▲ 180 ▼ "Guys that like to fuck women but don't like women are terrifying, super super spooky" (sh.itjust.works) submitted 5 days ago by velma@sh.itjust.works to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments From Summer House’s Ciara Miller
[–] Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 days ago (2 children) Ive not heard of that analogy before but i like it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] velma@sh.itjust.works [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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 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) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 days ago TIL about another horror permalink fedilink source parent [–] velma@sh.itjust.works [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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 child) The skittles version, specifically, came from one of the trumps a while back and referred to immigrants. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] velma@sh.itjust.works [S] 9 points 5 days ago Ohhhhh. Ew. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] velma@sh.itjust.works [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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 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) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 days ago TIL about another horror permalink fedilink source parent [–] velma@sh.itjust.works [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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 child) The skittles version, specifically, came from one of the trumps a while back and referred to immigrants. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] velma@sh.itjust.works [S] 9 points 5 days ago Ohhhhh. Ew. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 days ago TIL about another horror permalink fedilink source parent
[–] velma@sh.itjust.works [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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 child) The skittles version, specifically, came from one of the trumps a while back and referred to immigrants. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] velma@sh.itjust.works [S] 9 points 5 days ago Ohhhhh. Ew. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 child) The skittles version, specifically, came from one of the trumps a while back and referred to immigrants. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] velma@sh.itjust.works [S] 9 points 5 days ago Ohhhhh. Ew. permalink fedilink source parent