I’m not in the least bit upset. I just didn’t know a whimsical thought would end up under such scrutiny- and then used as an example to serve to anyone else foolish enough to believe it.

You got me there, guy! Under the right teacher, most mistakes are only made only once. 😀

I’ll tell you what. I’ll go ahead and remove the post.

But with respect to your diligent policing of its glaring historical inaccuracies and your astute correction of the historical timelines of fireworks, I’ll go ahead and leave it up for a little while so everyone can see the fantastic job you’re doing in keeping this little section of lemmy historically accurate.

Do be sure to correct the rest of the posts here and let them know you’re the new badge in town.

Finally, I have nothing to offer in appeasement aside from my most sincerest of apologies. I was not thinking ahead of time when I assumed that a whimsical shower thought was worth sharing with people.

EDIT: updated the original post to commemorate your hard work. Again, I’ll delete it after a short time to ensure everyone can see your efforts weren’t wasted.

It was an amusing thought. Not a college thesis.

It was an amusing thought. Not a college thesis.

True!

Then the gun would have been invented in 200 BC. 🤣

Those people purposefully bait confrontation. They go to where they know they are of the unpopular opinion, and loudly and obnoxiously escalate their bigotry until there’s confrontation.

Test this by calmly approaching them and asking what they feel they will accomplish with this- and see how quickly one of the “onlookers” whips out a recording device.

Anytime! And again, best of luck to ya.

That’s fair and I understand to a degree. But if we replace “men” with “people” I’d totally agree. But that’s a massive undertaking to unpack.

Still, I honestly wish you the best!

It might help to lean that some ≠ all. I mean, let be honest; there are hundreds of millions of men, both gay and straight- that are in healthy monogamous relationships across the globe. And while our anecdotal experience may sometimes be a valid cause, it’s not invitation to suspend belief that there may be exceptions to our personal experience.

Just, try your best to give him time and be patient, he’s making his way to you. I promise.

Is it the outcome you’d expect, or the outcome you’d enact, if you were to find yourself on the receiving end of a much needed correction?

Because it never happened. As good as it would be that it did- these types of memes are just for the feel-goods.