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Same thing I thought. Really “I suppose it saves on tyres” is a put-down? Maybe it's the author who doesn't have a sense of humour. OTOH he thinks women saying
by vdaea 3y ago
Same thing I thought. Really “I suppose it saves on tyres” is a put-down? Maybe it's the author who doesn't have a sense of humour.
OTOH he thinks women saying “You should dress up as Santa for the children” is praise and not a put-down.
- pc86 3y agoIt's a pretty safe guess that a woman saying anything to a man on a unicycle should be taken as a put-down unless there is an astounding level of evidence to the contrary.
- triceratops 3y agoOf course it's praise. Any woman saying this to a man clearly wants to have his children. /s (Seriously I think it really depends on the tone and context.)
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoThe amount of neckbearding in this thread is astonishing
- kmoser 3y agoThere's a reasonable chance "You should dress up as Santa for the children" is intended as a positive suggestion. There's very little chance "I suppose it saves on tyres" is anything but a snide remark, since nobody in their right mind really thinks unicyclists are trying to save on tires by not riding bikes. Any question which isn't asked with the intention of receiving a response can be considered snark, which while it may not directly be intended as a put-down, is still insulting because it is making light of the author who is not obviously partaking in unicycling to make people laugh.
- Boogie_Man 3y agoUnicycling is fedora-like because you're going out of your way to do something that's less efficient. You know it's going to provoke a reaction because it's unusual. It's different than something like a guy with no legs because he didn't chose to have no legs. If you just love unicycling keep your chin up fight the good fight believe in yourself, but don't imply you're "under attack" because people go "huh that's weird I have to say something let's try gentle humor". The people with pithy comebacks in this comment section are doing it correctly.
- kmoser 3y agoEfficiency has nothing to do with it. One doesn't get a free pass to make fun of, say, pedestrians just because they're less energy efficient than bicyclists. Nobody is suggesting that humorous comments are an "attack". The point of the article was to differentiate between the joking comments made by men and the more benign comments made by women. Making light of someone's activity is still belittling, even if not a direct insult. Even if not said directly, the implication is "you're doing something I find funny." > people go "huh that's weird I have to say something let's try gentle humor" That seems to be the crux of the matter: people who a) believe they need to say something at all, b) decide that it must be something "funny", and then c) actually say it out loud. Have those people ever stopped to consider that their opinion isn't wanted?
- Chris2048 3y ago