Fun fact about the Greeks thinking Prometheus’s name meant “forethought” - that’s actually a folk etymology. The pro is a much older use of the prefix that meant “away”, not “before”, and the root is actually meth-, “to steal”. Prometheus is “the one who steals away, the thief”, and seems to go back to a Proto-Indo-European thief/trickster myth.

Pro-meth- also has a perfect cognate in Sanskrit pra-math- “to steal”.

It’s just hilarious to me that the Greeks built an entire mythology around Prometheus being the foresighted one, to the extent that they even made up a brother for him meaning “afterthought”, all based on a folk etymology!

There isn’t “feminist dogma”

I think we’re done here.

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Lots of good comments here pointing out problems with feminism, but one that I think hasn’t been mentioned enough in this thread that’s also directly relevant to the OP is the harmful idea that “if you believe in gender equality, then you’re a feminist by definition”.

While the term “feminist” does signify a person who, at least ostensibly, is in favor of equal rights among genders, using that term also, necessarily, implies belief in the core dogma that is inseparable from the term itself (patriarchy theory, etc.). This creates a false dichotomy in which people feel that in order to support equal rights they must also buy into feminist dogma, and that’s not at all the case.

Luckily, though, feminism doesn’t have a monopoly on gender equality, and it’s important to let people know that fact, both because of how incredibly misleading “feminism just means gender equality” is and because there are more useful, more egalitarian frameworks through which to view the push for equality.

it just signifies you are in favor of equal rights among genders

It doesn’t “just signify that” though, as much as feminists act like it does. The term “feminist” does signify a person who, at least ostensibly, is in favor of equal rights among genders, but using that term also, necessarily, implies belief in the harmful dogma that is inseparable from the term itself (patriarchy theory, etc.). This creates a false dichotomy that makes people feel that in order to support equal rights they must also buy into feminist dogma, and that’s not at all the case.

Luckily, though, feminism doesn’t have a monopoly on gender equality, and it’s important to let people know that fact, both because of how incredibly misleading “feminism just means gender equality” is and because there are plenty of other more useful, more egalitarian frameworks through which to view the push for equality.

Newclams can’t triforce

Russia and China, on the other hand? Entirely straightforward and transparent in their reporting. No disinformation campaigns there, no sir.

Fig. 7a. Resulting topography of a prototypical sphere-torus transformation.

Fig. 7b. Process and resulting topography of an elongation sphere-torus transformation.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/15416/parting-shot-origin#15440

TLDR: it seems that they originated separately but underwent convergent evolution over time (“Parthian shot” originally contained a strong additional sense of “fighting dishonestly”). Modern OED scholars seem to think that the modern use of “parting shot” is at least influenced by “Parthian shot”.

“Fig. 1.2. Discovered portion of the skeleton of the previously unknown camelid ancestor”

Oh man, this comment just brought back a memory from decades ago of watching a Warthog-launching trick compliation video from the original Halo set to Song2. I haven’t thought about that video in probably fifteen years.

Edit: Here’s the video lol. Wow that was a blast from the past.

Thanks, good point. I’ve edited my comment.

I learned women actually don’t have the same access to higher education as men.

You’re right - women have significantly better access to higher education than men, and have demonstrably better education outcomes as a result.

For example, women are significantly more likely to receive scholarships and grants than men in undergrad.

Partially as a result of this lack of access, men have dropped to almost 40% of undergrad students, while women make up nearly 60%. Women also receive more doctorates than men, and almost twice as many Master’s degrees as men.

I’m not trying to minimize the bigotry that you observed (or faced), but it’s objectively false to claim that women have worse access to higher education than men.

I can’t tell if this is cope or Kool-Aid.

Excellent point, very logical and persuasive. I’m sure this will be the comment that finally changes my mind!

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Of course not - it’s not intended to.

The ridiculous part, of course, being that Modern English isn’t special, that “no man” didn’t mean anything 6,000 years ago when PIE was spoken, and that its contemporary equivalent, smth. like “*ne dʰǵʰemṓn” doesn’t mean anything in Modern English.

Also, the actual reconstructed form of “name”, *h₃néh₃mn̥, looks a lot less like “no-man” than they seem to think.

Working at McDonald’s isn’t bad at all - it’s just that people who are more difficult to work with often end up working in fast food by necessity. My comment implies that the OOP works in fast food due to a lack of professionalism and a tendency to make rude comments to customers, as evidenced by the post.