ObjectivityIncarnate

I mean technically a “penis” that small isn’t a penis.

Weird to just throw body shaming in here for no real reason, lol.

most of the admins were revealed to have .gov emails

I remember reading that this was something someone just made up and was spread a bunch, but wasn’t true at all.

woke is net a left wing counterpart to “redpilled” it’s a term at least 160 years old

Okay, I know when it’s a waste of time to keep reading a comment. This is Advanced Bad Faith, lol.

Sucks that it has to

It doesn’t have to.

To be fair, “woke” as it’s widely known today originated as basically the left-wing counterpart to “redpilled”, with both just being two different words used by different groups of people to favorably describe themselves as ‘enlightened/privy to the real truth that most others aren’t’. It’s “woke” as in alert and aware of the truth, and “redpilled” similarly to how it is in the Matrix—becoming aware of the actual reality of things, taking the blinders off. Fundamentally, describing the exact same state of being.

So, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that if you read someone having written:

The opposite of being redpilled is being oblivious to what’s going on. It’s crazy people say they aren’t redpilled and think that’s like a good thing lol. It’s like saying “I’m a fucking idiot” and being smug about it

You wouldn’t agree with them, even though the above is the exact same sentiment—the only difference is in what the content of said ‘higher truth’ that one who’s woke/redpilled has become ‘enlightened’ to, is.

It’s the exact same reason the demographic of people who are against abortion in the US don’t call themselves “anti-abortion”, but “pro-life”. Like the above, it’s a PR move. Would you accept a ‘pro-lifer’ telling you you’re “anti-life” if you oppose their view? That’s the kind of rhetorical maneuver you’re employing in your comment.

My point is, the self-labeled descriptor is not important, and all sides will obviously use a descriptor that sounds good and makes them sound favorable to describe themselves, so focusing on it is pointless, and just comes off as arrogance. Focus instead on the actual things that “woke” represents—it hits much harder imo to read something like, for example, “it’s crazy people say they’re against healthcare being a human right and think that’s like a good thing lol”, than what I quoted above.

If the reason you are giving information to a woman is not that you are assuming their ignorance based on the fact that they’re a woman, you’re not mansplaining. Period.

The sexist assumption is a core ‘component’ of the phenomenon.

Also, said assumption can be sex-related, but also all sorts of other things. That’s why I’ve adopted the term “splaining” as an umbrella term for it. “Mansplaining” unfairly creates the misandric perception that only men do it, and that the only motivating assumption is ‘because she’s female’. Both are inaccurate. I myself have experienced this based on several different assumptions throughout my life, based on my sex, age, even where I live.

Is it ‘splaining’ to assume you know more than someone else on subject X because they’re younger? Yes. Because they’re white? Yes. Because they just started in an industry you’ve been working in for 10 years? No.

And so on.

I really hope this term catches on at some point, lol.

P.S. Also, an assumption as described above is literally mandatory for it to count. If I’m explaining something to you after you’ve overtly demonstrated your ignorance on that subject, or I’m correcting a demonstrably false statement, that’s not any kind of ‘splaining’, regardless of what either person’s sex/race/age/etc. is.

Far as we know currently, looking/staring at screens does not cause permanent damage to your vision.

Screen time is no worse than book time or sewing time or Wolfenstein time.

Concentrating reduces your blink rate. Reduced blinking dries out your eyes. That’s the main detrimental effects.

Yeah, I get the point they’re trying to make, but this is a pretty silly comparison. It’s like “oh, so you can eat a 6” sub but not an 18" pizza? Pff, fake hunger".