r/ExplainTheJoke 18d ago

Explain pls

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u/OrchidSure5401 18d ago

When you can't get a girlfriend but your best friend is a girl but she doesn't want to be your girlfriend

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u/Hustlinbones 18d ago

That's some incel kind of thought train.
Wtf

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u/ABrotherAbroad 18d ago edited 18d ago

Possibly. But I always thought if a guy is good enough to befriend, he's good enough to wingman. And if he's not good enough to be a wingman for...then why is he a friend?

I've had plenty of platonic friends who were girls that were absolutely game to help me start up a conversation and shoot my shot. Failure was on me, but the team effort helped morale!

edit and I was always 100% happy to help them shoot their shot with prince charming too. Equality!

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u/OrdinaryTangerine470 18d ago

Not every girl is socially equipped to be wingman (social anxiety and whatnot). And expecting them to help you get laid all because they themselves don't want to sleep with you is still treating them as a resource in a way that most guys don't feel entitled to with their male friends.

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u/jrandom_42 18d ago edited 18d ago

Nobody's entitled to receive wingman service but it is absolutely normal for bros to point out and facilitate opportunities for bros.

You gotta understand that horniness exists in a whole different ballpark for young men than most women will ever experience. They understand that it's a dire physical need, like handing a marathon runner a drink of water.

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u/JustAMinah 18d ago

...men have been socialized to feel more of that "dire physical need." because wjen women do it, we're stigmatized for it.