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Yeah, I added a few more bugs into my Cornell Drawers from this.

I really am very sorry for posting this at some level. I thought it was a good take on the thought experiment (further enhanced by some pretty nifty artwork). But really, just mentioning the meme is enough to get all the CHUDs out of the sewers and into the comments and I should have known better.

I go to sleep. I wake up the next morning. And the mods have been the thin pink line.

Thanks, mods!

When I said "nobody's doing that" (with the proviso that yes, surely, SOME people genuinely are that stupid) I meant it. I used myself as an example of someone saying the precise opposite and still having it interpreted as "MISANDRY!!!!!111oneoneoneeleventy!"

With #ManOrBear, you can spend ten thousand lines explaining that you do not believe all men are evil, slavering monsters who will assault women if given the chance to do it and then one line asking the thought experiment and you'll still get the "MISANDRY!!!!!111oneoneoneeleventy!" response. There is no way to communicate the very important message of that thought experiment without having a bunch of "men who might otherwise be allies" freaking out. (Which to my mind calls into question their value as potential allies.)

The real beliefs I think a lot of the people responding secretly hold:

It's not always legal. But another thing Dad taught me was "better to be judged by twelve than carried by six".

I've lived where there were polar bears.

Those are scary.

Still rather meet one of those alone in the wilds than a man I don't know.

Done.

Though my theory is this will attract the misogynists, not drive them off. At least, though, the decent men will understand.

If your app has no way to access community rules, get a better app.

You're just filling in parts irrelevant to the question with things that undermine the question.

Let me reframe this so the irrelevant parts are handled and you can focus on the question that's actually being asked.

You're in the forest because you're an avid, experienced camper. You have supplies. You have all the tools needed for proper navigation and orienteering. You're in the forest alone because you enjoy the solitude and want to commune with nature to recharge your social batteries or whatever.

While you, an independent woman, fully capable of taking care of your physical needs, and not in any particular desire for social interaction, are in the forest, you have the choice of what to encounter:

1. A man unknown to you.
2. A bear.

Which do you choose?

Every. Community. On. Lemmy. (And in things like piefed.) Has. Rules.

They're clearly listed to the right.

I was rendered mathematically declined by teachers who had internalized "girls are bad at math". If a boy struggled in a math class he got support and aid from the teachers. If a girl struggled in the same math class there was this casual dismissal "it's too much for your pretty head". (Not vocalized in those words, but still clear nonetheless.)

By the time I had a math teacher who didn't treat things this way, I hated maths. I can learn them when I need them for something, but I will never enjoy the process.