Fighting a gorilla doesn't require bravery. It requires unabated stupidity.
this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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I'd fight any gorilla dumb enough to say that to my face!
These fingernails really make me uncomfortable.
I'm not sure how many men are able to realize when something they're saying, or something a friend is saying, is making women uncomfortable. I think that takes a certain level of self-awareness that a lot of men lack.
I know that I do. But I'm also autistic, so reading social cues isn't my strong suite.
Uh oh, you posted feminist leaning content on Lemmy. Better brace yourself for a sea of dudes telling you that you are wrong!
That's not really my experience with lemmy, it seems we're all leftists (I've seen some non leftists, rarely) albeit a very diverse blend
There were a lot of men with hurt feelings during the "Would you rather be with a man or a bear alone in the woods?" hypothetical fad.
I must say that I did not pay attention to that particular conversation here, so I might have missed some of it. Also I'm mostly on very much leftist instances & anti-feminist sentiment would not be tolerated
I remember having that moment! Not with the gorilla but my friend treated women poorly, nothing physically abusive or nothing but he cheated on many of them.
I then told my friend, "yeah, but he's still a good guy". I mean, he was to me ... and if you're not in a relationship with him he's fun? :P
I kinda stopped staying friends with these guys. They're toxic to be around.
I even had a friend that told me he was abusive to his girlfriends and I'm like, dude I really think you wanna be the man your daugthers look up to. But he kept it going and I couldn't chill with him any more.
I did that once! It was scary, and I lost a "friend", but it was worth it
That being said, I'd never even try to fight a gorilla. If they picked a fight, I'd just resign myself to my fate
Either i don't have any friends like that or they know not to expose that side to me.
I'd rather die from gorila slap, than confront anyone about anything.
I've conditionally gamed my anxiety by making myself anxious about staying silent in certain situations.
It works, for the small, small price of greatly increased social stress!
I haven’t had a friend tell me this, but I have definitely had those “d’oh!!” moments of sudden realization like clarity Clarence, where I think back to things I’ve said or done and how they were likely construed as by the other party and all I can feel is embarrassment. But it has helped me catch myself whenever I’m about to repeat these kinds of mistakes.
Hey I used to have one of those friends
Can 100 PugJesus tell a friend to stop making women uncomfortable?
Yes. Though I'm not friends with anyone who would intentionally make women uncomfortable.
Throw a banana, then hop on his head 3 times. Boom done.
Treating a woman like shit? The ultimate "Beta" move.