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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 403 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (24 children)

Classic conservative move, they immediately understand the problem when it applies to them but cannot or will not generalise to others

[–] wheelie@lemmy.world 83 points 11 months ago (4 children)

That's more of an idiot move.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 129 points 11 months ago

Who's got the time to tell the difference?

[–] moonlight@fedia.io 46 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Venn diagram between those two things is basically a circle at this point.

[–] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago

I don't really agree. The idiot circle nicely encompasses the conservative circle, but there are a lot of idiots that aren't conservatives as well!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

That's what they said

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you even imagine his response if a gay man had approached him the same way? Dude would be on the 6 o'clock news crying into the camera while covered in blood.

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

Even when presented with the hypocrisy, they still refuse to acknowledge there is a problem.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 178 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

he made her point so perfectly well, and yet still can't (and won't ever be able to) see it himself.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 127 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How was it called? When people are so close to getting the point it hurts, yet still don't get it? I remember there being a subreddit about it.

[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 108 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Yep, that's it. Thank You.

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[–] mystik@lemmy.world 105 points 11 months ago

That went so far over his head, I'm not sure he heard the woosh.

[–] lostbit@feddit.nl 86 points 11 months ago (3 children)

got a ban on reddit for this. Dude was saying Ukraine should give up the stolen land for peace. So i asked him for his address so i could occupy one of his rooms.

he did not like that

[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

I chuckled at this. Surely a single room is not enough?

Lebansraum!

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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 68 points 11 months ago
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of an episode of "Cheers." Cliff calls a woman and starts heavy breathing into the phone, then he's surprised when she hangs up.

"My mom always laughs when I do it to her!"

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I recently discovered that, at the beginning of Cheers, Cliff was some five years younger than I currently am, and I'm not happy about this AT ALL.

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[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

She should've ended it with "No. I'm going to send you some flowers."

It reads like "cans of soup... for my family"

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well, you see. The man has a penis, therefore he is at higher risk of violence than women.

Wait, no. It's the opposite.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cis men experience more of every non-sexual form of violence than cis women on average, to the point where they experience more incidents of overall violence.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 21 points 11 months ago (7 children)

The fun part is when you start digging into where that violence is coming from....

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[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (4 children)
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[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago (12 children)

The original Bri Larson tweet makes me think of a recent post on lemmy that showed younger men are less and less likely to ask women out in person. Some people in the comments said "hey it's ok to approach women in public just be ok with them saying no" but when I read what women say about being approached in public (like bri larsons tweet here) I get the feeling that I should never approach women in public because I'll make them feel scared.

I'm not talking about the top tweet where a guy is memorizing your address, that is creepy, I understand that, but the guy in the bri Larson tweet wasn't being creepy, just shooting his shot right? Or am I way off here?

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 31 points 11 months ago (11 children)

"Approaching in public" can mean so many different things. What most women have a problem with is being approached in a situation where the man has some form of power over her. For example a cashier or server has to be friendly and smile or she will risk her job. Being approached is uncomfortable, because too many men don't understand it when the no comes with a smile. They are also in a position of power, because they can complain about her or make a scene and get her in trouble.

In this case the TSA agent has some form of power over her and could give her trouble if she refuses. She has no way of knowing if a "no" will be met with understanding or with him holding her up, being insistent, keeping her from passing. That's what makes it especially uncomfortable.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

"Cold-calling" women for dates in public is kinda sketchy in general.

Put the effort in to getting to know them first. If you are at a point in your life where asking random strangers for a date is your best game, you need to work on yourself.

This isn't bashing you for not being handsome/pretty, or fit, or rich. You need to go out and do things that you enjoy, try new things, and find partners who enjoy the same things, then see if they are open to dating.

Also, mutual friends are the best for getting you a date with someone. It worked for me, and it can work for you!

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you are at a point in your life where asking random strangers for a date is your best game, you need to work on yourself.

Fuck me. This is the best piece of advice I ever heard that every single person needs to get in their heads.

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[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

A large part of it is setting. If you're at a place people gather to be social, like a party or a bar or other social event, people are more open to talking or getting to know each other. If you're just trying to move through your day in public and are probably thinking about all the bullshit you need to deal withnin our daily hellscape of lives, and some random person interupts to interject and make you deal with even more bullshit, that fuckin sucks. Location, location, location.

[–] sunflowercowboy@feddit.org 19 points 11 months ago (6 children)

He's at work, be professional at least. He also doesn't know the person, but if he was just some random dude you are still inconveniencing a person slightly. They say no, you are inconvenienced back.

Your workplace is for work, not for interfering with people trying to use your service. You can become friends with regulars and then ask them out if you desire, but you also involve more of yourself at risk in the question.

So just don't. Go to public gatherings or places of interest, where people have a common understanding of at least socializing. Having a friend already diffuses the situation or possible tension that an engagement can form.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh no. Not violence. How awful.

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[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

No, just gonna send some flowers.

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 11 months ago

I thought they were threatening him with flowers? He must be reading too much into it.

[–] F_OFF_Reddit@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Parody account, marked as such as of now with Elmo's recentish rule change about that.

So yeah there's people like that just being idiots for the sake of generating content and replies.

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