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[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago

Ya'll realize this is just saying a woman doesn't need a man? Like, a man also doesn't need a woman, or a fish a bicycle. Doesn't mean men as a whole aren't important or don't do important things that society needs. It's just that a woman isn't lacking if she's without one (visa versa for the fellas).

[-] kshade@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Healthy relationships are generally good for everyone involved though, meanwhile fish can't use bicycles. Not a great analogy, just a funny put-down to stop the pestering.

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'm disappointed in your lack of faith in fish.

[-] wombledomble@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago

Women talk shit until they need something off the top shelf.

[-] mEEGal@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

or to open a jar of pickles

[-] Tyoda@lemm.ee 18 points 2 weeks ago

or a transmutation spell reversed

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

All you need to do is hit the edge of the lid with a blunt object and it opens fine.

Do you know who taught me that? A woman.

[-] mEEGal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I personally use a beer opener or a spoon to lift the lid slightly and then open it easily,

and I'm not a woman

smarter > harder

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Jokes on you, I'm 6ft. I am the guardian of the top shelf. 🧌

[-] HappyFrog 5 points 2 weeks ago

Are you joking, or are you seriously this sexist?

[-] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Or a house built. Electricity. Sewage. Roads. All those guys are invisible I guess.

[-] SharkWeek 14 points 2 weeks ago

As a woman who used to do cash in hand construction work, I can confidently say more women would do those things if they didn't have to put up with a hostile work environment

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

No, no. Women just don't like those scary jobs. It has nothing to do with women being bared from professions for decades and that once they finally got there they had to deal with sexist bullshit to be taken seriously. It's just that men are so good with their hands!

[-] itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Also is this dude implying he knows how to design/build/maintain all those things himself? Cause lol. I design power systems, you don't want me building roads

[-] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ah the classic, it's ok to make broad generalizations about men or women, but if someone does it back now you get to nit pick whether or not all men know all things. But it's ok to call men useless or unnecessary? Or what is your interpretation of the original t shirt if not something disparaging or negative towards men in general?

[-] itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Dude reread the shirt. It doesn't make any broad generalizations. A woman. A man. A fish. A bicycle. It doesn't say all women can live without all men. You're projecting.

What's wrong with a single woman living life without a male partner? Nothing. That's what the shirt is saying. Your response is exactly why people feel it needs to be said.

[-] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ah interesting. You're arguing there is only one way to interpret art. I disagree. How about a bicycle is a completely unnecessary burden for a fish and cannot under any circumstances benefit a fish?

Secondly, I doubt most would agree with that interpretation of sayings in general.

You know that old "Give a man a fish...Teach a man to fish..." saying. You think that's applying only to one particular man? That's nonsense.

[-] SharkWeek 1 points 2 weeks ago

That occurred to me after I posted yesterday. Manual construction work requires skills which are becoming more rare amongst the general population - odds are that most people posting to Lemmy spent their time learning the blade rather than how to mix concrete

[-] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is hilarious to me that you think women are looking for that kind of work and are being kept down. But anything to make men or whatever group of the day the enemy. I assume you filed charges for this hostile work environment?

Is it even relevant? Whatever the reason you want to use, the fact is those are male dominated professions. Those things got built, and they are being used. You can hypothetical all you want and argue what ifs, but at the end of the day it's still giving zero credit, thought, or appreciation for having these things in your life.

It's easy to just dehumanize 50% of the population. Like what are you even arguing, that men actually are useless?

[-] SharkWeek 3 points 2 weeks ago

That's not what I think at all .. men get pushed out of caring roles all the time too, and that's equally unfair since they're entirely capable if being compassionate and gentle.

Both construction and care are low paid manual jobs that deserve respect and a living wage, and people should be free to do those roles if they have an aptitude for it.

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Ok but a fish with a bicycle is super cool, so the analogy kinda falls apart there

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

There was a girl in my high school that wore this shirt. I only recently made the connection.

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

At the Guinness brewery, they had a human-sized animatronics fish riding a bicycle, I bought a poster with a cartoon of it when I went. It must be a more common saying in Ireland, it was also in a U2 song.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

FWIW this is a pretty old expression, apparently first recorded in print in 1975. Somehow, society has managed to survive its existence for all this time.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

What's wrong with bicycles?

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

What kind of woke shit is this? Everything is woke, everything is diverse. /s

[-] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wonder if we could get a reprint "The world without the USA is like a fish without a bicycle". Only Trump & Republicans don't seem to understand that.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

I do agree with the message yet I find myself confused over the wording.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

“If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike”

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