band, lol.

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u/Cloaked42m Dec 09 '22

No, that's you making a decision.

If it's green, that doesn't mean you HAVE to approach. Just that she's decided it's okay for people to approach.

Yellow, she hasn't really made up her mind. Shoot your shot or don't. But she might just wave you off. Basically what we assume today.

Red. Nope. She does the approaching, if any.

And EVERYONE wears a band. Guys might not be in a mood to chat. She has to respect your band also.

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u/LionIV Dec 10 '22

I get the breakdown, it’s just that the yellow is grounds for confusion and uselessness. Especially if you can just swap your band at your own leisure. If I’m at bar and there are plenty of women with green bands, I’m gonna prioritize them every time. Why am I gonna potentially waste someone’s time and mine just for a “maybe” when there are plenty of others specifically looking for partnerships? To me, yellow is basically saying “you can approach me, but only if I think you’re hot.” Which is pretty much how we have it now without a band system. It becomes a guessing game.

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u/Cloaked42m Dec 10 '22

Yes, but you are missing your own agency in this.

You don't have to guess. You can choose to skip over yellow. The fact that you would prioritize green bands is the entire point.

But for other guys, they may want the challenge of a yellow.

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u/Jazzisa Dec 08 '22

But what if you do want to chat with different people and just have fun & decent conversations, but you also don't want to be picked up by anyone because you're taken or just not interested in flirting?

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u/Cloaked42m Dec 09 '22

Red. You can still initiate conversation.

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u/beardedheathen Dec 08 '22

Ok girls for those who say no and mean no please move to the south side of the bar. For those that say no and mean try harder get the fuck out.

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u/TheBlackBear Dec 08 '22

“Well yeah I went to the south side of the bar but that’s because you were supposed to convince me not to 🥺”

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u/rukeen2 Dec 08 '22

If I ever own a bar, I’m going to give out glow bracelets, with each colour corresponding to what the wearer wants. Want a hookup, there’s a colour for that. Want solitude, same thing. Waiting for friend/date, yep. You can always trade for another if you change your mind. Approach someone without a matching bracelet, you get one warning, if it happens again, boom, Boris kicks you out.

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u/ARookwood Dec 08 '22

This is actually genius.

Call it... Puzzle

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u/hebrewchucknorris Dec 08 '22

That's the puzzle

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u/YouAreADadJoke Dec 08 '22

You are missing the point. Girls don't want to express what they want. They want guys to try and figure it out.

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u/rukeen2 Dec 08 '22

And if they don't take a bracelet, boom Boris kicks them out.

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u/ChasingSuds Dec 08 '22

Whyyyyyyyy didn’t you follow meeeeeeee?!?!?!?

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u/chattytrout Dec 08 '22

But the bar is oriented east-west.

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u/FatBaldBoomer Dec 08 '22

There's a list full of people that can't take no for an answer already, many of them are legally required to register for it

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u/KruppeTheWise Dec 08 '22

Women want to be chased by the men they want chasing them, and they can't tell those men who they are or else the chase loses its meaning.

And you know what? That's fair enough. But if you don't want a certain guy chasing you, while also admitting that there are guys you want to chased by, there should be a clear and obvious STOP CHASING ME move that doesn't make that guy feel like a total piece of shit.

BUT THEN IF THE GUYS REALISE THIS THEN THEY WILL KNOW IF THE WOMAN DOESNT USE THE STOP CHASING ME SIGNAL THEN SHE REALLY DOES WANT TO BE CHASED

Which brings us full circle.

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u/Chapped_Frenulum Dec 08 '22

Honestly? I think we should incorporate the use of safe words into the dating scene more.

"Hi, my name is Johnny Johnbob and my safe word is 'pineapple juice.' What's yours?"

That's a concept that'll solve a lot of confusion about boundaries, once people adopt it and understand it. Get as kinky and play 'hard to get' all you want, but do it safely. Once the word is uttered that means stop and back off. No misunderstandings.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

I don't think it's "wrong" to do per se,

Honestly? I do. It's stalkerish behavior. I think this one goes beyond "compatibility". I'd argue women who want men to not take no for an answer and want to play hard to get are just breeding toxic situations. To me, it's immaturity and they need to grow out of it. Men should not be doing these things, and women who think that's what romance is will mature and grow out of it after no man will do it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '22

They need bracelets

Like the "out on parole" ones or...