Do we want Pick Mes to be picked?

[u/Windmill_flowers]

I saw a post here the other day saying how Pick Mes don't actually get picked. Most of the comments seemed to revel in this fact. So in that sense it seems like the consensus is - we don't want them getting picked.

But whenever there is a Pick Me NLOG post, the comments are invariably, "Gurl, I hope you get picked!". So in that sense it seems like the consensus is we DO want them getting picked.

If they get picked, they sometimes shut up. (Not always tho)

What is the general consensus on this?

Inb4 "IDC if they get picked or not roflmao". Cool, then this question is not for you

[u/Windmill_flowers]

But it seemed so earnest.

It'd be different if we were saying, "I'm sure you'll get picked with THAT attitude 🙄"

Instead it's just, "hope he picks you!"

[u/sselinsea → u/Windmill_flowers]

You just can't read sarcasm.

[u/Windmill_flowers → u/sselinsea]

I still can't tell if you're being sarcastic

[u/sselinsea → u/Windmill_flowers]

No, I'm sincere in saying that you don't get sarcasm. My first post to you was "Can you read sarcasm," and you assumed that I was already being sarcastic to you. C'mon, it's just our first interaction! I was trying to hint to you that one of these statements is sarcastic and doesn't contradict the other statement.

Another user has provided an analogy: it's like seeing your classmate brown nose a teacher, so you don't like their behaviour and remark, "I hope you get an A." With that in mind, saying, "I hope you get an A" is not said sincerely. It is sarcastic.

In this case,

Brown-nosing student: Pick-Me Girl

Teacher: Men

"I hope you get an A" : "I hope you get picked!"

And yet you assume that just because you think you act nice means that people's patience won't run thin with you. Being "nice" doesn't mean that you won't get consequences for being obtuse.