From Summer House’s Ciara Miller

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[–] 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Ive not heard of that analogy before but i like it

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 5 days ago

    Ah I found the original quote - I misremembered it as skittles, but same message:

    “Imagine a bowl of M&Ms. 10% of them are poisoned. Go ahead. Eat a handful. Not all M&Ms are poison. #YesAllWomen.”

    The premise being, of course, that while good men do exist in the world, women have spent a lifetime preparing to meet one who is not.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    The original analogy is a box of chocolates, where some are poison. In the original German, it's actually even more cool because the German word for poison is "gift"!

    (Also it was originally published in 1930s Germany, and the 'poison chocolate' referred to Jews)

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 5 days ago* (1 child)

    TIL! Thanks :)

    I first saw it during the Me Too movement, so good to know it's been around even longer.

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