r/MurderedByWords Jan 08 '20

Murder Promptly blocked after this

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u/beerbellybegone Jan 08 '20 edited Jan 08 '20

Given the popularity of this post, and the potential for an incel invasion, I'd like to remind everyone of Bill and Ted's Law: Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!

Edit: For some reason this needs to be said - Anyone attempting to identify or contact either "Rob" or the lady in question will be banned.

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u/Stormbreaker_Axe Jan 08 '20

Everyone who criticizes the female is called an incel. You can't have a divisive post like this and expect every one to be excellent to each other, what nonsense is that?

If there wasn't a picture of an attractive female on the front, I doubt there would be as much sympathy for her.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '20 edited Nov 04 '20

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u/EisVisage Jan 08 '20

Or just a person who doesn't speak English natively, one of my friends used that a bunch of times before I told him about the connotations.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '20

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u/EisVisage Jan 08 '20

I was mostly talking about just the word "female" alone, as a noun, here, as in "so I saw a female the other day..."

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u/summerswimmer888 Jan 08 '20

I made a meme once to illustrate the problem using Ferengi. Poor guy kinda moped and it seems many non-incel men, young and old, aren't aware of the issue or why it is one...

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u/EisVisage Jan 08 '20

I want to see that meme tho

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u/summerswimmer888 Jan 09 '20

Find a prime example of creepy 'female' usage and it'll be easy to emulate.

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u/summerswimmer888 Jan 08 '20

How about just 'friend'? Why the need to differentiate genders if platonic? If you're talking about other people when they're absent, then something like "My friend <name> and I..."

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u/summerswimmer888 Jan 08 '20

Can you also tell us if you gender your male friends the same way? "My male friend and I went to the beach the other day..."

Does it still feel like a 'natural fit'?