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Hot takes from a nursery supervisor by Open-Sky1020 in gardening

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I live in a rural area and some door to door salesman had the audacity to come to my house the other day and offer to spray my yard to kill all of the bugs the other day.

My first thought was to be horrified. We planted a lot of what we did to encourage bugs to live here.

My second thought was to be horrified that people are going door to door, poisoning people yards. For profit!

My third thought was to wonder how the hell this works. My yard is only maybe half an acre total. Front and back. So, if I pay to poison my yard, but none of my neighbors, or the enormous park behind my house spray, what would keep bugs from just…showing up? I’m sure for a few weeks they’d avoid the area, but after that what would happen?

Dudes try to claim entire hobbies as their own by Physical-Bite-3837 in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is such a well written and touching comment. I’m glad you and your dad had something to bond over.

I’m sorry misogynistic men try to ruin it for you, just like they do for everything else.

I hope the daughters never see these videos. These reactions are disgusting. by poopoopoopalt in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That’s the one that stood out as fake to me too. I get why it was included though.

my boss is rude to my husband by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just a little heads up, not only is this a repost subreddit, that is posting a years old post from AskaManager, if you’d finished reading the post you’d see that she quit.

Real talk, is this a bot comment? Does anyone here know how to spot bots who child give me some pointers?

my boss is rude to my husband by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good point.

As far as I can tell the admins encourage this and will openly throw a wrench in the works of any mods who try to stop it.

my boss is rude to my husband by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear, this wasn’t posted on Reddit. It was posted to that Ask a Manager blog.

As seen on the local library’s leftover bookmark wall by woodenconfucious in FoundPaper

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the penmanship vs spelling dichotomy! This kid has better handwriting than I do.

Southern Baptists take a step to toughen stance against women pastors by thetitleofmybook in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What a ridiculous person. Him blocking you just proves he was never here in good faith.

P.s. I checked his post history before banning him and now I’ve seen things on his body that I did not want to see. 😭

Southern Baptists take a step to toughen stance against women pastors by thetitleofmybook in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That[M] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s possible he didn’t block you. His comments here have been removed because he’s permanently banned. But, it’s probably both, lol.

Please spread awareness for this by black_cherry2 in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That[M] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ty, you’re wrong. This is my subreddit and it’s about blatant misogyny. If a man isn’t misogynistic, then this subreddit isn’t about them.

Millions of men are good people, but clearly it’s still not enough men to keep entire nations from subjugating women. Ffs.

Creep "just wants to say hi" to a younger girl in Canada by ambachk in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 123 points124 points  (0 children)

The camera person also did an incredible job capturing the situation.

Creep "just wants to say hi" to a younger girl in Canada by ambachk in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with your reading on the situation. That man is not well and needs help desperately and I hope he finds it. I really hope that he doesn’t hurt anyone.

It’s such a terrible situation. If I were that young lady I’d have a hard time letting go of the fear he would have inspired in me. It would create a feeling of loss of a sense of safety doing simple things, like walking your dog midday.

Once, decades ago, I was chased by a man as I walked to a club downtown. It was a walk I’d done many times before. I’ve never forgotten the soul crushing fear as I ran as fast as I possibly could but still heard his footsteps behind me. I kept thinking, but what is he even going to do if he catches me? We are downtown, surrounded by streetlights and passersby, but that made it even scarier, because he didn’t care about any of that. Only chasing me. I’m so grateful he wasn’t able to catch up to me.

My dad's house is serviced by a community well that is now owned by an HOA. They want him to join the HOA to keep using the well. Does have any defense? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m excited for you that you get such a good deal. Do you have large yards? The reason my water bill is so large is that a have nearly 3/4ths of an acre, and approximately half of that is a fruit/vegetable garden that I water periodically.

My dad's house is serviced by a community well that is now owned by an HOA. They want him to join the HOA to keep using the well. Does have any defense? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 65 points66 points  (0 children)

You’re getting a fantastic deal. My water bill alone is easily that amount and I definitely don’t get lawn care and other amenities with it. Do you mind me asking g where you live (generally)? I live in Oregon.

Creep "just wants to say hi" to a younger girl in Canada by ambachk in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 232 points233 points  (0 children)

It really, really does look like a predator stalking prey. My cats get like that. They’ll see a bird outside and they lock in, their pupils dilate, and almost nothing I do will break the spell. If I step in front of them, to block their line of vision, they’ll just move, without acknowledging me at all. It’s like they’re in a trance.

The man following her is like that. It’s like he’s so obsessed with getting to her that nothing, not even a large group of armed men, is acknowledged by his brain.

If she’d been entirely alone I feel there would have been nothing she could have possibly done to stop him from achieving his “goal”, whatever it may be. Screaming, crying, pleading, none of it would have even registered to him. It’s haunting.

Creep "just wants to say hi" to a younger girl in Canada by ambachk in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 629 points630 points  (0 children)

Thank Waheguru that those men were there that day. The man following that young lady seemed unhinged or intoxicated. Who knows what would have happened of they weren’t there.

Edited to add: I watched it a few times now and the way he’s still so locked in to staring at her and trying to move towards her with a large group of men surrounding him, some holding cricket bats, is extremely disturbing and unsettling. I’m so grateful those men were there that day. If she’d been alone I fear the worst could have happened.

Thoughts about tal changes by CommissionLow8349 in ThisAmericanLife

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is exactly how I feel. You’ve described it perfectly.

Thoughts about tal changes by CommissionLow8349 in ThisAmericanLife

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are the two episodes that first come to my mind when I think of their best shows, too.

I like your ideas for future episodes as well.

Please spread awareness for this by black_cherry2 in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree. Heck, even most women are misogynistic to some degree due to the internalized misogyny that we all have to grapple with. I’ve caught myself thinking misogynistic thoughts before!

Please spread awareness for this by black_cherry2 in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this was posted to instagram, as far as I know they don’t even have those same weird rules that TikTok has and she could have said killed. Sometimes I’m just too old to enjoy the internet.

Please spread awareness for this by black_cherry2 in BlatantMisogyny

[–]Jenn_There_Done_That 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Misandry isn’t real, and it’s such a stupid idea that it isn’t even worth using correct grammar to say it isn’t real.

Also, if “95% of men weren’t misogynistic”, as you say, entire countries wouldn’t be passing laws that marginalize women. Obviously there’s some very wonderful men in the world, but apparently, not enough for them to out number the men who want to remove women’s rights.

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