• Signtist@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I want to tell people this sometimes, but I figure they’ll just think I’m mansplaining mansplaining.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Not really. When a dude pulls the “sorry, I’m neurodivergent and can talk way too much about this” or “I’m sorry I struggle with getting my thoughts clear to other people so I can overexplain” I’m a lot more sympathetic. I really think it’s best to think of mansplaining as gendered preemptive assumption of lack of knowledge

    • Sam, The Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      The key is to never take a clear pause; semicolons only; make them worried if you’re alright with a torrent of Skink facts.

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          Did you know: there’s a mathematical formula that uses the length of a skinks toes and the length of its tail to determine how arboreal the species is?

          Also, skinks wanna be your friend!

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                  6 months ago

                  Regretfully I only have two skink facts. If you’d like, I can start making them up? Or replacing real facts with skinks?

                  Did you know the Ancient Egyptians worshiped skinks (crocodiles) for the way they protect their young? And the temple in Skinkodopolis, priests would bejewel these skinks, and mummify them along with pets and servants.

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            6 months ago

            Yay! Did you know there’s a genus of skinks that have green blood?

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          6 months ago

          Scientists have not conclusively determined which species of skink is the cutest. But it’s this one.