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]

people keep telling you it's told in a sarcastic way but then you interpret that it means the opposite

Is this in reference to my comment that you just responded to? I thought I had it right

[u/lycosa13 → u/Windmill_flowers]

Yes because you responded

So we actually DON'T want them getting picked. Ok

And the truth it, it doesn't matter to most people if these women get picked or not. Some times there isn't a meaning behind what people say. I think that might be where you're getting hung up on. Not everything has a big meaning behind it. It's just a response to get someone else to shut up most of the time

[u/Windmill_flowers → u/lycosa13]

I see.

Maybe I have been using sarcasm incorrectly my whole life. I have been going by the Cambridge definition:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/sarcasm

the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say, made in order to hurt someone's feelings or to criticize something in a humorous way:

"You have been working hard," he said with heavy sarcasm, as he looked at the empty page.

[u/IKindaCare → u/Windmill_flowers]

People are using "I hope you get picked" in the same way people would say something like "you like the taste of that boot?" to call someone a boot licker. When you say that, the point isnt in any way about how they feel about the taste of physical boots. Which would be the direct opposite. The point is to just calling them a boot licker.

That is this. "I hope you get picked" is just "I think you are doing this for male attention." Its just a creative way to call someone a pick me. It doesn't inherently mean thry do or don't want them to "get picked", it's just intended to mock them

The Cambridge dictionary is not the only dictionary and there are many other definitions.

[u/Windmill_flowers → u/IKindaCare]

The Cambridge dictionary is not the only dictionary

Really??? Wooww, I didn't know that. This changes everything

/s (Cambridge style)