ADVERTISEMENT

We've seen people on the internet talking about red and green flags in romantic relationships, but lately, there has been a lot of fuss about another color.

TikToker Caito (@itscaito) coined the term "beige flag" in one of her videos from a year ago, where she explained that it's a sign that someone's really, really boring to date.

@itscaito beige is the new red and in other news dating apps are a wasteland 🚩 #hinge #redflags #datingredflags #hingedating ♬ original sound - Caito

However, since then, folks have evolved it, making the beige flag something in between the red and green ones. Now, this sign is understood to be more like a personal quirk that catches your attention, a mannerism that makes you pause and think, "Hmmm... that's a bit odd" without fully understanding if it's good or bad.

(For reference, think of when Anatoly Dyatlov in HBO's Chernobyl heard the radiation reading and said: "3.6 [Roentgen] — not great, not terrible.")

So to give you a better understanding of the latest online dating slang, we compiled some of the most popular beige flags that we've seen.

#6

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

rhyleeelynnn Report

Add photo comments
POST
luisa_vasconcelos avatar
Legen ( wait for it ) dary
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Asking all the questions on people who do this is amazing, because they answer. Not sure if always honest or true.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#7

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

jonelledonn Report

Add photo comments
POST
generally_happy avatar
similarly
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sorry, but as annoying as this must be, I also find it hilarious.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#9

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

niyahurt Report

Add photo comments
POST
generally_happy avatar
similarly
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone with high-functioning autism, this sounds like it might be Autism Spectrum Disorder. Many High Functioning Autistic people have trouble with chatting and casual conversation. The fact he has to google topics for conversation hints he might be having trouble with casual social skills and is making an effort to compensate. Likewise, the fact he asks intimate questions in a room full of people suggests he has trouble understanding social propriety and boundaries, another thing difficult for people with autism.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#10

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

alexkhoury01 Report

Add photo comments
POST
luisa_vasconcelos avatar
Legen ( wait for it ) dary
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Put him in front of a mirror and tell him that he is cute and a keeper, because he is actually listening to you. My one, I could tell him 200 times how a watch is beautiful and he would still show up on valentines or birthdays with something else but the watch.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#13

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

alex.boe.balex Report

#15

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

abbyywei21 Report

Add photo comments
POST
britjap avatar
adam-t-mccauley avatar
Me.
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's a joke, which as long as its not a sensitive issue for anybody there, is fine.

Load More Replies...
joerusso_1 avatar
Joe Russo
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a meme from somewhere. My two teenaged kids will repeat this for 10 minutes...

sherilynnedemaio avatar
SheDeM
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd have to keep a pool noodle handy so I could pummel him every time he did this.

carolelp avatar
Carole Petricek
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let me guess: he was born in the early 90's? I remember a campout with my boys and bunch of cub scouts and they would NOT stop repeating that one like it was the funniest joke ever! And my boys still think it's funny (and I am still occasionally treated to a rehash of this even though they're over 30 now!)

kstewownsme avatar
GK
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a meme. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/crazy-i-was-crazy-once-they-locked-me-in-a-room-a-rubber-room-a-rubber-room-with-rats-and-rats-make-me-crazy

pcktfox avatar
PcktFox
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that would end up being a deal breaker for me! Having to listen to the same tired bit over and over would drive me... well, you know.

evagracevance avatar
bi mermaid (she/her/hers)
Community Member
3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a camp counselor who said this too much-he was a funny one, we documented everything he said (mostly government conspiracy theories)

pennykemper avatar
Penny Kemper
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But it's original from some old movie or show. Because I heard it long ago before the internet was widely used.

dodsonmichelle avatar
Celtic Pirate Queen
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aw - that's adorable. I'll tell my husband I'm going to the store, so he'll say Why don't you go to the store? & I'll counter with You know what? I think I'll go to the store & he'll say Maybe you should go to the store, until one of us says, "Oh, just shut up already" You shut up, No YOU shut up - YOU shut up first (said like Eunice from "Mama's Family). Yeah, we're weird. But we're weird together & it 's worked for almost 16 years.

silver5trike avatar
Silver5trike
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My friend does this and at this point our entire group just starts joining in with her lol. It made something that was a little annoying into something that was fun!

sandymsmith avatar
Sandy Smith
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would abuse this like...uh...crazy. That word would appear in every conversation.

skyeragsdale avatar
Skye Ragsdale
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The version we did on my playground had more verses. It was a longer loop.

kbuchanan111072 avatar
Kimberly Buchanan Fisanick
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG! I thought I was the only one. I heard it somewhere when I was a teenager. I am 59 now. It was before technology

trish_3 avatar
Trish
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's this generations "This is the song that never ends."

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#19

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

bailey.anne.s Report

Add photo comments
POST
generally_happy avatar
similarly
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In high school, my brother loved convincing people that "gullible" wasn't actually in the dictionary.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#20

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

liftswithleah Report

Add photo comments
POST
generally_happy avatar
similarly
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've often said that it's as selfish to refuse to receive as it is to refuse to give, because in refusing to receive we are denying other people the opportunity to be generous and we are refusing to be grateful to other, instead insisting they always be indebted to us. Generosity sometimes means allowing others to be generous too.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#21

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

h.j.gibbo Report

Add photo comments
POST
emmiepsykc avatar
Em
Community Member
10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

100% me. Not hypochondria or attention seeking, my body is just a POS. I either try not to comment on it because I can absolutely see how this would be annoying, or I make it a joke, like, ugh, what's broken on me now?

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#22

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

graceblairrr Report

Add photo comments
POST
ninettet avatar
Nina
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I friggin hate when people do that! Didn't you read the rest? Is your brain function that limited? Why?!

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#23

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

ginaqueerious Report

Add photo comments
POST
editor_16 avatar
Sue Denham
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When my children went through this phase I'd pretend to not know what they wanted until they spoke properly. (And, yes, they were fully able to articulate clearly.)

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#24

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

hadar_zaid Report

Add photo comments
POST
rweaver-boredpanda avatar
Johnny
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand why that would make the waiter embarrassed - he'll either have an actual favorite that he'll recommend, if not then he'll pick something at random from the menu (or something expensive)... or maybe the manager said "hey, we've got too much fish, so push the fish!" and recommend that. Not sure where the discomfort would come from unless the waiter was so unfamiliar with the menu that he couldnt think of a single dish to recommend.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#25

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

catiaanello Report

Add photo comments
POST
travellingtrainer avatar
Hey!
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm like that and I'm a woman. If they want to say, they will tell me - that's my reasoning.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#26

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

graybaby0 Report

Add photo comments
POST
susangreen_2 avatar
Susan Green
Community Member
10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe he thinks it’s a beige flag that you call yourself a scheduled girly.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#28

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

bryana_ashley Report

Add photo comments
POST
phil84vaive avatar
Phil Vaive
Community Member
10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is me, and this is apparently very common in people who have ADHD (not saying she does). I hate having notifications hanging over me, so I open the message, and if I'm in the right mood I'll respond. But sometimes I think "I'll get back to it later" and then totally forget the message ever existed until the next time I think to text that person.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#30

Beige-Flags-Tiktok-Trend

zachzeaman Report

Note: this post originally had 37 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.

ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda