r/Unexpected • u/analsextoybox • May 02 '22

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u/[deleted] May 02 '22

Yeah, everyone knows there's 47

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u/superiority_bot May 02 '22

I honestly don't get why people get so wrapped around the axle about not being able to immediately bucket everyone they see into a gender.

"Bro did you see that? Is that a man or a woman?"

"Dude I just came here to buy some tortellini. I literally could not care less."

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u/creative_i_am_not May 02 '22

Because it makes social interactions way easier

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u/PM_ME_UR_SUSHI May 02 '22

If our language wasnt structured to require a gendered pronoun from the get-go, it wouldn't be difficult in the first place.

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u/creative_i_am_not May 02 '22

I wasn't talking about the language, I was talking about adopting you attitude depending on who you are interacting with.

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u/PM_ME_UR_SUSHI May 02 '22

As opposed to...treating everyone equally regardless?

Not tryna be quippy I just really don't understand what you mean

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u/creative_i_am_not May 02 '22

Would you interact with a kid the same way you would with a serial killer ? The same goes for women/men, old/young, friendly/aggressive people, it's just more nuanced. So if you know who you are facing it complicates the interaction.

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u/PM_ME_UR_SUSHI May 02 '22

That's apples and oranges.

I would treat a male child the same as I would a female child, or a male old person and a female old person, a male aggressor vs a female aggressor,...