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[–] poofkaboom 7 points 1 day ago (58 children)
[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You've fallen for the classic blunder.

By jumping in and commenting, you have proven them right in their minds.

It's a thought terminating trap. Women are allowed to call out sexism when they see it against themselves, whereas men are not allowed to call out sexism when they see it against themselves.

[–] poofkaboom 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One user called me a rapist for this. Like wtf. How anything defending men can be converted to men are rapist pigs, is fascinating.

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The reason these conversations are so unproductive is because some people take the wildest read of these jokes ("all men are rapists") and get offended by them, when the surface reading ("men like the idea of meeting a random woman, women do not like the idea of meeting a random man") is crystal clear and non-controversial. This joke could be from a Seinfeld opening monologue, it's such a generic piece of observational comedy.

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