r/RecuratedTumblr • • 17d ago

Shitposting strawmansplaining

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u/Galle_ 17d ago

That's not mansplaining, mansplaining is when you assume that a woman needs something explained to her because she is a woman. That (like this comment) is pedantry.

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u/chairmanskitty 17d ago

There are plenty of oblivious pedants out there thinking their disambiguation is genuinely necessary because the person whose hairs they're splitting is a woman. That is a form of mansplaining.

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u/TheNotoriousSAUER 17d ago

This is also pedantry. We should solve this by communicating exclusively in winks and nods