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   The Dread Slender Gnome (gnomeshatecheese@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 27-Apr-2025 23:00:23 JST The Dread Slender Gnome

   Oh good grief. Watching Jack Jewell and Eldur Kristinsson talk about clips filmed at a pro-Trans demo after the court decision, and one of this clips has this young woman.

   She says (emphasis mine):

   At the end of the day I just think maybe we should just have unisex toilets and be done with, because we don't need exclusively female spaces or exclusively male spaces anyway.

   The interviewer then says but there are reasons, and says that for example there are reasons why there are femals sports and male sports. She goes "what are they".
   Interviewer: You know, men are typically faster, stronger than women.

   This woman puts on a smirk and goes:

   Are they now? No, that's just your perception.

   And then she says that Serena Williams would "of course" win if she were to play against Rafael Nadal.
   At this point I should point out that at least judging by her physical shape, this is not a woman who has competed in sport in adulthood. Likely also not in her late teen years. Quite possibly never.

   HOW does one reach and more importantly retain this level of detachment from reality?

   And then a man in a lipstick, who seems to be with this young woman, starts going on about how Williams sisters could totally beat any male tennis player on the right day. I guess we know where she gets her ideas from. But does she live in a world of videogames or something to not question any of it?

   (source with timestamp - i hope - lest someone think I'm misquoting her or lying https://youtu.be/FPQ83c98W9Y?si=Nbg0lRzMRbsTJrfh&t=1838 )

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     HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 27-Apr-2025 23:00:22 JST HebrideanHecate

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     • Flick ??

     @Flick @Gnomeshatecheese I'm surprised my blood hasn't boiled dry by now, apart from anything else to do with it all, I despise stupidity, even as a very young child it used to tie me in knots of rage.

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     The Dread Slender Gnome (gnomeshatecheese@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 27-Apr-2025 23:00:22 JST The Dread Slender Gnome

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     • Flick ??

     @HebrideanHecate @Flick I have more patience for genuine stupidity, it's the wilful stupidity that really grinds my gears.

     If someone is just stupid because they're simple, they can't really help it. But if they're stupid because they refuse to, well, try not be stupid, that's infuriating.

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     Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 27-Apr-2025 23:00:23 JST Flick ??

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     @Gnomeshatecheese They literally tried it and lost, ffs!

     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sexes_(tennis)

     Another event dubbed a "Battle of the Sexes" took place during the 1998 Australian Open[64] between Karsten Braasch and the Williams sisters. Venus and Serena Williams had claimed that they could beat any male player ranked outside the world's top 200, so Braasch, then ranked 203rd, challenged them both. Braasch was described by one journalist as "a man whose training regime centered around a pack of cigarettes and more than a couple of bottles of ice cold lager".[65][64] The matches took place on court number 12 in Melbourne Park,[66] after Braasch had finished a round of golf and two shandies. He first took on Serena and after leading 5–0, beat her 6–1. Venus then walked on court and again Braasch was victorious, this time winning 6–2.[64] Braasch said afterwards, "500 and above, no chance." He added that he had played like someone ranked 600th in order to keep the game "fun"[67] and that the big difference was that men can chase down shots much more easily and put spin on the ball that female players could not handle. The Williams sisters adjusted their claim to beating men outside the top 350.[64]