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Melania Trump launches a memecoin of her own, tanking her husband's in the process (web3isgoinggreat.com)

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[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Assuming that a middle aged person with no known tech background does not know what a blockchain is is sexist? Please explain why.

[–] KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Partly is because the way you said it seemed like you wouldn't have used the same words if it was a middle aged man, part is because it seemed to imply that she couldn't understand this even if she tried to, while again making no mention of the men not being able to understand it, and if anything, assuming they do understand it, at least better than her.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How would one express a similar sentiment in a non sexist way?

[–] KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed. My point was about the process. I am saying she signed off on a lucrative grift. But it makes her a grifter rather than a crypto sis. I would call her a crypto sis if she endorsed the technology. But rich people only care about money and not the technology.

Saying something like that instead, pehaps