You forgot the word down.
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Replying to @kurtoonist
Brian in no way talked down to Sarah. If you saw condescension in his tweet, it is your doing, not his. Brian is a thoughtful, considerate person, and he was trying to participate in and further an interesting conversation.
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Replying to @random_eddie
He could have said, "Did you know..." before telling her what he assumed she wasn't aware of. Those 3 words can go a long way in avoiding the perception of talking down. But yeah, how annoying that women are sick of it.
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Replying to @kurtoonist
Many, many people would not have interpreted his words as talking down, even without "Did you know...". And further, were I inclined to view his tweet as condescending, adding "Did you know..." wouldn't lessen that view in the least, to my eyes.
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Replying to @random_eddie @kurtoonist
And even further, not every statement in a conversation (very few of them, in fact) is intended to be interpreted as "Here is something you probably don't know."
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Replying to @random_eddie @kurtoonist
Most of them are "Here is an interesting thing which is worth discussing. You probably know something about the topic, which is why I think it's worth discussing with you."
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Replying to @random_eddie
Yeah, she must be ridiculous for feeling that way and there's no way she would have a basis for that reaction. You nailed it, don't talk to women. Better yet, let's make a Girl Twitter where they can go have there own stupid feels about dumb shit.
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Replying to @kurtoonist @random_eddie
You may be making the mistake that you project into the other person: you assume bad intentions, while it makes no sense in the given situation that the other would have them. Instead of understanding, you impose your arbitrary norm and equate norm adherence with intention.
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Replying to @Plinz @random_eddie
The OP said "don't talk to women" because a woman felt talked down to. I added "down" and y'all are just going on and on. Peace.
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Replying to @kurtoonist @random_eddie
I understand that you have the best intentions. But the OP had good intentions, too, and honestly evaluated that there was no talking down. He did not understand why this woman could not see that, and expressed his frustration (and lack of understanding of her perspective).
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I think that he may even be possibly correct in pointing out that there is no way he could have a productive discussion with this particular person while being a man (he may not get any benefit of the doubt from her), without establishing exceptional personal trust beforehand.
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Replying to @Plinz @random_eddie
I casually came into it & noticed a generalization that I simply fixed with one word. It didn't have to be accurate, just as the generalization wasn't accurate.
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