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Let me answer your question with a question: what do you think is the intended joke/humor of this comic?

Yes! Correct! This does in fact pass the Bechdel test, while still being deeply misogynistic. Thank you for explaining my joke.

When the cartoonist tries to pass the Bechdel test without ever speaking to a woman in his life

I'm hoping that "assist" here is a polite way of saying "keeping an eye on". Maybe they'll think twice about pulling shit with non police union folks around who could testify against them later.

Hey buddy, I just want to say- normal people do feel. Big feelings are very normal! It's okay to let yourself be a romantic, and it's okay to get heartbroken sometimes too. And it's also okay to say you need a break from dating if it's stressing you out to much. The important thing is making sure you feel emotionally supported through any of these decisions.

You mentioned you're far from family. Do you have local friends that you are close with (nonromantically) who you can talk about this kind of stuff with? Men too often are left emotionally isolated in society, and it's important that you have that kind of support outside of romantic relationships too.

If you're feeling ungrounded and uncertain where things are going with this woman even when you're very excited to spend time with her, it can feel like a lot of pressure to do things "right" or not "mess it up". That can be really hard on your self esteem when you put that kind of responsibility solely on your shoulders! Relationships are team efforts. I'd maybe try to reframe your situation from "I met this woman and she might be the one but she's got a long distance bf and what if she chooses him over me??" to something more like "I really enjoy this woman's company, and while she's figuring out what her long term plan is, I'm happy to spend time with her. If her long term plans don't align with mine by [date], we can talk about what next steps that means for us, including breaking up."

Whatever comes next for you, best of luck friend. You deserve people in your corner who support you enthusiastically.

So Duolingo is lying to me when it makes me say Duo est une chouette? He's got the little ear thingies, he should be un hibou, non?

So is the critique for Southern Company for writing some marketing material, or for The Atlantic for running an ad about it?

I'm really not one to defend companies, but this is a bit of a weird take, and it makes the author sound really unfamiliar with this business sector. White papers are very common and not peer reviewed, basically they're a glorified memo with statistics. Don't rely on white papers for any information besides what that company is saying about itself and its experience.

Oh, I'm not really interested in arguing the minutia of implementation here, just presenting an alternative approach. You can find out more in this video from Mia Mulder if you'd like!

Gender segregated sports are not the answer long term. Women's teams are already treated like second class citizens even in sports where there is little biological advantage between the bimodal sex expressions of male and female.

The best solution I have seen is treating sports like weight classes in boxing, based on whatever advantage criteria there is for that sport. This may still act as a gender segregator in practice, but it allows anyone to compete at the level they are able without questioning their gender identity or sex characteristics.

If anyone is looking for a way to continue to support creators directly without subscribing to a million patreons, I really like my Nebula subscription, it's quality content for around $30 annually. I'm tempted to get the flat rate lifetime subscription because they are doing it so much better than YouTube at the moment.

Is there a reason you have characterized this incident as a gender issue?

Was the poor work the work of the nurse who heard you and chewed you out? Do you often criticize the work of your coworkers in a nonproductive manner, expletives or no?

Did you say anything else before saying "fuck" to your coworker, or before she chewed you out? Do you think you were on good terms with her before this incident?

Are you listening to the specifics of your coworkers' complaints? What are they asking you to do differently?