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[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I mean even his pupil was like nah

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 115 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

Gotta love a good broad st line pic. Sadly those cars are a lot smokier these days.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 99 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fake: anon left the house

Gay: anon is flirting with men

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

"Hey, there, hunka'-hunka', wanna go somewhere more private so I can show you my Ancient Greeks?😏😏"

Full disclosure, I'm a barely-social straight guy, I wouldn't know flirting if it cracked my teeth with a piece of wood.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm married and straight.

It doesn't get better.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So it's all just... sexy goofy sarcasm? Oh, crap. I've been doing that for a llllooooong, long time without realising it might be interpreted as flirting.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup, that's how I got my SO. It turns out we have a similar, raunchy sense of humor.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That honestly sounds like a fun time! Would probably mean I'd become completely desensitised to it in a sexy way, but I do love me some playful sarcasm!

Glad you've managed to find someone with a compatible dynamic in these aspects, it's lovely having a partner with whom you can laugh at the Absurd!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm a lesbian and I've seen guys bag each other flirting on that level

Well, tbf, this'd work on me as well should a flame of the womanly persuasion present it to me (alongside explicit stipulations that "I do, indeed, want you for the sex, Mr. Bond," signed in triplicate)

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You know, some people would consider that flirting. Also, wear a mouthguard, I guess.

For the right person, I'd splurge on the dental work!=))

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Could have been a compliment. You are not an intellectual yet, but you wanna educate yourself. Nothing wrong with that.

[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

This is exactly my initial interpretation too.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Must have run into a random Epicurean

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)

*nervously upvotes out of fear of looking stupid*

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago

Incidentally, best way to deal with Epicureans! Smile awkwardly and exeunt whenever possible!

[–] StrixUralensis@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fake: somebody spoke to anon

Gay: anon daydreams about a man in the shower

[–] Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

We all daydream about men

[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How could I judge if Plato is relevant or not without reading it?

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a philosophical question.

learning about Plato from what books he wrote. is like learning about the world from watching shadows within a cave

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If I were in that situation, I think an acceptable retort would be to hold up the drumstick of chicken I am munching on, and dramatically say 'Behold, a man!' then take a bite and totally ignore the random infatnilizing philosophy try hard as I go back to reading.

Maybe also, after a 30 to 60 second pause, nonchalantly ask if he happens to have any hemlock sauce, just to try to get a rise out of him.

in other words:

“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
–Alfred North Whitehead

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Obviously encountered a believer in metaphysical immanence on the subway

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Must be a Matt Neal fan

[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

There’s assholes everywhere kiddo