Ever had anything mansplained to you? You know, when a guy starts explaining something to (most likely) a woman about something that they very well know themselves in a condescending or patronizing way.
Sure, it is definitely a serious issue, one that hints at sexism and rudeness, among other things, but also one that can be satisfying and even funny—particularly when the one being mansplained to claps back with an educated response that makes the mansplainer rethink their decisions.
In celebration of the recent Valentine’s Day, Twitter user @J_Dot_J asked people what was the most obvious thing that was mansplained to them. Dozens upon dozens of people shared their best mansplaining stories, not only voicing their frustrations, but also pointing out how nobody should ever assume that you don’t know things.

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Bored Panda has collected some of the best responses from the Twitter thread and made it into a list for you to enjoy. While you’re scrolling, why not share your thoughts and vote on the ones you liked the most, and share your mansplaining stories, if you have any, in the comment section below!
Oh, and if this ain't enough, Bored Panda has two other articles on the topic here and here, so be sure to check them out once you're done here!
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Early in our marriage, my husband kept bothering me to play chess, even though I told him I don't enjoy it and didn't want to. He kept insisting and insisting and trying to explain the game to me. I told him I knew HOW to play, I just didn't want to. He just kept on for months. Finally, after about 30 minutes of him explaining his prowess and how to play, again, I agreed to play him. I beat him three times in a row and chess was never mentioned again.
Sorry if I'm missing something, but what are chances that two people who confidently play chess come together for a date and that's exactly how they want to spend their time? And it happened multiple times? Does she date only people who play chess and always invite them to a chess date?
I was wondering the exact same thing, like I am happy for you that you are good at chess, but who plays chess on a first date?
Load More Replies...Chess is amazing, especially the satisfaction of humbling guys who think the game is going to be easy cause your a girl
I love chess, but any person off the street could probably beat me. I don’t think my moves through
Considering how rarely you see chess sets just sitting around to be played with in public, or places you go for a first date, i wonder how often that really happened to her. I honestly think this is completely made up.
There must be a chess set sitting around AND her date must be not only able to play chess but also interested enough in it to play it on the first date. Because I'd imagine it's not the most popular date activity.
Load More Replies...i mean where do those men live? as a kid I loved chess and Judith Polgar (she was was my idol. Women play at the top tier in world. I mean I remember as kid knowing that Polgar was internationally ranked by age 9, beat her first grandmaster at 11 and at 15 became the youngest grandmaster till that point in history. I grew up idolizing her. How can any man who knows anything about Chess not know about Polgar or ever look down at a woman in chess
I was taught how to play chess by an ex-girlfriend, unfortunately I suck at it, but that isn't a reflection of her skill. I used to love watching her at tournaments!
Exactly! He was even providing a lovely example for reference
Load More Replies...I was in a cataloguing meeting for work (archive/library) and a junior male staff member proceeded to explain some basic principles of cataloguing to us that he'd 'researched on Google'. Most of the staff in the meeting were middle age or semi-retired women who had been cataloguing literally their entire careers...luckily I was chairing the meeting and was able to cut him off with a 'thanks, and moving on to the next agenda item'
...And he still doesn't understand why.
Load More Replies...My father once mansplained to me that if he had a yield sign, it meant that oncoming traffic had to yield to him. I was the staff attorney for the bureau of motor vehicles.
Look on the bright side, cement proof that he did you a favour by showing you his true colours.
I once worked with a man who did not believe PMT (as we call it) was real. From then on he was known as Doctor PMT.
I wanted to break up with my first boyfriend at 16years old but didn’t know how, I asked friends and I settled on “I need space” which I thought was nice and doesn’t place blame on him. I told him and he got super mad and yelled at me not to call or contact him again, and some other bs and walked off. I yelled back “that’s why I’m doing this!!!” Later, his mom called my house to speak to me and my mom bc her son was depressed and (don’t recall exact words) she was afraid he would harm himself & not to break up w/ him. Lol no
I am 78, married for over 50 years to a wonderful man. 3 children. Till this day, my husband, when the subject might come up, tries to explain the physical, psychological, blah, blah blah of child birthing to me. No, he is not a doctor. I am simply speechless.
I had one done. It hurt so bad and the male doctor performing the procedure told his nurses to "please shut her up."
Load More Replies...Ow - just looked this up ; you ladies do go through some embuggerances don't you x
Upvote just for the use of the word "embuggerances"! And, yes, yes we do.
Load More Replies...This is why I refuse to see a male doctor when it comes to my female body issues. Sorry guys idc how many books you read, personal experience always trumps it for me
i'm confused, i looked up the term and it seems it's just an x-ray procedure, what is there to hurt? i'm just curious.
Load More Replies...None of the male doctors at the fertility clinic I went to were this ridiculously ignorant. They warned me the procedures might not be comfortable and what to expect... because that is what they are supposed to do.
I had one and the next time anyone will do that again to me is when I'm dead. That was worse than childbirth. That doc needs to have his s*****m ripped open.
I've assisted in a few of these (taking the x-rays) and none of the patients seemed to be in any pain at all, so I have to admit, I thought it was a fairly easy procedure, but I've seen a couple of comments about how painful it was, so it seems I was wrong. Maybe it's only painless if there is no blockage? That was the case in all the exams I witnessed.
Load More Replies...I had a similar experience. I was having a cystoscopy and the nurse told me I wouldn't 'feel a thing'! Afterwards I told her I didn't think she should be saying that as I found the whole thing extremely uncomfortable!
Medical pain dictionary - 1) Won't feel a thing = will be uncomfortable. 2) Might be uncomfortable = will hurt. 3) Will hurt a little = will be painful. 4) Will be painful for a short moment = is effing agony so give me a general anaesthetic thanks. Apologies if I've missed some 😬
Load More Replies...if there is one thing that hurst like a motherf****** is a hysterosalpingogram. They tell you take tynelol prior , and guess what! it doesn't help
I had one and it was just uncomfortable. But everyone is different. Hopefully you don't need another one
Load More Replies...I use a female doctor or nurse practitioner. If someone is going to tell that I will feel a little pressure, I want them to know exactly what a little pressure feels like.
Is that really mansplaining? Most MDs always tell you s**t wont hurt to calm you down.
To the 'Mansplaining Deniers' out there : The point is that those men make the assumption that the woman knows nothing, without knowing anything about her. When we meet a new person, we could all just assume they are equally intelligent as us.
It all boils down to good manners and a sensible upbringing ; my Mother would have given me a good smack if I'd ever done this sort of thing !! (I'm a chap btw x)
A fan once argued with Isaac Asimov about the theme of one of Asimov's novels. The fan ended the argument by saying, "Just because you're the author doesn't mean you know what the book is about."
That actor could have been my father in law. Textbook mansplainer. He's also an actor.
YOU TELL HIM! I'm tired of men trying to explain s**t that I know better.
To be fair, I have also had other women do this to me. It's annoying regardless of who's doing it.
Load More Replies...It's been happening my entire life. I'm 64 and stupid smart.
Double whammy. Not only did he try to explain something to an expert in the field, but the explanation was wrong. Isn't fun when men try to impress a woman with their stupidity.
What if that student was a female? Would that have been a less bad situation?
When my mom called me young lady I would get so mad I still do
Load More Replies...I feel like "I didn't read it but I will make stupid assumptions" describes so much of the legislative process.
Condescending m**********r. Make sure his constituents know about this—-should alienate at least half of them.
You should've but a big shiny sticker on it to grab his attention. What a yak!!
And now we know why our country is in the state it's in...because of men like that.
Wow, what made him think you weren't...? Oh, you're not a man. What a k**b.
Remember The Flying Nun and Gidget from my childhood. Sally Field was great
Load More Replies...You know, they could always preface their remarks with something like “I’ve never served, but have known people who have, and this is my impression of military service—-please correct me if I’m wrong”. The caveat is that, after saying that, you must be very open to listening to, and being corrected by, the veteran. But this would be a respectful, diplomatic, non-mansplaining, and non-confrontational way to conduct the conversation. Of course, since men are responsible for the wars we’ve fought throughout history, it’s not really their style, is it? (Apologies to all reasonable, diplomatic men, btw, you are not the problem. But your unenlightened bros are.)
LMAO my favorite is when I park in a veteran's only spot. They come racing out of who knew where to police me. I laugh and hold out my hand and give then my rate, name and combat tours" and they StILL SAY "tell your husband thank you for his service". I respond truthfully; Huh? I am not married. Weird.
my mother has had someone do that she was medically retired and my uncle has been to 32 countries and in 3 years he is out. I think she knows. LOL
Seriously men need to at least know what they are talking about when they do this
Best instructional comment I ever heard, "A man has to know his limitations". Because of that, I am fully aware that a lot of men have no clue about their limitations.
One thing about mansplaining is the frequency with which they get it wrong.
We engineers just fix and/or destroy things. We have no business with things that are static and set.
Did you then kick him in the groin and tell him that one wasn’t so bad—-but the next one will be!?
Mine did that while eating breakfast. I couldn't get any, was hungry and in pain. And he just kept on telling me : "Oohh, there's an other one coming" with his mouth full. But he supported me though all of them even as I crushed his fingers by squeezing his hand really Really REALLY hard.
That could be handy if you were using nitrous oxide for pain relief! You need to start sucking on the gas at the first sign of a contract. I was a midwife for many years, I would make visitors eat away from my labouring Mums. Mind you, if our labouring mothers wanted to eat, we would let them.
Load More Replies...And if you had not been giving birth you could have slapped him across the abdomen with a plank of wood and said "surely, it wasn't that bad?"
You made a spelling error, “wood” should be “longsword”
Load More Replies...My husband's only complaint that he had when I gave birth to our son was that we'd wasted several weeks on Lamas classes when everything we learned went right out the window since I never allowed him near me. He said that, instead of teaching women how to breathe and endure the pain, they should just have a doctor come in and say "This is how we do an epidural...."
I mean, as a man, you’ve gotta know that birth is among the most painful things... like, guys, cmon.
Load More Replies...I got a C in art once for ‘plagiarising’ Devil Wears Prada (had just come out at the time). We had to design a shoe. I made mine into a dragon with a tail going up the leg and scales all over looking like fire. All the work showed it was inspired by Smaug from The Hobbit. The art teacher who was ALSO and English teacher said what’s the hobbit? Who’s Tolkien? Said I was lying and still gave me a C for ‘plagiarising’ Devil Wears Prada 🤦🏼♀️
I was in college prep when the teacher told me my The Things They Carried poster that he had assigned would get an F because it wasn't art class and it looked too good.
Load More Replies...I once had to deliver a verbal book report. We kids were given 3 books to choose from. The most popular girl in school went before me. Like me, she chose Flowers in the Attic. Only, her report was based on the movie (very different). Even though I'd read the book & worked hard on my report, I was afraid of the consequences of making the popular girl look bad (and possibly causing her to fail). I stumbled, stammered & sounded like an idiot because my report was on a movie I hadn't yet seen. Thirty years later & I'm still mad at myself for tanking my report just so the popular girl could save face & I wouldn't be bullied.
Enough confidence, and no knowledge and/or ability whatsoever. Just faxing it. Making it up as he goes. Getting the job over a female applicant with better credentials and actual knowledge and ability.
I'm sry and ik its kinda dumb of me to say this but I have to. IT'S LEAH FROM STARDEW VALLEYYYYY!!!!! YASS!!
Hells to the yes for some Valley of the Stardews
Load More Replies...This is almost as bad as the owner of the movie theater I worked at eons ago not knowing the names Marlon Brando and Steven Spielberg.
And can think he has enough gall to sit in a peanut gallery and shout things at the presenter.
Comes from a lifetime of being both automatically put in positions of power and authority, then paying no consequences and being allowed to keep those positions even when dead—-and deadly, for other people—-wrong. In situations where a woman in the same position would be fired, jailed, run out of town on a rail—-after being mansplained as to why.
It's the finishing explaining that gets to me. When you say you "already know but thanks" that should be enough.
That's the trigger that turns it from mildly annoying ignorance (assuming the explanation comes unprompted) to mansplaining.
Load More Replies...I once asked my sister to help me understand an explanation of benefits from my health insurance company. Our dad said, "Why the hell are you asking HER?". He and her husband both laughed like hyenas. My sister's jaw dropped & she was literally speechless. My sister was a medical billing specialist. I still can't believe I had to point out to the men that understanding medical EOBs was a huge part of her job.
I am 45yrs old and am in full blown menopause. I started peri menopause when I was 38-39yrs old. I had a man child explain menopause and proceed to tell me that it is impossible for a woman to start it that young and to be in menopause at my age. While it is not common it does happen and my last period was actually almost 6yrs ago. He said it was something else and insisted that the Gynecologist was wrong due to her being a woman and I NEED TO SEE A MALE DOCTOR to be correctly diagnosed. I had blood work done and am currently on hormone therapy. Kicker....... this Man/Child was 22yrs old and was going to college for a degree in physical education. LMFAO SMH
because male gyno's know better about a woman's body than a gyno woman doctor ... gotcha
Load More Replies...I hate that men act like they have personal experience on something that has never and will never happen to them.
Every bf I have ever had has at some point tried to explain periods to me in some way. My favorite is the time there was blood on the carpet (bloody nose) and an ex refused to believe my advice on stain removal...because he had more experience than me. My periods didn't count as experience...
The decade-ish of hormone fluctuations and intermittent periods that leads up to menopause. It's when thermoregulation gets weird - you can be freezing in the middle of summer, then suddenly sweating balls and bright red because of a hot flash. Basically perimenopause is what people think is menopause, and menopause is when it's over.
Load More Replies...You being in menopause, he's lucky his head is still attached to his neck.
At what point in their lives do men suddenly believe they know everything?
My mom got pregnant at 49... She thought it was menopause, but nah it was a demon spawn aka me ;U;
By very rude people who told him to explain things to people that already know it.
Load More Replies...Oh, God! Six years in SAR as a handler. The number of people who tried to educate me on my own dog and how I'm handling my K9 WHILE IN UNIFORM... Like, I'm literally walking down a street, trying to desensitise my puppy and people f*****g come up to me and try and grab his lead, pet him despite the VERY OBVIOUS instruction to not to on his harness, try to give him treats, etc. And yes, it's mostly men.
I've been consciously teaching my daughter not to do this. We've even seen some dogs in training at the mall. I explained to her why we can't pet it. Even random dogs on the street. I point them out, we talk about how cute they are, say hi, but don't pet them. She loves animals, especially dogs. I don't want my kid creating an unsafe situation
Load More Replies...When a random dog comes running up to mine while their handler yells, "He's friendly!" Well, "Mine's not!"
I can vouch for this. I have a herding dog & its my 1st one so its been a REAL learning experience. I can train him all i want & pay top dollar for obedience BUT he will probably always be a bit nippier than other dogs & i will probably always have to watch him around smaller &/or more submissive dogs. Hes not aggressive or mean at all. He just knows that his brain says to "put everything & everyone in order" so he does. The more i intervene, the more crazed he gets about it.
I get that all the time. I have a Pitbull/Bull terrier mix with a VERY high prey drive, she only chases small animals but people get very offended when I try and tell them not to put their Chihuahua or Shizu down around her. Lily is exceptionally well trained but she will still chase your dog and eat them if Im not watching every second.
One of my dogs is part Catahoula (and part Husky and part American Dingo). She nearly killed me one day. I was taking her out to do her business, and there was a rabbit in the yard. She literally pulled me off the stairs, to the point that I went flying through the air...until gravity caught up with me. Fortunately, I didn't hit my head. But my knees were raw meat.
I have a Catahoula too. Most people have no idea what type of dog that is.
I just looked them up and Catahoula Leopard Dogs are quite awesome!
Load More Replies...I wouldn't be able to stop laughing if somebody insulted me like this.
It stops being funny about the 10th time it happens and as a woman who is also a Soviet/ Russian specialist, allow me to tell you it happens a lot
Load More Replies...Considering that “supply and demand” are words usually connected to capitalism, not communism.
I had a professor that met Margaret Mead when he was young. She always walked everywhere with a heavy walking stick He said that they were walking along talking and he said something very sexist and inaccurate. He said the next thing he knew, his feet were knocked out from underneath him, he was on his back on the ground and she was standing over him with a few choice words. That's when he learned that just because it's on the brain doesn't mean it should come out of your mouth.
Given she's a law prof, I'm guessing first year law school; age would fit.
Load More Replies...You know what I know? He's supplying useless crap, and I demand he stops.
A. Whitney Brown explained communism during one of his cameos on Weekend Update (when Dennis Miller hosted). "Who would have thought that communism would fail because there's no money in it."
The craving to feel superior, regardless of what the topic, or who the person, may be.
Load More Replies...You should have encouraged him not to wear sunscreen and go stand outside in the middle of the Sahara the hottest day of the year.
I would really like to know who 'they' are they seem to have a lot of opinions they cant back up.
Was that random man supposed to know that this woman is a doctor?
Of course not, but why is he butting into a conversation that he has no part in? It's not exactly mansplaining by even the loosest definition of the term but really, who does that?
Load More Replies...you have to wonder which disinformation a.m. channel he listens to OR how bad our education system truly is
Hey doc, quick question. In your professional opinion, in future instances, such as these, would it be ok, if we, as a gender, just agreed to say, "Go away you stupid little dumb dumb". Just curious.
Had a friend that endured that too. She didn't have the heart to tell him she worked at Wizards of the Coast..the company that bought the rights to and publish all the D&D material.
NEVER explain D&D to someone unless they ask you to. It's surprising how many people tried to do that to me a few years back. That and the "You don't look like the sort of guy who watches Marvel movies". I'm CONSTANTLY talking about superheroes. I wear superhero merch. I have stickers all over my boards and helmet. I ramble about video games constantly. Of course, I watch Marvel, play games, and enjoy some D&D every now and then.
I hate that. Like it’s a HUGE pet peeve. I’m in freaking love with D&D and I admire anyone who has played D&D that long.
@Edward, she isn't stopping the fan from enjoying th hobby, the fan thought they needed it explained to them.
I wish I understood D&D but I don't want to feel like an idiot who knows nothing
Everyone feels like an idiot for a bit while they start out, that's normal. If someone actively makes you feel like an idiot while you're trying to learn they suck. Most people will probably be really happy to try and help a new player learn
Load More Replies...How can you be an engineer and not understand pH, it's so basic! (no pun intended)
whoa, can you be a bit more...neutral? I'm turning...red from all your...acidity! It's true that pH is pretty...basic, but man, this mansplainer is...corrosive!
Load More Replies...Doncha love it when an idiot gathers an audience to hear his latest stupidity? Anyway, about this pH. Is that before or after you add the D? (Ha ha. Ha, I say.)
Stop with the made up Covid nonsense, “doctor”! You’re just distracting us from the real and imminent threat of the Lizard People from Planet X! Not to mention the cannibals in the pizza basement.
Hey now, we Lizard People are really quite laid back. We just want to sun bath and eat insects.
Load More Replies...Conspiracy nuts usually adopt the same condescending know-it-all tone that mansplainers use, and are bold enough to argue with real experts (whereas their own knowledge is limited to "read it on the internet"). There's your connection ;)
Load More Replies...I'm a physician too, a surgeon. I love when a dude assumes I need workout/fitness advice and tries to explain metabolism and anatomy to me, incorrectly, and with incorrect muscle names/anatomy.
But it makes you cry, when you see so many people suffer because dumb f***s cant do the right thing because they know better than the experts.
Oh yeah. Goethe published his Theory of Colors in 1810; completely changed the way JMW Turner created his art. Now mind you this is what I remember reading about it and I haven't done the research in ages so I could be off. But I'm nearly positive I have the color theory to thank for some of my favorite works of art.
Load More Replies...I love how people with no clue often out themselves with things like "Download Adobe". Ok great i downloaded Acrobat, whats the next step?
Efficiency engineer is it's own profession. But I love when people illustrate mansplaining without meaning to. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/efficiency-engineer
Load More Replies...If “girls” can’t play bass, then what was Carol Kaye doing on all 10,000+ recording sessions she played on? If he’s ever enjoyed a famous bass line from the last half of the 20th century, she probably played it.
Or how about some other badass bassists in music such as Tina Weymouth, Patricia Morrison (of The Sisters of Mercy), and Kim Deal (of The Pixies/The Breeders)?
Load More Replies...Btw girls can produce/write/make music just fine, Thank You Very Much!!
That's actually the main source of Dolly Parton's fortune- she's written over 3,000 songs!
Load More Replies...D'arcy Wretzky. Melissa Auf der Maur. And that’s just The Smashing Pumpkins.
You could be showing it to him on a cutting board, and then putting it together on a sewing machine, and he'd still say that you were wrong.
Sometimes I think they mansplain about things because they feel awkward and out of place or like a third wheel and they want to say anything that makes them look more in control.
I'm an expert sewist and was talking to a male neighbor one time explaining how twill was the correct fabric for the application. He demanded that I explain and describe how twill is different from a basic woven fabric and when I did, he said, "oh, I guess you do know what you're talking about." What a douche.
yeah that's really annoying when you aren't even interacting with them and men still insist in butting in and "showing off"
Wait what... I never noticed the Dutch/French/Italian (and many others) "zootrope" (makes sense --- same "zoo" as in zoology, "living"), is a "zoetrope" in English (and German and others).
Load More Replies...I'm an archaeologist doing some lab work in a museum. I walked by a couple of male patrons. The tall one asked if I worked there. I said yes. He asked how the museum could blatantly lie that humans are older than 10,000 years old and make up a fake "guy". It was a display model of an EMH, Early Modern Human (what most know as Cro-Magnum). And for you Star Trek fans not the doctor on Voyager. He stormed off. I have a new respect for EMH...I suspect they were wiser than some of his future relatives.
There are many other conversation options. He should have tried conversation instead of a monologue.
Load More Replies..."Was he supposed to smell that..." could be applied to any of these stories. If no one asked you to explain something DON'T EXPLAIN IT. That's the whole point about mansplaining.
Load More Replies...In fairness it often feels like Texas doesn't have science. Like when they make energy policy, or claim that wind turbines and solar panels don't work in cold weather . . .
Don't blame scientists for the insane ramblings of 70 year old Republicans....our science is fine, it's the politicians that are stupid
Load More Replies...Perhaps you could mention it’s just the politicians in Texas that don’t have science.
I think it is just the politicians and Republicans in Texas that don't have any science.
He's probablybably one of those people who said snow was fake cause it won't melt
And that's when you say " Thank God, our IQ dodged that damage by you.".
Houston, apparently we don't have enough science to launch rockets we have to abort!!!
I worked for attorneys for 22 years. One time a three-year practicing attorney was looking for a plea on a criminal case. I advised him it's called an Alford plea, he argued with me, continued to try to think of what he believed it's called and then proceeded to get a book to find the answer. Which was. And Alford plea.
Sounds like he failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
I like sticking a D4 to my head and saying 'I'm a unicorn' in a Ralph voice. And I hope you told him a D4 isn't a pyramid
Polyhedral means the dice have many hedrals. Right? Of course I'm right. Say what're you doing Friday night? .... Washing your hair. Okay, how about Saturday night? .... Washing the hair again, huh.
D4 right? I hate stepping on it by accident. I wonder what would happen if you shoved it an eye....🤔🤭😏
Now I'm wondering if a lego-compatible D4 would be worse or not.
Load More Replies...The fact that she was DM-ING THE SESSION FOR THEM should have been a giveaway that she was "into the game."
Load More Replies...Fictional TV from the eighties is ~totally~ more valuable that modern research.
"a book I skimmed once that was barely related to your field, written from before your field was an actual science, says you're wrong. Also, Star Trek is real"
His source is Nickelodeon... we need some new and special kind of facepalm for this.
UUUUUUUGH MINE TOO. Once he was with his cousin and didn't invite me. Got on the com. Saw a hacker. Brother said "No you didn't I was there..." yada yada yada... He was outside. I was on 2nd story away from the backyard. Dad checked on me and he wasn't there. Dad caught him and told him to stop discrediting me and that he doesn't know what happened.
That much water could actually be dangerous. That would work out to about a liter per hour over 24 hours. More like 1.5 if drunk over 16 hours. More than most people's kidneys can handle. you'd be looking at potential water toxicity. I've seen people advocating drinking a gallon of water a day, not 6.25 gallons a day. That's over 50lbs of water. No matter what he thinks he heard from the esteemed health experts of Nickelodeon, you'd think a few seconds and some quick mental math would tell him that he heard wrong. Of course, to do that, he'd have to be able to regard the possibility that he could be wrong.
If someone drank 100 cups of water in a day, they would likely develop water intoxication, which can be fatal. But, sure, 100 cups it is.
I would have put 6 gallons and a quart of water in front of him and said he has the entire day to finish and to be sure and let me know how it works out...
Raising my head above the parapet her, but why would you measure water in weight and not volume? Obviously 100 cups is a lethal dose though.
Like all YA books ... Sorry, I could not resist.
Load More Replies...i honestly don't know what to say here so enjoy this image of an arctic fox arctic-fox...4b94c5.jpg
So basically his argument that all YA books are about sexual awakening was entirely based on the fact that in his mind the target audience are inextricably linked with sex in his mind. Ugh, what a creep
That. Stupid. Freaking. Guy. I’m a huge potter head and that is just Crazy. There isn’t even romance in the first book or movie!!!!! Where did he get that?!?!?!?
well it does explain why his thought processes were all about 'sexual awakening'...seems his twisted little mind got loose. sorry but no loss
certainly explains why he thought what he thought. projection at it's finest
But how is it pronounced? Is it Woo-ster? Now I'm curious.
You can't say something like that without telling us to pronounce it! I would probably pronounce it the same as 'Worcester'!
It is pronounced the same as Worcester. Wuss-ter, and it's Wusstershur sauce, not war-ster-shy-er sauce.
Load More Replies...I live near there. It's pronounced "Wuster" by locals. We can always tell where someone lives in Ohio by how they say the city's name.
The big WOO. People in Wooster (Wuh ster.) will joke about Woo. https://m.facebook.com/whattodoinwoo/
F**k me and I thought British are weird pronouncing Worsestar as woostah
I grew up in New England, and attended the College of Wooster (for a whole semester and a half! I wasn't a good student.) I always pronounced it the same as Worcester, Mass., but some of the folks who were from around there went more for the "woo-ster" pronunciation. Especially the people from Cleveland - but they have weird accents anyway (I was born in Cleveland). I used to have a t-shirt that said "Wooster isn't in Massachusetts", on the front, and "Thank God" on the back.
live near worcester, ma - originally from CT.... what a weird town
Load More Replies...I would comment something witty, but I can't think of anything right now...I'll just leave this here as a placeholder I guess
WARNING. WARNING. RANCHO HAS POSTED. WARNING WARNING. RANCHO HAS POSTED.
Load More Replies...When emotion is concerned, some people are too "dug in" to let any truth disrupt their belief
Yes there is. Refresh your browser. Sometimes they then show again. I can see 8 comments under the one I'm writing now, if it helps to know what you're not seeing. Just wish people would stop doing the space-wasting 'covering' comments. People clearly don't like it (all the downvotes) and it isn't anyone else's decision what people look at. Bored Panda hides the comment when downvoted more than 3 times, that is enough.
Load More Replies...WARNING! WARNING! RANCHO HAS POSTED! WARNING! WARNING! RANCHO HAS POSTED!
Load More Replies...WOW, you are lucky to see those (I am a birder), also seriously guy?
A bit odd he felt the need to explain it to you as if you didn’t know, but maybe he was just trying to relate? I dunno, seems more like he was trying to “fit in” as it were rather than look down on you...? 🤷🏻♀️🙂
It seems like that to me, but I also get where the mansplaining part came from. Now I'm confused.
Load More Replies...I doubt he was trying to explain it. I feel he was more likely voicing his support.
A friend of mine was so excited about how WW was portrayed as such a strong woman, blah, blah and if he had a daughter, he make sure she watched this. Meanwhile, "Hidden Figures" was also playing at the time, which was more impressive. Women who really worked in the space program vs. a character who needs CGI to be impressive while wearing a bustier and boots.
Where's the 2nd part? Ppl are upvoting a story that doesn't tell what she was waiting on or what happened?
Just follow the link to the original post: "the pop when the electricity went out. Then I got to tell the property manager about how he is an idiot. 2/2"
Load More Replies...Wouldn't it be amazing if there were things we could automatically know how to do, just because of our gender?
Here's part 2 from her twitter "the pop when the electricity went out. Then I got to tell the property manager about how he is an idiot. 2/2"
I was home alone and trying to replace my DR ceiling light with a fan/light. I used a barstool to hold it up while I did the wiring but quickly realized I couldn't hold it up and mount it by myself. Wanted to surprise my husband by having it done when he got home so went and asked my really lovely & handy 80 year old neighbor to assist. He promptly tells me the wiring is all wrong, redoes it and blows ALL the sockets out in my living room/dining room. Had to hire an electrician to fix it. He was so embarrassed & offered to pay which, of I declined. He had helped me so many times with other things and he was just a fantastic neighbor. But it was funny nevertheless.
Ex-husband... I gather he survived the incident long enough to be divorced.
Stupid “response” on the husband’s part, but an electrician will recognize that it may be appropriate to connect a black and a white wire, depending on the switch(s) wiring(s). (female electrician here)
Stupid “response” of the husband, but an electrician will recognize it may be totally appropriate to connect a black and a white wire depending on the switch wiring (female electrician here)
All you ladies have this all wrong. As a man, I can tell you that this is simply not the case. We men just want the information out there to be as accurate as possible, and the world doesn't need hormones and emotions all over our data. In fact, mansplaining......is....uh.....wait a minute....see its.....whew.....*throws smoke pellets on the floor, disappears from room*
I feel like some men's worlds are crumbling now that they're no longer considered smarter simply because they're men, and they have to actually do something with their lives to be considered an attractive company. Is that how incels became a thing?
No joke. I know a guy who ended up in therapy after becoming suicidal over women being able to do a man's job. He was a truck driver. He couldn't get over the fact that women are capable of driving a truck.
Load More Replies...I've been teaching English at a technical college for 16 years now and (if I may be so smug), I'm pretty darn good at it, especially when it comes to the connection with the young people I teach (I just adore my guys, they are the best people ever). I got in a discussion with some guy who claimed he knew better than I how to approach the students, how to talk to them, how to discipline them etc. I could not convince him that, possibly, just perhaps, my dealing with this particular group of young adults gave me a good idea how to handle them. His point? He'd been a young man, I had not. End of discussion. I still think I'm doing a fine job.
Women need an award just for existing alongside men like that and not going mental and killing us all.
But men get thanked and applauded for doing the bare minimum for “helping” women. The world is crazy.
Load More Replies...I was doing graphic design work on a website and had one of the clients start explaining to me how the colors didn't go well together. Dude was color blind. When I found that out, I thought "oh, okay, so he's just seeing it differently" and tried to politely explain the color theory behind the design. No dice. He doubled down on it and said he had read an article or two online so knew what colors went together far better than I did. So I said, "Okay, whatever you want is what we'll do" and they now have the ugliest website you've ever seen.
tbh I want to start a petition to get mods on BP. The amount of sexist comments I've seen on this article makes me think that we need at least 10 moderators on BP. I just can't believe the kind of stuff I'm seeing here. I don't know though, let me know what you think in the reply's.
It’s crazy people seem to actually believe (even trolls to an extent) the ridiculousness they spew! I agree.
Load More Replies...I was walking into a robotics team meeting, and it was the first day. i had been using power tools/saws for years, but was new to this team, as i explained to the supervisor. he brushed it off. on the second day, he told a boy who was a grade below me to explain how to use a miter saw, that he had learned how to use the day before. both the supervisor and the guy ignored me when i said multiple times that i already knew how to use it. he tried to show me how to use it, and i just took it from him, cut the block of wood, and told him "i've got it."
We have an apprentice in our workshop for a year. Lasers, any kind of work with granite, printing, we do a lot of things. Whenever his teacher comes to see his progress, my coworker (who began working in this place 3 years before me but haven't touched anything else than a computer these past 4 years) suddenly wants to explain to me how the machine I manage work. When said teacher can hear us. Last time I just answered (with fake cheerfullness) "Oh, I know that! I've been doing it for the past 6 years, I can manage it! But what you just told isn't entirely true, you know, since we changed the machine 3 years ago?" Bonus round : he tried to tell me that I'm totally wrong, only for my boss (15+ yo of experience) to overhear us and say I'm right. No more mansplaning happened after that
I chimed in on an argument about why police had attended with two ambulances to a supermarket in a local online group. I pointed out that if someone is in cardiac arrest in a public area then the ambulance service always informs police to help with crowd control. A guy on the group decided I was wrong because police didn't turn up when he was involved in a trauma incident as a first aider. I asked if it was cardiac arrest. He said no but he knows someone who works for the ambulance service. I pointed out that I work in the 999 control room and once of my roles is to contact police and ask them to attend any public cardiac arrests. He told me I was wrong and they wouldn't send two ambulances for a cardiac arrest too. I told them it's policy to send two ambulances, one crew to swap out whilst doing cpr whilst the other crew gives medication, gets the defib set up etc. He told me again I was wrong as he'd never had that happen to him even though he'd never attended a cardiac arrest
All you ladies have this all wrong. As a man, I can tell you that this is simply not the case. We men just want the information out there to be as accurate as possible, and the world doesn't need hormones and emotions all over our data. In fact, mansplaining......is....uh.....wait a minute....see its.....whew.....*throws smoke pellets on the floor, disappears from room*
I feel like some men's worlds are crumbling now that they're no longer considered smarter simply because they're men, and they have to actually do something with their lives to be considered an attractive company. Is that how incels became a thing?
No joke. I know a guy who ended up in therapy after becoming suicidal over women being able to do a man's job. He was a truck driver. He couldn't get over the fact that women are capable of driving a truck.
Load More Replies...I've been teaching English at a technical college for 16 years now and (if I may be so smug), I'm pretty darn good at it, especially when it comes to the connection with the young people I teach (I just adore my guys, they are the best people ever). I got in a discussion with some guy who claimed he knew better than I how to approach the students, how to talk to them, how to discipline them etc. I could not convince him that, possibly, just perhaps, my dealing with this particular group of young adults gave me a good idea how to handle them. His point? He'd been a young man, I had not. End of discussion. I still think I'm doing a fine job.
Women need an award just for existing alongside men like that and not going mental and killing us all.
But men get thanked and applauded for doing the bare minimum for “helping” women. The world is crazy.
Load More Replies...I was doing graphic design work on a website and had one of the clients start explaining to me how the colors didn't go well together. Dude was color blind. When I found that out, I thought "oh, okay, so he's just seeing it differently" and tried to politely explain the color theory behind the design. No dice. He doubled down on it and said he had read an article or two online so knew what colors went together far better than I did. So I said, "Okay, whatever you want is what we'll do" and they now have the ugliest website you've ever seen.
tbh I want to start a petition to get mods on BP. The amount of sexist comments I've seen on this article makes me think that we need at least 10 moderators on BP. I just can't believe the kind of stuff I'm seeing here. I don't know though, let me know what you think in the reply's.
It’s crazy people seem to actually believe (even trolls to an extent) the ridiculousness they spew! I agree.
Load More Replies...I was walking into a robotics team meeting, and it was the first day. i had been using power tools/saws for years, but was new to this team, as i explained to the supervisor. he brushed it off. on the second day, he told a boy who was a grade below me to explain how to use a miter saw, that he had learned how to use the day before. both the supervisor and the guy ignored me when i said multiple times that i already knew how to use it. he tried to show me how to use it, and i just took it from him, cut the block of wood, and told him "i've got it."
We have an apprentice in our workshop for a year. Lasers, any kind of work with granite, printing, we do a lot of things. Whenever his teacher comes to see his progress, my coworker (who began working in this place 3 years before me but haven't touched anything else than a computer these past 4 years) suddenly wants to explain to me how the machine I manage work. When said teacher can hear us. Last time I just answered (with fake cheerfullness) "Oh, I know that! I've been doing it for the past 6 years, I can manage it! But what you just told isn't entirely true, you know, since we changed the machine 3 years ago?" Bonus round : he tried to tell me that I'm totally wrong, only for my boss (15+ yo of experience) to overhear us and say I'm right. No more mansplaning happened after that
I chimed in on an argument about why police had attended with two ambulances to a supermarket in a local online group. I pointed out that if someone is in cardiac arrest in a public area then the ambulance service always informs police to help with crowd control. A guy on the group decided I was wrong because police didn't turn up when he was involved in a trauma incident as a first aider. I asked if it was cardiac arrest. He said no but he knows someone who works for the ambulance service. I pointed out that I work in the 999 control room and once of my roles is to contact police and ask them to attend any public cardiac arrests. He told me I was wrong and they wouldn't send two ambulances for a cardiac arrest too. I told them it's policy to send two ambulances, one crew to swap out whilst doing cpr whilst the other crew gives medication, gets the defib set up etc. He told me again I was wrong as he'd never had that happen to him even though he'd never attended a cardiac arrest
