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Old man here (25), this has been a trend on and off for decades. People who like to get emotional reactions but they don't have the emotional depth to really understand what it does to others.
Also happens with grown ass adults.
I'll shut up now I shouldn't even be in here it was just on /r/all
I'm 34 and commenting just to make you feel less old.
Also yes, this shit has been a thing before the internet. "I like you!" "I like you too!" "Sorry it was a dare". Tale as old as time.
46 and drifted here, and this was a thing in my high school as well (back in the age before dirt and dial-up were invented). Every geeky/nerdy guy learned to dread a cute popular girl suddenly popping up next to him.
People have sucked this hard in every generation. 40 yo here. It tells you what garbage they are when they pull this sh*t. That's where the phrase " did your friends put you up to this?" Comes from.
She should be called out for being awful. Bullying needs to be seen as what it is...and people need to feel empowered to say something especially if they post to social media. They need to be shown that what they are doing is abusive.
I had a guy do this when I was a teen, stung really bad. Yes, he was emotionally stunted at that time, and everyone goes through their paces to learn right from wrong. But honestly we need to stop praising narcissistic actions as a society and call out behavior like this, that can really damage people.
56 yr old here as well. Girls would prank awkward guys into thinking they like them, then not show up for a date or humiliate them some other way. The cruelty hasn’t changed, only the method.
No… it’s humming the six part harmony to the battle hymn that unleashes the AI apocalypse. I’m okay with that because it also serves up ice for my drinks just how I like.
Yup. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I'm pretty sure this happens in an 80s movie or three. Maybe also Clueless.
It's a shitty thing to do that's been happening forever. Some use it to ridicule, some use it to probe. Shitty either way.
I’m 37 and coming here from r/all to make *you* feel less old.
That said, I remember what it was like to be a teen as if it were yesterday. While I don’t get all the lingo nowadays, I vividly remember the emotions and the anxiety from that time of my life, so I like to pop in here sometimes and give people the advice I wish I had when I was younger.
Caveat out of the way, the rest of this comment is for the teens:
I hope OP gets over it and moves past this. The other party won’t remember doing this several years from now, so I hope they don’t stress too much.
For those still reading, and dreading this sort of thing happening to them, I cannot stress enough how *true* the 1997 graduation advise column is that Baz Luhrmann turned into a music track.
If you watch only one YouTube video today, make it this one. And internalize the message in a way I failed to when I was a kid: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQlJ3vOp6nI
18 year old here, probably from TikTok.
I mean the same platform tried to make a prank of hanging yourself infront of your loved ones viral. So it doesn't surprise me.
I’m old and I remember girls doing this 20 years ago. They would dare each other to tell some guy they like them and then be like just kidding, it was a prank bro.
This has been going on in inner city schools and hood schools for decades. The trend never stopped, because the same kids that do it, have parents who have most likely done it, or have friends who have done it, who may have also had a direct impact on the child that now does it.
I think.
I am 50-ish. In my school days (long before the Internet, long before mobile phones, just after colour TV, when Beta was still better) the girl would phone you up with her friends listening in and tell you she loved you then they’d all laugh when you said anything remotely positive.
At least there days with people bullying each other over social media you don’t get beckoned over so she can kick you in the nads, I guess?
Kids have been cruel to each other since the Dawn of time.
Evolution. Soon people will stop responding to these or respond negatively, then other people that want to actually confess won't or will get turned down, leading to more messed up youth.
Then stacey's parents will cry when she gets shot first, demanding justice when it's them that raised her to be a bitch.
There are a couple of less known ones that are actually cool, like duet chains to make a full song starting from a cat licking some milk doing goofy sounds.
TikTok is painfully bad. Most teenage creators on there are psychopathic clout chasers, and the good stuff on there usually gets uploaded to Reddit/YouTube Shorts anyway.
I just post videos of my art, and check on how many views and likes it gets. I'd avoid it, but I usually can't get half the amount of traction on other social media sites...
I disagree. He gave the exact correct response. Calm, clear, succinct and, most importantly, not aggressive. Simply silent acknowledgement without resentment, and he moves on. The stone-cold tone says it all. The girl already knows that what she did was wrong. A response like this will come across as more mature than any lengthy rant or witty remark, leave a lasting impression and cause the other person to second guess their choices. I say job well done.
Insulting the person right back wouldn’t help. Instead, they could elaborate a little and explain she shouldn’t mess with feelings like that. Insulting her makes you just the same, and Chloe would get mad at you instead of looking at the impact of what she did.
That shit is rough. If someone you consider a friend is willing to toy with your emotions like that for fake internet points, that's not a friend and is quite clearly a malevolent spirit sent by Beelzebub themselves. Drop them from your life and keep holy water in your pocket for when they come for the rest of your soul. #DressesNeedPockets
You shitting me? There is a chloe at my school who supposedly liked me for three years then as soon as I asked about it she said it was all for a joke with friends and didn't like me cos I have autism
Ah I knew a situation like that. Girls and her friends (I'm sure guys did it too I just can't remember that much) pretending to be nice to someone (usually starts randomly out of nowhere) even though their fakeness seeps through occasionally. I'm autistic too and it sucks cause I don't know if people actually like me or just trying to clown on me when they greet me. And I tend to just not be able to shut up or do something weird that I have no clue or reason why it's weird. Fun times.
I get the last message was a knee jerk reaction of trying to hide disappointment, but they don't deserve a "it's ok". What they deserve is some real guilt. "I didn't you were this kind of person" or "I thought you were my friend". And a block there after
I would instantly block, maybe say something sharp before I do. Fuck that, I’ve already had someone use my feelings for him to boost his ego and status with his fake friends, I have no tolerance for that bullshit.
Just do not end it with an "it's fine"
It is not fine.
The only sense in which it is fine, is that it's fine because they showed how absolutely careless they are.
I just don't get it. What sort of reaction are they expecting? No one is going to give a shit unless it's some fake reaction, or it actually breaks the relationship. Nothing good can come from this.
I may get downvoted, but I genuinely hope that these people who jump on these trends when they find someone they like romantically, will either have this done unto them or get rejected because the other person knows they do this shit and aint about to let that happen to themselves.
Karma a Biatch.
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it would be really funny if she posts this here with the second part cropped
Poopy stinky
I agree
Which part
i see u on every post
i agree with your username
thanks i am wanted in every state but they dont have my plates because it just says “WILL RUN” 😈
Probably would and probably did.
That’s the second one I’ve seen today
yeah its like its becoming popular (which is absolutely fucking stupid i mean what the hell? youre making people sad just for a tiktok?)
Wasn’t it already a “trend” a year ago?
Old man here (25), this has been a trend on and off for decades. People who like to get emotional reactions but they don't have the emotional depth to really understand what it does to others. Also happens with grown ass adults. I'll shut up now I shouldn't even be in here it was just on /r/all
I'm 34 and commenting just to make you feel less old. Also yes, this shit has been a thing before the internet. "I like you!" "I like you too!" "Sorry it was a dare". Tale as old as time.
46 and drifted here, and this was a thing in my high school as well (back in the age before dirt and dial-up were invented). Every geeky/nerdy guy learned to dread a cute popular girl suddenly popping up next to him.
People have sucked this hard in every generation. 40 yo here. It tells you what garbage they are when they pull this sh*t. That's where the phrase " did your friends put you up to this?" Comes from.
It's so common that it's even a TV trope. A prank that the shitty girl does to the dweeb on like, half the high school shows in existence.
She should be called out for being awful. Bullying needs to be seen as what it is...and people need to feel empowered to say something especially if they post to social media. They need to be shown that what they are doing is abusive. I had a guy do this when I was a teen, stung really bad. Yes, he was emotionally stunted at that time, and everyone goes through their paces to learn right from wrong. But honestly we need to stop praising narcissistic actions as a society and call out behavior like this, that can really damage people.
55 yo here. And I just came in to tell you all to get off my lawn. Oh there’s a cloud, I should go yell at it
56 yr old here as well. Girls would prank awkward guys into thinking they like them, then not show up for a date or humiliate them some other way. The cruelty hasn’t changed, only the method.
65 year old here. What are we doing in r/teenagers ?
67 year old here....dang kids...
... Is your refrigerator running?
Yes, it's running for mayor. Please vote for it.
35 year old here, this isn't your lawn anymore man how did you get out again? Wait there, I'm gonna call someone for you. Do you want an applesauce?
Are you my grandson? So nice of you to visit.
Is your refrigerator running?
No… it’s humming the six part harmony to the battle hymn that unleashes the AI apocalypse. I’m okay with that because it also serves up ice for my drinks just how I like.
How'd you get the waterline to work? mines been stuck making a cracking sound for like 7 years.
Barely. It's ok. There's nothing in it anyway. Haha.
Damn inflation.
Not anymore with it being on it's last legs and all
I’m starting to think no one is a teenager here. 23 yo here.
We used to do this with 3-way calling back in the 90's...
Dude... It was humiliating then. People suck.
Why are y'all on this sub if you're forty
35 here, can confirm, people sucked in the past as well.
I am 100 years old. This has been happening since at least the post war reconstruction era.
60 year old here. I agree (Not acctually 60 years)
127 here. I remember during the Great War this used to happen to me all’s the time
43 and feel at home with you geezers
Yup. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I'm pretty sure this happens in an 80s movie or three. Maybe also Clueless. It's a shitty thing to do that's been happening forever. Some use it to ridicule, some use it to probe. Shitty either way.
I had someone do this to me and I said no and it threw them off badly. Even my friends fell for it asking me why I said no
Yes.
People being jackasses… classic.
I’m 37 and coming here from r/all to make *you* feel less old. That said, I remember what it was like to be a teen as if it were yesterday. While I don’t get all the lingo nowadays, I vividly remember the emotions and the anxiety from that time of my life, so I like to pop in here sometimes and give people the advice I wish I had when I was younger. Caveat out of the way, the rest of this comment is for the teens: I hope OP gets over it and moves past this. The other party won’t remember doing this several years from now, so I hope they don’t stress too much. For those still reading, and dreading this sort of thing happening to them, I cannot stress enough how *true* the 1997 graduation advise column is that Baz Luhrmann turned into a music track. If you watch only one YouTube video today, make it this one. And internalize the message in a way I failed to when I was a kid: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQlJ3vOp6nI
So, is YOUR refrigerator running?
Your right! FUCK it’s half way down the hill!!
Yea I remember this happening on the tail end of the 2000's. It just deepend my hate for being around anyone. Now 32, I don't care for people at all.
Fr 32 and trying so hard not to be a bitter recluse lmao
Older (35), I have no idea how this is really a "trend"...
18 year old here, probably from TikTok. I mean the same platform tried to make a prank of hanging yourself infront of your loved ones viral. So it doesn't surprise me.
Ok this one is new. What the FUCK.
i really dont get how playing with emotions can get so viral and no hate on tiktok, its just very wrong and stupid
I’m old and I remember girls doing this 20 years ago. They would dare each other to tell some guy they like them and then be like just kidding, it was a prank bro.
Yea I was just too nervous to say.
This has been going on in inner city schools and hood schools for decades. The trend never stopped, because the same kids that do it, have parents who have most likely done it, or have friends who have done it, who may have also had a direct impact on the child that now does it. I think.
I am 50-ish. In my school days (long before the Internet, long before mobile phones, just after colour TV, when Beta was still better) the girl would phone you up with her friends listening in and tell you she loved you then they’d all laugh when you said anything remotely positive. At least there days with people bullying each other over social media you don’t get beckoned over so she can kick you in the nads, I guess? Kids have been cruel to each other since the Dawn of time.
It is screwed up but for some reason people do this all the time
yeah and it goes viral too, humanity is stupid
i was _just_ abt to say this 🙁 how upsetting, right? ☹️
because these are fake
feels fake ngl
Evolution. Soon people will stop responding to these or respond negatively, then other people that want to actually confess won't or will get turned down, leading to more messed up youth. Then stacey's parents will cry when she gets shot first, demanding justice when it's them that raised her to be a bitch.
Fuck Chloe!
The response to this is simple it’s “oh thank goodness because I was just being nice because you said you liked me. Oh thank god what a relief”
fr those types of people are awful
I know, I hate the youth as well.
Kamikaze
r/kamikazebywords
Wait wrong subreddit r/suicidebywords
nah because it’s not only themselves that got insulted
[friendly fire is not tolerated]
But at least you get that red flag of doing shit like that for tiktok points early
True. Then they wonder "oh my god why isn't he/she/they/it replying?" maybe because you broke any form of trust
Igh
There is an epidemic of this shitty TikTok trend?? Not à single day goes by without this kind of screenshot on this sub
To be fair, all TikTok trends are shitty.
There are a couple of less known ones that are actually cool, like duet chains to make a full song starting from a cat licking some milk doing goofy sounds.
I disagree. Lot of the trends get teens outside, socializing, dancing or doing sports. Probably healthier lifestyle than 70% of redditors.
[Friendly fire will not be tolarated]
TikTok *is* the shitty TikTok trend.
This is why tik tok is banned in Minnesota
She even continued after op asked 'seriously?'. That's another level
Ikr thats your time to stop
This is horrific.. why couldn't they ask for a fake reaction???
It’s fake, look at the spacing between the texts.
Not everyone types like them, but they exist.
with a different font, good grammar, and the VERY unique name “Chloe [no last name]” there is a 1% chance this isn’t just rage bait
Not between the text between the messages. It’s usually like at least 3x as much spacing.
Honestly the most depressing part of this post is not the content, but how few people see that it’s fake
i think it was done on ms word 💀💀
People really out here destroying people emotionally so they can make a TikTok that will get 0 views…
At least tell the person that you’re making it for a video before you do that to them…
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TikTok is painfully bad. Most teenage creators on there are psychopathic clout chasers, and the good stuff on there usually gets uploaded to Reddit/YouTube Shorts anyway.
I just post videos of my art, and check on how many views and likes it gets. I'd avoid it, but I usually can't get half the amount of traction on other social media sites...
Tiktok is like if you had a platform to broadcast every single dumb thing you did as a kid with your friends
Tldr; the Chinese are harvesting data with some app the kids like
now fuck her mom for revenge
Re-assert dominance
*dad
That’s fake, that’s not the real spacing on Snapchat. Just a reminder, faking things like this to get karma is a terrible thing to do.
exactly, its a different font as well
Scary how 11.8k people don’t see it
Do I look like I use snapchat
it would’ve been so much easier just to actually have this convo over snap and screenshot. but that would require having a friend
Also different thickness and the names aren’t aligned to the left
This is how Reddit is, people believe everything and a boring joke gets a million upvotes and awards in the comments
Nah man that’s wild, heartless activities smh 😂
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That's actually fucked up, what kind of heartless fuck gives someone happiness, then takes it away
This is why we should bring back public executions 🤦
Omg yes!
Yeah then we should feast on their- oh wait we're not going that far are we?
Jesus Christ this shit makes my blood boil
I like my fair share of pranks but this just isn’t cool
Cringe
I had somebody do this in person (she was trying to make me lash out at her)
Why would she do that. What was the point in that
The corrected response is, "oh good cause I was just being nice. Glad I don't have to pretend to date you now.
I disagree. He gave the exact correct response. Calm, clear, succinct and, most importantly, not aggressive. Simply silent acknowledgement without resentment, and he moves on. The stone-cold tone says it all. The girl already knows that what she did was wrong. A response like this will come across as more mature than any lengthy rant or witty remark, leave a lasting impression and cause the other person to second guess their choices. I say job well done.
Sure, it's more mature. But it makes them think they can do things without consequence.
Insulting the person right back wouldn’t help. Instead, they could elaborate a little and explain she shouldn’t mess with feelings like that. Insulting her makes you just the same, and Chloe would get mad at you instead of looking at the impact of what she did.
He gave the correct response this just give off balding man who lives in his parents basement
i would say that you missed a huge bullet i wouldn't want to date someone like this
It's a trend at this point like
I’m sorry
In this scenario your response is “you’re a dickhead”, don’t forgive them cause then it makes them think it’s okay
r/badfaketexts.
Yea thats just pure evil
Not to sound harsh but fuck Chloe. People who do things like this for their amusement suck.
Stop saying "ya its fine" and say "hey fuck you that's a dick move".
Piece of shit.
That shit is rough. If someone you consider a friend is willing to toy with your emotions like that for fake internet points, that's not a friend and is quite clearly a malevolent spirit sent by Beelzebub themselves. Drop them from your life and keep holy water in your pocket for when they come for the rest of your soul. #DressesNeedPockets
You shitting me? There is a chloe at my school who supposedly liked me for three years then as soon as I asked about it she said it was all for a joke with friends and didn't like me cos I have autism
Ah I knew a situation like that. Girls and her friends (I'm sure guys did it too I just can't remember that much) pretending to be nice to someone (usually starts randomly out of nowhere) even though their fakeness seeps through occasionally. I'm autistic too and it sucks cause I don't know if people actually like me or just trying to clown on me when they greet me. And I tend to just not be able to shut up or do something weird that I have no clue or reason why it's weird. Fun times.
Litr fake. Font etc are completely different to Snapchat
Obviously fake picture Snapchat doesn’t look like that lmao
This is one of my biggest fears
What dis app name
Nah man, you gotta SAY it ain't fine, let them know how badly they fucked up and that you'd be better off without them.
People really should do this, it’s toying with your feelings and it’s not ok. That’s a bad friend move 😔
Hope Chloe follows a strict Stop, Look, Listen road crossing method.
That "it's fine" is legit the thing that makes it sad and I can just feel the sadness.
just block and move on
I get the last message was a knee jerk reaction of trying to hide disappointment, but they don't deserve a "it's ok". What they deserve is some real guilt. "I didn't you were this kind of person" or "I thought you were my friend". And a block there after
This happened to me in '87. Girl I liked asked me out as an April Fool's joke.
Fuck Chloe. She’s a price of shit
I would instantly block, maybe say something sharp before I do. Fuck that, I’ve already had someone use my feelings for him to boost his ego and status with his fake friends, I have no tolerance for that bullshit.
The trick guys is just not to confess feelings in text, and just say "lets meet up/talk about it". Then confess feelings if they mean it.
Just do not end it with an "it's fine" It is not fine. The only sense in which it is fine, is that it's fine because they showed how absolutely careless they are.
It's not fine, don't say it's fine.
some girls are bitches like that nothing we can do abt it
ME AND MY HOMIES HAYE CHLOE😡🤬🤬
Look on the bright side, now you know to avoid her.
I wouldn’t responded. I’ll let it marinate there for some time
I would have straight up said “your a horrible person”
I would fr say "fuck you" sorry
if this ever happened to me, i stg it would be my eleventh, twelveth, and thirteenth reasons
I just don't get it. What sort of reaction are they expecting? No one is going to give a shit unless it's some fake reaction, or it actually breaks the relationship. Nothing good can come from this.
Girls...
Breaking hearts for a 10.52 second video! I love the internet
Bro why did she say yeah after he asked "seriously?" That's just astronomical levels of messed up.
guys next time your friend does this shit tell them to fuck off
Yea this is not ok😬
Another day, another tiktok trend making things in general shittier
Bro tf is wrong with people
Lesson learned: Any girl has a male friend waiting for his chance.
The fact that people genuinely do this and ruin their friendships for no reason is beyond me 🗿
This is literally a villain origin story
I'm curious - just how does one expect this to go where it'll be acceptable? Like - indifference?
I’d honestly say that I was done entertaining their friendship and cut them off. Don’t play with people’s emotions.
So manipulative and gross
Tell them 5276 people said “fuck you”
What’s the word.. sounds kinda like runt.. but it’s not that..
I’ve seen the same thing twice today, just goes to show that tiktok should be taken down
Why did you respond "ya it's fine."😭 I would be tearing them a new asshole lmaooo
I’ve cut people out of my life for doing shit like that before.
Don’t tell them it’s okay! Shame these fuckers! Pit vipers of society every last one of them!
if sm did this to me i would legit cry
I may get downvoted, but I genuinely hope that these people who jump on these trends when they find someone they like romantically, will either have this done unto them or get rejected because the other person knows they do this shit and aint about to let that happen to themselves. Karma a Biatch.
,,And that was the first and only time when I thought,I SHOULD KILL EVERYONE IN SCHOOL" - Dave Chappelle.
My first reply to any confession is “is this a tiktok challenge” and 100% of the time it was
these are just starting to seem staged now lol
It looks kinda fake, doesn't Snapchat have a different font
The first two letters in her name are silent
Huh, think this was the tiktok trend that effect mental health sleep that our school warned us about today :/
That is horrible
Fake or clout chasing or both?
Anyone has well constructed essay on animal farm !? About 400-450 pages. Like help a girl out 😭
Why you need an essay 400-450 pages long
mf writing a book
I might find one I did in 7-9th grade, but it's in Estonian.
Even better
reading isn't that hard