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"I'm a sleazy fuckin creep, where did I go wrong?!"

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 24 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I think this has nothing to do with it being a sauna and more about "Girl with real good body, tits and butt" which means OP was already staring and moaning under his breath.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

People like this don't realize how much creepiness they ooze without saying a word.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

for sure. i like to stare into nothing as i think my deep thoughts, and it skeeves people out a lot especially within a 20ft radius.

once you're 21ft away though, it's totally cool and uncreepy.

[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

I also wonder, if he had said something normal immediately after entering it probably would have been fine. Imagine sitting in silence next to someone for 10 minutes and then they ask you a question. That's weirder to me.

[–] Varesti@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 hours ago

TIL tits and butt are not part of the body.

[–] cinoreus@lemmy.world 21 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I think it's because she could see his erection.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

c/bigdickproblems

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Heh I miss saunas. I grew up with them. Perfect bonding experience. As in stfu and meditate.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

Are there places without saunas?

Every major city in America has a spa or even gym that have saunas or stream rooms. Or mountain retreats..

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 36 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

People talk in the sauna? I thought that was a nono

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It seems the rest of the world has decided that saunas need to be quiet, when the actual Finnish thing is a social event. You have a beer, sometimes a sausage on the oven. I don't know what the point of a stfu wellness sauna in a gym is.

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Its social with people you know everywhere. Randos in a public sauna stay quite

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago

People have told me and my friend to be silent twice before when we were talking in a respectful quiet tone, not even addressing anyone else.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago

In places I've been to, yeah.

I'm not interested in making small talk while trying to unlock all my chakras points and reach my final form.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

At my local it's like a fucking pub in there. Yapping away. I wish they would all just shit up and sweat silently

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That sounds terrible. Saunas look like serene places, not for places to talk about... anything.

[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

They should balance it out with quiet hours or something. Or maybe a silent sauna and a chatty sauna

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Or maybe a silent sauna and a chatty sauna

That's good idea, IMO.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 57 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Here's the "rule": The first time you speak to someone they should be fully clothed, unless there is a clothing malfunction you are attempting to resolve and that requires spoken communication.

It's fine to make friends at the gym, tho that's not what I'm ever there for. It's fine to talk in the sauna, to people you are already on speaking terms with. It's not okay to see someone in the sauna, appreciate their body, and use that as motivation to talk to them for the first time.

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Only things said to strangers in a gym:

You finished with that, or can I go in between?

Can you spot me?

[–] cinoreus@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

Also, always assume your intentions are transparent as glass even before you open your mouth. People can see and tell why you're talking to them. I hate that this is something's I learnt through trial and error.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 16 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

A "do you mind if I pour some water on the stones?" Is a good opener. Then you wait for them to engage. If they don't, so be it.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 4 points 6 hours ago

Well that's just practical. It's exempt from the rule.

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[–] musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 19 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Not true, you may address anyone at any point in the sauna if you bend over, spread your ass cheeks and lip sync every word you say with your anus.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 5 points 16 hours ago

I'm sure there are also circles where less-clothed social events do happen where not everyone at the event is already mutually acquainted. While I've never been to those event myself and haven't be told the social protocols explicitly, I would assume that if you aren't crashing the event, you are allowed to speak to less-clothed persons you've not met before, to introduce yourself at least.

(I'm not a pretty person, so I think I'd be even more uncomfortable that such events than I am at other social events.)

[–] nanometer1625@thelemmy.club 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I'm imagining this as a sitcom In which the scene cuts after anon's mouth opens, but just before words come out.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 71 points 22 hours ago

She was absolutely looking to leave as soon as this guy schlubbed in to look over her "good body, tits, and butt". The attempt at conversation was just the opening she needed to escape.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 21 points 19 hours ago

You smell that?

OP after releasing a stream of whey farts for the past 10 minutes.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 9 points 18 hours ago

Maybe he wanted the room to himself. No awkward girl there

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't know about the no speaking rules in Saunas. I would think that should be a sign but there easily could have been and anon didn't read.

It would already be creepy if the first thing he asked was where she lived; however the line "Well I decided to talk to her and ask where she's from" can imply that he spoke, got no response, then kept yapping.

Furthermore, the fact he's complaining about how what he did was not "really that bad" without acknowledging he broke a rule, tells me that he knew what he was doing but decided to break that rule because he's not "really that bad".

All that said, I'd probably break that rule to crack a one-liner like the reply, because dumb jokes are my favorite.

[–] remon@ani.social 27 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I've never seen any no speaking rules in Germany but "no flirting" is very much an implied rule and the way anon describes her has having a "good body, tits and butt" he probably might have been creepy before even saying anything.

I'm not a big sauna guy and thus mostly was there with my girlfriend. And in the setting where you're there with a partner, causal small talk with strangers was quite normal. I think it heavily depends on being able to read the room.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

if you can read the room there isn't enough steam.

[–] damo_omad@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe for a steam room, but Sauna isn't steamy

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

yeah, thanks for ruining my stupid joke. put more steam on.

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