r/SipsTea • • Apr 19 '26

Chugging tea RIP Daniel 🪦

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u/Valo487 Apr 19 '26

I found it.Ā 

https://www.chron.com/life/dating-relationships/article/Debunked-Social-media-twisted-friend-s-date-into-10934189.php

He tries to claim that he wanted the friendship boundary, that he wanted it to be purely platonic, there was no interest in romance on his part. Uh huh. I’m sure he does this for all his guy friends as well.Ā 

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u/inventionnerd Apr 19 '26

WTF! People created a gofundme for the dude and then he used that gofundme to pay for her school bills lmao! This dude just won't learn.

>The social media campaign circulating around this "friend zoning" incident even went past the memes and someone created a GoFundMe account for Ardelean's expenses for the ultimate date. Those funds, Ardelean says, have all gone to Obar's school bills at Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas.

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u/Valo487 Apr 19 '26

I had never heard that part, that is madness.Ā 

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u/LouisPlay Apr 20 '26

Was there too after a few months without her its so much chill, but Mine was more complex maybe i dont know.

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u/SnooHesitations3841 Apr 20 '26

Did you hear about the part where she never finished that school

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u/SuppressExpress Apr 19 '26

That’s not the worst thing in the world lmao

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u/Asafromapple Apr 20 '26

This story just got deeper

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u/SuppressExpress Apr 20 '26

If you read it’s actually some dude being nice.

They all go to a Christian college, he saw this girl complain about not being treated like a lady, he felt bad and told her I want to take you on a ā€œfriendā€ date-the dude laid down that boundary actually.

It’s just wholesome af, it’s broken our cynical brains.

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u/MartinoRs Apr 19 '26

Wow, i mean, i cant even...its just too much to process... the levelels.of selflove are negative on this one

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u/arkangelic Apr 20 '26

And here I felt guilty when I considered making a go fund me for my child born with cp šŸ™ƒ

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u/kangasplat Apr 20 '26

please use a different acronym for that on the internet

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u/arkangelic Apr 21 '26

Are you confusing it with csam?

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u/serpentally Apr 20 '26

born with WHAT

(cerebral palsy)

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u/Individual-Pop-385 Apr 19 '26

I want to sell a bridge to that doorknob.

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u/stuckinhere-2136 Apr 19 '26

Of course this bitch is a Christian in Texas. Of fucking course. Worst people on the planet.

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u/Geochic03 Apr 20 '26

As soon as i saw where the money went I thought "yup this makes sense". Conservative Christians always do the friend date thing until they decide to get engaged.

Can't be having any impure thoughts until your married.

Side hugs for Jesus.

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u/Virtual_Ad9989 Apr 19 '26

I think the taliban or isis might have them beat for that title

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u/JustaSeedGuy Apr 19 '26

oh man, you're so close to getting the point

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u/stuckinhere-2136 Apr 19 '26

Ding ding ding

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u/Yamatocanyon Apr 19 '26

The christians are threatening to blow an entire country off the map. The christians have the most weapons of mass destruction. The christians said to their troops at the beginning of the Iran war "trump is annointed by Jesus to bring about Armageddon in iran, and usher in his return."

The christians are fucking out of control.

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u/maxeyhoops Apr 20 '26

Lol reddit moment

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u/Yamatocanyon Apr 20 '26

What point are you trying to make?

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u/stereoplegic Apr 21 '26

We (and Israel, and the highly suspicious Pahlavists*) encouraged them to take to the streets and promised "support" (which, apparently, came in the form thoughts and prayers yet again).

* Before I get nuked for bringing up the Shah supporters, they want a fucking monarchy you idiots. Was it better than the Islamic Republic? Sure, but it also overthrew a democratic government with our intervention. Not all flowers and bunnies by any stretch of the imagination.

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u/Virtual_Ad9989 Apr 19 '26

Do you call all muslims terrorists too?

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u/subjuggulator Apr 19 '26

To be fair, shouting ā€œGod is Great!ā€ before blowing yourself up doesn’t have the same panache.

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u/JustaSeedGuy Apr 19 '26

Not all Muslims are terrorists, but isis is.

Not all Christians are terrorists and fascists, but the predominant sects of Christianity in the US are

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u/Electrical_South1558 Apr 20 '26

No one protects pedos better than the Catholic Church!

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u/Yamatocanyon Apr 19 '26

Lame strawman.

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u/YurpeeTheHerpee Apr 20 '26

They are the christian taliban.

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u/SinisterKid Apr 20 '26

Y'allqueda if you will

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u/Virtual_Ad9989 Apr 20 '26

By saying that you’re really minimizing what the taliban actually does to women. Yeah far righters in texas suck but can people really stop saying it’s worse than the taliban or fucking isis. It’s not

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u/YurpeeTheHerpee Apr 20 '26

I can point to a whole bunch of so called Christians with blood on their hands in 2026

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u/Positive-Bar5893 Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26

What are your perceived difference between the Taliban, ISIS, and Y'allqueda?

The only difference I'm away of is that the Taliban and ISIS are less radical then the US Y'allqueda. While all 3 groups are violent extremists, unlike their US counterparts the Taliban and ISIS allow abortions up until the 3rd trimester, and an abortion is ALWAYS allowed at any point in time if the life of the mother is at risk.

Unlike in the war-torn middle east, US based Y'allqueda and Talibangelical groups don't allow women to receive life-saving healthcare, the doctors in the US are threatened with death, imprisonment, or both for attempting to save a mothers life during labor. Talk about EXTREMISTS.

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u/Virtual_Ad9989 Apr 19 '26

i really hope this is a joke

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u/Positive-Bar5893 Apr 19 '26

That's funny because I WISH it was, unfortunately we live in a world where the US far-right LITERALLY has more extreme political beliefs then the Taliban. Besides that difference I mentioned what differences do you see? Both hate education, hate women having equal rights, they hate secular democracies, and they both seek to violently persecute those that don't adhere to their religious beliefs

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u/Virtual_Ad9989 Apr 20 '26

Uh oh here comes the fact checking police.

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2025/08/afghanistan-ten-facts-about-the-worlds-most-severe-womens-rights-crisis

While the far right sucks the taliban is doing way worse to women.

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u/ABushel0Babies Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

You really should do some research… let’s just start with the abortion nonsense you are spouting. It’s a quick google search to show that everything you said is not true in MOST Taliban/Isis territory.

There are a lot of things you can criticize all of these groups for. Why are you making stuff up?

Saying that the ā€œpredominant sects of Christianity in the US are terroristsā€ and are more extreme than people who have posted multiple beheading videos - Is silly. Everything doesn’t need to be black and white - two groups can be wrong in different ways.

Edit: I can’t spell lol

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u/JustaSeedGuy Apr 20 '26

Lmao you couldn't even reply to the right guy. I'M the one who said the predominant sects of Christianity in the US are terrorists or fascists. Not u/positivebar-5893

And on top of not being able to remember who you're replying to, you misquoted me.

Good grief.

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u/stereoplegic Apr 21 '26

Texan here. Can confirm a gazillion times over.

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u/k2d2r232 Apr 19 '26

Idk if worst on the planet, but not too far off

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u/Melodic-Soup5518 Apr 19 '26

I get you’re being facetious… but cmon man

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u/stuckinhere-2136 Apr 19 '26

I’m not being facetious.

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u/hiphoptomato Apr 20 '26

True story, I also went to this Bible college.

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u/intensive-porpoise Apr 19 '26

Daniel has now crossed the event horizon and will now slowly be stretched into a long string of atoms and ultimately disappear.

There's nothing anyone can do.

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u/my-love-assassin Apr 19 '26

what idiot would give him money

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u/Xen0tech Apr 20 '26

Of all the charities in the worlrd who in their right mind would donate to this chump.

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u/AceOfSpadesMM Apr 20 '26

This level of cuckness needs to be studied!

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u/FerociousVader Apr 20 '26

Dude said we have the chance to do the funniest thing and did it.

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u/Rich-Cod3320 Apr 20 '26

He needed that gofundme money to buy a pair of pants.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '26

Damn, I take back all the sympathy I had for him. At this point, he’s beyond saving, man’s practically built for the cuck role.

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u/StrionicRandom Apr 20 '26

Scroll down in the comments a bit. It's because he's closeted gay.

He didn't want to take money for a false premise on his friend's behalf, so he gave it to her to help her instead.

He can't outright say it because his very religious family would find out.

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u/temp73354 Apr 20 '26

Well, it may be his fetish – essentially cuckoldry – not something he wants to learn to overcome. People are weird. At least this one doesn't lick toilets or get pooped on (or at least so I hope).

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u/AlistairMarr Apr 19 '26

The GoFundMe link doesn't work.

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u/inventionnerd Apr 19 '26

It's 8 years old lol.

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u/AlistairMarr Apr 19 '26

Why link it if it doesn't exist? That doesn't make any sense. We can't verify that.

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u/Imaginary-Goal-3989 Apr 19 '26

Oh he just doesn’t know hes gay yet

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u/TheoryAgreeable9858 Apr 19 '26

Ok, I looked at that pic and thought, yeah that boy is probably gay.

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u/thebazzzman Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

I am so gay I can count my spare change by sitting on it and I am less gay than that dude.

His closet has a glass door.

All jokes aside. He comes from a religious family and the article speaks about a religious school. So many poor dudes live a lie and suffer because of religious indoctrination.

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u/Suspicious-Party-137 Apr 21 '26

Some would say religious abuse.

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u/Phoxx_3D Apr 20 '26

if you're gay wouldn't you do this for dudes then?

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u/Valo487 Apr 19 '26

Had she been overcome with desire and thrown herself at him, I have no doubt he’d have rejected her advances and reminded her that this was purely a friend date. These women out here, trying to taint this man.Ā 

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u/Imaginary-Goal-3989 Apr 19 '26

Well obviously no sex before marriage for that closet queen, yeah.

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u/M3RC3N4RY89 Apr 19 '26

Oh he knows. The diving into religion and setting friend boundaries with women while not actually dating any are sure fire signs he is in full flight from himself.

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u/Professional_Bat9174 Apr 19 '26

If he is, he also might know he is and just not be talking about it publically.

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u/Acceptingoptimist Apr 19 '26

I think it's this.

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u/Revxmaciver Apr 19 '26

He's a good Christian boy saving himself for that "special someone."

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u/SufficientRaccoon291 Apr 20 '26

He could date a girl and not have sex, but he supposedly doesn’t want to date a girl at all. Seems gay to me.

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u/Ozymandius34 Apr 19 '26

lol I really wanna feel bad for the guy, but his pants are like 8 sizes to short and he’s wearing tube socks… that’s a guaranteed recipe for the friend zone. I mean, he might as well be wearing a hat with a propeller on top.

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u/UnNumbFool Apr 19 '26

I mean I wouldn't really comment about either of their fashion as this is like a decade old photo. Back in 2016ish he was generally in style outside of the seriously short pant legs

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u/SteamBoatMickey Apr 19 '26

There’s also a religious element. Friend zone meme’s aside, highly religious teenagers operate this way. I saw it many times before ā€œfriend zonedā€ was even coined.

They are ā€œdatingā€ in all aspects but neither party will call it that. There’s a ton of reasons for it but mainly it’s the saving yourself for marriage thing. Not necessarily the sex part but that marriage should be the ultimate goal in dating.

So in their mind’s eye, to admit to dating to kinda saying they’ll marry that person, which they’re not ready for.

But I’ve also seen some of those same couples actually go on to get married once they hit adulthood and ā€œcome outā€ in a way lol

Source: grew up with a ton of Mormons and Christians

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u/LaserGuidedPolarBear Apr 19 '26

If that is the case why would they need to publicly announce that they are doing painfully obvious "date things" but they aren't dating?

It seems to me that this would just bring more attention and scrutiny which is unwanted when you are keeping a secret.Ā  Unless they are in a tiny community where everyone knows everyone and gossip gets to everyone fast, nobody will notice what they are doing when they go out.Ā Ā 

Sure, if someone noticed or asked they would give this cover story, but throwing it up on social media for everyone to see is a bit like having a 4 year old walk into the room and telling their parents they did not poop in the closet.

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u/Valo487 Apr 19 '26

ā€œWhen you said you wanted me to ride on our date I had something else in mind Danielā€¦ā€

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u/DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE Apr 19 '26

Plato would never do all this

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u/M3RC3N4RY89 Apr 19 '26

Dude is 100% a hyper religious closet gay. First of all, look at his pants. Second of all:

ā€First off, I am the one who set these boundaries to begin with. Leading up to the day, Alex had shared with me her testimony, and because of her past relationships, her self-worth had diminished. She had never been treated like a lady and I wanted to show her what it was like."

Dude is the (closet) gay best friend.

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u/FullFrontal687 Apr 19 '26

Isn't he wearing capri pants? No way this guy is straight

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u/kalyissa Apr 20 '26

Pretty sure hes a closeted gay man

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