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[–] callyral@pawb.social 21 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

"name five of their songs" questions person A's (the one wearing the band t-shirt) knowledge of the band.

"name five women who trust you" questions person B's (the one who asked the 1st question) relationships with women in their life.

therefore "name five women who trust you" is much more loaded than "name five of their songs", making it a response that is, perhaps, too rude and unnecessary. although, assuming person B asked person A to name the songs unprompted (this is probably what usually happens), this could be an appropriate counter-question as sometimes a ruder response is necessary when dealing with annoying people.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

People who have only just met me typically ask if I have kids (even though they rarely ask my husband the same question). And when I say that I don't, 80% of those people think that "Why not?" is an appropriate follow-up. And about half of them will go on about how having kids is great and I should really do it and that someday I'll change my mind.

Now, I made a choice not to have kids. It's not a difficult subject for me, even though it's annoying to have strangers insinuate that I don't know myself well enough to make that decision. But I have several loved ones who have suffered miscarriages and fertility issues, and I know that they feel really uncomfortable answering that question.

So right around the time I turned 35, my standard response became, " You know, when a woman gets to be a certain age and she doesn't have kids, there's usually a reason, and she usually doesn't want to discuss it with strangers."

That usually stops those people in their tracks. And I hope it has stopped at least one of them from asking a really invasive question to a person who's overly sensitive about the fact that they can't have kids.

All that to say that humoring someone and naming the five songs (or saying that you can't) out of politeness just reiterates that they were correct to act as a gatekeeper. Pointing out how rude the question is might actually change their behavior in the future.

[–] Bravo@eviltoast.org 4 points 9 hours ago

And I hope it has stopped at least one of them from asking a really invasive question to a person who’s overly sensitive about the fact that they can’t have kids.

For having this mindset, you deserve all the good things in life

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, you actually don't know if you'd be happier with kids since you don't, you know, have any kids.

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

And now imagine you do have kids and actually know that you were happier before ....

[–] callyral@pawb.social 1 points 9 hours ago

Makes sense

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Its always fucking unprompted

I had it happen once with Eluveitie. Fuck me for not remembering song names in ancient Gaulish I guess.

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

My sister was wearing a Harry Potter shirt and, in a grocery store, got confronted by some random girl that got super excited about it, and she showed my sister her tattoo of the Deathly Hallows. My sister had no idea what it was cause she never read the books and didn't finish the movies, but she enjoys the shirt cause our mom loves the Harry Potter universe. The girl got all sorts of upset and threw some judgy looks at her. My sister doesn't wear the shirt anymore.

Post just reminded me of that story, not trying to make a point or anything, just want to join in on the discussion.

Inb4 anti-JK Rowling commentary, you'd be preaching to the choir.

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[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 13 hours ago

ITT the guy in the meme gatekeeps women's day-to-day experience with men

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago

Shower comeback energy

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This site is a good reference point to see if I'm still a normal person. If I find myself agreeing too much with the takes and memes here then that means that I've become out of touch and I need to go outside and touch grass for awhile. So far so good.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What site? Lemmy in general or this community?

Which takes? In the OP or the comments?

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Lemmy.world for sure.

[–] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The comments on this post are examples why there are so few women on Lemmy lol.

[–] mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm so disappointed by these comments. It is a very specific situation, why do they all take this so personally and think it is an attack against all men?

These comments remind me very much of the bear vs men "debate"

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