Mad props to a commentator over at Kotaku named Arden who posted this gem:
props to Stephen Colbert, by the way, for bringing light to something that, to this point, people are only aware of on the Internet.
I'm honestly not sure! I've seen so many variations on this post it's either brilliant satire or just all too common cluelessness.
Yep. How many months ago was she telling the world about how she was raped when she first moved to NY? But she wouldn't use something like that for publicity or anything, right?
But seriously: DO NOT fuck Mike Tyson.
Seriously: Fuck Mike Tyson.
Bitch he's Mike Tyson #unapologetic #convictedrapist #imsocool
If you want to try to have a conversation with a woman you don't already know, and NOT come off like a creepy harasser, here are some helpful tips:
Hi, If i did want to meet this very attractive woman because i was interested whats the best way to do it? I know its not how the men in this video did it but how do you meet people? I guess she could have said not interested right or i have a boyfriend?
Yes. This. Research shows that the stereotype that women have a higher EQ and are better at reading body language and facial expressions isn't true. Men are just as capable of doing it. They only pretend not to be when it suits them. That's why I don't buy it when dudes come into the comment section to "just…
"When IS it ok for me to talk to a woman on the street"? I am so fucking sick of that one. Dude, didn't your mama ever teach you not to talk to strangers? It's that. Just that. That's the rule. Shutthefuckup, because no woman on the street cares about your boner.
I totally agree that some of them were meant as harmless, and that it is the other guys that ruin being able to be genuinely friendly on the street, but I do think it's important to keep in the video because to a woman, those innocent 'hellos' can be super scary. A guy says hello to me in the street, and I'm terrified…
I tried this with a clueless cousin.
Hoda Kotb declared catcalling to be inoffensive and quite complimentary this morning, and Matt Fucking Lauer had to set her straight. Today meets the Twilight Zone.
Y'all...I just....how in the world are people defending the actions of these guys??? I can't fathom it.
Or else they wax nostalgic as they harken back to the good ol' days of the 1930's when things were just so fine and simple - you know, the Great Depression, lynchings and the rise of Nazi Germany. I'm looking at your sorry, ignorant ass, McConaughfuckwit.
"...but NOBODY TOUCHED HER..."