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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Nice notion, but won't work.
Those people will happily list every women they know, however distant.
Many men don't even have a concept for this kind of "trust".

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 13 points 2 days ago (9 children)

People who wear band shirts, does this actually happen?

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had a person in the grocery store run up to me and recite the first half of a verse to me hoping I'd respond. I said something like "what?" as they pointed to my shirt and repeated themself. I then appropriately finished the verse and smiled.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You and I are very different people. I don't care if I had the bands entire discography memorized, there is no way I'm rewarding that behavior.

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[–] U@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Beethoven shirt. "Name five songs", "sure, allegro, allegro vivace, scherzo, adagio, andante cantabile."

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th symphonies.

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Beethoven only wrote 5 symphonies, the 3rd, the 5th, the 6th, the 7th and the 9th.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Suddenly realizing how many women I knew have come out as non-binary "Uhhh, uhhh... Well my wife? Wait, no, um, my friend? No, they're not- uh,"

[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 40 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Is that comeback considered "good"? Why? It doesn't even make any sense.

[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 29 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Him asking her to name 5 songs is nasty, it shows he's a bully whose looking to embarrass her. That indicates women are less likely to trust him

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[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because the kind of guy that asks random people to prove their fandom probably does not have many close friends.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even more so the point is that they’re a creep.

Men policing women’s clothing is creepy, or talking down to other people as gatekeepers … also creepy.

The response is pointing out they’re a creep.

I hope my fellow men can understand.

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[–] Michal@programming.dev 23 points 3 days ago

Because it's an asshole thing to say. Any comeback will be good.

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[–] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I live in fear of this type of person, especially as someone who listens to metal which tends to be male-dominated. I'm an album person and I'm not always checking the table of contents when I listen. There are bands I've been a fan of for over a decade that I don't have five songs memorized for. I love these bands and I don't think I'm fake for liking them or wearing a shirt.

[–] Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My brain just doesn't respond well to those type of questions anyway. Most brains don't, which is why those 'gotcha' street interview videos are so common. Most of those people aren't idiots, they're just panicking.

"Name 5 nations" "..uhhhhh, Antarctica, Canada, Texas, London, Taiwan"

"Oof, two out of five, no money for you, just public shame."

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Good as a general snarky comeback, but tbh doesn't seem appropriate unless the guy is wearing a shirt that says women trust him.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've listened to Vital Remains' Let Us Pray once every couple weeks for the past 15 years and can't name one song off of the album. I can play the guitar parts along to it, half the time I can't even remember the name of the band. This is not vital info to my brain.

I would suggest telling them to go fuck themselves and moving on.

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