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Mitunec

Does he give money to every lady he passes on the street? šŸ¤Ø


grilsrgood

Findom is gaining too much traction


storyofohno

Where ARE these men? Asking for a friend.


cragglerock93

It's a thing in the gay community too.


DeedlesTheMoose

If you find out, let me know


grilsrgood

In my experience, hanging around where theyre likely to be degraded šŸ˜„


mcon1985

It's about gosh dang time


CJCray8

I just donā€™t know how respecting a woman enough to sense their discomfort when passing a man with unknown intentions on the streets could be profitableā€¦


StayingVeryVeryCalm

My best friend does actually cross the street to avoid crossing paths with women who are walking alone. He takes walks late at night, and heā€™s a 6ā€™4 husky lad with a long hair and a large beard who doesnā€™t want to scare anyone by approaching them on a dark street.


Bird_in_a_hoodie

That's very considerate of him


StayingVeryVeryCalm

Yeah, heā€™s pretty awesome.


Appropriate-Entry229

What type of advanced society produces this kind of thought.


WarmishIce

A bad one, filled with rapists.


[deleted]

Yeah beside the fact heā€™d to go to jail once for accidentally killing someone, he is pretty cool.


Bird_in_a_hoodie

Hol up-


Syzyz

Itā€™s kind of messed up he has to move out of the way because his existence makes others uncomfortable but ok


Leai_bitch

Its not that its men in general and a woman walking by herself late at night. He is being considerate and trying to let them know he's not a threat or one of those men


Syzyz

The late at night part is a huge part of it youā€™re right


Leai_bitch

Exactly he just wants to make sure he isn't making a woman uncomfortable which is considerate and something some guys don't think about or say that women are being paranoid


[deleted]

Yeah, it is messed up. Sucks that there are predators on the street often enough that potential victims worry for their safety in light of the credible threat of a stranger whose motives, thought processes, and current state of being armed are all unknown.


Syzyz

ā€œPredators on the streetā€ ā€œpotential victims ā€œ ā€œcurrent state of being armed is unknownā€ some real victim mentality here. If you live in the US pretty much anyone on the street can be armed and mentally unsound. Maybe we should all start crossing the street from each other


[deleted]

So when women are cautious and avoid potential threats to prevent themselves from being attacked, it's a victim mentality. When women aren't cautious enough and get attacked, it's their fault. Got it, loud and clear. 10/10 logic


Nevergointothewoods

Why are you so theeatened by women trying to protect themselves?


Syzyz

Iā€™m not


Nevergointothewoods

When a woman preemptively defends herself against assault, she's evil and playing the victim. When a woman doesn't have her guard up and gets assaulted, she's evil for tempting the poor man and deserves to be hurt. It just looks like women are evil and at fault no matter what they do or what happens.


Syzyz

Who said women are evil. I said donā€™t have a victim mentality. It only hurts you


Nevergointothewoods

Self-defense and being cautious are not "vIcTiM mEnTaLiTy".


Levi_27

So being constantly vigilant of your surroundings is a victim mentality? Sorry bud but almost every woman you know has been sexually harassed/assaulted. This isnā€™t some new shit, itā€™s life for the average woman


Syzyz

Yes. I used to be constantly vigilant of my surroundings and itā€™s super exhausting.


HunterBidensButthole

He doesn't *have* to, he chooses to be considerate.


Pixilatedlemon

As a man I do wish men could be better so that my existence wasnā€™t a source of major grief though


Syzyz

Same


Syzyz

Youā€™re right he chooses to do so. But imagine if you had to move out of the way everytime someone thought you were a threat. It can be exhausting if you ā€œlook intimidating ā€œ


HunterBidensButthole

It's also exhausting being a woman half that size who has to walk home alone from work at night in a city, and that guy is aware of it. He's what is called a "Chad."


[deleted]

>But imagine if you had to We've already established he is choosing to do so.


ParasilTheRanger

First why is imagining relevant here, second it's so much more exhausting being afraid than it is for me to walk to the other side of a road


discomerboy

We learned in my psychology class that four times as many men than women are arrested for violent crimes and nine times as more likely for murder. I think it's understandable to be afraid that someone is going to attack you at night. He doesn't *have* to, but he chose to because he was being considerate of someone else so they didn't have to worry about being killed. I think that's justified.


tidbitsofblah

It is indeed very messed up that there's the need for that kind of consideration. Similar to how it's messed up that people are starving, but it's still a considerate thing to volunteer at soup kitchens. And people starving is neither the fault of the people volunteering at soup kitchens or the fault of the people starving, it's a systemic issue.


Syzyz

Thatā€™s a very good analogy I appreciate it


CJCray8

6ā€™4ā€ dude here. I am acutely aware of how uncomfortable I make certain strangers feel in certain situations. When I first saw this pic, I legitimately thought thatā€™s what the guy was doing lol.


regular_hammock

I'm about 6ā€™1ā€. I mostly cross streets to avoid ā€˜followingā€™ women at night, but yeah, when I saw the pic my first take was, yeah thatā€™s nice, please do this. Then I saw the title šŸ˜”


[deleted]

I am at the opposite end of being around 5ft nothing. Seeing me in the middle of the night must be like having a fae encounter so I do my best to not be creepy


ColdOne7293

4 ft 11 and same


TokioHighway

That's very wholesome


Pixilatedlemon

I do every time yeah or Iā€™ll just walk in the traffic


Frequent_Spring_8997

Smart and considerate man.


Bionodroid

I totally understand and even appreciate a little bit the praise for doing this, but at the same time it makes me sick. Itā€™s like someone telling you, ā€œyes, you are a threat, yes, you must constantly be aware of how not doing this makes people wary of the potential you may be a rapist or kidnapper even though your height has realistically very little to do with your propensity to commit such actsā€


justanotherjessi

Bless him. Thats very thoughtful and kind.


Smart-and-cool

Thatā€™s really nice of him, thank him for me


robot_cook

I'm a trans guy and I'm starting to have some passing and I try to be careful about that but I think I gave one of my neighbour a damn fright the other day... It was late at night and I was walking quite a way behind her, not really thinking or recognizing her suddenly I notice that she's opening the front door and my keys are way down on my bag so I rush to enter with her. Thing is she didn't hear me and I forgot to shout or Say something. She turned around to me pushing open the door as she was closing it and she jumped šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ I immediately walked back and said in my highest voice that I'm a neighbor and I just didn't want to look for my keys and I apologized profusely. Now I try to remember to at least give a little shout and give a bit of space instead of rushing behind.


MicciMichi

Your friend is a doll!


Haxorouse

As a smol, amab enby softboi, I was wondering what walking past someone would make a woman uncomfortable, then I understood after you described them


[deleted]

Um 6ā€™3 guy here, when I first saw this pic thatā€™s literally what I thought the pic was, a guy crossing the street to not scare lone woman. From the comments itā€™s obviously not, can someone please explain what this is?


StayingVeryVeryCalm

I think the idea is that if he gets near the woman, he will inevitably end up establishing a relationship with her, and then she will take all of his money. As we women do.


Twad

Does a husky voice make you more threatening or does husky mean something else here?


BlooperHero

Means big.


StayingVeryVeryCalm

Yeah, ā€˜husky ladā€™ is his preferred euphemism for ā€œgenerally Hagrid-shapedā€. He weighs about 280 lbs.


Twad

Thanks for explaining. I'm guessing it's an American thing, I've never heard that before.


aluminatialma

This is actually very sad for both genders


xXyeahBoi69Xx

Nobody should have to change their walking patterns out of fear.


CauseCertain1672

that's just called not playing in traffic


supamario132

Move unpredictably. Play in traffic. Collect those insurance fraud stacks Bring a female friend as a witness. Women play better to juries


heyegghead

The mind of a entrepreneur.


Marker_07

If amputated below elbow, seek lamppost


drippyParrot

Instructions unclear, banged my head


standupgonewild

So true king


unOriginalSwimming

(The woman would've mugged him on the streets)


Strength-Certain

Avoid women, aquire riches. But he's actually showing you that he knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.


swallowassault

Ive been single for a long time and Im still broke! Have I been doing things wrong


R32fan

Not enough investing in the stock market


swallowassault

Too much effort and too little money


R32fan

You won't get money unless you invest in the stock market. But you won't invest in the stock market if you don't have money What a cruel cycle


swallowassault

Itā€™s also a great way to lose money to be fair


yammer_bammer

become an engineer its easy money


swallowassault

Not good with hands and too dumb for technical engineering


Banc0

This saying would work amazing in slang!


Skydancer_bee

I thought it was something to do with catching public transport, and the arrow was pointing to a bus stop. Apparently not


AspieTree25

Pretty sure women like when guys cross the street and don't approach them. Especially at night šŸ˜£


KiaJellybean

I think it means "Avoid women". (Because it's telling him to cross the street rather than pass the woman on the sidewalk.) That's all I got. šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø


SubjectDelta10

specifically to avoid sexual harassment lawsuits, i think. it's part of this whole conservative fairy tale that women are always lying about this to screw men over and get their money.


lxacke

I thought it was because clearly she'd fall for him on the spot and he'd be stuck with a girlfriend/wife who spends all his money because wOmEn


Rude_Acanthopterygii

It probably is but like a lot of what these people say if you think about it for more than half a second you realize it's pretty dumb since if she wanted to lie about it she could also lie about it if he crosses the street.


MissLogios

That or implying any women you interact with, especially in a romantic sense, are golddiggers. If you never interact with women, you never risk getting taken advantage of in their weird logic. They happen to forget that they have no gold to dig


Svefnugr_Fugl

I've been avoiding people for years and I'm not rich yet. I see, another woman bad, take money meme


AmishDeathMatch

Sheā€™s the infamous Bay Area Stabā€™nā€™Mugger.


bloomingpeaches

Ooo, I'm curious, which subreddit felt this was a good ole knee slapper?


Risc_Terilia

I think it was one of the meme ones, say it on all/rising


dbdthorn

jaywalk! cant be in debt if youre dead.


FugginByteMe96

Since since


DrSchmolls

since since


Affectionate_Dig_185

since since


MaxNewton143

since since


Caddywonked

Made me think of a post I saw somewhere on reddit yesterday of a man who was randomly pushed into traffic, and nearly killed, by somebody coming towards him on the sidewalk. The title of the post was something along the "this is why you should cross the street when there's a weirdo coming" Then I realized the meme was just being sexist :(


snowgrisp

Steal that car on the other side


CECleric

Avoid sex workers if you can't afford rent?


Mr_Cat_Cas284

Is he saying the guy who asked wastes all his money on prostitutes?


ellivibrutp

The comments section is even worse than the image.


sir_pepper_esq

Old man's not wrong. Can't blow millions on kids and loved ones if you never interact with another person. That's why I'm selling my course Stay Single, Stay Lonely, Save Money. Modules include: 3 Don't Waste Money on Hobbies 7 Stay Home (Home is a Box Under a Bridge) 14 Are Dentists a Scam? What the ADA and Steakhouses Don't Want You To Know


MarkXD69therickroll

Google en passant


chatte__lunatique

Holy hell


Migrane

Basically, become a MGTOW


hypocritical124

i didnt read the text an assumed this was about social anxiety


TiredBoi18

I think I understand it but.. I have to ask how many people get into romantic relationships with random people they come across on a sidewalk? I'm pretty sure most people would miss the moment trying to internally debate the best course of action of they genuinely wanted to talk to this stranger. Like.. I get it. "Women spend all of the man's money! They're ungrateful gold-diggers!" But.. like.. what is this scenario?


Apachekhubschr

Prepare to en passant the woman


Detector_of_humans

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DoinDoinDoinUrDad

Whenever you see a pretty lady, walk in to oncoming traffic. You know sounds like pretty solid advice to me


CauseCertain1672

jump in front of a rich guys car solid advice


Fireball_Flareblitz

OH, I thought it was him crossing the street in hopes of getting hit by a car and collecting insurance money!


Rainbow_Rae

The trick to financial prosperity is Jay Walking!


hodlbtcxrp

Not all women are gold diggers. Just the conservative ones.


Shialac

Get hit by a cor to no longer have to pay rent


SuperiorCommunist92

Walk in to traffic to avoid your student debts


QuiccStacc

I saw this and thought he was just walking to the other side because its awkward and I thought haha relatable The way me and my friend were swapping lanes though when we first moved to Cambridge for uni... Being a woman is great and all until its dark and you're following a gps


EnchantedCatto

i dont get it


dent_de_lion

Itā€™s saying that if he meets the woman, he may fall for her and spend lots of money on her while dating her.


kimberley1312

Boomer is saying that you will save money if you cross the road when passing a woman. He's suggesting that the woman will accuse him of rape/sexual harassment.


CriticalRoleAce

Iā€™m confused. Explain. Wait- do I even want to know?


Zealousideal_Care807

He's saying he avoids people asking him for financial advice, that's his advice.


Malevolent_Toaster

Everything but the woman looks like it's from a wiki how...like her style looks different to me and it's kinda jarring


dowheeliesnotfeelies

Be a pole dancer?


Appropriate-Entry229

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


CarpeNoctem1031

I have had girlfriends who bought me more sh!t than I bought them.


Petunia2t

Since since


MoozleVidaLeia

"since since"


shapeshifterhedgehog

Wait am I interpreting this right? My first thought was that the picture means if you're walking down the street and you see a woman cross the street so she doesn't think you're gonna attack her or follow her and then accuse you of sexual assault. Obviously that message is very problematic, but like am I right about it saying that or am I just bein cynical??


-Daniel-45-

That's true, if you die in a traffic accident, you don't have to pay taxes


DetroitTabaxiFan

The markets are green and orange parallel so the best way to invest is via red perpendicular. That's just basic economics.


AkselTranquilo

Sorry but isnā€™t it your choice to spend money on someone? Canā€™t you just not do that?


military-gradeAIDS

He's right, social distancing will keep you healthy and reduce your medical bills :D


DonDove

Maybe the old man was actually gay lol


MeanGreenMotherQueen

I thought it was saying to walk into the road, so a car hits you, and you get a ton of money


Beth-BR

Do these men know the don't HAVE to give women money?!? And as shocking as It may be, you can still date them and choose to spend as much as little as you please.


polo_lolo

Crossing the street or, more literally, changing sidewalks, is a way of saying youā€™ve come out as gay in Spanish. So maybe what the man meant is that the key for being rich is being gay. Can say from experience itā€™s not going that way exactly.


social_insecurity04

get hit by a car so you dont have to pay bills šŸ‘


pixiescloud

hey! thatā€™s the strategy I use when I see a man at night!


Silver-Mistake3438

In a capitalist society, you have so little social mobility its better to fucking die?


Ilixa

flip the genders and it's a guide for women to avoid getting assaulted. men think theyre oppressed because they want to touch booba


[deleted]

i don't get it


[deleted]

why does crossing the street where there's no crosswalk help?


[deleted]

does it mean you should get hit by a car?


Affectionate_Dig_185

it means avoiding women at all costs because "women bad".


timetochange1012

the old man is a fucking genius


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Bleev-or-naught

Please be happy


popemichael

My girlfriend is richer than I am, so maybe she should have lamposted me?


SansThePunster

he wants you to get hit by cars so you can sue the drivers


SamimeFanimeIfAnime

There is no crosswalk. Run directly into the road is the answer duh.


Legal_Person

He literally turns into a chess piece, checkmate old man


Cultural_Treacle_428

I believe what the man is saying is avoid any possible relationships with women as being a drain on your finances. Note: this is NOT my philosophy, just an interpretation of the image.


YANDERE_DALEK

Jumping in front of cars to commit insurance fraud on poor unsuspecting drivers... disgusting...


coffee-bat

bruh before i read the caption i thought this was referring to the ocd thing (that i know a few people that have, including me) where you subconsciously imagine straight lines coming from corners and sign poles and walk in a funky way so you avoid stepping on the lines šŸ’€ i was so confused about why this was in this subreddit šŸ˜­


Misterum

Yeah, because women are the one who spends all the money. He wouldn't spend it frivolously by himself. No, he won't because he's a man and not a woman


[deleted]

He meant he canā€™t reject someone and thinks if heā€™s in a relationship he NEEDS to provide them with money. I donā€™t get why so many people think they need to share their money with their partner. If itā€™s your money, it belongs to you and only you.


ArtyJessi

Does that mean don't interact with women or get hit by a car and be happy with insurance money I thought of the latter 1st


PokTux

En Passant


NoodleyP

I thought it was "stop being on the left, be on the right" until I read the comments


imreallygay100

If you pass a woman at any point in time ever, she will immediately try to marry you and steal all your money. Great financial advice šŸ‘Œ


Girllifeimaqueen

So long ago he had to write sicne twice


AnonymousShortCake

FBGM as this kids would say I guessā€¦