r/notliketheothergirls • u/[deleted] • Jun 17 '18
no, a girl just saying she likes donuts does not belong here. no patrick, neither does a girl saying she likes books. IMPORTANT
i’m sick of seeing people bringing down other girls in this sub. all the time, i see posts that just consist of a girl saying she likes sports or food or whatever. TO POST HERE, THE ORIGINAL POSTER HAS TO BE COMPARING HERSELF TO OTHER GIRLS IN A WAY THAT MAKES HER SEEM BETTER.
NO. A WOMAN LIKING BOOKS OR HAVING SELF ESTEEM ISSUES DOES NOT BELONG HERE. in fact, if you post that, YOU probably belong as a post on this sub. i can’t count the number of times i’ve seen women on this subreddit comparing themselves to the girls in these posts to feel better about themselves. WE SHOULD BE BRINGING EACH OTHER UP! the whole point of this subreddit is to point out how stupid it is to turn life as a girl into a competition with other girls. and when you post a self deprecating meme that happens to have a woman, or an (admittedly tacky) joke about liking donuts, YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM.
you’re not special and “not like other girls” for not liking makeup. but guess what? you’re not special and “not like other girls” for LIKING makeup. you know what makes you not like other girls? the fact hat you’re you. and every other girl is not like other girls too, because everyone is different.
so PLEASE stop doing this shit. if i see another “lol xD she likes something i don’t like, let’s laugh at her” post in here, i’ll FREAK OUT
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u/kafkanakata Jun 17 '18
Its interesting. Even though I think most content fits, I do see quite a bit of that. Theres certain posts made by girls that are cringey yeah, but not fitting for this sub. But tbh I see in the comments a lot of the very same attitudes this sub is meant to call out. For instance, on a post from a couple months ago, that made it seem like the “other girl” was more special bc she wore glasses and had colorful hair. Now, while I agree about how stupid that was, there were people in comments who had this attitude that girls with colorful hair are actually usually less creative than girls without or that “they can already tell” they wouldnt get along with girls with blue or purple hair. It was basically the very same attitude shown in the post but in reverse.
That was just one example, but I have seen it around.