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Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name

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Re: Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name

#32

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Someone who pesters waitresses to ensure the procreation of the human race is an argument against why that should occur.

Well you can argue against procreation of human race if you want but long-term this only means no procreation of your culture and not of the human race as a whole. Other cultures, more eager to spread will take it's place eventually.

I didn’t argue against it in general, just for the case of people who pester service staff in pursuit of sexual gratification. I don’t think that’s a cultural issue, so much as one of individual boorishness.

Re: Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name

#33
You only have to look at LinkedIn to see the levels people go to when commenting on women's posts. Even those where these women post nothing but business - and if their posts have a photo, there's an even better chance these comments will be there.

On the other hand, you can see some posts are bait. And the guys replying take it and run. You see them because if any of your connections react to these posts, you might see them in your feed.

It's cringey. Coupled with the self-aggrandising posts, the self-help "wisdom" and other stuff, they make LinkedIn look like a Mos Eisley Cantina.

Re: Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name

#34
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Imagine if women behaved this way toward men. Before making the obvious snarky remarks, step back and think about how unpleasant that would be, as well as distracting from doing actual work, degrading (they aren't taking you seriously as a professional, just as a f-k), etc.

I'm sorry, what world do you live in? As a server, women were extremely crass and inappropriate with me all of the time and it wasn't nice at all for me. I am also not the type to be that kind of guy so it was very jarring for me to experience.

I think most guys on this site don't really spend much time in the real world.

Re: Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name

#35
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Imagine being an actual woman and having to deal with this bullshit all the fucking time. I have no idea how the hell they do it. Must be low-level torture.

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how do you expect couples to form and human to procreate?

This is what parties and other social activities are for.

Re: Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name

#36
post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry, what world do you live in? As a server, women were extremely crass and inappropriate with me all of the time and it wasn't nice at all for me. I am also not the type to be that kind of guy so it was very jarring for me to experience.

I think most guys on this site don't really spend much time in the real world.

Well, who could stand to with all those people out there constantly asking you for things?

Re: Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name

#37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well you can argue against procreation of human race if you want but long-term this only means no procreation of your culture and not of the human race as a whole. Other cultures, more eager to spread will take it's place eventually.

I didn’t argue against it in general, just for the case of people who pester service staff in pursuit of sexual gratification. I don’t think that’s a cultural issue, so much as one of individual boorishness.

Seeing "boorishness" and "pursuit of sexual gratification" as inherently bad things is indeed a cultural phenomenon. There are cultures that explicitly reward one or both of these.

Re: Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name

#38
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Imagine being an actual woman and having to deal with this bullshit all the fucking time. I have no idea how the hell they do it. Must be low-level torture.

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I'll +1 this, in spite of the overwhelming negative reception. Sometimes the vibe is right. Usually, people just want to get on with their lives and not be propositioned; but sometimes the chemistry is there -- and what is a person to do?

Re: Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name

#39

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I've managed to couple without harrasing people doing their job over the internet (bot or not) so obviously it can be done.

I wouldn't consider asking someone out to be harassment all by itself.

Do you?

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