• xantoxis@lemmy.world
    68·
    2 years ago

    The last time I was in a Spirit Halloween store, the cashier told me they liked my hoodie.

    I want to emphasize that I still occasionally think about this thing that happened in October.

    • Troy@lemmy.ca
      23·
      2 years ago

      It’s amazing how well a small, well meaning compliment can make your day, your week…

      I was playing hockey last month and one player on the other team complimented something I did on the ice. Simple thing. “Nice puck protection!” after I made a play. Fuck, I’m so used to being chirped out there that it caught me completely off guard. I told my gf that night “The karma version of my brain is like: I should compliment players on the other team more. They probably feel great when that happens too 😀”

      • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        Hell, I remember when one of my classmates in gym class complimented my basketball shot, and that was back in the '90s. (If you’re out there, Leon, thanks.)

    • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
      31·
      2 years ago

      That’s a sales tactic! Careful, that is how those greedy capitalist get you lol

      • xantoxis@lemmy.world
        62·
        2 years ago

        I really don’t think so. This cashier looked bored af and I’m pretty sure Spirit Halloween knows their shit sells itself. Besides, they were complimenting me on my decidedly anti-capitalist “pride brick” hoodie, which is a brick with a rainbow on top.

  • JargonWagon@lemmy.world
    38·
    2 years ago

    I try to be the guy giving the compliments. Like, “Hey I like the jacket,” or, “Hey I like the hat,” stuff like that. I’ll say it strangers and they always seem surprised and put on a seemingly genuine smile.

    Us guys need to look out for each other, ya know? Some guys will never hear a compliment, and just hearing one can make someone’s day.

    • CREATEIKA@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 years ago

      Hey, nice attitude! I can relate to that, and it’s why I made this comic doodle. There’s nothing like creating a good ripple in someone’s life (and I don’t think it’s insincere to share what naturally crossed my mind anyway).

      Keep doing what you’re doing!

    • BetaBlake@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 years ago

      Good on you, I’m trying to be that person more and more because I know it makes my week whenever I get a compliment.

    • wieson@feddit.de
      4·
      2 years ago

      Make sure you don’t run into people of the culture, who - once you express that you like something - they have to gift it to you.

      ^^’

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
    33·
    2 years ago

    I was wearing a nice suit while walking to my car on the way to a job interview, and this rolled his windows down and pulled over to say I looked amazing.

    It felt nice. And I got the job offer!

      • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        It was actually a few years back and kinda screwed me over for a while. I quit my old job, then Covid lockdown happened the week before the new job started and the offer was withdrawn.

        And since I quit the old job and never started the new one I didn’t qualify for unemployment.

        But it all worked out. I have an awesome career now that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. I make decent money and love what I do.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    352·
    2 years ago

    Title: “Emotional Starvation and the Modern Man.”

    The one thing most modern men have in common. Together forever alone.

  • kase@lemmy.world
    291·
    2 years ago

    Pro tip: if someone compliments your shirt, offer it to them. Bonus points if you start taking it off before they can say no.

    To take it a step further: if you compliment someone’s shirt, pause just long enough for them to form a response, then ask, “Can I have it?” The key is to deliver it with a flat tone and a straight face, as though it’s a totally normal question to ask.

  • late_night@sopuli.xyz
    25·
    2 years ago

    I always worry that I’ll compliment someone, they’ll have a look at my shabby self and it will have the opposite effect of them never wearing the thing again.

    • abouttocomealive@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      Same. I have zero fashion sense and it shows. Doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate something nice. But always scared if I compliment someone, that it will do more harm than good.
      Thanks for sharing, somehow reassuring to know I’m not alone.

  • 4am@lemm.ee
    18·
    2 years ago

    Anytime this happens to me I spiral about how I might have just missed the sarcasm

  • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
    161·
    2 years ago

    Cartoon would be better if you saw a sliver of red coming out of the bedsheets.

    Edit not sure why downvote. I think it’d be funnier if he wore the shirt to bed.

    • Malbepue@lemmy.world
      51·
      2 years ago

      Yes, as you suggest, it would be funnier, but I don’t think that’s the main idea.

  • M137@lemmy.world
    14·
    2 years ago

    I get compliments from random people several times a week, and while it does feel kinda good it also makes me anxious and more aware of how I look. I feel a lot better when I give compliments, I generally don’t get the anxiety and feel better about it afterwards.

    I’m a dude, FYI.

  • Godric@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 years ago

    My New Year’s Resolution was: Every day I’m out walking the street is to give at least one compliment to a stranger.

    Whether it be the man walking with his beloved with a Larry David tier smile, or the person rocking a cowboy hat well in my local frozen sunless hell, I let them know how wonderful they are.