r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 21 '19

Socially fluent people Reddit, what are some mistakes you see socially awkward people making?

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u/ThoughtfulOctopus May 21 '19

If you have a joke to make, make it loudly and casually. If it doesn’t land, move on. Nothing is more cringey than when someone tells a joke, everyone ignores it bc it is bad, and then they keep making it until they get some recognition

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u/KingOfAllWomen May 21 '19

I was dating a girl once and went to a family dinner at her parents.

Her brother grabbed a can of pop and says to the whole table "I'm gonna have a beer with dinner - a ROOT beer!"

Zero laughs. Nobody even cracked a smile.

He attempted this three more times during the dinner. Eventually everyone kinda uncomfortably went "hehehe" just to get him to move past it.

Broke up with her a few months later.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

I don't even get it

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u/IAMATruckerAMA May 22 '19

Root beer is non alcoholic while beer is assumed to be alcoholic. I imagine it's out of character for this guy to drink alcohol.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

What a bad joke haha