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The risk of this happening will see a rise of men getting disgruntled

172 replies

MikeRafone · 24/01/2026 08:24

when they try to talk to woman and get the silent treatment

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7jej2elyyo

Dilara has long reddish hair.

Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online

So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7jej2elyyo

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Borgonzola · 24/01/2026 08:37

So?

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 24/01/2026 08:39
Biscuit
SoScarletItWas · 24/01/2026 08:39

Women don’t exist for men to talk to. HTH.

Rafting2022 · 24/01/2026 08:42

Oh no! Those poor men feeling disgruntled!

Bikergran · 24/01/2026 08:42

Bloody hell. Not all men, I know, I know, but why are some of them such vile creepy arseholes?

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 24/01/2026 08:43

If men don’t like it, they need to teach each other better ways to behave.

I realised a while ago that I’m seen as a resource for sad lonely men to pass the time. I’m not. If I wanted to chat I’d smile and make eye contact. I don’t.

ConnieHeart · 24/01/2026 08:44

Men will be disgruntled because they're filming women without their consent?

1apenny2apenny · 24/01/2026 08:45

Hopefully this will see a rise of women having the confidence to ignore these bloody men who think we are just here for their benefit and love love love any attention they give us.

Let them get disgruntled it’ll help us weed out the pathetic men children.

Littlegreenbauble · 24/01/2026 08:46

Gross. Men really need to tell men not to be gross. The glasses are Meta. Of course they are. Gross.

ThatWasMyLastFatFreeFrush · 24/01/2026 08:46

How sad.

NutritiousSardines · 24/01/2026 08:47

These men are not talking to women. They are harassing them, covertly filming them, breaching their privacy. They are sex pests, harassers, and if the law does not currently provide for what they are doing to be a criminal offence, it needs to be changed. They should be seriously ‘disgruntled’ while doing their community service or in some cases being in prison.

Real men don’t harass women, Perverts do.

JoshLymanSwagger · 24/01/2026 08:49

🤐

Gonkgonk · 24/01/2026 08:49

Men need to be more vocal about the shit behaviour of other men. If they see a mate behaving badly towards a woman, they should step in, not join in.
Women shouldn't carry the burden of men's disrespectful behaviour.

borntobequiet · 24/01/2026 08:51

What an odd take on this.

PollyBell · 24/01/2026 08:51

Yes these creepy men still manage to get women to fall for it and think they are in love with them and even worse have children with them

RueMouffetard · 24/01/2026 08:55

Men getting disgruntled! Oh no! Let us form a task force to prevent such a terrible possibility.

MaloryJones · 24/01/2026 09:04

RueMouffetard · 24/01/2026 08:55

Men getting disgruntled! Oh no! Let us form a task force to prevent such a terrible possibility.

😂 👏

Rosecoffeecup · 24/01/2026 09:10

They can fuck off, the fucking creeps

echt · 24/01/2026 09:12

So that's your take on the significance of this? That men will be inconvenienced?

Fuck that noise.

ZoeHS · 24/01/2026 09:12

If you’re a man getting disgruntled because a woman won’t talk to you then you are the problem.

Two things that I find really unsettling here: the way in which men’s sense of entitlement is increasing and the invasion of privacy through those meta glasses; now combine them both and you get a really dangerous situation.

I know every single woman has experienced a man trying to talk them and then the man becoming disgruntled or aggressive when they ignore them or politely won’t engage. It is scary.

Do you know when this happened to me most recently? Sat on a bus with my five year old daughter. Afterwards, I had to explain to her that I didn’t have to talk to him and you never have to talk to someone who makes you feel uncomfortable or scared. It shouldn’t be us women doing the work. It should be the men changing their attitudes and behaviour.

Thepeopleversuswork · 24/01/2026 09:12

Any this is a problem why?

RueMouffetard · 24/01/2026 09:13

Rosecoffeecup · 24/01/2026 09:10

They can fuck off, the fucking creeps

This is of course also a good alternative to forming an urgent task force to prevent male disgruntlement.

GCSEBiostruggles · 24/01/2026 09:13

I get what you mean OP - Men don't realise that their actions have consequences. More guys doing this means women will ignore men talking to them or immediately assume they are being filmed and be rude.

OverlyFragrant · 24/01/2026 09:13

Oh no, not the feelings of men getting hurt.
My apologies, I genuinely don't give a shit.

MikeRafone · 24/01/2026 09:15

GCSEBiostruggles · 24/01/2026 09:13

I get what you mean OP - Men don't realise that their actions have consequences. More guys doing this means women will ignore men talking to them or immediately assume they are being filmed and be rude.

Exactly

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