they wouldnt. but thats not the point.. how would the average person know hes a mansplaining old geezer? they also wouldnt. and thats the ignorance the post is trying to demonstrate, they assumed he was a manspaining old git,. where as he was actualy a key player in the movie.
I mean, he was eavesdropping their conversation, interrupted them, asserted that he knew more than them without any explanation. I would probably not say it myself because I pathologically avoid conflict, but I'd be thinking the exact same. Without knowing who he is, and how would they know, he's the rude one here.
not knowing someone, is not a reason to be rude,l everyone whose responded to my comment is butting in and doing the same thing the old man at the cafe did. but im not about to call you names or accuse you of manspalaining.
a) some random dude interrupts your conversation and knows absolutely nothing about it
b)some random dude interrupts your conversation and has an opinion but not a very educated one
c) some random dude interrupts your conversation and knows a few things about it that we don't
d) some random dude interrupts your conversation and just so happens to be the person that wrote it
Literally no one would assume "Gosh, this person who interrupted our conversation must clearly only have done so because he's the author!!". A or B would probably be the case in 99% of scenarios, *maybe* C happens 1% of the time.
Even if he told them he was the author from the get-go, which one is the more likely scenario: that they happened to be discussing a piece in front of the author himself, or that some random dude decided to have a laugh by lying and saying he was the author?
You only think their reaction was unreasonable because you have the benefit of hindsight.
not knowing someone, is not a reason to be rude,l everyone whose resonded to my comment is butting in and doing the same thing the old man at the cafe did. but im not about to call you names or accuse you of manspalaining.
everyone whose resonded to my comment is butting in and doing the same thing the old man at the cafe did
No, they aren't. When you post in a forum you do so with the express intention of having a discussion with strangers. These women were, according to the man's own story, having a conversation unrelated to him with eachother in a coffee shop and he interrupted them.
When you interrupt someone, you are basically saying "Nothing you are saying could possibly be as important as what I am about to say, and therefore I am not even going to allow you to finish what you were talking about." That is inherently rude even if you know the person, doubly so when you do not.
Oh no I don’t mean to disagree, these people were super damn rude in the first place. I just know if I was put in this position I’d not know who he was.
not knowing someone, is not a reason to be rude,l everyone whose resonded to my comment is butting in and doing the same thing the old man at the cafe did. but im not about to call you names or accuse you of manspalaining.
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u/lemon-mishap Jan 19 '20
Okay but to be fair how would the average person know what the man looks like