Absolutely nothing, because I wouldn’t want a stranger to talk to me in an elevator and I was raised to do unto others.
I feel awkward being in public without interaction. It’s like my brain goes into overdrive, trying to predict a sudden interaction incoming like a quick time event
I’d comment on something slightly more relevant than the weather, because the conversation can then fade to comfortable silence (for me at least) knowing no more conversation is likely, or I’d do what I always do when someone engages - everyone has something interesting about them, I’ll throw the conversation in random directions until I find a topic worth speaking about
Considering it’s only 8 seconds this must be the fastest fucking elevator ever so I’m probably screaming
The elevator is actually out of order, she likes hanging in there, but you leave as soon as you see it doesn’t work
Is she a ghost?
I make brief eye contact, purse my lips to form a half-smile, and nod my head downward. Then i move to an open corner of the elevator, i pull my phone out, and i end my turn.
The elevator stops at the next floor and a Chadbro™ enters. He does not notice you, and does not press any buttons on the elevator. He sniffs his pits before posting his hand on the wall beside the woman and whispers something in her ear. Her face changes to disgust and she darts a pleading glance in your direction, silently asking for help.
I put on my robe and wizard hat
Please understand how small an elevator is, and how big fireball is. Your party is begging you.
I smile casually then turn slightly away from them before sitting down crossed legs facing away, trying to focus on my romantic web comics.
You forgot to roll for initiative!
Combat hasn’t been initiated. lol
Famous last words.
“haha roll initiation for what? im in a elevator :p”
Chadbro slowly begins to turn. A smirk creeps across his face as he stares daggers into my soul.
He draws a broadsword“Oh”
Lady in red. It’s a simulation, no experiment is going to show anything worthwhile.
“Look again.”
looks
“Fuck, I wish you’d stop doing that, Morpheus.”
Nothing and just awkwardly stare on the floor or wall, like with anyone else.
Well, considering the only elevator I take is to a secure area, I’d ask to see your visitor’s badge and inform you civilians aren’t allowed here unescorted.
She IS the escort.
I got a gift card from the airport for challenging the “secret shopper” once. Apparently had walked past four actual employees before I challenged him. I was on my way to the jobsite.
Why do you assume she doesn’t have clearance?
No access badge clearly visible attached between neck and waist.
And if she’s holding it in her hand to put on? I just can’t imagine dresses being prohibited in secure areas.
Then she’s going to keep getting challenged by security until she clips the damn badge on the damn dress.
We have 11 people with clearance and I know them all.
Only cleav…ance. Haha!
Absolutely nothing because people who have elevator conversations are not worth talking to.
Hey. Some of my best conversations have taken place in an elevator.
But yeah, I’m not worth talking to
Second 1: introduce myself
Second 2: Andrew Tate pose
Second 3: obtain phone number
Second 4: go on date
Second 5: head home with them
Second 6: get touchy
Second 7: undress
Second 8: get off at my floor because I already came at second 1.
Youre disgusting.
I know, who gets phone numbers these days?
Yeah my bad for responding to the premise with sexual comedy rather than quirky comedy
I was thinking about this exact scene
Risky click of the day paid off
Damn. Mod removed my comment because it said “boobies”. Surprised yours is still up.
What the fuck was that x)
Liar liar. 90s movie where Jim Carey plays a lawyer that gets put under a spell or something n then can’t tell a lie anymore.
Well, Pac-man was originally called Puck-man. They changed it because… Not because Pac-man looks like a hockey puck. “Paku Paku” means “flap your mouth”, and they were worried that people would change, scratch out the P turn it into an F, like…
Were you the Pac-man guy?
No I was the fuck man guy… wait
I wouldn’t say anything because some women find elevator pickup attempts intimidating.
Tbf women say they find just interacting with men at all intimidating, see: Bears. I just don’t talk to anyone anymore tbh.
I’m gonna die alone with my cats, but at least I won’t be called creepy for asking a woman out for coffee!
Use the apps
No, privacy nightmare.
Don’t trust what the loud voices say.
Many, if not most, women are normal humans like you, looking for interaction like you.
Women won’t let men leave until they’ve squashed a bug that’s 20 feet away from them. The bear thing was always bullshit.
No that’s not fair, they do not. Don’t be creepy in the elevator, or alone in the woods, or anywhere else where you guys are gonna say “because of the implication”.
Also don’t ask women out at the gym, at work, in a store, on the street, or any hobby where they just want to enjoy themselves and not have to be asked out politely or otherwise.
The only acceptable places according to women are on the apps and in bars, or church supposedly if you’re one of those.
I don’t do the privacy violating apps, I don’t drink much anymore, and both of those are more “hook up” culture while I want like “an actual relationship,” and church just isn’t for me. Like, I could go hang out but I’m not going to believe in your gods, and that is a point of contention with the faithful.
You know what I figured out as a man? Just listen to the other party in this order of increasing priority: body language, facial expression, their words. MAIN THING TO AVOID: Never assume they are/will be comfortable with you. Never assume consent with body language or facial expression. If they want to be romantically involved THEY will approach you.
Before I was married my mind was on alert talking women in order not to come off as creepy. This was with women whom I had purely platonic relationships like my coworkers or college mates. I am aware the effect men have with their staring. To this day when I am walking on the street I make sure to not walk behind women. If I can i overtake them. If not I just change directions even if my destination is straight ahead. Treating the nonfamily women in my life like I would treat men should be the right thing to do… but its not easy with the reputation that men have among women.
So my point effectively is just don’t be creepy and pushy. Just be polite and reciprocate interest. Otherwise just treat them like your sister or guy friend.
Why don’t you use websites without using apps?
That’s just wrong and putting a blanket statement for no reason.
Edit: Whoops wrong comment! H/o.
Sure it’s a blanket statement, so you’re of the opinion I should be asking more strangers out in public then?
It’s possible to talk to random women without seeming intimidating. Always leave an easy out. Don’t be pushy. Be casual. The thing people don’t get is they try to just fish for numbers. Sometimes, just a compliment and never talking to her again is what you need.
But, the best way to meet new people for relationships is to meet new friends. Every person you meet opens a ton of opportunities for experiences and connections.
Don’t start talking to them with the intent to ask them out. Just see if you can get their attention, see of you can find a little bit of common ground to build a conversation on, then, if they are receiving you well over the course of your conversation, say something like “hey, I enjoyed talking to you, would you mind meeting up some other time?” or something to that effect. This works best in places for socializing, bars, music venues, hobby spaces, etc. It can be applied to more formal places, just has to happen over a broader period of time, as you get to know your coworkers, or whatever.
The strong vibes of “my intent in talk to you is to have sex” is, often, what makes things uncomfortable. So, even if you can’t find common ground, or the conversation went well and she turns you down, or gives some non-committal answer, and you part ways amicably, you will have not be seen as some creep.
Way back when I was single, I could pick up a woman without even having to corner her.
Just follow the good old rules of 1 and 2.
It’s not hard
Don’t talk about fight club?
DON’T TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB?
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Be attractive
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Don’t be unattractive
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“You gonna jump? 3… 2… 1… GO!”
Nothing because I’m taking the stairs
I don’t understand. What’s a uniform gravitational field and why does being inside one feels like standing in an accelerating elevator?
This is a joke about Einstein’s form of the Equivalence Principle:
Thanks. Let’s see:
The weak equivalence principle, also known as the universality of free fall or the Galilean equivalence principle can be stated in many ways.
And
“… in a uniform gravitational field all objects, regardless of their composition, fall with precisely the same acceleration.” “The weak equivalence principle implicitly assumes that the falling objects are bound by non-gravitational forces.”[11]
I’m just beginning to understand. I’m not there yet.
If you are standing in a closed box, there is no experiment you can make that tells you whether that box is standing on earth, or is on a rocket in space accelerating at 9.81m/s²
This has a bunch of interesting implications about the nature of spacetime
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It’s just that normal gravity on earth feels exactly like being in an accelerating elevator in space. So you can’t tell the difference from the inside. Like in the elevator you can ask them, whether you’re still on earth or accelerating in space. Einstein used this thought experiment to develop the general theory of relativity.
Basically Einstein thinking about that weird feeling you get in your gut when an elevator starts upwards led to him concluding that mass bends spacetime making light from distant stars go in curves around the sun, which was confirmed during the next available solar eclipse.
Aaah. I understand. :)
“I can be done in 7.”
