▲ 245 ▼ Women in the USSR were in space before American women could open a bank account (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by K1nsey6@lemmy.world [M] to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) women can run the 100 meter dash in under 10 seconds. Even though many women cannot actually do so, the statement is true. No, the implication of this statement is that all women can do this. It's not true. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca -2 points 3 months ago (1 child) That's not how English works... Game this out a bit for me, why in the meme, does this part refer to a very small subset of women: Women in the USSR were in space And this one has to refer to all women: before American women could open a bank account permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 months ago* why in the meme, does this part refer to a very small subset of women: Women in the USSR were in space Well, for me it's basic knowledge of space travel, and the seemingly obvious fact that the USSR didn't send all of their women into space? Context matters. That is how English works (for better or worse) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca -2 points 3 months ago (1 child) That's not how English works... Game this out a bit for me, why in the meme, does this part refer to a very small subset of women: Women in the USSR were in space And this one has to refer to all women: before American women could open a bank account permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 months ago* why in the meme, does this part refer to a very small subset of women: Women in the USSR were in space Well, for me it's basic knowledge of space travel, and the seemingly obvious fact that the USSR didn't send all of their women into space? Context matters. That is how English works (for better or worse) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 months ago* why in the meme, does this part refer to a very small subset of women: Women in the USSR were in space Well, for me it's basic knowledge of space travel, and the seemingly obvious fact that the USSR didn't send all of their women into space? Context matters. That is how English works (for better or worse) permalink fedilink source parent
