Loosing Stalkers...

[Simalacrum]

Basically, sit down and talk with the dude, explain that you're not gay, and, although you respect his sexuality (considering the tone you're putting here, I presume you do?), you don't want to go out with him.

Try being friends with him, but friends ONLY, and make that point very clear - that seemed to work last time a dude said he had a crush on me

 

[Snake Plissken]

I would tell you to beat his ass, but that would be a "hate crime". If you're going to get violent with someone, you'd better damn well make sure they're the same race and sexuality as you...

Just start doing weird shit. If nobody else is around, piss yourself in front of him. Wear a furry costume. Try making yourself vomit on him. Throw poop at him. Just do crazy shit that would freak him out.

 

[old_school]

Im bet 5 bucks if your buddies screwing with you lol Sounds like something I'd do as a prank. I say screw go along with it for a few. It's more then likely a joke. So treat it as a joke. However, if it turns out to be serious, call the police.

 

[Da pyro man 999]

Give him a sort of 'final warning' if he won't comply, Beat him up.

 

[Glaive_21842]

Tell him to go away 3 more times, with each request angrier than the last. If he ignores your requests, threaten violence once. If he ignores that, violence at him every time he makes advances.

Works, but replace violence with the proper authorities. Seriously, if this guy can't get a fucking clue if you firmly tell him off multiple times, he's either unstable or an asshole. Either way, authorities need to step in.

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

Perhaps I should tone the OP down a little; when I say 'stalker' it's a bit of an exaggeration. They don't have their faces pressed up against my window or anything.

there goes my joke.

anyway, just politely tell him you're not interested and to stop following you. If he doesn't THEN I'd be a tad concerned

 

[Timotei]

Just tell him you aren't interested. If it continues, it's time to lay the chips on the table and tell them you'll get authority figures involved. If it still continues, then it's time actually get them involved.

People usually get the message to "stop" when they get in trouble. If not, they're an obsessive bordering on mental illness, and then you have bigger problems.

 

[God's Clown]

Be straight up with him, tell him he is bothering you and invading your personal space, or something. If that doesn't work ignoring works well enough.

 

[Timotei]

Be straight up with him, tell him he is bothering you and invading your personal space, or something. If that doesn't work ignoring works well enough.

Despite what counselors and a lot of other authority figures tell people as a way of shifting the work to you would say, simply "ignoring" something does not make it go away.

Say you're sitting in a room. Then let's say in this room there is a fan, and this fan is making a buzzing noise at regular intervals of one time every second because it's off balance and has been stuck in this perpetual pendulum for a long time. Eventually you will begin to hear this creaking noise less and less because your mind is beginning to tune it out. Eventually you can no longer hear it, as you are now completely ignoring the sound from the fan.

This doesn't mean the fan has stopped making noise, because it still is, you've just begun ignoring it. Just because you don't acknowledge something doesn't mean it ceases to exist or continue in its action or routine.

The best solution is to fix the problem. Then you don't have to ignore it because it is no longer a problem.

 

[God's Clown]

Be straight up with him, tell him he is bothering you and invading your personal space, or something. If that doesn't work ignoring works well enough.

Despite what counselors and a lot of other authority figures tell people as a way of shifting the work to you would say, simply "ignoring" something does not make it go away.

Say you're sitting in a room. Then let's say in this room there is a fan, and this fan is making a buzzing noise at regular intervals of one time every second because it's off balance and has been stuck in this perpetual pendulum for a long time. Eventually you will begin to hear this creaking noise less and less because your mind is beginning to tune it out. Eventually you can no longer hear it, as you are now completely ignoring the sound from the fan.

This doesn't mean the fan has stopped making noise, because it still is, you've just begun ignoring it. Just because you don't acknowledge something doesn't mean it ceases to exist or continue in its action or routine.

The best solution is to fix the problem. Then you don't have to ignore it because it is no longer a problem.

There is a difference between a fan and a person. Fan's have one job when turned on, to spin. You ignore a person, his feelings get hurt, or he gets bored. Though another possibility is they escalate their behavior in order to make you pay attention to them.

Can't really compare an object that has complex thought processes and an object that does not have any at all.

 

[Timotei]

There is a difference between a fan and a person. Fan's have one job when turned on, to spin. You ignore a person, his feelings get hurt, or he gets bored. Though another possibility is they escalate their behavior in order to make you pay attention to them.

Can't really compare an object that has complex thought processes and an object that does not have any at all.

The fact that you spent an entire past talking about the aspect that used a fan as an allegory for a person shows you clearly didn't understand the message of the post, or just outright (dare I say) ignored it because you thought the way it was delivered wasn't quite right.

I could have compared it to anything. I could have made it a crying infant or 10 second music loop. The core of the analogy isn't what is being used to portray it, but the message it carries. And the message here is "Inaction doesn't help." The delivery of a message doesn't nearly as much as the message itself.

 

[A Curious Fellow]

What if I want to tighten my stalkers?

(Editor's note: Owned.)

 

[HT_Black]

Repeat after me:

"Hi there! No, I don't. Sorry! I gotta go now!"

The important thing to remember is that you need to sound as much like Yes Man as possible.

 

[God's Clown]

There is a difference between a fan and a person. Fan's have one job when turned on, to spin. You ignore a person, his feelings get hurt, or he gets bored. Though another possibility is they escalate their behavior in order to make you pay attention to them.

Can't really compare an object that has complex thought processes and an object that does not have any at all.

The fact that you spent an entire past talking about the aspect that used a fan as an allegory for a person shows you clearly didn't understand the message of the post, or just outright (dare I say) ignored it because you thought the way it was delivered wasn't quite right.

Or as Foghorn Leghorn would say:

"I say, I say, ya don't seem ta be apprehendin' the general gist of what I'm tryin' to convey here.
Maybe ya oughta take a second, let your head catch up to ya tongue before it get all sunburnt.

That was an analogy son - an analogy!"​

I could have compared it to anything. I could have made it a crying infant or 10 second music loop. The core of the analogy isn't what is being used to portray it, but the message it carries. And the message here is "Inaction doesn't help." The delivery of a message doesn't nearly as much as the message itself.

You believe ignoring someone is an inaction. I on the other hand do not. So perhaps that is where we are disagreeing. So your message was likely lost on me to begin with.

 

[Throwitawaynow]

I ignored a fan once, she cut me with a pair of scissors and bashed my head against a metal pole. Can't hit back, restraining her got me in trouble.

 

[Timotei]

You believe ignoring someone is an inaction. I on the other hand do not. So perhaps that is where we are disagreeing. So your message was likely lost on me to begin with.

Fine by me.

And so with that it is settled and we have reached an agreement on the difference of opinion among peers.

Good day.​