I remember being young and thinking middle-aged people are staring at me because they want me /they disapprove/whatever.
Now I’m middle aged myself, I know the staring is way more likely to either be something along the lines of “ah that kid is so 90s, I never had that green colour but blue Fudge used to wash out to green like that…”
Or “have we run out of natural yoghurt, we bought that 500ml pottle last week but we had curry twice, maybe I should get some more…”
“OK so she must’ve bleached the full head then done the green side first, then the black side. Man her scalp must be itchy as fuck. What did I used to use to stop the burn? Coconut oil? Yeah that’s right. Smelt like Malibu for a week or so, and had to throw out that set of pillow cases. Man that sucks, I loved those pillow cases, perfect for winter. I wonder if you can still get them?”
Morpheus: “… and find out just how deep the rabbit hole goes.” Only it’s more like an interconnected maze of rabbit holes leading everywhere. I wonder if you can still get “pina colada” Malibu?
Theoretically she could part her hair with a knife and bleach the green side, wait 20 min and put the black side on with a toothbrush, then wash it and add the green as required?
I love how Gen Z has gone back to all that stuff.
With a knife?? Why not a comb???
There’s probably fancy metal hairdressing combs that would do it, but the “prow” of a normal comb is too blunt to separate the hair perfectly. You end up with strands from the left on the right etc.
The old DIY trick is to turn a sharp-pointed knife upside down so that the blade doesn’t face the scalp, and then use the point to gently part the hair. That’s how you get a perfect straight parting.
Okay, that’s a relief. I thought you were meaning to actually use a butterknife. I’ve only seen it done with rat tail combs so I was worried.
It could get bad if you sliced your scalp!
Or “have we run out of natural yoghurt, we bought that 500ml pottle last week but we had curry twice, maybe I should get some more…”
This is me. I have to really watch where I’m zoning out because I have absolutely been called out for staring when my brain was miles away.
I’m still wondering how the 90s entered kids garderobes again overnight. Sometimes I see a very funny xxxxxxxxwide jeans and I talk about that with my kids in the car and yes I do stare a bit with curiosity and amusement.
I know this Is an old post, but in the early 2000s 70’s fashion came back in vogue – a 30 years difference. And 30 years ago from today is the 90s, so it makes sense.
I think it’s a result of the 40 year old crowd. They’re a demographic with money and starting to get nostalgic for their childhood, so the market caters to that . Kids get exposed to it, a few trend setters decide it’s cool/vintage, and it takes off from there.
I’ve got to admit, a girl makes that face at me, I’m going to walk up and start explaining the plot of Krull (1983) for as long as she can hold it. If she makes it through the whole thing I’m pretty sure we’re legally married.
The responses to this post have been disgusting
Yeah its like they don’t understand the difference between just looking at someone that has a cool haircut and someone creep staring at you to where you feel unsafe.
I don’t want people staring at me like I’m a zoo animal. Bur apparently people in the comments here don’t understand that.
There is a difference between a guy staring into the void, and an older guy checking you out. I’ve experienced both and I don’t understand how people manage to confuse the two.
Being either self-absorbed, or traumatised?
It is in fact really easy to tell the difference, you just hear more about the times people make the mistake because it’s not noteworthy when somebody goes “that guy’s just staring off into space” and is right. You also likely have a bigger emotional reaction, assuming you’re a guy, to a woman mistakenly thinking a guy is staring at her and being wrong than you do the knowledge that women get stared at a lot, so it makes the first seem like it’s happening more often.
I’ve lived on both sides (trans) and can tell you I didn’t realize it was this common to get really obviously stared at by older men. And the older they are the more likely they are to do it, which is lucky, because I’m much less afraid of a 70 year old man doing anything to me than a 20-40 year old. I find the only thing I can do in that situation is to avoid looking them directly in the eyes, because they take that as a sign to approach.Am a woman. And sorry to hear about your bad experiences. Guess it comes with the territory huh? Older men sure know how to be creeps. And older women too. Cougars are predators after all.
One day, about 10 years ago, a guy pull out a knife to fight me in a subway station because he thought I was staring at him. Also got some nasty comments from women who thought I was looking at them when I didn’t even notice their presence. Now I try to look at the floor in public in case I get lost in my mind.
Middle aged men today? They’re millennials and that’s called a 1000 yard stare.
You’ll understand soon.
When I was 18, this girl would have been my idea of absolute perfection.
I think this image is peak “do I want to be her or be with her?”
Half the time I have no idea what I am staring at. It’s like having closed eyes, but they’re open. It’s my autopilot staring, not me.
On a side note, that lip piercing (just like any other piercing in mouth) may cause tooth damage and/or gum recession over time. It’s a bad idea.
Is that flirting? My Social skill is still around 12/100, but I heard that face is what people call flirting
I think she’s trying to put them off to get them to stop staring. So the opposite of flirting. But it’s not super clear
I’m so confused! All of the comments seem to understand, but I’ve got NOTHING. Is she doing something? I just see a smile!
She’s trying to do ominous wide-eyes, like a manic character from a cartoon or something, the idea being that she would “scare away” the older gentleman with her “unhinged” look.
Of course to anyone who has lived even a week in the real world, instead it just looks like somebody trying to looking intimidating and failing
Look at your getup, do you want attention or not?
“She’s asking to be objectified.”
No, she’s not. And this sexist argument needs to stop.
Sexist to notice someone with bright unnatural hair and heavy near clown makeup, sure. She’s keeping such a low profile, I can’t believe she would be looked at.
I agree it’s attention getting but that’s nowhere near the same as “asking to be objectified.” That’s fucked you think they’re the same
So if people dress a certain way its okay to stare like a weirdo? The post isn’t about just looking at someone. Its old creeps staring at young girls. There is a difference.
“everything I don’t like is attention-seeking”
Yeah, if I’m staring at you, it means a) I’m thinking about what I’m cooking at home, or balancing HOR production with HOR-to-fuel conversion in Satisfactory and b) my eyes are so bad (I haven’t had prescription glasses for years now) that you’re a blur of colors.
That said, I wonder if she likes board games.
But all men are creeps, surely you’re lying? Men only stare at woman because they’re pigs, obviously. /s
That’s a horrible thing to say about women.
Plot twist: they are into that and see that as a yes
(that as in what they are doing to repeal the middle aged man)
then I continue making that face and hit them with one of these :3
So you’re into BDSM as well?
the B stands for Bonks right?
Bonks Drugs Snuggling Manicotti
in that order
Someone that gets me!
The narcissism on so many levels is such an adorable aspect of this generation
The narcissism on so many levels is such an adorable aspect of
thisevery generationSame thing happened in : 90s with Goths, 80s with New Wave , 70s with gender fluid androgyny, 60s with hippies, 50s with rock and roll… 20s with flapper girls.
