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That's like a thing you should only do if the guy has been really annoying
Nah man if that happened to me I’d die laughing.
How dare you make a joke like that on the 15 year anniversary of your death.
On the one hand I agree, on the other this is sadly born from a safety issue - if there's even a 0.1% chance of the guy getting aggressive if you turn him down, I'd also rather give a fake number. And due to selection bias of "guys hitting on strangers" that number is probably higher in reality - realistically a high number of women has either had that exact experience or knows someone that did.
And really if this happened to me, while it'd be more disappointing then just getting a "nah not interested" immediately, I think I'd mainly be sad that someone felt unsafe enough around me to do that, even if it might have nothing to do with me in particular at all. It's not some kind of long leading on after all, and the reasons are understandable.
I long for a world where this just isn't necessary at all.
Edit: i kinda forgot that the op had the prank part, but honestly I'd probably just think she's a dick for giving me and apparently a lot of others some randos number lol - still you're right you should only do that if the guy deserves it for being an ass
Speaking of that, I think an annoyingly persistent guy might keep calling the number, anyways.
Hitting on someone is really annoying
Right? Guys should just use telepathy to know whether a potential partner would be interested in them.
Inappropriate. You marry who your parents arrange you to marry. You talk to people you met in school. Besides that, you
srs note: some people understandably have negative connotation with “hitting on” but others of us mean it innocently (chatting)
Or you could just talk to them without the assumption that they will be wowed by your “charm”
Because it's not like anyone ever enjoys being flirted with, ever
Hitting on someone is not flirting. Flirting is suggestive and even though it can be very obvious it’s subtle in execution. Hitting on someone is very direct, very obvious and very obnoxious.