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Lemmy reacts to a non-sexualized silly outfit pic in a totally normal way…

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

What the fuck?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I'm glad that every time I see a "girls are boring/well-adjusted, boys are quirky" meme format someone has already commented on that, but it always comes with multiple "it's just a meme dude, don't overthink it" responses.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The only thing I could think of when I saw that was worry about her own self-image... obviously won't comment trash like that unless providing context to further thoughts -

So long as she's happy or in the pursuit of her own personal happiness (even if not and just doing what she can do get through this shitty life,) whatever she looks like is none of my fucking business ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sucks to think of the unnecessary abuse she has to put up with from day to day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

fortunately i don’t think she browses lemmy, and i’ve seen the comments under the original video from where the image was pulled—they are all much kinder.

which is good news for her but the fact there was such a big pattern here is deeply troubling.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I saw this very post just a few moments ago. Holy shit, these guys can't keep it in their pants.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh hey, I'm in this screenshot making an off-color comment. We can debate misogyny and such, probably won't be very productive.

The thing I find interesting in this: "Italians Do It Better" is an inherently sexual statement. Everyone knows that IT is sex and maybe some other reference with this style of bumper sticker meme. That's what makes it funny. So then, is it wrong to make a sexual joke about someone who is wearing a funny sexual statement? I don't think so.

If she were wearing a plain tee or some other logo, I wouldn't make a sexual joke. This feels like white knight silliness to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

your attitude makes the places you go unbearable. do better.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The IT is vague and open-ended, not inherently sexual. Its inherently ambiguous and people fill in the blank with whatever is being referenced. We really don't know what IT means to the person wearing it, but you chose to make it sexual.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This format of tagline has been around since like the 70s. The IT is inherently sexual. Usually something like, "Diamond Cutters Do It Harder."

It's a double entendre and isn't funny without the sexual subtext.

So, unless there was a convention to redifine this joke that I didn't hear about; yeah, it's sexual. Anything else is just trying to contort common social mores to fit an agenda.

If it was a big hairy guy wearing a shirt that said "Bears Do It Better" I would also expect sexual jokes.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I don’t know how to tell you this, but when people refer to “doing it” without any additional context, they’re talking about sex. The shirt is undeniably sexual.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

i fail to understand how i am very respectable when i try to find a girlfriend yet this misogyny is widely celebrated by some men and some women find it acceptable. is somthing wrong with me?

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