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Yes, that is definitely a saying. Not sure that it's appropriate here. If you think the plight of women in America is even remotely akin to the plight of women

Yes, that is definitely a saying. Not sure that it's appropriate here. If you think the plight of women in America is even remotely akin to the plight of women in SA, then I don't know what to say. There probably can't be a productive conversation if two people have such radically different understandings of reality.

DoreenMichele 6y ago
And, of course, naturally, your take trumps mine enough to make you comfortable simply dismissing mine out of hand. Upvotes for you and downvotes for me equals more social proof that obviously I'm a loon. Let's not let facts get in the way here.
- oh_sigh 6y ago
  Do you want me to just defer to random internet person's viewpoints instead of my own experience. Is that how you live your life? The facts of the matter are that empirically women in SA are not even on the same plane of existence as women in the US, regardless of the fact that true gender equality doesn't exactly exist in the US. Evidence of such is in the article for this HN post, which is "women are allowed to play video games now"
  - DoreenMichele 6y ago
    Do you want me to just defer to random internet person's viewpoints instead of my own experience. Is that how you live your life? No, I want you to follow the guidelines for HN of being respectful. Or do you think that somehow doesn't apply to me for some reason?
    - oh_sigh 6y ago
      I think you said something silly and I said as such. I don't think it's disrespectful to give my honest opinion on a statement, or to call something I see as silly silly. I never said you were a bad person for thinking these things, just that your statements do not mesh at all with my understanding of reality or, frankly, the widely understood differences between US and Saudi life. Just a small note, but HN guidelines also say to not complain about downvotes.

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Yes, that is definitely a saying. Not sure that it's appropriate here. If you think the plight of women in America is even remotely akin to the plight of women

by oh_sigh 6y ago

DoreenMichele 6y ago
And, of course, naturally, your take trumps mine enough to make you comfortable simply dismissing mine out of hand. Upvotes for you and downvotes for me equals more social proof that obviously I'm a loon. Let's not let facts get in the way here.
- oh_sigh 6y ago
  Do you want me to just defer to random internet person's viewpoints instead of my own experience. Is that how you live your life? The facts of the matter are that empirically women in SA are not even on the same plane of existence as women in the US, regardless of the fact that true gender equality doesn't exactly exist in the US. Evidence of such is in the article for this HN post, which is "women are allowed to play video games now"
  - DoreenMichele 6y ago
    Do you want me to just defer to random internet person's viewpoints instead of my own experience. Is that how you live your life? No, I want you to follow the guidelines for HN of being respectful. Or do you think that somehow doesn't apply to me for some reason?
    - oh_sigh 6y ago
      I think you said something silly and I said as such. I don't think it's disrespectful to give my honest opinion on a statement, or to call something I see as silly silly. I never said you were a bad person for thinking these things, just that your statements do not mesh at all with my understanding of reality or, frankly, the widely understood differences between US and Saudi life. Just a small note, but HN guidelines also say to not complain about downvotes.