You can see who he has been liking and viewing on social media. That would be my best guess.

Imagine going to school for years and years. You have your doctorate. You’re in the field for 10 years. You work in field that is 93% male. You find a new job, good pay and reputable. The boss on the daily explains things to you. Some things that are just basic science and not even directly applicable to your work. No other new hires get these interesting and informative chats but what a coincidence, all the other new hires are men. I never called it “mansplaining,” it’s just sexism. One cute word doesn’t capture the malice that is often behind it and makes men who view themselves as harmless defensive. Of course there is pointing out systemic sexism that is ingrained in natural behavior but its important to note the difference in a simple conversation and singling out a woman to explain something while assuming she doesn’t have anything in that pretty little head of hers. Personally hence, I’ve noticed it used most often when the woman you’re targeting is smarter than you and this is a subtle power play to remind her of her place.

Resident alien has a funny gag related to this where the alien saw an octopus in a restaurant and the octopus said we’ve been waiting for you!

I read about that. It made me feel bad for the horseshoe crabs.

That’s really an unnecessary escalation

I have a friend who came over from Moscow and is an immigrant to the U.S. herself. A few years ago she started telling me she has Irish heritage and she knows it because she felt it in her bones and can see it in her dreams. Now she goes twice a year to ‘reconnect with her roots.’ She was so confident that she did a 23andme and it showed that she was 99% of her heritage with a 1% broadly european. That 1% is what she is now claiming is her Irish portion.

I don’t know. I really don’t even know.

That was my escape plan from the US. Now what?

This has got to be killing the fish.

This is exactly the right advice for this situation.

soft pay wall, are there any full versions of this

The modern McCarthy Era “communist” list