• Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    8 hours ago

    I get your reasoning, but personally I never interpreted it as a transaction fee. It’s more like a token of good will; I do something similar when I find friends in a bar, too.

    The main gender problematic I see is:

    1. If a woman approaches a man with a drink, society immediately labels both sides as bad.
    2. In some cases she’d be better off approaching a bear, but she won’t know it until it’s too late.
    • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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      7 hours ago

      In some cases she’d be better off approaching a bear, but she won’t know it until it’s too late.

      Sometimes he’d be better off approaching a bear, too, and also won’t know it until it’s too late. This isn’t a gender thing, this is just a “some people are shitty” thing.