Having someone come on to you (esp. someone of the same sex)

I'm hammy IRL, but it's dripping with so much sarcasm that people always know I'm fucking around when I'm doing it. You make it sound like you genuinely believe that sort of thing.

And when in doubt, whip it out and thrust furiously while loudly singing Turn Up the Radio.

I usually say this with a perfectly straight face, yes. When I'm being sarcastic I go all deadpan and serious. My sentences get shorter. My eyes get dull. My voice deep, and slow. When I am earnest, it's the opposite, my sentences are long-winded, my eyes twinkle with excitement, my facial expressions vary to an almost Jim Carrey level, my voice gets vibrant and colorful...

Bah, in fact picture a taller, handsomer, more erudite and charismatic Jim Carrey with a touch of Charlie Sheen and William Shanter and the face of a younger George Clooney and be done with it.

^? You're talking about the topic, as in you're suggesting we have sex with those people anyways?

No.

One day an attractive girl (and I like girls so much more than anything else) did this to me and I turned her down. Also, she wanted to go straight to sex.

edited 23rd Mar '11 11:37:22 PM by Ardiente

awwww

Also this thread, like the "nice guys" thread and any other relationship threads on teeveetropes needs to be nuked from orbit. Who agrees

No, Ard, I was just being a drunken ass.

Though if a chick came up to me offering sex, I'd be down. Provided I could get some protection first.

Rule one - don't send in one's Imperial Guardsmen without their flak armor.

Thread Hop, but since this is OTC, I shoul be able to just jump in.

I would say 'sorry, I'm already dating'. If it's a guy, I might add that I have a boyfriend. I would be flattered, though.

Yeah, but what's going to protect you from mono and gonorrhea and all that stuff? Also, what is it that does and doesn't carry vagina-to-mouth, or mouth-to-penis in case she and I want something other than coital.

Loudness is best concealed for when you need it, if you are loud all the time people will stop noticing it (or become irritated by it) after knowing you for some time. Being OTT all the time in real life well it tends to get irritating after a while unless you have really worked at it.

Then get checked afterwards, that seems painfully obvious to me.

edited 24th Mar '11 2:17:08 AM by JosefBugman

Well, I also have times of serenity and quiet, but those aren't the times I enjoy myself. When I'm having the most fun is in public, giving speeches, debating, performing some show or play or singing... I like being a ham, and I like people to listen to what I say, because I think it's worth saying and I really mean it. But it's true that after one of those I sort of really cool down for a whiiiile...

It's also true that I am the most emphatic when I'm putting beliefs I honestly think are true but am not quite sure of yet to public trial. When it's stuff I am absolutely sure of, as sure of them as of the sun rising East, I get a lot calmer and a lot more deliberate. Still hammy, as in, intense, but in a very different way.

Finally, I have to say that's the way it's been at my house ever since I was a child. From the World of Ham page:

Average pep talk my father would give us at breakfast. And toned down too, it's missing a lot of profanity and curses. Really, when I read this fragment first I was like "What's so special about this?" :|

But this thread isn't about ham applied to Real Life. If you want we can make one, and discuss how different tropers approach its parctical application to Real Life encounters. This thread is about people coming on to you. Mostly about people awkwardly coing on to you and with whom you are not sure of what to do besides reject them, but about people coming on to you.

Now, girl tropers, how does it feel to be approached by a guy with a predatory attitude? Tropers in general, are there any lines you are sick and tired of hearing? Such as "So, what's yer name, girl, what's your sign?"

Your dad sounds like an annoying son of a bitch.

And I don't get hit on much, but anyone who relies on pick up lines is probably doing it wrong.

edited 24th Mar '11 6:31:18 AM by JosefBugman

There's a difference between relying on them and "having them ready for use when appropriate".

My dad is... a surprisingly charming individual... but when I saw the first Trolldad comics I wondered why random people on the internet were drawing comics about my dad.

edited 24th Mar '11 6:39:46 AM by Ardiente

There is no time to go "Is heaven missing an angel". Because that implies several things 1. That you are desperate enough to think it will work. 2. That you are simply looking for any girl in here to use it on 3. That you have not thought about the girl your saying it too at all bar thinking "does she possess boobs and lowered standards".

It's infinetly better to just go "what do you think of the music in here" or "So, what are you drinking" as an intro, because they are generic enough not to worry people.

That video made me sad, all those millions of brave little solders wasted for nothing :'(

edited 24th Mar '11 6:41:58 AM by joeyjojo

Or boring enough not to spark their interest.

My personal favourite is, to a group (hot chicks are seldom by themselves): "People, sorry, but this is a vital question I must know the answer to: How often should I wash my pajamas?" The sentences you suggested aren't openers, but I'll admit they're great for conversation: open questions that require a personal investment from the interest.

They went through the straight and narrow, and while they didn't get there, at least they gave it a shot.

edited 24th Mar '11 6:44:25 AM by Ardiente

I make the occasional joke. That and "bloody hell your bust is magnificent" got me quite a long way.

Honesty. Unexpected honesty is always great.

But I'd never say that.

The reason being, I tend to hit on flat-chested girls. Preferably with a Hime Cut, but those are so rare...

edited 24th Mar '11 6:47:27 AM by Ardiente

In bars I just generally ask a few quick questions and then buy a drink if they want one. That and then just asking people about themselves tends to help, peoples favorite subject tends to be themselves, and if you can emphasis one aspect of your personality to better match their own it might do well.

Huh. Good luck getting them to talk about themselves without alcohol.

And good luck getting me to shut up about myself and listen. Gah, I'm so self-centered...

"So, you work in this city", openers that are questions allow people to focus for a second on themselves, and allow you to choose a response that suits the answer given.

If for instance it is "I work at the sewage treatment facility" you can thank them for doing an important public service.

Actually my response to that would be: "*pokerface*...*grin* Kinkyyyy..."

How people react to come-ons is probably, at this point in time, more significant based on your gender than on that of the person hitting on you.

Time was being hit on by someone of the same sex was much creepier or stranger than otherwise, but nowadays, some people are gay and we've just gotten used to it as a society. Mostly. Some people still get hung up on it, but they're a shrinking minority.

That said, if you're a man being hit on by anyone you don't want you can still laugh it off; assume they're joking and flirt back; politely but curtly turn them down; consider them creepy and escape at the earliest opportunity. (Even "well fine, free sex" is an option.) All of those would be likely to lead to acceptable outcomes. By contrast, women being hit on by men, regardless of preferred gender, would be well advised to keep the knife and pepper spray handy. That's just how the societal cards fell, I guess.

Being hit on by someone of your non-preferred gender is always awkward, but not more so than being hit on by someone of your preferred gender in whom you're not interested. I'd assume, anyway. When in public I typically avoid body language that might suggest I'm interested in a relationship, and I'm not female, so I've never been harassed in that fashion.

@JB: Unless she's your friend or you're dating her; never buy a woman a drink.

Why? To me it just seems like something to do, besides which if she uses the opportunity to ditch you still have booze

And she gets a free drink from you.

-*shrug* Doesn't bother me. Why do you think its bad?