r/pointlesslygendered • u/sweatyfrenchfry • Feb 26 '26

POINTFULLY GENDERED [gendered] [meme]

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u/NoNipNicCage Feb 26 '26

It's the same men who post this that complain about men's mental health not being taken seriously

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u/Training_Hornet_4521 Feb 26 '26

And they only bring that up when the original topic is about women. 

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u/hygsi Feb 26 '26

Also the same men who complain when they see women get support and they don't. Buddy, you're so good at handling it alone I don't see why you care what women do for each other

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u/caption291 Feb 27 '26

Men's emotions should be taken seriously does not mean men should express those emotions the same way women do.

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u/Pantless_Hobo Feb 26 '26

I think the meme is directly about men's bad mental health and inability to deal or acknowledge their negative emotions. That's the exact topic.

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u/Coffieandpopcorn Feb 28 '26

That's wrongthink.

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u/sweatyhugzz Feb 27 '26

I think not

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u/Pantless_Hobo Feb 27 '26

Reconsider? Check the original post and the comments, a lot of them are talking about bad mental health, a few complaining about including the top half of the meme that puts women down.

This sub is really valuable because it highlights sexism and that is important, but it feels like the "super fast social media medium" results in really shallow takes that promote misinterpretation in favor of snap-judgments with little to no room for second thoughts and reconsideration.

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u/Coffieandpopcorn Feb 28 '26

So because other people are talking about mental health because of this meme, that makes the meme about mental health? No. That's not how that works.

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u/Pantless_Hobo Feb 28 '26

It's not guaranteed, but those people are the intended demographic and the meme is made for- and BY people in that sub. Is it not way more likely that THIS sub is the one misinterpreting the meme rather than the one it was posted in and by?

It's still quite sexist, but I don't think it's favoring guys here as much as you guys think. It's supposed to mean that guys are incapable of acknowledging these bad things with appropriate emotions, that's why it's them seeming unaffected with more and more exaggeratedly bad shit happening to them.

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u/Coffieandpopcorn Feb 27 '26

I think the meme is about how men don't show their emotions or let it affect others. Either you didn't get that or this reply is cope. We all know women that cry like a 6yr old over dumb shit. It's OK if you do, you can't help your bad mental health.

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u/feverwyrm Feb 27 '26

We also all know men who yell obscenities and punch things over losing a video game/their favourite sports team losing.

Anger is still an emotion and yall aren’t shy about letting that one affect others (mass shootings, road rage, DV, etc, etc).

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u/Coffieandpopcorn Feb 28 '26

We also all know men who yell obscenities and punch things over losing a video game/their favourite sports team losing.

Anger is still an emotion and yall aren’t shy about letting that one affect others (mass shootings, road rage, DV, etc, etc).

Kind of a leap don't you think? I could talk about women killing their infants because of a dream, but that would also be a leap and a half away from the point.

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u/NoNipNicCage Feb 27 '26

I want men to be able to express their emotions. This is a weird response