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[-] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 55 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Girls have a super power they can use to live rent free in any guy's head pretty much eternally. All they need to do is catch them off guard with a compliment.

A guy will keep a shirt until it literally disintegrates if one time a girl said "that color looks good on you." Pretty much every guy that wears a particular cologne, wears that cologne because at some point a girl said he smelled nice. It's not even a horny brain thing I don't think. It's just that guys get so few compliments on their appearance that every single one is massively precious to them.

[-] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago

girls would do this more often but there's always the (justified tbh) fear that the guy will take it the wrong way and get weird about it :(

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

It's absolutely justified fear. For every one guy who will just take it as a sweet compliment, there are ten guys who will think "she wants the D!"

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[-] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

I've always bought my husband red shirts because I think he looks good in a bold red color. About 17 years of marriage before he finally told me he doesn't really care for the color, that he just wants to look good for me.

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

awee 🙄 (I can't find the sweet teary eyed emoji, pretend this is that one)

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[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago

I (afab) intentionally give my male friends and coworkers lots of non sexual compliments, and it’s been a mixed bag for people I don’t know well. I genuinely love men’s business wear, so I frequently go for a comment about what they’re wearing (think “I like your shirt” or “that’s a cool pattern,” not “that shirt makes your eyes pop” or “you look sexy in that shirt”), and about a third of the time, they still seem to think I’m coming on to them. Since I got married and wear my wedding ring, that’s down to about a quarter.

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

non-sexual

“You look sexy in that shirt”

I mean…

[-] virku@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago

You missed the word "not" there I guess?

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

I’m not good at reading comprehension.

[-] sowitzer@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

I agree. Tim Cruise is short.

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[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

That’s an example of a compliment I don’t give. I’m not trying to start something I don’t want to finish and I don’t want to finish anything.

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In my defense, I am very drunk and I do look sexy in that shirt thank you very much

[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago

You even look sexy without that shirt. Your sexiness is shirt-invariant!

[-] BillibusMaximus@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 months ago

In 1998, the young lady working the cash register at the taco bell near where I worked told me I have really pretty eyes. So I have that going for me, which is nice.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 3 months ago

The same thing happened to me, only it was at a Carl's Jr! Rejoice, for we have pretty eyes! (At least according to 2 random fast-food workers)

[-] blady_blah@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

It's crazy how few times in an average man's life he gets real compliments on clothing or looks. It happens so rarely most of us can tell you about the times even when they're 20 years ago.

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Speaking from first hand experience: try growing a handlebar mustache (if you can). If you groom it well you will get complimented all the time. I'm a fairly generic looking guy without the stache, and almost never got complimented on my looks before I grew it.

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[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 26 points 3 months ago

Damn people are lonelier than me?

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 months ago

There's always someone happier than you in the same way there's always someone more miserable than you.

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[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 months ago

I've received two compliments from women out of the blue in my life. The first time was when a coworker told me i had a nice voice and should do voice acting for anime. That was 2006.

The second was another coworker said "at least you're cute" to some offhand joke i made. That was 2018.

At that rate, I expect another nice comment around 2032 or so.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

The data indicates 12 years which would be 2030.

That's a lot more optimistic!

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago

I'm assuming that there'll be an additional wait period. They are experiencing heavy call volume at this time.

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

It's austerity now, so we can probably expect a bit of deflation on the compliment market, pushing back projected compliment growth rates.

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[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

I don't remember basically anyone from my secondary schoold other than my 4 close freinds and this one girl that randomly asked me for a hug one day, said I give really good hugs, then basically never spoke to me again.

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[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

I was told blue looks good on me by a girl.

10 years later, most of my shirts are blue.

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[-] drascus@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago

A girl once told me I am not horrific to look at. God that fucked me up lol.

[-] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I feel that pain. It's like that "worst she can do is say no" thing. When I was 12 my friends were joking about who another friend should "date" (ofc in the capacity that 12yos manage that) and someone JOKINGLY suggested me, I even laughed along for a second. Her answer, rather than laughing along or something, was a deadpan "eww". That fucked my confidence for years

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[-] Zorsith 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've received a lot of compliments on my voice in life, Nicknames for it throughout school; i didn't have a period of voice cracking, literally woke up one day and my voice was different (scared the shit out of my parents that morning).

I hate my voice 🙃

[-] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Everyone hates their voice haha just know it sounds different to other people than it does to you.

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[-] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

One time a buddy and I were out drinking and on our way out he ran into a childhood friend. So while they were catching up I was just leaning against a table and listening to their conversation and people watching.

A pretty attractive woman came up to me, looked me dead in the eyes, and said "you'd be more attractive if you had some self-confidence", and then walked out of the bar.

I think about that every day. Because I have never in my life been told I need "more confidence" (actually, it's usually the opposite haha).

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago

Maybe she wanted you to approach her, you ignored her "signals" and the only reason that could be, at least from her point of view, was that you lacked confidence.

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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

I must be a heck of a lot more "attractive," than I think I am. I'm male, and 44 y/o. I get a random compliment from strangers about once every month or two.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

When's your next movie coming out

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[-] SomGye@dormi.zone 13 points 3 months ago

You're practically Pierce Brosnan!

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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago
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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

"You smell so nice" - a gay female co-worker. I was wearing a new cologne that I purchased for myself. It was very expensive so I'm glad I chose well

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

Everytime the cashier flips the tablet over before a tip, they say a compliment. I always tip more than I usually do.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

They got you good

[-] Bonje@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

My eyebrows got complimented back in high school. I ran out of the room red-faced mid class (it was during a science lab, and it's been 10 years).

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I did a lot of clubbing in the '90s. Once, a beautiful girl came up to me and said: "You're gorgeous" and then ran off. Thing is, though, I was in my early 30s at the time and she looked about 16. So, obviously, I didn't pursue her. But that's stuck with me for over 20 years. I can still hear it in my head.

[-] Lesrid@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

A woman at a house party saw my driver's license after she asked for proof that I have two middle names and two last names. She saw my photo and said: "your neck doesn't look anywhere near as long in real life" I knew it was a compliment, and I'll never forget it.

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 11 points 3 months ago

I give my man compliments all the time. He calls me silly and pretends he doesn't care, but I think it is working. Have been running a semi-non stop compliment campaign since Covid where I tell him how beautiful his hair is in the hopes he will cut it less. It's been a good while since he last came home looking like a sheep after shearing. Summer is approaching, though, so I'm bracing myself for him getting the idea to visit the barber and have him mutilate those beautiful locks of his. It should be crime, honestly.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

It's such a cruel thing that compliments from partners don't feel the same as compliments from strangers. My wife has been telling me parts of my body are attractive for agres, but I didn't really internalize it until I heard it from others as well.

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[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

"If I wasn't a lesbian, I'd 100% date you"

Normally, I'd write this off as someone "letting me down easy", but this was my best friend in High school that I knew for years, so I know the sentiment was genuine.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I think back to a compliment I recieved once. Probably one of my more pleasant memories.

[-] pan0wski@infosec.pub 7 points 3 months ago

When I was in elementary school, a girl who was generally mean to me and everyone else told me I have nice teeth. That was over 10 years ago and I still vividly remember it.

[-] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

Tangentially related, I was ordering food at a Wendy's and the cashier out of the blue asked if I had ever been in a long distance relationship. I said no, but I knew people that had and if the relationship was strong enough, it would work out in the end. Hope things worked out for her.

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[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 6 points 3 months ago

I was working in a hotel kitchen and one of the waitresses told me I was more beautiful when I smiled. That was in like 2012 and I still remember it.

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