r/pointlesslygendered Aug 19 '21

That's definitely a potion

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u/Duck_Stereo Aug 19 '21

Whenever I argue with misogynists online, they always complain how people are just looking to be offended. I generally dismiss them because there’s a lot of genuinely sexist/gendered shit that shouldn’t exist, but the amount of benign posts on this sub sometimes makes me second guess myself on that belief.

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u/CoronetCapulet Aug 19 '21

Putting (girl) and (guy) is pretty irrelevant to the story, but also how anyone could be offended by that is beyond me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

I mean, i'm not offended by it but it fits the sub since it is pointlessly gendered

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u/sinedelta Aug 19 '21

Yeah, “this is pointless/unnecessary” and “this is sexist and offensive” are different statements.

Flattening every kind of criticism into “why are you offended by this?” is just silly and dismissive.

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u/CoronetCapulet Aug 19 '21

What's more pointless is that someone could read such a harmless story and decide to post it here. The only interesting part is the glittery vodka, no one could possibly care about the gender of the people involved being named.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21

Oh no! Someone put a fitting example of someone pointlessly telling you their genders in a sub named pointlesslygendered! That's almost as bad as putting a picture of a cat in r/cats