Wtaf did I just read?

[DunhamO]

Surely this cannot be a thing? No human in their right mind really consciously goes through this thought process?

Read the term 'negging' on another thread and this was amongst the google results

www.seductionscience.com/2010/negging-women/

Seriously?

Good grief! I hope any 'hot girls' he tries this on have the sense to tell him to fuck off.

Oh yes, negging is a thing.

It seems to work on some girls, unfortunately.

I have no words...........their Mother's must be so proud

Link isn't working for me. What does it mean?

Negging?

This has been around for ages and seems to be used much more widely than just people who are actively into PUA now. It has spread like a disease.

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Negging

Seems like a good way to stay single!

It's basically a new term for an abusive loser.

Wtaf?!? This is so disgusting and degrading. This is that fucking entitled view that women are yours for the taking. Fuck this is gross

Jesus that's green

Grim

It's been around for a while. It worries me because it seems to entrench misogynistic behaviours in men who struggled anyway to connect with women as human beings.

An example of Negging a girl would be:
"You are nearly as tall as me. I like tall girls (LIFT). Are those heels 4 or 5 inches (DROP)?"
OR
You say, "Ahhh, that's so funny ... you nose moves when you speak...... (pointing and being cute) look there it goes again ... its so... quaint ... haha look"
She'll say, "ahhh, stoppp!"blush.
Now she is self conscious and having her in this state is where you want her. You have neghit her.
I wouldn't even register either of those comments as negative, boring and dull but not negative. If someone said you are nearly as tall as me how high are your heals 4 or 5 inches, I'd think they were a bit thick immediately contradicting themselves like that.

Ahh bold fail!

It's a sophisticated version of 'treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen'. Basically, they end up working hard to gain your approval.

Unfortunately it is a thing...sometimes it's so low-key it might not be instantly recognisable.

Just asked 21yr old DS, he's never heard of it.

One of the replies called him a sad boring wanker, I couldn't have put it better.

It is a thing unfortunately some do it so well you won't recognise the comment as negative

Bloody hell, what an unpleasant thing to do.

It's a real thing. I see lads do it every Saturday night when I'm at work. The cockier groups will even try it on me when I'm serving them drinks.

I have a "no manners, no alcohol" rule so they don't get very far.