Thirst trapping or fishing for compliments, whatever you want to call it, people on social media are constantly using their posts to seek validation from the public and it's a dangerous game.
While some people who display this kind of behavior are genuinely just insecure, according to Dr.George Simon, PhD of "Ask The Psych," others may do it to manipulate others into paying them recognition. The following is a collection of people who went out looking for praise on the internet but forgot that nobody is safe in the web universe. Scroll through these bold photos and captions and read the brutal responses they received and don't forget to upvote your faves!
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Ugh. Neediness and external loci of affirmation really don't do it for me.
Fun fact: Colposingquanonia is a word that means measuring a woman's attractiveness by the size of her breasts.
That IS fun! The word. I have no need to measure breasts beyond the pair on myself.
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Yeah, not gonna lie, I'd be pretty proud of myself if I had a body like that 😂
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This one isn’t like the others. Duh it’s a bikini pic, but she’s just saying she got new glasses too. Haters gonna hate.
she can show those "sunglasses" every day. I am a woman, i am married but i love the sight of a beautiful woman. Or a man but i find the feminine body much more artistic. Her curves are so beautiful...Her breasts seem to be perfect. Thanks for sharing lol.
Nah, I have many photos where my arms/hands look weird - it's just a strange angle.
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This post is so dumb. Like she's not being "sneaky" shes posting a pretty picture of herself at the beach looking great and fit, BUT ALSO she has new glasses. Honestly this article has so much just random woman hatred. Are women just "fish for compliments" by existing and being hot and posting to social media?
A lady in a bikini is not asking to be objectified. No woman is asking to be objectified. Women are not objects. Men are not objects. Why would you want to objectify anyone?
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...BRUH I'm 220 lbs (I'm working on losing fat and building muscle, so please dont come at me)
Seriously? Who blured their faces on big pic but left the miniature, which is made from the same picture?
Why would you even lie about something like that?! How despicable of a human being are you?!
I don't see how people "got more than they asked for" in 90% of these. What a pointless article...
I think it’s still in development... people can still upload. Hopefully good ones will come up.
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Some of them are harmless probs posted by young 12-13 year olds who need to put down the mirror and pick up a book but the one where the skinny girl poses with the curvy girl and says “we are so hott, guess who got hit on the most” that’s fishing for compliments and a butt whooping because you know what you’re doing. Drawing attention to yourself by playing off someone else’s insecurity’s.
I think people who are fishing for compliments are often insecure, so being nasty about it, is probaly not very helpful in stopping this behaviour.
Internet is a strange place. Post this under "Insecure teenage girls are looking to boost their self-confidence online, and here's how people react" and you'll get a flock of people defending their every posture because unique, special, we all need attention sometimes, wouldn't dream of hurting someone's self esteem etc etc. But call it fishing for compliments and "oof they got what they deserved!" :P
ok, so the people posting are almost like drunk texters, they don't think about it in the cold hard light of day, it's an impulse sort of thing. if they slept on it, ran it past a friend, whatever, they wouldn't been seen. but impulse is a crazy thing.
A lot of these are the first audible cries for help from troubled souls
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I don't see how people "got more than they asked for" in 90% of these. What a pointless article...
I think it’s still in development... people can still upload. Hopefully good ones will come up.
Load More Replies... Some of them are harmless probs posted by young 12-13 year olds who need to put down the mirror and pick up a book but the one where the skinny girl poses with the curvy girl and says “we are so hott, guess who got hit on the most” that’s fishing for compliments and a butt whooping because you know what you’re doing. Drawing attention to yourself by playing off someone else’s insecurity’s.
I think people who are fishing for compliments are often insecure, so being nasty about it, is probaly not very helpful in stopping this behaviour.
Internet is a strange place. Post this under "Insecure teenage girls are looking to boost their self-confidence online, and here's how people react" and you'll get a flock of people defending their every posture because unique, special, we all need attention sometimes, wouldn't dream of hurting someone's self esteem etc etc. But call it fishing for compliments and "oof they got what they deserved!" :P
ok, so the people posting are almost like drunk texters, they don't think about it in the cold hard light of day, it's an impulse sort of thing. if they slept on it, ran it past a friend, whatever, they wouldn't been seen. but impulse is a crazy thing.
A lot of these are the first audible cries for help from troubled souls
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