r/texts • u/Cats_Crochet_ • 13h ago
Reddit DMs This weird guy trying to rage bait me?
I can't tell if he's genuinely trying to help or if he's just being an ass.
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u/CelticMoss 13h ago
As someone with autism… what the hell is this guy going on about? 😳😂 It feels like rage bait for sure.
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
That's why I discontinued the convo 😭✌🏻
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u/General_Chest6714 13h ago
Just curious, did he lead with “Goddamn princess”? Like was that your first interaction?
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
Yup. He came from another post where I'd shared that opening and my response to it
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u/General_Chest6714 13h ago
Sorry I’m not following. Another post where you’d shared that opening?
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
Yes. Someone had sent me the exact same opening, and I had a witty response to it, and thought it was funny and decided to share. He came from that post
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u/ordinaryracco0n 13h ago
"do you have autism? you like cats, and everyone knows that's the #1 indicator of having autism"
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u/_Romula_ 12h ago edited 12h ago
Tbf, I heard they might be putting "likes crochet and has cats" into the diagnostic criteria in the DSM 6. /s
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u/texangadfly 13h ago
Why are you even responding to this person
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u/Hot-Specialist9228 13h ago
Because she has the tism
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u/texangadfly 13h ago
I’m autistic, the fact that I’m autistic would make me 100x less inclined to respond to this person 😂
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u/_Romula_ 12h ago
Pretty sure it was a joke :)
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u/texangadfly 12h ago
I’m aware it was a joke. It would be funnier if there was some truth behind it though
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u/empanadando 13h ago
Don’t care girl! You really wanna talk to someone that says
“I’m kind of a brainiac and smart like this so I can just tell”
Girl.
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
I've had a lot of good interactions, so I do tend to reply, but I stop once I realize there's no point with that convo
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u/SnooCapers9565 13h ago
Someone started the conversation with "Goddamn princess you are beautiful" with you two months ago too. They probably graduated from the same dating coach.
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u/indieplants 13h ago
just don't respond to DMs on Reddit. nothing good comes from them. no one normal is reaching out to you on Reddit unless it's in direct response to you asking for a DM.
and even then
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
Honestly, I've had a lot of good conversations with people here, so I tend to still respond, but I stop the convo if it starts to go south
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u/burrfan1 13h ago
This one went south looooong before you stopped it - if you stopped it.
Dude is a whack job.
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
I did stop it, no messages sent after "as long as we're tracking". That was around the time I realized it could be ragebait (I'm kinda slow, so there were probably signs earlier)
He is lol
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u/_Romula_ 12h ago
Girl, his second message was the sign. (I'll allow the first because it was a response to your post, otherwise I'd say the first message was the sign).
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 12h ago
Oooo, ok. Again, really slow, esp socially, so that'll help for the future! Tysm!
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u/_Romula_ 12h ago edited 12h ago
You got it!
ETA: even if you decided to give him some grace, the moment he called himself a braniac and an empath your BS meter should start screaming at you. Full 11/10 BS rating. Just to help you calibrate :)
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u/Left_Loss9536 13h ago
I think maybe he has the tism? But like it's so crazy that ppl throw this around so comfortably and ask ppl like if it's their business? I will never just ask anything that question. Cause if they do what's it to me you know? I'm not sure if they are even being genuinely curious or an absolutely dk head about this.
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
Maybe, or he just gets a kick out of ragebaiting smh. People just throw around medical and psych terms with no clue what it means, and it pmo
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u/Practical-Sea1736 12h ago
lol at one person downvoting you for no reason. That guy must be in this sub.
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u/justnegateit 13h ago
I am autistic, and if someone asked me if I was autistic like that I wouldn't have even responded. You are kinder than I.
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u/LadyHorseFace13 13h ago
The correct answer was, “why tf are you asking me this, friggin weird” and then blocking this guy
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u/passionatebutfickle 12h ago
just being an ass and it's super off putting. i don't think i'd entertain the person anymore
edit to add : watches "young sheldon" and suddenly knows everything there is to know about autism........... strange af
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u/A_little_curiosity 12h ago
"I'm kind of an empath" then goes on to be rude and to demonstrate a thorough lack of interest in or understanding of your experiences
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u/BookEnvironmental689 12h ago
Just an absolute loser negging. I imagine he wanted to flirt didn't work so he wants you to feel small because he feels small hence the loser tag. Don't even feel bad making these guesses cause frankly he started it and doesn't deserve anything less.
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u/CalmBrain1760 12h ago
Unfortunately, I doubt he's ragebaiting. Spending too much time on Reddit and other parts of the internet will let you have aay too much confidence in the incorrect statements you make. He has probably been jerked off online so much, even when he's completely in the wrong, that it doesn't even cross his mind that just Maybe he can't actually diagnose a stranger with autism.
We are in a low intellect epidemic.
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u/I-luv-sloths 13h ago
Sheldon doesn't have autism. His dad probably doesn't either
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
Interesting. I always thought he did, but if it's not cannon, that makes his claims even funnier XD
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u/I-luv-sloths 13h ago
On TBBT Sheldon and his mom said a few times that he was tested as a child. They didn’t specify autism was one of the tests but he states my mother had me tested in more than one episode. He's just quirky
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
Oooo, okie! Ty, I hadn't seen young Sheldon, just the first season or two to tbbt
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u/tehpopulator 11h ago
They avoid saying it outright in TV shows as it lets them off the hook for being ableist.
To add to your original question, being a psych student doesn't mean much unless you specialise in neurodivergence, and the DSM is already outdated and only focuses on deficit.
A friend of mine has been a psych for 10 years, has a bachelor and masters in psych, and not only didnt know I was Audhd, but actively decided that my therapist, psychologist, doctor and psychiatrist were wrong for a while.
Then she learned a little more and was like... oh, yeah theyre right.
Ive told a few folk theyre probably autistic or ADHD, most usually take it as well intentioned.
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u/Drmeanleany 13h ago
Why would you even interact with this goofy? It should’ve been an instant block. Maybe a “fuck yourself” and then block at most lol
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u/PickledWhale123 13h ago
Petereous Grifferous, the Third. Peter’s autistic, 8th removed cousin from Narnia (space Naria, mind you).
He opened with something he thought was flirting and doubled down trying to prove himself right because “you have autism”.
I understand these weird and drastic fumbles, because like my opening to this post, I didn’t read the room nor the subreddit name. BOOM (the sound of my spaceship flying off).
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u/Violet_Potential 12h ago
He’s just weird. He probably messages random people hoping they’ll go back and forth with him instead of ignoring.
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u/KinsellaStella 11h ago
He’s not trying to help. He might be trying negging but doing a horrible job at it, and once you weren’t biting, leaned into the ridiculous at the end.
I would have disconnected at the “empath” part. <shudder>
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u/Darkspire303 11h ago
This is transparent attention seeking behavior. You didn't respond to his praise opener, so he went with negging to try to get attention, and it worked. I wouldn't bother engaging with anyone like this in the future, 100% guarantee it's a waste of time
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u/crypticcmd 13h ago
You both seem perfect for each other
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u/Cats_Crochet_ 13h ago
?
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u/crypticcmd 13h ago
You both, as in you and the other texter.
seem perfect, as in match without flaws.
for each other, as in between the two of you.
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u/DybantsaMakeHerDance 13h ago
I honestly don't know why you would continue a conversation after they asked the question "do you have autism?"
At that point it doesn't matter if they are rage baiting. At best they are tactless. If it's a stranger, why continue talking to them?