Whats the point of flirting if there is no way to be sure if they like you or not without them being direct?

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The whole point of flirting is supposedly to show interest without explicitly saying you're interested (I could be wrong but I think this is the definition). And today with most younger people or people my age have difficulty differentiating between actual flirting and just being nice. So why flirt when you can just ask someone out, it would save a lot of confusing? And if the person is not interested then you're going to get rejected anyway.

TL;DR Whats the point of flirting since people can't tell the difference between flirting and non flirting?

Whats the point of flirting if there is no way to be sure if they like you or not without them being direct?
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