Comment on ‘Manfluencers’ are filming themselves trying to pick up women using smart glasses

• poopkins@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Swap the word “man” for another group of people based on generic traits and continue your sweeping generalizations.

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  • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Oh, race! I love race.

    Do you think it would be wrong for a black person to be a little bit nervous about wandering through some small, predominantly white town in middle America? 'Cause I’m gonna be real, I think that’s probably a valid fear.

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    • poopkins@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s an excellent analogy. Zooming out from that scenario, should we welcome the notion of being afraid of being afraid of somebody based on their skin color, because there’s an inherent prejudice of them being dangerous? If so, should we be encouraging each other to vocalize these kinds of prejudices? And by extension, is it acceptable to draw sweeping conclusions about a group of people based on their generic traits?

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      • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        If you’re black and presently in confederate country, maybe a little?

        The sweeping conclusion, by the way, is “it seems risky,” and I know you know that it is.

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• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Because most people have a Disneyfied idea of what animals do. Most people think a bear in the woods wears a red t-shirt and carries around a honeypot.

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  • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So, how does choosing a bear with a honeypot make men look bad?

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    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Uh, it doesn’t? It makes the person choosing the bear look like someone whose life consists of entertainment.

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      • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        What are you even upset about? Do you even know?

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  • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s not meant to be a realistic scenario. It’s satire.

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  • Slashme@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well, if it’s a black bear, shouting and waving your arms will normally chase it off.

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  • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Most species is bear don’t hunt people. You see one, you back away slowly, and you’re good. If there’s food in your, you drop it. They’d rather eat your granola bar than you.

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