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"creepy" is just a code word for "unattractive" or "awkward" No, it's not — at least not necessarily, which seems to be your implication. One can be awkward a
by rosser 13y ago
"creepy" is just a code word for "unattractive" or "awkward"
No, it's not — at least not necessarily, which seems to be your implication.
One can be awkward and not be a creeper. One can be unattractive and not be a creeper. One can be a creeper and be neither awkward nor unattractive. And, yes, one can be all three.
The difference between them tends, in my (male, second-hand) experience, to be one of persistence. Awkward doesn't always stick around long past the point where it's no longer welcome. Creepers, awkward or not — and unintentionally or not — do.
EDIT: phrasing.
- chrisro 13y ago>The difference between them tends, in my (male, second-hand) experience, to be one of persistence. Woman: "If you're not listening to me now when I say no, how can I possibly trust you will listen later?"
- Millennium 13y agoActually, I'd argue that over the age of 25 or so, one can't be awkward and not be a creeper. If you're still oversexualizing every interaction with women like some 14-year-old, as evidenced by awkwardness, there is something deeply wrong. So the theory goes, ay any rate.