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MSc Mansplaining (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's funny, because the joke is illogical. If he is a teacher in a University, and it looks like it, that it is his job to mansplain.

So close. You seem to have Sheldon levels of understanding sarcasm.

It's just a simple joke about the term being misapplied to an everyday setting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i am autistic, i mean, for real. so I often trip over jokes, its far less than in childhood, but still...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Haha, I get it, it's totally fine!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

thanks, i appreciate it.