Comment on My glasses

jeffep@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  i think he is referring to the strength of her prescription. a -1 or -1.5 diopter prescription is mild - i.e. her glasses aren’t strong enough for the person she offered them to. misogyny was not intended

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  • TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I love me some medical joke that I am one of the few to understand

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    • phx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It took me about 5 seconds to get the joke (about the time to grab and put my glasses on so I could read all the text)

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• joan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  woosh

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• Buffy@libretechni.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What? I think you missed what he is saying like the reply to him. He was talking about her glasses not her looks. If he doubled down it would have just been him explaining what he meant and that would be that.

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• Uruanna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It is fair to be confused and not know that he’s really talking about the prescription if you don’t know what that is and you don’t know Dr. Glaucomflecken is an actual ophthalmologist from his comedy Youtube shorts.

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• Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m assuming you are talking about Ethan but I’m not sure how misogyny or shitting on someone talking about glasses are the only 2 options?

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  • jeffep@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh dear I should really be more careful with irony in written text or else feel the wrath of the mob! 😅 I meant that calling her a -1 can be interpreted as pretty offensive and Ethan pointed that out. Now the other guy saw the issue and corrected his comment with a follow up. I just meant that he did that in a really good way. He could have also chosen to never admit a mistake and just become a misogynist now.

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    • Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      -1 was obviously about her glasses. The screenshot is basically going “look at this idiot who didn’t realize that” nobody did anything misogynistic in the screenshot and being heavyhanded in labels like that make it easier for actual examples of misogyny to be dismissed.

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      • nile_istic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think what Jeff is pointing out is that it isn’t uncommon for someone to be misinterpreted as a misogynist and, when called out, decide to lean into the misogyny rather than away, even if it wasn’t their original intention. In this instance, it’s a miscommunication that the OP handled in a way that made me laugh out loud, but I think Jeff is right, that there are also people who, in the same situation would have responded something to the effect of “I was talking about her vision. Maybe if you women weren’t all so [insert twitter-typical misogyny here]”, etc etc. Obviously that isn’t what happened here, but it has been known to.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve never seen a double whoosh before. That’s one thing to not get the joke, it’s another thing to not get the joke after the joke has been explained to you.

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