In the X post, which boasts 1.6 million views, she recalled how a male stranger sitting behind her handed her a “piece of paper and said, “Take this and read it later. It’s not creepy."
lol the title of the article is “Passenger horrified”
Then the article:
“It was a handwritten note complimenting my hair at length … and [a] $100 bill,” exclaimed the flabbergasted gal.
However, the passenger explained in a follow-up post how she didn’t find it creepy because her mile-high admirer “didn’t leave a number and there was clearly no expectation or hope that we would interact again.”
Apparently it’s fine to do weird shit as long as there’s money involved
The real take away is that the $100 indicates the weirdo is wealthy enough to just give her, a stranger, that money for no apparent reason. So if you are wealthy, doing weird stuff is fine.
Honestly, the money makes it weirder imho. I think it’s valid not to want someone to take a compliment the wrong way so you say it as you’re leaving or in a context where it’s clear you don’t want anything from them, but being so extra about it is weird imho. Like, sure he didn’t leave a number, but if he just casually complimented her that probably would have been fine and not weird at all. I imagine the note was an excuse to add the money, and he said open later to avoid her feeling weird about the money. It’s his money he can ostensibly do what he likes with it, but I would feel at least a bit creeped out if someone randomly gave me money because they liked my appearance.
I hate articles that are essentially “we turned a tweet into an essay”, but I don’t think the takeaway is that money makes things less creepy.
I obviously didn’t read the article, so I have no idea if it was chatGPT, but I try to stay away from this kind of piece because it generally has little if any journalistic merit regardless of if it was AI or not.
It looked like the consensus in the comments was that he probably snipped some of her hair to take home with him without her noticing before giving her the note with the money in it
I think it’s actually chemistry. If you have chemistry with the person it probably won’t be creepy. Now looks, and money, okay a part in chemistry but the two issue isn’t ugly, poor people. It’s people that don’t seem to know it care if someone is in to them.
I often see people trying to reduce creepy/not creepy down to one variable, but I think it’s at least two very broad categories: mutual interest and context.
Leaving my partner a surprise gift telling them I’ll always be with them and will never leave is romantic. Doing the same to someone I’ve just met is terrifying.
Oh ok, I was talking about the link for the article. Yeah I tried the X link too it looks like it’s been taken down. I’m guessing since they linked the article directly to that ladies personal Twitter account she probably got sick of hearing about it and deleted it lol
Here’s the article
Yeah, can’t see anything creepy about that lol
What did it say tho
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine
Ovaltine? A crummy commercial?
It was a handwritten note complimenting her hair at length and a $100 bill.
WELCOME TO BIG JAY’S APPLIANCE WAREHOUSE WHERE YOU’LL ALWAYS GET THE BEST DEALS
We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.
bro thinks he’s a vtm vampire with dominate
lol the title of the article is “Passenger horrified”
Then the article:
Apparently it’s fine to do weird shit as long as there’s money involved
The real take away is that the $100 indicates the weirdo is wealthy enough to just give her, a stranger, that money for no apparent reason. So if you are wealthy, doing weird stuff is fine.
Welcome to America!
Honestly, the money makes it weirder imho. I think it’s valid not to want someone to take a compliment the wrong way so you say it as you’re leaving or in a context where it’s clear you don’t want anything from them, but being so extra about it is weird imho. Like, sure he didn’t leave a number, but if he just casually complimented her that probably would have been fine and not weird at all. I imagine the note was an excuse to add the money, and he said open later to avoid her feeling weird about the money. It’s his money he can ostensibly do what he likes with it, but I would feel at least a bit creeped out if someone randomly gave me money because they liked my appearance.
I hate articles that are essentially “we turned a tweet into an essay”, but I don’t think the takeaway is that money makes things less creepy.
Yeah, a note that just said your hair is amazing or whatever and have a nice day would have been way less weird I think.
More like “we let ChatGPT turn a tweet into an essay.”
I obviously didn’t read the article, so I have no idea if it was chatGPT, but I try to stay away from this kind of piece because it generally has little if any journalistic merit regardless of if it was AI or not.
God, we’ll really talk about anything won’t we?
It looked like the consensus in the comments was that he probably snipped some of her hair to take home with him without her noticing before giving her the note with the money in it
What is the difference between creepy and a hopeless romantic?
Money. Sometimes looks. But usually money.
I think it’s actually chemistry. If you have chemistry with the person it probably won’t be creepy. Now looks, and money, okay a part in chemistry but the two issue isn’t ugly, poor people. It’s people that don’t seem to know it care if someone is in to them.
If I had a dollar for every woman who called me ugly, women wouldn’t think I was ugly anymore
I often see people trying to reduce creepy/not creepy down to one variable, but I think it’s at least two very broad categories: mutual interest and context.
Leaving my partner a surprise gift telling them I’ll always be with them and will never leave is romantic. Doing the same to someone I’ve just met is terrifying.
Is the post now deleted? The link(s) don’t work for me
I just tried it again and the link still works for me 🤷♂️
Even the tweets? On both X and Xcancel they are not found
Oh ok, I was talking about the link for the article. Yeah I tried the X link too it looks like it’s been taken down. I’m guessing since they linked the article directly to that ladies personal Twitter account she probably got sick of hearing about it and deleted it lol
Yeah you can’t just say “It’s not creepy” like a jedi mind trick
Well no, of course not. You have to wave your hand too
I have to wave my hand, too.
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