• carmo55@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    This isn’t a gender thing, it’s a working-class thing. Let’s not get divided unnecessarily divided.

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      5 days ago

      I get what you are saying. But in this context this is kind of like a “dad joke.” Do we think being pedantic about the terminology is really reinforcing some kind of negative gender stereotype here? Or minimizing the working class?

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      4 days ago

      Yaaaay, my mom never ever throw a shirt, clothes are so expensive, she couldn’t afford a new one every time she does anything that could damage them.

      (Tbh, I do the same for the same reasons)

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      5 days ago

      This is the cycle even for me and I’m independently wealthy. Wealthy as a horse, if you will.

      (I have many leatherbound books.)