• CTDummy@lemm.ee
    5711·
    11 months ago

    Colour me surprised that friendzone memes are still a thing given the concept seems to be a 90% nice guy™ made concept.

    • sus
      341·
      11 months ago

      looking at wikipedia it seems that there’s even been research about the concept:

      Binghamton University did a study on undergraduates from a midsize university in the northeastern United States. There were 562 participants with 305 identified as female and 257 as male. Of the 562 participants, 427 were exclusively heterosexual while 113 were not exclusively heterosexual. The participants were asked “Have you ever friend-zoned someone else?” and “Have you ever been friend-zoned?” The study found that 65.7% of exclusively heterosexual males have friend-zoned someone while 92.6% of exclusively heterosexual females have friend-zoned someone. The study also found that 75.2% of exclusively heterosexual males have been friend-zoned before while only 41.2% of exclusively heterosexual females have been friend-zoned before

      unless the participants got severely misled about what the term means, I think this shows the idea is not going away any time soon

      (also I just noticed, this was posted to an “antique memes” community)

      • CTDummy@lemm.ee
        143·
        11 months ago

        That’s interesting that they actually did a study on it though I would point out that friendzoning someone and considering yourself friendzoned are different. Boy I didn’t even see the sub name so that’s on me.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      11 months ago

      Colour me surprised that friendzone memes are still a thing

      I mean, this is antique memes roadshow.

      • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
        46·
        11 months ago

        There are some things that should be left to crumble into dust in an old cardboard box in the attic.

        And then set on fire and thrown into a lake.