Wedding advertisement from the a newspaper personals section, according to the BBC article it was a “small prank” but it was too good not to share here! Did anyone else see this story?

PumpkinTalkari · 2021-07-06T10:08:48+00:00

The text reads, "MATCH for opinionated feminist. 30+ educated girl, short hair, piercings, works in social sector against capitalism. Wanted: handsome, well built, strictly 25-28 year old only son with established business, bungalow with at least 20 acre farm house. Should know cooking. No farters/burpers please. Write to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])"

According to the BBC article, 'The ad appeared in a dozen northern Indian cities and cost about 13,000 rupees ($175; £126) - "an amount we would have spent on presents and celebrations if there was no Covid lockdown."

The night before her birthday, Sakshi said, her brother gifted her a paper scroll. "When I unrolled it, it had the email address - [email protected] - and the password. I had no idea what I was supposed to do with that," she told me on the phone from her home. "In the morning, Srijan brought me a copy of the newspaper with the page opened to the matrimonial columns and we had a good laugh. It was a fun prank."

Sakshi said the ad "seemed to have hurt a lot of egos".

"You can't say such things out loud. Men ask for tall, slim beautiful brides all the time, they brag about their wealth, but when the tables are turned, they can't stomach it. How could a woman set such criteria?"

The ad, she added, "was a satirical statement on this narrative and I assume that the people getting triggered are the same as those who put out these kinds of 'slim, fair, beautiful bride wanted' type of ads in the first place".

And for those "triggered by obvious satire", she had a question: "Do you send such triggered emails to all the sexist, casteist 'bride wanted' adverts that appear in the papers everyday? If not, then you need to curb your patriarchy".

ShieldMaidenLagertha · 2021-07-06T11:29:28+00:00

It’s even funnier that men are getting triggered by what another man wrote. 🤷‍♀️

barbedwiredaisycrown · 2021-07-06T11:45:05+00:00

Just another day of men dishing out what they can't take, more at 6.

mamadgaf · 2021-07-06T12:35:00+00:00

I love this on so many levels.

vbych76 · 2021-07-06T18:34:21+00:00

No farters 😂😂😂😂😂😂 the bar is so low..

FDS-GFY · 2021-07-06T13:41:14+00:00

Wholesome!!

Cricket_1893 · 2021-07-07T03:24:19+00:00

I shared this in my instagram story and one pickmeisha called it contradictory and hypocritical, when I asked her to explain, she couldn't.

These days when a pickmeisha tries to defend some scrote or tries to shit on a woman, I just say ok and move on, they're obviously trying to get under my skin to rile me up but ignoring them and not giving into their provocation is so much more satisfying.

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