Size doesn’t make you spread your legs, blocking two other seats or make you wrap your arms around the back of the other seats. I’ve seen plenty of men who can keep their hands and knees in front of themselves.
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What I picture in my head when I hear the term manspreading is the guy on every bus or subway who is sitting in a middle seat with legs spread wide. It could also be arms around the backs of the surrounding chairs.
stankmut@lemmy.worldto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK Employers do NOT verify your total work history unless you're applying for a government position.English4·4 days agoI made a typo for one of my employment dates while filing the background check. Caught it right after submitting it and then asked around and everybody told me that they’ll call and ask about it if they can’t figure it out from just looking back at my resume.
Next morning they called me and said they had to close the role because of budget cuts. Two months later I got an email saying my hiring was being paused because my background check was flagged and I had 10 days from the check to dispute it. I decided to call the company and they told me that they had already hired someone else for the role.
So yeah, getting the dates right can be important.
stankmut@lemmy.worldto science@lemmy.world•Popular Artificial Sweetener Linked to Higher Risk of StrokesEnglish6·8 days agoThey aren’t artificially sweet, they are a sweetener that is artificial (man-made). As opposed to natural sweeteners that you can just grab from nature.
stankmut@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Tennessee man pardoned for Jan. 6 offenses gets life in prison in separate case accusing him of trying in incite "civil war"English10·22 days agoMy point is that the part about the prosecutor only applies to the last part of the sentence. It’s the newspaper doing an “allegedly” thing. He was sentenced to life for these crimes that the prosecutor says he did. That way if it turns out he didn’t actually do it and later goes free, the newspaper will be less likely to get sued for libel.
The article later goes on to talk about how he was convicted by a jury and sentenced to life by a judge.
stankmut@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Tennessee man pardoned for Jan. 6 offenses gets life in prison in separate case accusing him of trying in incite "civil war"English14·22 days agoAccording to prosecutors is describing “…for plotting to attack FBI agents and seeking to incite a “civil war,”” not the sentencing.
stankmut@lemmy.worldto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•I honestly think they're impossible to understandEnglish4·30 days agoI taught my mom to play by using a couple of starter decks, giving a short overview of the objective and what the parts of the card meant, and then played a couple of matches with our cards revealed to each other. You just need to be patient, willing to explain anything, and be generous with allowing take backs and reminding about any rules they missed. And remember that if you want someone to keep playing with you, they need to be able to have fun too.
stankmut@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Tesla’s phantom braking nightmare: lawsuits surge as drivers lose trust in AutopilotEnglish1·1 month agoThis isn’t an issue with the Full self driving that people signed up for the beta for. It happens with the cruise control too.
stankmut@lemmy.worldto People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•Spending your limited time on earth wiselyEnglish0·2 months agoIt looks like there is a window there. You can see the frame on the right side of the photo.
stankmut@lemmy.worldto BoycottUnitedStates@europe.pub•Cybertruck Owners Baffled After Months of Hate Aimed at Tesla Drivers: 'I Never Expected It to Turn People Against Me'English1·3 months ago2019 Elon was an asshole who called people pedos, cared more about the aethetics of the factory floor than worker safety, manipulated stock value by blatantly lying, fought unionization, and attacked whistleblowers. His open right-wing political ‘turn’ didn’t start until people told him he needed to follow the rules to prevent the spread of Covid.
It’s so hard to believe that Cybertruck buyers are surprised that people hate them. They ignored all of these things about Elon and Tesla and then they bought the ugliest car ever made. They didn’t hear a single thing about Elon in the last decade and then dropped $100k on a stainless steel death trap that is awful at doing actual truck things and is barely held together? Like how did they hear about the truck in the first place if they are so disconnected from the world?
Alright, I see the problem. I’m describing how some men literally spread their arms across the back of multiple seats and how some men literally spread their legs out so that each knee is blocking access to each seat beside the and you are interpreting that as people complaining about guys being allowed to use their armrests. No one is complaining that you take up physical space. They are complaining that you are spread out in a way that blocks access to the space around you that you don’t need. If you don’t sit down and spread your knees wide enough to block access to the seats next to you, then the term manspreading doesn’t apply to you.