Reactions online are split over the engagement announcement by figure skating pair “Riku/Ryu.” On a 5ch thread, critical comments like “women tend to overreact to other people’s love lives” and “the way they showcase their relationship feels forced and creepy” clashed with rebuttals such as “I don’t get why people are attacking them for just being happy on their own.” The gap in temperature between the critics and the criticized became the heart of the debate.
Honestly this should just end with "congrats"
I don't get what's got women so pissed off about this
>>2
Can't stand seeing other people happy
Can't stand seeing other people happy
It's really just "congratulate them" or "don't care," those are the only two options
If it bugs you that much, take it out on the media hyping it up instead
If it bugs you that much, take it out on the media hyping it up instead
>>8
Huh? There's only one option
"Do whatever you want, you delusional one-hit wonders"
Huh? There's only one option
"Do whatever you want, you delusional one-hit wonders"
>>16
They just posted it on Instagram, that's all, right?
Even random nobodies do that much
They just posted it on Instagram, that's all, right?
Even random nobodies do that much
>>16
They're just doing their own thing
They're just doing their own thing
Women love butting into other people's love lives
If they like the couple they cheer way too hard, if they don't like the couple they attack way too hard
They also gang up to bash cases where the guy is older, stuff like that
Guys just aren't interested in other people's relationships.
If they like the couple they cheer way too hard, if they don't like the couple they attack way too hard
They also gang up to bash cases where the guy is older, stuff like that
Guys just aren't interested in other people's relationships.
>>12
There's a decent age gap this time, but I haven't seen many comments bashing them over that
There's a decent age gap this time, but I haven't seen many comments bashing them over that
Glad to hear it
Seeing everyone so irritated about the Riku/Ryu marriage news made me wonder if my own sense of things was off
Good to know other people feel the same way
Seeing everyone so irritated about the Riku/Ryu marriage news made me wonder if my own sense of things was off
Good to know other people feel the same way
>>14
Nah, you're alone in this
You don't have any allies anywhere
Nah, you're alone in this
You don't have any allies anywhere
"Someone got married? Ugh, I hate women!!" — creatures who say that make zero sense to me
>>27
Where's anyone actually saying that?
Though there is some mystery person here saying "Someone got married? Stop bashing women!"
Where's anyone actually saying that?
Though there is some mystery person here saying "Someone got married? Stop bashing women!"
>>27
It's women who are bashing Riku/Ryu though?
It's women who are bashing Riku/Ryu though?
If they'd openly said "we're dating!" and then paired up and did all that stuff, fine, but they put on this whole "oh it's totally platonic" act while doing all that, and then it's like "oops, turns out we were together after all, teehee" — honestly that is kind of creepy
>>36
The "platonic" thing is just your own impression
Using that as the basis for "but they were secretly dating!" is ridiculous
The "platonic" thing is just your own impression
Using that as the basis for "but they were secretly dating!" is ridiculous
>>42
But back then, if you'd said "come on, these two are obviously dating," you'd have been piled on with "why are you looking at it that way, that's gross!"
That kind of atmosphere definitely existed, you know?
But back then, if you'd said "come on, these two are obviously dating," you'd have been piled on with "why are you looking at it that way, that's gross!"
That kind of atmosphere definitely existed, you know?
>>45
That's just how people around them reacted, not something the two of them actually said
They themselves said "we'll leave it to your imagination"
You're the one who got the wrong idea
That's just how people around them reacted, not something the two of them actually said
They themselves said "we'll leave it to your imagination"
You're the one who got the wrong idea
>>55
Was the person in >>45 a woman?
Was the person in >>45 a woman?
Selling off their relationship bit by bit
It has this unnatural, promotional vibe
That's plenty creepy on its own
Other athletes just get married quietly
It has this unnatural, promotional vibe
That's plenty creepy on its own
Other athletes just get married quietly
>>61
That's just the media cutting weird clips and airing them on their own
That's just the media cutting weird clips and airing them on their own
>>61
LOL none of that has anything to do with the two of them
LOL none of that has anything to do with the two of them
Well, a guy getting down on one knee to propose
isn't something you get to experience every day
so it's probably jealousy
It really was a nice photo
isn't something you get to experience every day
so it's probably jealousy
It really was a nice photo
>>76
Is it really that rare?
I did that same pose for my own wedding photos
Well, doing it on an ice rink is romantic and all, but it's not something an amateur can just copy the same way
Is it really that rare?
I did that same pose for my own wedding photos
Well, doing it on an ice rink is romantic and all, but it's not something an amateur can just copy the same way
>>83
You proposed during your wedding photoshoot?
You proposed during your wedding photoshoot?
>>83
Doing it because the photographer told you to and doing it on your own initiative
are completely different things
Doing it because the photographer told you to and doing it on your own initiative
are completely different things
A lot of people don't like watching couples being lovey-dovey in public, and there's a gender gap on top of that
Women feel the aversion more strongly
Women feel the aversion more strongly
>>77
Funny how it's only in their 40s that men dislike couples being lovey-dovey more than women do
Funny how it's only in their 40s that men dislike couples being lovey-dovey more than women do
>>87
They had me fake a "proposal" shot for my wedding photos
They had me fake a "proposal" shot for my wedding photos
>>90
Then the situation's different from Riku/Ryu
You haven't actually experienced it either
Then the situation's different from Riku/Ryu
You haven't actually experienced it either
>>101
LOL you're getting mad for some reason
Sorry about that
LOL you're getting mad for some reason
Sorry about that
>>101
There's always someone who gets mad just because their mistake got pointed out
I'm only saying your example was wrong, I never said don't compare it to Riku/Ryu, you know?
There's always someone who gets mad just because their mistake got pointed out
I'm only saying your example was wrong, I never said don't compare it to Riku/Ryu, you know?
Keeping the chart posted above in mind, maybe "it's heartwarming" is actually the minority view
The general public mood might have been more like "it's a bit creepy, but that's the sport for you, and they're gold medalists after all…"
The general public mood might have been more like "it's a bit creepy, but that's the sport for you, and they're gold medalists after all…"
>>102
A vague survey like this isn't much of a reference
It doesn't even say how the question was worded or what the answer choices were
A vague survey like this isn't much of a reference
It doesn't even say how the question was worded or what the answer choices were
>>102
Their own X (Twitter) account is full of nothing but congratulations
It's just some random weird accounts grumbling
At least they're not harassing them directly
Their own X (Twitter) account is full of nothing but congratulations
It's just some random weird accounts grumbling
At least they're not harassing them directly
This isn't just about Riku/Ryu, but announcing an engagement on social media in the first place feels self-absorbed and kind of creepy to me
I know that makes me sound like a bad person, but still
I know that makes me sound like a bad person, but still
>>121
That's totally normal in the Reiwa era, update your worldview
You're finding it creepy for no reason
That's totally normal in the Reiwa era, update your worldview
You're finding it creepy for no reason
>>121
Calling a simple announcement "self-absorbed," what's that about
Don't act like it's their fault when you're just projecting your own insecurities
Calling a simple announcement "self-absorbed," what's that about
Don't act like it's their fault when you're just projecting your own insecurities
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Guys seriously don’t get why “Riku/Ryu” are getting bashed.”
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