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[–] Atlas_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

First, 100% a red flag. Even if they wanted to give some sort of "I trust you with my life" sort of video, there's a bunch of better ways to do it. Going for a racist rant makes me think that they're a racist.

Secondly, this is deeply submissive - they're giving you the power to ruin their life. If you want to do that sort of stuff as a couple you should really talk about it first and be on board with receiving that sort of power and responsibility. Entirely possible+reasonable for the receiver to find this shitty because they don't want to make a choice like this, especially if these are truly held beliefs.

The healthy response to this is to send them to a therapist. And definitely dump them if they're actually racist.

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 2 points 6 minutes ago

I don't see how someone could do a racist rant and not be racist. That it is a rant is an important word here.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago

Wait for another hack on a cloud service then put it online and claim ignorance.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

ITT: Everyone taking a shitpost from reddit posted to Funny@sh.itjust.works seriously

Also: both romantic and a red flag

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Nah, if it was real they're either fucked in the head about romance or feeling them out with deniability. Just a red flag in superposition between different warnings.

Plus you'll note there isn't anything in there about not believing what she said. Just the nonsense about trust.

The question that leaps to my mind is why would that idea have occurred to her in the first place?

[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee 22 points 9 hours ago

Sounds like she is making a "joke" in poor taste while also fishing for your take on the things she is joking about.

or perhaps it's something sexual. Power imbalance Idk.

[–] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 hours ago
[–] fraksken@infosec.pub 14 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Relationships are no jokes. Neither is racism. Depending on how I feel about her, the video might leak. I would certainly not stay.

Big red flag to me.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

Damn, remind me not to partner with you in a trust fall.

Like this has "here is a staged video of me as a proof/test of trust" and not "here is actual proof I'm a racist" because there would have been OTHER proof, racists aren't that sneaky.

Your first reaction is "finally I have a chance to ruin this girl I love's life and go FULL SCORCHED EARTH"

Fuck man, you've got to dial up your chill at least a skosh!

[–] parody@lemmings.world 6 points 7 hours ago

the video might leak.

That’s a little much. Such poor taste she deserves a criminal record?

Leaving works though for sure. Can do the favor of explaining why too.

[–] hissingmeerkat@sh.itjust.works 75 points 12 hours ago

A red flag.

Sharing dangerous ideas with somebody to show that you think they are safe is an honest signal of trust, but only if the dangerous ideas are genuine.

Someone who attempts to buy trust disingenuously is not to be trusted.

Someone who thinks in terms of kompromat and manipulation is dangerous to be around.

[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 35 points 12 hours ago

She is treating the relationship and trust as transactional. No bueno.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 82 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Obligatory "this some young people shit".

Young people do and say stupid shit to come off as edgy and the vast majority of them don't actually mean it and regret it later in life.

As to your question, that's why you date people, to see if they're good, for you and otherwise. You don't go "red flag!" -> napalm!!!, you evaluate contexts and repeat occurrences of perceived wrongs.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago

That being said, it's a huge red flag and you don't need a repeat occurrence to end the relationship.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, but this is also a weird miscommunication. Why do this crazy trust exercise when you can instead have honest conversations? This sounds like the relationship is going to be based on proving yourself to the other instead of genuinely getting to know them.

If I received this, I'd show them me deleting it from all my devices and ask them to never do anything like that again, because you never know what could be exposed in a breach. I'd also tell them if any of that was genuine, we would need to end the relationship.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago

.....and then recover the deleted file.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 143 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds like a red flag with a white circle and a black symbol within. But also romantic. They're not mutually exclusive.

As some say, romance is death...

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 48 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

She's probably great in bed. The crazy ones always are.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 35 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

To all you younglings out there reading this, crazy chicks are fun but they will ruin your life.

Never stick your dick in crazy.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 6 points 8 hours ago

I can corroborate this as well firsthand. Shit had its amazing highs but set me back years and nearly tore apart everything in the process. It's just not worth it

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

To all you bi/gay/etc younglings out there, never get stuck with crazy dick.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Truth. There's often no safe exit strategy either. Once the deed is done, you are in grave danger.

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Vasectomies can help. But be prepared to move, change your number, and switch jobs.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

You mean the ancient far eastern peace symbol? So romantic.

[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 34 minutes ago

Yes, but maybe rotated 45 degrees for no reason.

[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 13 points 14 hours ago

The Windmill of Friendship also boosts love!

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 92 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

RED FLAG.

No sane person does things like that.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah. Who would trust to give someone else video evidence that could be used to ruin their entire life? That's crazy.

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 47 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely insane.

Just get a tattoo of their name like the rest of us.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 12 points 15 hours ago

Preferably a face tattoo

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 68 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

This is kinda unhinged in my opinion.
But then again, I grew up before social media, maybe this is the ultimate proof of love now? I don't know.

Anyway, putting herself completely at your mercy is not a good start into a healthy, mutually respectful relationship.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yup. I don't want blackmail on them, and I don't want them to have blackmail on me, because if the relationship goes south, one of us (or both!) will resort to the nuclear option.

Protect yourself and build a relationship based on respect. Trust is earned, not ransomed.

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Idk, I have shit (emails and texts) that could be considered blackmail on my ex wife of 15 years (not legal but would trash her relationship with her family which for all our faults she values and depends on as much as anything in life) and I would never open that can of worms. I also have video sent to me that would cost my current girlfriend (she shared them) massive headaches and likely thousands in lawyer fees and support. I can’t imagine a scenario where I would leverage it for anything. I value that my ex and current GF know they can trust me, entirely, without consequence. Relationships are hard and things don’t always become or remain what one would like but I can’t imagine purposefully hurting someone like that. My ex wife and I can’t stand each other but theirs comfort in knowing we can trust each other. I wouldn’t go to her funeral but I’d help her bury a body and I know she feels the same.

Either unhinged or brain rotted from a steady diet of Tiktok videos. Or both.

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[–] reddwarf@feddit.nl 39 points 15 hours ago

I have a fleeting suspicion that this girl now thinks, because of her own action, she can do this to you now as well. OP, be careful what you share with her because ruining someones life is an option in her book...

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 29 points 15 hours ago
[–] aoidenpa@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's a twisted romantic gesture. I like it. Being partners in crime strengthens the bond between two people.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Yeah but why racism? She could say something illegal like "I plan on killing (person's name"

I think the comment that says she is fishing for whether he is racist too is on the right track.

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 24 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

They say never stick your dick in crazy, but from my experience, that's where the best stuff is, but you gotta know, there's a shelf life to flirting with insanity, you gotta know when to get out, or else you're just in for life changing pain. This sounds a bit outside comfort levels for me, and I'd be looking for the out door.

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[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds romantically intended with some really fucked up and distorted ideas mixed in. I'll take as given that she doesn't actually hold any of the racism she expressed as sincere beliefs. Part of you twigged that though she seemed to be trying to be nice in a really weird way, something seemed off and it is a bit off. If you imagine she mailed you a knife and a key to her house and said now you have the power to attack me and I'm vulnerable you'd probably see much more clearly and obviously how unromantic and off-putting and psychotic that is despite following a very similar logic.

In both these scenarios she's putting her life in your hands to demonstrate trust, but there's an implicit suggestion there that you would or could ever do something like that and only don't because of your undying devotion. There's a kind of twisted view of humanity there that that ruining someone's life on purpose with kompromat is something people generally do to one another but for the power love to zovercome it. It's sort of a red flag that she might think that way but really you know her better than any of us and also whether you think she's good for you. That she decided this would be a good idea and a nice birthday gift is disturbing enough that it's probably worth bringing up though. I think if it was me I'd probably express appreciation for the sentiment but also delete the video and tell them I had done so. Unfortunately you could never prove that you have deleted it so her messed up little game will always work in the manner that she intended but the extent to which this is something to worry about long term is something you can evaluate from her reaction to this news and your explanation of why it didn't feel right. Sometimes people do dumb shit, especially when they think they've spotted an opportunity for comedy and can't see their actions in a different light until after they've done the stupid thing. There's a chance here for this stupid thing to be a memory between just the two of you that neither of you has to worry about again so long as you point out that it wasn't as romantic as she thought it was and also delete whatever email or communication was used to send the video plus the video itself. If she's able to feel a bit embarrassed and move on you're probably fine, if she digs in and gets offended and tries to play similar fucked up games, then you might want to consider getting out before things escalate.

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[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 21 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Bright, shining, blinking, scrolling, red LED-illuminated flags m'dude.

She needs some therapy on boundaries and impulse control by the sound of it. Then again I'm going off a 5 second read and not a lifetime of experience so I am conceding that I do not know anything for certain.

I would say 'hey, out of respect for you I am deleting this video, thanks for the gift, please get me a gift card to XYZ next time'. But yeah, first time? Give her the pass. If it happens again, GTFO.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago

Maybe she's secretly hoping he'll use it to sexually blackmail her. That is a kink some people have.

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