Filming people in public is becoming way to socially acceptable. I hate it.
‘Manfluencers’ are filming themselves trying to pick up women using smart glasses
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Beep@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/02/09/world/manfluencers-smart-glasses-intl
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Auth@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Cowardice in general has become way too socially acceptable. Actually the norm. If you G-d forbid act so that you can be unambiguously determined as not a coward, then G-d help you.
And cowards understand each other very well. You can even expose them all as cowards, they’ll accept the shame and admit you’re right and all such, and then they’ll still feel victorious, because in a society of cowards cowardice always wins in all ways but one.
Living like “Hagakure” for real is perhaps the only way to preserve your humanity in some life situations, but that won’t lead to happiness. And the author of “Hagakure” refused to commit seppuku when his suzerain died, because “times have changed”.
And meeting people who live by those principles, you damn hard wish they hid or cowered or stepped back that one time that led them to pain for their remaining lives from those not worth their breath.
I’m thinking of a woman, by the way. Men of that quality are far more rare.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Talk about cowardice and you’re sensoring the word “god” lol
ashenone@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 2 weeks ago
What is this? Some LLM hallucinating? Give me back the couple of seconds I wasted reading your drivel.
shads@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
I bet you the Venn diagram of doing this crap and being incapable of comprehending why women picked the bear is a perfect circle.
uninvitedguest@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
What does “picked the bear” mean?
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
If you are a woman alone in the woods, would you rather come across an unknown man, or a bear? It’s a thought experiment. As a human woman, which represents a greater immanent threat?
Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Correction: After having no success 'Manfluencers" stage interactions with paid women to make them look fuckable.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
or to “subtley harass women, stalk them on camera until they relent.”
Binturong@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Every single ‘manfluencer’ is a closeted loser who specifically wants to take your money and cause you to be alone and miserable like they are. Every time. They should be openly ridiculed and loathed, and I hope this trend just elicits legal action and ends quickly, and that minimal harm is done to the victims in the process.
zensanto@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
I dunno. From my experience, just pretending you’re “all that” is enough to make women and girls go crazy.
dandylion@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
yeah narcissism can temporarily make one interesting until the other person realizes what they got themself into, thats how people end up in abusive relationships
Binturong@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Your experience huh?
Etterra@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
When they ask themselves “But how can I be even creepier?”
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I would watch someone successfully negotiating buying a used car for a good price at a dealer.
whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 2 weeks ago
See, this is the kind of thing we need those glasses for. Just blur the face and the name tag, alter the voice. Not doxxing anyone. Then show what happened in a non-sexual situation.
But no. People have to use it like perverts.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
google glasses was to cringey/.
boaratio@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I hate the Internet.
Ascendor@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Don’t. It isn’t the internet who’s being an asshole. It’s men.
boaratio@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe you’re entirely right. I don’t disagree.
Reygle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This headline/title should be
In an act of sheer disrespect and a blatant invasion of privacy, douchebag “influencers” recorded women without consent and publicly shared recordings
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
There’s a word I could have done without in my vocabulary.
protist@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
What, you don’t like being manfluenced? Something off-putting to you about manfluence? What’s wrong with being a manfluencing manfluencer?
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s giving me manfluenza.
whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 2 weeks ago
That’s some manfluency
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I remember ages ago some show on tv that had a prototype style of these glasses where the person also had to wear a huge backpack and it was like a gotcha style show but it turned out most people just wanted to try and help whoever was wearing the the stuff and I’m rambling.
The show skeeved me out but my parents were like “oh look how bulky it is, you’ll know if someone is using it!” And I tried to articulate yeah, and we use to only have record players and now I have a cd player but they waved it off.
Stomping around annoyed I was right!
imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Probably easier if they use their hands instead
frongt@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I assure you, they can’t do that either
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Or if in America a fork lift.
agingelderly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
*Get approached by some dude in glasses *He hits on you *Leave
I feel bad for people who need glasses
whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 2 weeks ago
This is just going to popularize thin rim glasses haha.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve already adopted the transparent frame: nothing to hide, only my undivided attention if they’d like to geek out about their special interests or just want someone to listen.
AliasVortex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m partial to OVVO, I tend to be pretty hard on frames (-8 prescription, I can’t not wear glasses), but the two pairs I’ve had have been nigh indestructible- deceptively sturdy especially given how thin and light they are. (Bonus points for not being part of the eyeglass cartel too)
Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
While I’m a lesbian, I make a point to absolutely humiliate any man who has the audacity to come up to me and flirt while I’m minding my own fucking business trying to enjoy my day. I’m fully aware I could just say “I’m a lesbian, fuck off”, and most of those guys would fuck off (please note, this also reveals homophobes that claim I just haven’t been with a “real man” yet, and those guys are absolute assholes that won’t take a fucking hint), but it’s so much more fun to absolutely destroy their ego instead.
*Looks over them like I’m checking them out*
*Laughter as if they’re pathetic*
“No, hun. I have standards”
*Shoos them away*
Granted, I open myself up to a lot more danger by doing this, because it often pisses them off, but it’s so worth it to see the dejected look on some of their faces. Bonus points for destroying whatever they say in response with more ego-shattering insults.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Is it really necessary to be demeaning? I’m sure you feel like they all deserve it, and probably some of them do, but also some of them are probably decent people who are trying to be outgoing and probably had to work up a lot of courage to try to start a conversation with you.
Do you really need to crush them when a simple no will suffice? If they don’t take a simple no for an answer, then you know they deserve harsher treatment. But wanting to destroy someone’s spirit over a simple interaction seems a bit sadistic. I mean, how would you feel if someone did that to you?
Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
See, this is flawed. You clearly don’t understand how demeaning it is for you to be approached sometimes multiple times a day to be treated like a sexual object while you’re just trying to go about your day. The context is important here. If I were doing this at a dating function, or an online dating app, obviously that would be ridiculous. But I (and many women like me) don’t want to be constantly sexualized and objectified in every aspect of my life. I don’t care what your intentions are, you’re ruining my day coming up to remind me of the rampant misogyny that fuels these interactions. You want to flirt with me? Get my fucking consent. It is not hard to flirt with me in a social context where it is acceptable to do so, where there is an expectation of it. And if a man came up to me during those contexts? Honestly, I’d be caught off guard and incredibly confused because I only attend gay/lesbian dating functions, so I’m not sure what exactly I’d do, but it would be much more understanding. Well, at least so long as they take no for an answer.
How about we stop normalizing objectifying women? If you’re interested in someone beyond a one night stand, here’s an idea: introduce yourself and get to know them. If you are looking for a one night stand, do it somewhere it’s more appropriate. I don’t want to be stopped while I’m shopping for my groceries to turn down men who are struggling to look anywhere but my chest. It’s dehumanizing.
TheBat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Based. Fuck men.
PS: Am man.
zensanto@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
Good on you for being nasty to people looking for a connection.
If men don’t approach women and women don’t approach men, then we’re left with a loneliness epidem- ohhhhhh.
Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
There are plenty of ways to approach a woman without making it clear that the only thing you care about is getting into her pants. I happen to respond quite well to normal friendliness.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Eeuww…yikes.
Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
The solution involves hammers.
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Can’t we just call it ‘Stupid piece of shit-fluencers’ or smth?
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
I don’t know what is more dispicable and sad, that there’s people who would watch this or that there’s people who make this kind of low brow, knuckle dragging sleezebag content.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
“Man” prefix + “influencer” = an unholy portmanteau.
Please make it stop
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 weeks ago
Fuck I hate being male sometimes. What swamp do these skeezy sexist MAGA guys crawl out of?
blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This particular sleaze is definitely male perpetuated and worth calling out. But shittiness knows no gender (or age or ethnicity for that matter.)
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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natecox@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It’s fun being deeply ashamed of your gender because some of us are filth and scum.
These fuckers harm everyone with their actions. Wish we could do something actionable about it.
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Okay, I feel like this needs to be addressed as well: this, like, public self-flagellation is not useful either. I have never once been ashamed of being a man.
The problem that men have here is cultural and systemic, it’s expressed with statistics and social norms—it really, really has nothing to do with you or me specifically.
If you’ve already done the work of recognizing that negging women is extremely rude, then you’ve already improved as a person. There’s no reason to be self-loathing about it.
whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 2 weeks ago
You’d be surprised how many of these guys didn’t vote for Trump. Incels and woman haters exist across the spectrum. What we need is for social media to actually ban this content. But it makes them money.
IronBird@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
if it’s any consolation, it does make the bar for picking up woman incredibly low. just don’t be a complete creep and your at top of the curve
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I recently re-entered the dating pool for the first time in a decade and it’s incredible how much attention I get from just appearing clean, having my shit together, and not posting a picture with me holding a fish. Never got so much attention from women before in my life. Had a date in like one week.
The bar is very, very low. I am sorry, ladies out there.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
This is honestly better than what I’ve encountered. At least they are trying to attract a woman.
There are types who can both hate a woman’s personality and envy those she likes and hate her for not liking them, all at the same time.
But yes, being male, I’ve been recently inspired by reading about medical advancements in procreation without boys. This will be necessary to counter the population growth on the side of various shmucks and their abused wives.
(I’ve recently learned I have no right to call myself a shmuck since 13 years ago.)