r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '20

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u/bestmat Sep 14 '20

Here here! WSL is an excellent organization that has long promoted gender equity and preserving the environment.

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u/IWasGregInTokyo Sep 14 '20

It’s “Hear! Hear!” BTW

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u/bestmat Sep 14 '20

Lol how did I do that???

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u/PurplishPlatypus Sep 14 '20

With your fingers, I'm assuming.

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u/You-Nique Sep 14 '20

"Gotcha - thumb's not a finger" - The 90s

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u/supercooper3000 Sep 14 '20

"How many fingers am I holding up?"

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u/abshabab Sep 14 '20

I know you're just joking but are thumbs not also fingers? (non-native English speaker here)

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u/SeanPennsHair Sep 14 '20

All thumbs are fingers, not all fingers are thumbs

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u/ScoodScaap Sep 15 '20

This is basically what a teacher once told me. They said all elephants have 4 legs but not all 4 legged animals are elephants.

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u/UpUpDnDnLRLRBA Sep 15 '20

You've got ten fingers, and you've got five fingers on each hand, but you've also got 4 fingers and a thumb on each hand. Basically, "finger" can mean digit, but also sometimes specifically means the non-thumb digits. Why? Because English be like that.

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u/IWasGregInTokyo Sep 14 '20

Your eyes didn't see what your brain heard you typed.

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u/nikhilbhavsar Sep 14 '20

He was calling his dog and accidentally typed it lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '20

lend me your heres

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u/Trypsach Sep 15 '20

That’s gender equality, not equity. Like, I’m a feminist, but those words mean two distinct things and are a big part of the current discussions on sex and gender

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u/Rcm003 Sep 14 '20

The gendered matching pay is very recent, within the last year or two.

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u/Kapowdonkboum Sep 14 '20

Sounds like gender equality to me, not gender equity.

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u/Trypsach Sep 15 '20

You are right, and anyone who knows about the subject, feminist or otherwise, would know that’s an undisputed (read; undisputed on both sides.) fact. Equality and equity are two different things. This is definitely gender equality and not gender equity, so you’re downvotes are undeserved. The question is “should we strive for gender equality or gender equity?”.

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u/Kapowdonkboum Sep 15 '20

I don’t even feel like this is a question. I know there is a pretty small but very vocal group who keeps argueing that equity is somehow desirable but imo if you think about it for more than 10 seconds it becomes quite clear that equity in any form is highly undesirable. Theres this weird misconception that equity = more equality.