Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
by oneeyedpigeon on Thursday February 06, 2025 @03:33AM
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> If you say "I don't have Instagram", the girl will assume that you don't like her, not that you don't have Instagram.
> So just make an empty Instagram
Why not, instead, say "I don't have Instagram, here's my [ bluesky handle / phone number / email address ]"?
Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
by carlosjobim on Thursday February 06, 2025 @06:58AM
(#42961543)
> bluesky handle
Just tell her you are an Arch Linux admin and skip the flirting.
> phone number
Yes, in regions where people use phone numbers / WhatsApp numbers in that way.
> email address
Just tell her you wanna sell her a time share and skip the flirting.
Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
by andyjohnson0 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @06:50AM
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> Asking for your Instagram is like what asking for your number was in the past. It's flirting, it's that they want to get in touch again, set up a date.
Personal website is the way to go. Preferably a static site built with a home-made templating engine written in Ruby and running on a non-mainstream budget cloud provider. The chicks dig it man.
Even a hint of Wordpress is social death.
/s
It's not about scoping you out. Asking for your Instagram is like what asking for your number was in the past. It's flirting, it's that they want to get in touch again, set up a date.
If you say "I don't have Instagram", the girl will assume that you don't like her, not that you don't have Instagram.
So just make an empty Instagram (with a normal profile photo) for connecting with people. And say so when sharing it with a girl. If it's somebody who wants to "scope you out", you're already dealing with a person who you don't want to deal with.