Damned if you do

[mercuryblues]

Damned if you don't.

Gweneth Bateman had a problem that many girls and women experience online. If a boy messaged her with a compliment – on Twitter, Tinder, or elsewhere – and she didn’t reply, they’d criticise her for not replying.

The 18-year-old said most of the boys who criticised her felt they were owed a response and that she should be grateful for the compliment.

So she decided to run an experiment she’d seen on Tumblr: If a boy messaged her with a compliment, she would reply with a warmer, nicer answer, agreeing with and accepting the comment

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/this-is-what-happens-when-women-actually-accept-a-compliment?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgp#.bgLznQR5Gv

[arcane1]

1. So, feeling attractive or confident is only valid if it's a gift from someone else

That way, THEY get full ownership of it, and the only correct response is to give gratitude in return.

Who is raising these idots?

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. The internutz ...

Who is raising these idots?

[arcane1]

3. I was afraid of that answer. Fuckin' screens raising the future :(

[mercuryblues]

4. makes you

long for the days when the TV was the babysitter.