Kim ScheinbergDec 28, 2022

I love me some Greta Thunberg snark as much as anyone, but how is it that the same people who rightly call out fat shaming are totally fine with dick-size shaming?

If body shaming isn't cool, it isn't cool even when it's This Fucking Guy. Tate's problem isn't his dick size, it's that he's a giant asshole.

Show thread🇺🇦 Sean Prophet ⚛

@kims

Let's not use #tonepolicing to blunt Greta's point.

Face it, when we say #smalldickenergy we're never talking about the actual size of someone's dick. So it's not #bodyshaming, "small dick energy" refers to behavior.

In 0.00000001% of "dick measuring contests," are any dicks ever measured.

Dec 28, 2022 at 5:44pmWeb
Show threadIan K TindaleDec 28, 2022
@sean @kims [puts mine back in] of course not
Show threadKim ScheinbergDec 28, 2022
@sean
I'm not tone policing.
Back in 2016 I spent a few days reading the smalldickproblems subreddit. I quickly lost count of how many men there talked about suicide and how much worse things had been since the constancy of "tiny hands" Trump jokes.
It was... eye-opening.
Show thread🇺🇦 Sean Prophet ⚛Dec 28, 2022

@kims

I think that's totally unrelated to the issue of preening / posturing / gun-toting / fossil fuel flaunting / chest beating men having "small dick energy."

These dudes love to attack women and then play the victim.

I'm not buying any of your objection to the term #smalldickenergy

Show thread🇺🇦 Sean Prophet ⚛Dec 28, 2022

@kims

This is what "small dick energy" refers to.

https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/monkey-small-testicle-03082016/#

Monkeys With Smaller Testicles Scream Louder to Compensate

Loud screamers compensate for small testicles... but it works.

ZME Science
Show threadKim ScheinbergDec 28, 2022
@sean
I think we're talking past each other.
If people want to continue making guys with small dicks feel bad because saying "small dick energy" is a fun way to rag on guys like Andrew Tate and Trump, all I can do is call it out, same way I call out people who say "jew them down" to describe someone who bargains.
I'm just not going to pretend that bystanders aren't being hurt by those jokes when they have repeatedly assured me that they are. YM<in whatever car you drive>MV.
Show thread🇺🇦 Sean Prophet ⚛Dec 28, 2022

@kims

Wow, using false equvalence to an awful racial slur? Sorry, no. That's a low blow and intellectually dishonest.

As I've said about three times now, this isn't about actual dick size. "Small dick energy" is about the embarrassing behavior of the owners of dicks of ALL shapes and sizes.

Show threadBugfaceDec 29, 2022
@sean @kims it was an analogy. I think the point you are missing is that even if you are right, you don’t know if that was Greta’s reference and many men with small penisis (or just those that fear they have) may also not know that. You are not wrong about your article. It may also not make people who we’re hurt feel better. I would ask that you at least consider that.
Show threadschwartzsterDec 28, 2022

@kims @sean
Kim, you changed my mind. I don't want to make men with small members feel bad even though, to Sean's point, that's clearly not the point of the insult. Also, we definitely need to change the general discourse on the importance of size.

A bigger issue is that *any* insult could potentially hurt some unintended community. Are we just supposed to stop insulting people? Where's the fun in that?

Show threadKim ScheinbergDec 29, 2022
@schwartzster
I've been online for 30 years. I promise there are many many ways to insult people without causing collateral harm. And thank you for your reply, it made my day.
Show threadKim WoodDec 28, 2022
@sean @kims surely greta was referring to the compensatory nature of his car collection?