Is this romantic or a red flag? - eviltoast
  • Atlas_@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    First, 100% a red flag. Even if they wanted to give some sort of “I trust you with my life” sort of video, there’s a bunch of better ways to do it. Going for a racist rant makes me think that they’re a racist.

    Secondly, this is deeply submissive - they’re giving you the power to ruin their life. If you want to do that sort of stuff as a couple you should really talk about it first and be on board with receiving that sort of power and responsibility. Entirely possible+reasonable for the receiver to find this shitty because they don’t want to make a choice like this, especially if these are truly held beliefs.

    The healthy response to this is to send them to a therapist. And definitely dump them if they’re actually racist.

    • Clent@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I don’t see how someone could do a racist rant and not be racist. That it is a rant is an important word here.

          • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            8 hours ago

            I can (and have, many times) dropped a hard-r for comedic effect, even around my black friends, as they have the context to know that I’m not actually the kind of person to use that word normally

            If I was recorded and shared to the internet doing so free of context, I would be labelled as a racist shithead immediately and forever

            • Clent@lemmy.world
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              5 hours ago

              Is that the situation here? It is not.

              Everyone wanting to give the benefit of the doubt here gives racists room to exist.

              • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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                13 minutes ago

                That’s how I read it, yes. But we obviously don’t have enough context to say whether the GF is actually racist or just pretending to be as a crazy trust exercise. I’m taking it as a crazy trust exercise because that’s the only way this could fit any definition of “romantic.”

          • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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            9 hours ago

            I think taking any random problem and putting blame on a group of people would be racist. I could spruce it up with the term “nipper” or “kike” and most people would find it racist

            I suppose you just don’t find anything racist if you can’t come up with it

            • Clent@lemmy.world
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              5 hours ago

              I supposed you just don’t find anything racist

              I am arguing the exact opposite.

  • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    ITT: Everyone taking a shitpost from reddit posted to Funny@sh.itjust.works seriously

    Also: both romantic and a red flag

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      Nah, if it was real they’re either fucked in the head about romance or feeling them out with deniability. Just a red flag in superposition between different warnings.

      Plus you’ll note there isn’t anything in there about not believing what she said. Just the nonsense about trust.

  • hissing meerkat@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    A red flag.

    Sharing dangerous ideas with somebody to show that you think they are safe is an honest signal of trust, but only if the dangerous ideas are genuine.

    Someone who attempts to buy trust disingenuously is not to be trusted.

    Someone who thinks in terms of kompromat and manipulation is dangerous to be around.

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    2 days ago

    Sounds like a red flag with a white circle and a black symbol within. But also romantic. They’re not mutually exclusive.

    As some say, romance is death…

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    2 days ago

    Obligatory “this some young people shit”.

    Young people do and say stupid shit to come off as edgy and the vast majority of them don’t actually mean it and regret it later in life.

    As to your question, that’s why you date people, to see if they’re good, for you and otherwise. You don’t go “red flag!” -> napalm!!!, you evaluate contexts and repeat occurrences of perceived wrongs.

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      2 days ago

      That being said, it’s a huge red flag and you don’t need a repeat occurrence to end the relationship.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Sure, but this is also a weird miscommunication. Why do this crazy trust exercise when you can instead have honest conversations? This sounds like the relationship is going to be based on proving yourself to the other instead of genuinely getting to know them.

      If I received this, I’d show them me deleting it from all my devices and ask them to never do anything like that again, because you never know what could be exposed in a breach. I’d also tell them if any of that was genuine, we would need to end the relationship.

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    1 day ago

    Sounds like she is making a “joke” in poor taste while also fishing for your take on the things she is joking about.

    or perhaps it’s something sexual. Power imbalance Idk.

    • 667@lemmy.radio
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      2 days ago

      Absolutely insane.

      Just get a tattoo of their name like the rest of us.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        13 hours ago

        Yeah, I don’t understand what they’re getting out of it. Here’s my pros/cons list:

        Pros:

        • trust?

        Cons:

        • if you break up, they can screw you
        • if there’s a data breach, you can get screwed
        • they accidentally leave their phone unlocked
        • send phone for repair and the tech sees the video
        • they accidentally send it to someone else, mistaking it for another

        That doesn’t seem very balanced to me… Instead of mutually assured destruction (assuming this is reciprocated), just be a good BF/GF? Why isn’t that enough?