I'm old enough to remember when the Internet was new. I also remember logging in with a mostly female name and within minutes receiving nasty sexual comments and nasty put-down comments for daring to log into a male world. Telling a woman may not seem hostile and isn't high on the scale, but it is condescending, patriarchal, and assumes that a woman's feelings should be dictated by what a man wants. When you encounter it enough times in your life the hostility becomes really obvious.

yeah but sometimes laughing at the trolls is funny. some of us enjoy it...

Living is already so difficult occasionally you need breaks to laugh. I can totally see myself creating that bingo card for the sheer nonsense of it. #nonsenseisatypeofhumor #itsnotforeveryone #werealldifferentandthatsokay #dont@me

Exactly, there's no point to it...

Little incel bois are a bunch of crybaby whiners who are so scared of women that they'll attack anything we say, even if it is, as you say, something silly and trivial.

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Sure sexism is bad, i wont deny that. I also wont deny that sexism exists and there is no real way to completely eliminate it. Why do i believe this? because the only way the radical feminists and others like them seem to know how to 'attack the patriarchy' is by attacking men in general. These men in the comments for the most part arent attacking her directly, they are attacking her IDEA because its not a good idea. Politics and comics shouldnt be mixed, it almost never ends well for the book. they never said having a female villain in gotham was a bad idea, merely that the idea of this female joker that the OP had was a bad one. Now you can disagree and think the idea is fine, and thats fine. We can have a difference of opinion on the subject, and that is what these men had, a difference of opinion. Her problem is her inability to take criticism, and instead attack those criticising her idea.

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Mostly because 1) It's not a really good idea from the beginning, 2) It's already been done, just without the abundance of feministic "sexism is bad" being bashed into your head with it, and 3) her responses to some of the comments with stuff like "LOL Hurt Men's Feelings" (especially the ones that rightfully point out that a female Joker already exists) prove that she's not much better than the people she's making fun of, being a general troll and dismissing any legitimate criticism of her idea with bs strawman comments or switching to a different issue.

It's insane so many people apparently think it's fine and not rude at all to tell a complete stranger to smile.

It happens all the time..and you’re right. It’s creepy and hostile.

Yeap. In Canada too. "It'S nOT wEIRd, A WOmAn Is sO muCh bEauTiFul wHen sHE SmilEs"

Oh gawd yes! Instead you would think they would understand that if a woman is having a bad day, you would complement her somehow and that alone would make her smile! But no.. misogynistic men gotta make her feel worse!

Yes, all the time.

I was once told by my former employer, "You seem really smart, but you should smile more."

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Sigh... this happens to both genders. I have seen men cat call and also women cat call attractive men. I literally saw a woman pop out the side of a car's window and yell "LET ME GET YO' DIGITS!" to my male cousin. At the time I was going to elementary school he was driving me to school. The lady had no shame. But it's only "hostile" and "creepy" when it's someone unattractive doing it to you. Everyone's looking to get offended. You can easily ignore someone or just say "Thanks" and move on with your life. If they continue and follow you, then that's harassment once you've made your stance known that you are not interested. Then, you call the cops.

@Yael Of course! I do it quite frequently. My wife does it to me as well. I do it to her. Why on God's green earth do people automatically assume that they are victims of subtle attacks? I can imagine life must be pretty hard constantly thinking people are attacking you.

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Women tell men this, men tell women this, men tell other men this, women tell other women this... I dont see this as a sexist issue. I think people in general like to see other people happy and a smile is a good indicator of happiness.

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People tell people to smile. I sometimes have a resting b***h face, and women and men do this all the time. Usually I appreciate that and it really makes me smile.

The same way men shouldn't tell women to smile, women shouldn't do it to men. And before anyone ASSUMES it. Not EVERY guy wants EVERY women's attention, especially some complete stranger. At the end of the day women can be just as creepy as men and the same way men need to respect women's space and feelings women should do the same for men. And you all shouldn't be ganging up on him for understanding something that's clearly going right over you're heads. Because if you're sister or mother told you she was having a rough day then got told to smile by some completely random guy on her walk home you wouldn't be too happy about it.

So if a woman tells you to smile... then what? What if another dude does it to you? Then what?

:D

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So AlphaPuck, your car breaks down, your girl leaves, your wallet gets stolen. You're in a bar trying to tell this to a girl who offered you a drink. And she nods and says yeah sure baby. Aha. You know you should smile more taps your knee and turns around to talk to her friend. That would suck right?

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Night Shade the White Knight will protect you, ladies!

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You should chop your tiny nuts off then. Do the whole gender swap.

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Lol yeah because the post wasn´t sexist at all :D

Yeah, great, but what breed of dog? (am I doing this right?)

She would be a real b***h

It is also wicked f*****g annoying to be constantly told "you're mad" by people just because you disagree. They already have a female Joker and she didn't need to be a misandrist to be a good character. That's the point.

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