She probably doesn't have some goal or plan. She's probably just like: this guy seems like he's got his act together. And he's kind of interesting. What does he like, Linux? Hey, want to hang out and talk about Linux? Oh shit I got some work to do instead for a while. Whew that's done, hey let's chat for a while. Hey that was fun, let's do it again sometime.
You can sometimes tell when someone is interested by how they look at you and respond to the things you do.
Maybe. I could never tell. A lot of times they weren't sure themselves.
I really miss iTunes circa 2007 (I think?) before it got enshittified. I had it running on a Windows machine with my carefully-curated music library until the machine died. I got the music files off but had to reinstall iTunes and by that time it was a bloated piece of crap. I haven't found the equivalent since!
Imagine the following scenario: you meet someone in college, and when you graduate at 22 you don't want to split up. They say sure, let's live together, but we need to get engaged; if it doesn't work out we can just break it off. After a year you realize your lives are much better together. You decide to get married but not to have kids until you're 30. If it doesn't work out you can divorce, but you sign a prenup and at least no kids would be involved.
If you both have clear and compatible career goals, that scenario saves you a lot of dating drama and gives you valuable support. I wouldn't call someone in that scenario "weird."
The ones who had kids seem weird to me, never got a chance to goof off in their 20s and figure out who they are.
I definitely needed to goof off in my 20s and figure out who I was. But not everybody is like that, and the meme in question suggests it's "weird" to know who you are and not need to goof off.
Study for college. Seriously, just allocate many hours a day for it. it's boring at first but gets better after a while. You don't have to go to an Ivy League, any mid-range state college will have cool people and walkable infrastructure. If you don't have a lot of money, do the first couple years at a community college and talk to counselors to make sure the credits transfer. Once you're in college, be proactive and seek more advice.
The assumption is that you ARE going to buy the thing.
Sure, but that's the assumption created by the advertisement. If you're debating buying something, and the ad says "You can save up to 77% if you buy now" then suddenly the presupposition is (sneakily!) introduced that you are going to buy it. In that case, identifying and rejecting the presupposition is the smarter thing to do.
She probably doesn't have some goal or plan. She's probably just like: this guy seems like he's got his act together. And he's kind of interesting. What does he like, Linux? Hey, want to hang out and talk about Linux? Oh shit I got some work to do instead for a while. Whew that's done, hey let's chat for a while. Hey that was fun, let's do it again sometime.
Maybe. I could never tell. A lot of times they weren't sure themselves.