Complimenting clothes is not sexual, I don’t care what people say they’re just wrong on that. Personally, I like to compliment people when walking by them and stuff like that, where I will turn and give them a compliment and then keep going, I don’t think they’d think that anyway but it make it especially clear I’m not into them; I do that a lot and I’ve never had someone react weirdly so far (some people don’t notice I addressed them tho) But even a direct compliment, it’s usually fine
I hope so, especially since I was dating someone else when I got some of those compliments. it’s also nice to feel like my friends and I can compliment and be nice to each other w/o making it a sex thing. it’s why I don’t like general statements like this post makes since it contributes to the idea that you can’t be nice to your friends without wanting to fuck them