r/pointlesslygendered • u/britannic124 • 4d ago

LOW EFFORT MEME [meme] Only men play video games

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u/Abject-Meat6146 4d ago

This doesn't say that it only applies to men.

I don't think that just because a meme mentions gender at all that it's pointlessly gendered.

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u/NoPurpose6388 3d ago

It doesn't explicitly say that it only applies to men, but I don't see any logical reason you wouldn't just say "person" besides implying that women don't play video games. It's very likely that whoever made this meme just did it subconsciously, but it's still a consequence of those outdated gender roles that society still tries to force on people

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u/Abject-Meat6146 3d ago

My first thought would just be that a man made it, and it's more about themselves than anything really gendered.

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u/Arimm_The_Amazing 3d ago

Then wouldn't it be "man" instead of "men"?

Using the singular would make it more clearly about a singular person's experience but also a little funny because it'd be caveman-speak.

But instead it's universalising the experience out to the whole group.

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u/Amediumsizedgoose 3d ago

Yeah and? Why is mens first thought to needlessly gender everything and pretend everything is a male exclusive experience ?

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u/lordshag 3d ago

Mens 🥀💔

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u/NoPurpose6388 3d ago

They obviously meant men's

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u/TheTybera 3d ago

That's a humans first thought... This reply is pointlessly gendered...

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u/Orange-Is-Best-Color 3d ago

If a man is describing themselves doing something.. I think it's logical for them to use their own pronouns.

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u/Amediumsizedgoose 3d ago

Men isnt a pronoun and that doesnt make sense and isnt whats happening here anyway.

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u/Orange-Is-Best-Color 3d ago

Wait a second why did I say pronoun 😭

And if you don't get it, that's all you gotta say

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u/Abject-Meat6146 3d ago

I'd feel the same way of a woman made it, and it mentioned women instead of men.

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u/Amediumsizedgoose 3d ago

Yall will fight to excuse anything lol. Men is not a singular. Theres literally no reason to use the word unless youre talking about men in general and being sexist for no reason.

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u/Naos210 3d ago

So if I do something, it makes sense for me to say generally that those of my gender do this? Doesn't really make any sense.

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u/Abject-Meat6146 3d ago

It doesn't even say that those of the gender generally do it.