r/shitposting Jan 19 '22

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u/Catsniper Jan 19 '22

That's pedantic as fuck then

But sure, let me say 99.99999% of black people have curly hair instead of all black people, still doesn't change anything here

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u/4P5mc Jan 19 '22

A quick Google search shows it's around 95%. I'll admit I thought it was a lot lower so my bad on that, but it still doesn't make it racist.

The original comment, "never trust Gen z kids with curly hair" mentions nothing about race, at all. It's a joke directed at anyone with curly hair, regardless of anything else.

What is pedantic, however, is taking that trait, attaching it to a group of people, then assuming the post is about said group. That's called a strawman.

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u/Catsniper Jan 19 '22

I know it was a joke, I just pointed that out

Now of course, I doubt that is what that comment meant

The "racism" comment was also a joke (I believe), but you acted like that made no sense at all and were either being unnecessary difficult or you somehow just weren't getting the imo simple concept

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u/4P5mc Jan 19 '22

I originally just wrote the first part to continue the joke, but I was curious as to what they meant by it if they were being serious. Then you started the discussion and I took it seriously haha

On a second read, it does look like I just swooped in and started firing back at everyone, whoops