I get the sentiment of the thoughtcatalog link you posted, but aren&#x27;t those exchanges either an extension of people taking advantage of either the relative anonymity provided by the internet&#x2F;social media or private text conversations where no one else will likely ever read the messages?<p>I have never seen a guy get turned down by a woman in the real world and disparage her in such a way. Not at the bar, not anywhere else. The exchange is often over as quickly as it started. Any guy who responds to rejection in such a way and using such mediums of communication is spineless. I&#x27;ve come to see the terms &quot;b---h&quot; and &quot;a--hole&quot; in a dating context as words people use to describe others who won&#x27;t give them the time of day.<p>At any rate, I think with dating today, people who are uninterested tend to just cut off all contact. It sucks to have somebody just ignore you, but they if they weren&#x27;t an absolute &quot;yes&quot; to dating you or going on <i>a</i> date, then what&#x27;s the point?