Most women have experienced some form of unwanted attention from the opposite [intimacy]. The CDC reports that 1 in 3 women in the US have experienced sexual harassment in a public place. Whether it’s weird messages in DMs or catcalling on the street, it’s never fun. It’s usually embarrassing, uncomfortable and, to be honest, demeaning.

The only upside is that women get to post these pathetic shots at flirting online for others to laugh at. So prepare yourself for some top-notch cringe, dear pandas, for we have collected the most eye-roll-inducing attempts to hit on women. Let’s also marvel at some impressive comebacks from the ladies. This is the true female experience, y’all.

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#1 Nice Guy Tries To Insult A Woman And Accidentally Compliments Her Instead

#2 A Guy Thought I Was My Girlfriend Because She’s In My Profile Picture, And The Result Is Gold

#3 Ice Cold

Most of the entries on this list feature terrible attempts at flirting through the internet. Online dating safety expert Chris Dietzel told Besedo that the biggest issue is that many people don’t realize how damaging unwanted behavior can be. The boundaries for inappropriate behavior are not very strict in our modern society, he says.

“A lot of the inappropriate behaviors and sexual advances many condemn in offline environments – such as in the workplace or in social settings – aren’t always deemed as serious or damaging or problematic in a digital context,” he told Besedo.

#4 I’ve Never In My Life Seen A Sign That Has To Instruct People To Not Hit On The Employees. Yikes

#5 My Boyfriend And I Broke Up And I Got This DM the Same Day

#6 Hard To Watch A Guy In Your DMs Fish For You To Hit On Them

A nonprofit that helps victims of sexual abuse Saprea writes that sexual harassment can include a variety of unwanted behaviors. It can also involve “weaponizing of sexual content – such as images, videos, or posts – to harass, exploit, humiliate, distress, coerce, or threaten.

The reason why unwanted sexual advances happen in abundance online is because of the online disinhibition effect. Researchers describe this as a phenomenon that “may give people the courage to say or do things that they would not do in real life.”

#7 My Friend Barely Met This Guy Last Week. Real Men Don’t Get Turned Down

#8 Texts My Wife Got From The Food Delivery Guy Who Has Her Number And Knows Where She Lives

#9 Chase Banker Saved My Girlfriend’s Phone Number When She Went In To Open An Account

Me and my girlfriend went to open an account at Chase yesterday. The guy was creepy the whole time and flirted right in front of me, then proceeded to save her phone number from the forms she filled out and text her today. Now he has our address from the forms too…

This online disinhibition effect often results in unwanted sexualization. That is a form of online sexual harassment. It can be a sexual image, emoji, joke or request. Although the intentions behind the attempt may be benign, the result still can be quite damaging. Although the perpetrator is trying to compliment, flatter or flirt, the receiver may feel “demeaned, embarrassed, violated, or objectified.”

#10 Delivered Lunch To A Guy At His Workplace Today Who Had Trouble Taking A Hint

#11 I Love When People Flirt By Excessively Complimenting Themselves

#12 Security Guard Texting My Wife After She Checked Into A Business

People who carry out unwanted sexual advances demonstrate a lack of respect for boundaries. These actions also violate the other person’s personal feelings and preferences. Dietzel tells Besedo that “context and permission are the keywords here. Problems arise if there’s no open understanding or consent agreement between the individuals.”

#13 20-Year-Old “Rich” Nice Guy, Hitting On My 16-Year-Old Niece

#14 The Time The Guy From IKEA Who Put My Bedframe Together Took My Phone Number From The Receipt And Tried To Hit On Me

#15 Friend Just Called Off Their Relationship. This Man Wasted No Time And Obviously Played At The Top Of His Game

“In online dating, permission parameters are too often based on assumptions about what one individual thinks the other wants,” the researcher tells Besedo. “For example, two people may flirt on a dating app. While one person might assume that a conversation like this is a prelude to [intimacy], the other may simply enjoy the lighthearted conversation.”

#16 My Roommate Tried To Get An IKEA Delivery To Our Apartment

They called and refused to drive into our complex, saying she’d have to grab the bookcase from their truck and drive it to our house. After irritatedly doing so in her pajamas and barely speaking to delivery guys, she got this message today.

#17 Guy Thought My, Now-Deceased, Dad Was “My Man” Then Proceeded To Hit On Me

#18 My Sister Just Got This From The Man Painting Her Fence. Cheating Is More Appropriate Than Hitting On A Client, Apparently

Dietzel says that [forced intimacy] culture is at fault. The word ‘[forced intimacy]’ might sound a bit extreme in this context, but once the researcher defines it, it’s not so out-of-place. The IMPACTS project, which Dietzel is a part of, has a definition for it: “How sexist societal attitudes, misogyny, and language tacitly condone, minimize and/or normalize sexual violence – mostly against women, but also against other genders.

#19 A Fireman Hits On A Yoga Pants Saleswoman In The Guise Of “Accidentally” Messaging Her

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