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    2 months ago

    At the risk of losing brain cells, I’m extremely curious what her reasoning is here.

    Is it just cause it’s childish? Is shaming men for liking childish things not enforcing toxic masculinity?

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      If Cindy is commenting on him liking something she considers childish, then Cindy is indeed a bitch.

      But if she’s commenting on his apparent expectation that it be free for men in their twenties as if he’s owed something, that I can kinda see her point.

      Would be nice if she made her point in a way in which her meaning could be clearly understood.

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          free and mandatory for all the drivers that drive significantly below the speed limit, and they have to compete and earn a rank to be let out again

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            Guess I’m gonna start being chronically late for work…just like the poor fucks stuck behind me! Free go karting here I come!

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              Reading must be very difficult for you with that level of comprehension.

              If he didn’t mean only men, there’s less than no reason to specify men nor an age range.

              Please, learn to read. For your own sake.

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                The child is lashing out lol, adorable. You wanna say more mean words to make you feel better?

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          I don’t think think so. I’m not even sure my interpretation was actually why she reacted that way.

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          No, but it is passively transphobic, in that you’re forgetting that men and non-binary people may also use tampons. Tampons and every other necessity should be free for everyone.

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      I’m just curious how she expects us to educate ourselves about this.

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      It’s definitely related.

      Not exactly childish, but usually you can apply it more broadly as a man enjoying something that isn’t seen as outwardly productive.

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      Before seeing the reply, my l reaction to his post was “this is some bullshit. I wanna ride go-carts too.”

      Cindy needs to calm down though. I’m sure he didn’t mean women wouldn’t be allowed on the track; just that this man really likes go-carts.

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      karting isnt childish unless youre in a child kart. there are karts that haul ass

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      Grown men don’t gokart!

      Well they fucking well should, it’s delightful

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      Maybe him having “Caucasian James” as a handle makes her think he’s a racist? (Which is itself silly since it’s more likely a reference to The Office, but it’s all I can come up with.)

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      I suspect it’s a joke based on The Office. Oe of the main characters is a Triscuit-American called Jim. There is a different character called Asian Jim. Caucasian James = white Jim.

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        But “Caucasian” is now recognized as a racist term (in that using it produces racism), kind of because it’s a science-y word for “white”, an unscientific concept.

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          Who recognizes “Caucasian” as a racist term? I’m asking this in all seriousness as I have never heard this before

          Caucasian should mean “from the Caucus mountain region”

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            Which leads in perfectly to another joke from the US version of The Office where Dwight claims that Kelly, of Indian heritage, doesn’t qualify for their parent company Sabre’s “Print in All Colours” initiative because Indian people are technically Caucasian

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              Reminds me of that old chestnut of the white guy from South Africa who, after emigrating to the US, got into trouble for stating he was “African-American.”

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                I had a friend who moved to the US from South Africa as a kid. When “African-American” started being used she was very confused. She would ask “How is X ‘African’ when he was born in New Jersey and only speaks English while I was born in South Africa and speak Swahili and Xhosa is not African just because Im white?” It was then I started realizing how racist some of the attempts to counter racism ended up being.

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            Yes?

            I suppose this doesn’t exactly suggest it’s deprecated in Twitter handles. But if the scientists have given up on it, why should normal people keep it?

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              No.

              A couple researchers suggesting a literary review of the specific usage of a word and how it is used in specific contexts within scientific literature is a far cry from the idea that scientists in general are claiming that the word caucasian is a generally racist word.

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                I don’t know that scientists in general (from chemists to seismologists) know it, but the people who study what scientists ought to call groups of people seem to have reached consensus.

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    If you do things that bring you joy, frequently, you’re less likely to become all festery and bitter, angry goblin.

    I struggle to see what Cindy’s getting at, it’s ridiculous, of course, but I’m still curious and can’t imagine in my wildest dreams, why, because someone wants socialism and she’s brainwashed to believe capitalism is the only way? I don’t get it.

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    Cindy’s one of those arseholes that thinks age-appropriate applies to leisure activities , isn’t she?

    Unless the guy in question is responding to a free sanitary products post, then he can eat my entire flatulent arsehole

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    Educate yourself in what? Men shouldn’t be allowed to enjoy themselves? Happy guys are red flags? What’s the problem?

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    Yeah, god forbid that men have hobbies, they should work 25/8!

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      Plot twist: She runs a go kart track and has to constantly hear their jokes about free refills etc.

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    The HR lady at work was telling me about her husband’s sweet ass jeep that’s all modded and lifted and whatnot. Then she said that she can’t drive it because she can’t drive stick and its the one thing she let’s him have. I feel bad for the poor dude, he must be miserable.

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    I assumed it’s a troll account, but she appears to be real. And from BC. And such a stereotypical representation of BC, I’m back to questioning whether or not it’s a troll account.