Brilliant

Maisiebr · 2020-10-23T14:46:30+00:00

And they say women have no humour😀

dollymyfolly · 2020-10-23T15:19:07+00:00

“My dear”, gag. I hate how it’s being used as a micro aggression.

Easymodelife · 2020-10-23T21:27:11+00:00

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nightsky112 · 2020-10-23T20:24:20+00:00

I will never forget the time during first days of college when this guy in my music class tried to mansplain to me how to play the guitar telling me how chords work and where to place my fingers etc. mind you this guys a drummer. I asked him how long he'd been playing guitar and to my shock he just casually goes "oh only a couple of years, you?" I proceed to tell him that Ive been playing since I was 5 and that im also classically trained. The way he quickly opted to go to the bathroom after that was hilarious, never approached me again after that day.

seraphinelysion · 2020-10-23T14:27:42+00:00

Went completely over the head of that mansplainer. 🙄😆🤣

Lorinthia · 2020-10-23T14:27:03+00:00

I don’t get the joke!

(/s, Obviously)

kiksuya_ · 2020-10-23T14:57:00+00:00

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2020-10-23T22:34:29+00:00

I like to mansplain to men at work. It's hilarious how worked up some of them get.

DaisyDooDrops · 2020-10-23T17:52:44+00:00

Unfortunately, I did this all throughout high school and was treated and labeled as an “air head” by the people around me, and it was pretty much impossible for people to take me seriously. We can never win I suppose.

fuckwithawitch · 2020-10-23T21:57:49+00:00

What saddens me is that a lot of male “jokes” are at the expense of women

Datonecatladyukno · 2020-10-23T16:12:21+00:00

You’ve become a statistic GREG

Averyhvw · 2020-10-23T15:40:30+00:00

Lmao Greg is so dumb 🤣

4everdoe · 2020-10-23T16:23:50+00:00

Mansplaining is so important to them. They actually think we need help understanding these things.

Aina98 · 2020-10-23T16:49:31+00:00

I'm finishing my undergraduate in Psychology. I've been to multiple psychologists and psychiatrists. My dad's a doctor. One day this guy I was talking to goes, "So my friend was prescribed some pills. But only psychiatrists can do that. I don't know if you know the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists". I laughed and said "of course I do, I'm finishing my psych degree and I go to the psychiatrist" and he was like "oh". (Context: I'd told him this before, I guess he forgot amidst the mansplaining.) Internally I was like, oh no, please go on, explain to me the differences in the profession given you have a background in BEING IN THE MILITARY. Lord Jesus have mercy on us all.

thinktwiceorelse · 2020-10-23T16:39:40+00:00

I once trolled my ex bf that I thought a hand blender was a curling iron when we were shopping. Of course he started explaining lmao.

Luecleste · 2020-10-23T16:30:13+00:00

One time I was in town, grabbing something, was with a gay male friend.

You know those annoying sales people, who harass you to sell you stuff? There was this one, he was really pushy and annoying. So I decided to bite.

Turns out, he was trying to sell a credit debit card. This was before these were really widespread, so I pretended not to understand. How can it be a credit card, if you use your own money? A credit card is loan money you pay back. If there’s no credit, isn’t it just a debit card?

This went around in circles a few times, the guy was getting really frustrated, and eventually, my friend grabbed my arm, and pulled me away. “I’ll explain it to her!”

We get around the corner, and he just says “God damn. That was hilarious! Darling don’t ever change”.

See, I’m often oblivious to body language, tone of voice, etc., except when I’m not. I’m possibly autistic.

Turns out the guy looked like he was about to scream or hit me. My friend nearly collapsed from trying not to laugh. He had to get me away from the guy before one of those happened.

So yes, can confirm. And it’s hilarious.

Also, selling guy explained it really badly. But he stopped being pushy.

themintmitten · 2020-10-23T18:15:29+00:00

One time my ex tried to mansplain to me how teaching was easy. “You just give them the information and thats it”

I almost smacked him and I snapped at him so hard he never dared to say something like that to me again.

electroloop · 2020-10-23T16:52:40+00:00

I absolutely do this, I think it’s part of the “dumb fox” strategy. I’ve pretended not to know how to do things to get out of doing them for demanding LVM ex’s.

Most notable favourites:

1) pretended I didn’t know how to cut an onion so he would stop asking me to help him with his terrible cooking. 2) pretended I didn’t know how to do something with my phone to see how far he would snoop in it

He legitimately thought I was stupid and it was quite hilarious to see how infuriated he would get. I was testing him to see if he was empathetic and patient, two qualities he severely lacked.

vietnamese-bitch · 2020-10-24T00:18:21+00:00

64 seen comments but a total of 107 lol. Stay mad, scrotes! 🤣

2020-10-24T02:28:49+00:00

At work I use men who think women are stupid to my advantage. Sorry sir I'm too dumb to move this heavy object over there can you please do it for me? It works, sadly, every single time. But hey, if they're going to think I'm dumb anyway I might as well have them do the heavy lifting. They even get to feel manly or whatever I guess.

ceilingkatwatchesus · 2020-10-24T03:00:39+00:00

I always unconsciously go into scarastic asshole mode. I start being over the top by saying, "Wow, gee golly tell me more sensei." And "omg, how do you know all of these things, oh great one." Of course, they get it and get annoyed which is the whole point. I basically mirror them and they get mad about it and it's just hilarious for me. They immediately stop that shit once they see my eyes get all starry eyed big. Aaahahahahahahah

2020-10-23T14:52:39+00:00

Lol I love doing this

AotearoaCanuck · 2020-10-23T23:01:36+00:00

Omg I did this one time to a creep on tinder who was hinting that he liked wearing diapers. It was so much fun to mess with him.

vietnamese-bitch · 2020-10-23T16:26:17+00:00

Males never fail to prove how stupid they are 😌

_mooness · 2020-10-23T14:59:49+00:00

😂

DonDove · 2020-10-23T21:15:44+00:00

golfclaps

Zeniite · 2020-10-24T07:12:14+00:00

A guy I was dating was in a pool with me one day and I asked him what swim strokes he knew how to do and whether he had ever had formal swim lessons. He begins to answer with the chest stroke and then goes on to explain its education. I began boiling internally and snapped at him “I know. I was a lifeguard, remember? And I was in the Marine Corps” and he was like “oh...well I don’t know how much you learn about swimming in lifeguard training”. One time when I asked the guy to grab a butter knife for me, he was like “these aren’t butter knives”. Dude was apparently trying to figure out what the opposite of an aphrodisiac by getting technical and showing off his knowledge about cutlery at one of the stupidest times. If I want a butter knife, just grab the one that is closest to what you think I want - no need to try to turn it into a learning opportunity. Better yet, just don’t.

A couple of my male friends also are plagued by mansplaining at times. When I vent to one, he’ll start to talk about my problem as if he were in my shoes and I told him it comes off like he thinks he’s in the one-up position and like he’s trying to give unsolicited advice. He’s a good guy and said he really appreciate me being honest with him and explaining it since he genuinely didn’t get it.

Another friend of mine has been struggling a lot with dating and he happens to be in the same kind of graduate program as me, which is currently going through this rigorous application process. I have previously asked him direct questions like “how many sites are you applying to?” And instead of answering the question, he’ll go on to give me information that I’m pretty sure eeeeeeveryone in our program knows, like that we need to apply to 15/16 for the best chance to match and blah blah blah instead of just telling me the number he has. At times it comes off like he thinks he’s more responsible than me or thinks he is better informed, but I haven’t confronted him about it yet since he historically only texts and I prefer to do confrontations when someone can actually hear me. But I’m beginning to think that this could be part of why he struggles to date - men trying to show off their knowledge without solicitation is such a turn off.

yolosunshine · 2020-10-24T03:42:22+00:00

‘You’re rude as fuck’ is something I’ve used in every context except a work superior.

Works well.

2020-10-23T16:11:41+00:00

daisy_0720 · 2020-10-25T08:20:25+00:00

This is probably the best way to respond when a guy makes an inappropriate or sexist joke, especially in front of other people. Just say "I'm afraid I don't understand. Could you explain?' Then watch as he gets increasingly awkward trying to explain himself while revealing how gross and depraved the comment was.

engg_girl · 2020-10-24T04:18:02+00:00

It is also really great at avoiding situations where you can't out right say no. "Oh room service for dessert sounds great, I'll go to my room and order me some cake" "why would you want to come to my room, when you could order cake to your own room?"

MissVvvvv · 2020-10-24T05:17:33+00:00

I just had a mate over who started this shit with me. I finally had enough and just told him to leave. Promptly blocked him on all socials. We weren't particularly close so no big deal but I'm so over giving these smooth brains a pass. Adiõs bitch!

poison_snacc · 2020-10-24T03:28:11+00:00

THIS. 🙏🏻 the goddess speaks

Perrytheplatypus03 · 2020-10-23T17:25:43+00:00

Omg I love this! :'D <3

karmaapple3 · 2020-10-24T03:09:06+00:00

God, This has quickly become my most favorite sub on Reddit

LotsaQuarters · 2020-10-24T07:39:35+00:00

This always reminds me of the "sharks are smooth" thread. Funny as hell seeing how far people (mainly men if I remember correctly) are strung along

sekhmetwisdom · 2021-02-23T10:43:50+00:00

Kathleen Madigan ..make ya pee ya pants

Title	Brilliant
Author	azureangel35
Upvotes	8302
Comments	108
Date	October 23, 2020 2:14 PM UTC (3 years ago)
Subreddit	/r/FemaleDatingStrategy
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