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Dating is something that takes a lot of guts and experience from everyone who wants to be good at it. But nobody, not even your friend Trevor who spends all of his weekends chasing Tinder matches, is safe from making a fool of themselves. And some of these misfires can be painful not only for the two people who are on the date, but to everyone around them.
To prove this point, I'll ask you to take a look at the subreddit r/SadCringe. It's a place for awkward and/or embarrassing situations that also make your heart ache, and while we have already covered it in one of our older publications, this one is dedicated exclusively to pathetic attempts of winning over others.
I don't know if we should feel sorry for these folks or not — many from this bunch sound like they would fail a test in common decency. But let's try to judge their behavior rather than their personalities. If that's possible.
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#1
Life Stops Right At 35
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
Dude...just...you insult her out of the gate and then pretend like you're not interested when she turns you down...just...stop.
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#2
Just A Normal Guy
#3
Guy Thinks A Girl Was Begging For Sex When She Was Nice To Him At Lunch
#4
Incels Online Are Cringe. In Person? Even Worse.
DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago
This is so bad, so fricking bad! These types of people belong in mental asylums, if not jail.
#5
Im Dying Of Cringe
#8
I Salute This Cringe.
#10
Poor Guy
That nerd Zoe 3 years ago
I JUST REMEMBERED a while ago I said I was lesbian online and this dude was arguing that it's a sin and then someone else said "Bro ur just mad she gets more girls than you" 💀💀
#11
'He Was Bleed From His Mouth'
DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago (edited)
Would've considered if it said "Hi it's Josh now just got back from the afterlife"
#12
I Posted In Another Sub About Wanting A Breast Reduction. I Just Got This Message
#13
This Guy Is An Alpha Male
#14
Fuck Boi
#15
Homie Just Kept Going
#16
Always Shoot Your Shot?
#17
Just Gonna Drop This Right Here
#19
Did Ian Mean Anything To You?
#20
*cringe Nervously*
#21
My Friend Who Ive Known For Around A Month
#22
The Balls On This Guy
#23
Can I? Please? Please?
#24
I Thought You Were A Good Person
#25
Bruh
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 3 years ago
I'm surprised the artist(s) didn't try to talk him out of it, or refuse to take the commission(s).
#26
My Ex From High School Sent Me A Snapchat Video Of Him Begging Me For Nudes, And It Got Worse
#27
I Really Hope This Is Not Real
#28
Promo Code “Cutie”
#30
I Felt This In My Soul
#31
This Is Just Embarrassing I’m Not Even Gonna Lie
Casey McAlister 3 years ago
You went wrong with that asterisk b******t. Imagine being so clueless.
#32
Just Gonna Leave This Here
#33
Yea Just Got Fired No Big Deal. Wanna Hangout Though
#36
I Feel Like I’ve Seen This Before, Hopefully It Wasn’t Here
#38
I Live In An Apartment Complex. This Is My Next Door Neighbor. Never Talked To Him Before
#39
Throwback To When I Broke Up With My Abusive Ex
DUN DUN (she/her) 3 years ago
"You acted normal" YES SHE FCKING ACTED NORMAL, AND HOW IN THE NAME OF ALL FORSAKEN DEMONS IN HELL DID SHE LEAD YOU ON WITH ACTING NORMAL!!? Dude's on a different level of psycho-ness
#41
His Efforts
#42
Netflix And ... Dude Chill
#43
Sorry If This Is A Repost, I Just Found The Ultimate Sad Cringe On Facebook
#44
I Called A Customer To Deliver Pizza To His Apartment, He Saved My Number And Proceeded To Text Me This
#45
Pay To Play Doesn’t Work
#46
"Oh I Thought You Sent That"
#47
Poor Guy
Joe Reaves 3 years ago
Dude read what she posted on twitter. She's not mocking you. She's making it clear you freaked her out. Scaring the crap out of people by being freaky (and yes telling someone you don't know they'd be your perfect gf is freaky) is not a good way to get a date. Also since you know she's asexual you should probably have started by finding out if she's also aromantic.
#48
I Texted All Of My Contacts: "Happy New Year!"
#49
Hope He Finds What He’s Looking For
#50
Mods Give Me The Creeps
#51
You Really Do Hate To See It
#52
In Times Of Need, Pull Out The Jealous Card
#53
Can You Pretend To Be Her?
#54
When I Tried To Breakup With My Ex, He Sent Me A Picture Of Myself Eating Steak
#55
Poor Guy
#56
Be Careful Giving Out Your Number In Public!
#57
Oh...
#58
But Why Not??
QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago
Bad enough he used someone else’s photo, he admitted he was catfishing in her bra? Wtf is wrong with people
#59
Dude Uses His Fish Dying To Hit Up His Ex Girlfriend
#61
My Friend Has A Joke Account For His Bearded Dragon That I Feel Like He's Taking Too Far. He Doesn't Want To Admit How Sad This Is
#63
But For Real Tho?
#64
A Boy Sent Me A Survey After A Date
#65
This Dude Has Been Trying To Get My Friend To Go Out With/Hook Up With Him For Months, This Is His Latest Sad Attempt. Trust Me When I Say He Is 100% Grade-A Niceguy (Tm).
Shelley DuVal 3 years ago
And after the movie he would be saying to her "you owe me because I gave you a free pass
#66
Hajime
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NsG 3 years ago
Genuine question: have these techniques ever worked? I mean EVER in the history of flirting? Where are guys getting the impression that these are the methods to use? I get that persistence is a thing in "RomComs", but some of these fall so far on the "Com" side that it's just not funny any more.
tirebiter 3 years ago
I am reminded of something that happened in the mid-1970s when I worked in a gas station. A coworker who was fat, ugly and a jerk called up a girl he knew a d said "do you want some company?" And not much else. A few minutes later she drove up, and picked him up. About half an hour later she dropped him back. I was amazed, mostly at her lack of self esteem.
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Not Proud British 3 years ago
Sooner or later there will be 'nice men' who come on to comment about how the examples show women as b*****s. What is really sad is how some of these examples show women being harassed for sex, for nude pics, being catfished and having their number used by strangers. Not all men are like this, I am married to one of them. But those men who aren't like this, need to call out those who are. Enough is enough. Women are not objects to fulfil the whim of men. We have the right to be left alone, to say no, to have our privacy respected, to be treated as human beings.
elSti 3 years ago
Nah, your huisband is one of them. He is the nicest of all
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The Sorrows of Mother LoveJoy 3 years ago
There SHOULD be an incel tip line like any Other crime.harrassment is a crime.and radicalized men(and enablers)should face scrutiny as femicidal terrorists.
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
You know, women are regular human beings. You can just talk to us; you don't need some magical pickup line as a password.
Gavin Johnson 3 years ago (edited)
That requires a certain level of intelligence AND emotional intelligence to achieve it. That’s totally beyond these examples ain’t it? Two (or more) people can randomly meet, converse, share a beer or a coffee, enjoy the moment and it doesn’t have to become anything other than that, equally it can be the start of the rest of your life together. When will the incels learn? Life is about crossing paths and enjoying the experience for its own merits, that’s where you start, that’s what makes life an enjoyable rollercoaster. PS Sevven a rather good Sixx reference, nice. 😀🤘
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Austin Hicks 3 years ago
I've never actually witnessed anything like this before, even when it's just "me and the guys," but all these were just so sad, pathetic, creepy, embarrassing, and some dangerous. I mean, I've had to tell guys to keep crap to themselves or to stop acting like a caveman but I've never seen this depth of worm-like behavior. I don't even know how I'd respond. Some of these people need therapy and consistent, positive human contact and some of the others need medication or incarceration. Like these are deeply woven, complex attachment, personality and emotional issues, a true glimpse at the vast multitude of societal problems and the lack of institutions or resources to counter it.
K Witmer 3 years ago
It's a lot of entitlement and lack of consequences you're right
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Richard Henderson 3 years ago (edited)
These guys would benefit from reading something like The Game or the 30 Day Style Challenge. The latter would be more help because Strauss actually teaches men/incels/whatever how to present themselves better, be more confident and stylish and generally how to be a better human male.
Aamna Shah 3 years ago
A lot of men think of women as an exotic specie and a prize to be won. If they viewed women as normal, equal human beings who don't exist as a pretty object out there luring men and choosing the strongest of prospects to give them babies, this wouldn't be happening at all. This is frankly disgusting.
Wang Zhuang 3 years ago
Reading stuff like this is entertaining for me. Hard to believe most of it is real, since it's hard for me to imagine women putting up with a guy long enough to let him text her nonsense repeatedly. Block and move on
Kiara Johnstone 3 years ago
The knock knock guy at the end was cute. I would have laughed. The women's boyfriend is the jerk in that exchange. If I were her, I might just break up with possessive boyfriend and see if knock knock guy is single.
The Sorrows of Mother LoveJoy 3 years ago
I think the faces and names of the offenders shouldn't be blacked out.it may discourage their stalking if they think people see them.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I often think about how happy I am to have married young and never had to deal with crap like this. Then I see so much evidence of Nice Guys that I'm thinking, I'd rather be single forever if that was the case.
NsG 3 years ago
Genuine question: have these techniques ever worked? I mean EVER in the history of flirting? Where are guys getting the impression that these are the methods to use? I get that persistence is a thing in "RomComs", but some of these fall so far on the "Com" side that it's just not funny any more.
tirebiter 3 years ago
I am reminded of something that happened in the mid-1970s when I worked in a gas station. A coworker who was fat, ugly and a jerk called up a girl he knew a d said "do you want some company?" And not much else. A few minutes later she drove up, and picked him up. About half an hour later she dropped him back. I was amazed, mostly at her lack of self esteem.
Load More Replies... Not Proud British 3 years ago
Sooner or later there will be 'nice men' who come on to comment about how the examples show women as b*****s. What is really sad is how some of these examples show women being harassed for sex, for nude pics, being catfished and having their number used by strangers. Not all men are like this, I am married to one of them. But those men who aren't like this, need to call out those who are. Enough is enough. Women are not objects to fulfil the whim of men. We have the right to be left alone, to say no, to have our privacy respected, to be treated as human beings.
elSti 3 years ago
Nah, your huisband is one of them. He is the nicest of all
Load More Replies... The Sorrows of Mother LoveJoy 3 years ago
There SHOULD be an incel tip line like any Other crime.harrassment is a crime.and radicalized men(and enablers)should face scrutiny as femicidal terrorists.
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
You know, women are regular human beings. You can just talk to us; you don't need some magical pickup line as a password.
Gavin Johnson 3 years ago (edited)
That requires a certain level of intelligence AND emotional intelligence to achieve it. That’s totally beyond these examples ain’t it? Two (or more) people can randomly meet, converse, share a beer or a coffee, enjoy the moment and it doesn’t have to become anything other than that, equally it can be the start of the rest of your life together. When will the incels learn? Life is about crossing paths and enjoying the experience for its own merits, that’s where you start, that’s what makes life an enjoyable rollercoaster. PS Sevven a rather good Sixx reference, nice. 😀🤘
Load More Replies... Austin Hicks 3 years ago
I've never actually witnessed anything like this before, even when it's just "me and the guys," but all these were just so sad, pathetic, creepy, embarrassing, and some dangerous. I mean, I've had to tell guys to keep crap to themselves or to stop acting like a caveman but I've never seen this depth of worm-like behavior. I don't even know how I'd respond. Some of these people need therapy and consistent, positive human contact and some of the others need medication or incarceration. Like these are deeply woven, complex attachment, personality and emotional issues, a true glimpse at the vast multitude of societal problems and the lack of institutions or resources to counter it.
K Witmer 3 years ago
It's a lot of entitlement and lack of consequences you're right
Load More Replies... Richard Henderson 3 years ago (edited)
These guys would benefit from reading something like The Game or the 30 Day Style Challenge. The latter would be more help because Strauss actually teaches men/incels/whatever how to present themselves better, be more confident and stylish and generally how to be a better human male.
Aamna Shah 3 years ago
A lot of men think of women as an exotic specie and a prize to be won. If they viewed women as normal, equal human beings who don't exist as a pretty object out there luring men and choosing the strongest of prospects to give them babies, this wouldn't be happening at all. This is frankly disgusting.
Wang Zhuang 3 years ago
Reading stuff like this is entertaining for me. Hard to believe most of it is real, since it's hard for me to imagine women putting up with a guy long enough to let him text her nonsense repeatedly. Block and move on
Kiara Johnstone 3 years ago
The knock knock guy at the end was cute. I would have laughed. The women's boyfriend is the jerk in that exchange. If I were her, I might just break up with possessive boyfriend and see if knock knock guy is single.
The Sorrows of Mother LoveJoy 3 years ago
I think the faces and names of the offenders shouldn't be blacked out.it may discourage their stalking if they think people see them.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I often think about how happy I am to have married young and never had to deal with crap like this. Then I see so much evidence of Nice Guys that I'm thinking, I'd rather be single forever if that was the case.
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