northernlightsMar 23

Asked LA Fitness to cancel my membership, they offered to freeze it for $10/month instead

https://lemmy.today/post/49865820

Show threadPossibly linuxMar 24

What were the terms of the contract?

You did read the contract right?

Show threadcrypt0cler1cMar 24
I don’t blame people for being upset because gyms are disgusting money grubbers but it doesn’t invalidate their own responsibility to not enter into bullshit contracts.
Show threadgreygoreMar 24
I get where you’re coming from so I won’t downvote, but I thought you might want to know that this has some real “men shouldn’t rape women, but women shouldn’t dress slutty or get drunk” or “police shouldn’t shoot black men, but black men should just comply” vibes.
Show threadPossibly linux

What?

How is this in any way related to rape? Being raped is horrible and should not be compared to being locked in a dumb contract.

Mar 24 at 10:06pmWeb
Show threadgreygoreMar 25
Didn’t think I had to spell this out, but in all three cases it’s victim blaming. Men blaming women for being raped, white people blaming black people for being shot by the police, and the previous poster blaming people for getting caught in shitty contracts by predatory companies. On a scale of severity they’re in completely different universes, but that’s kind of the point of an analogy: to use a more extreme example to illustrate why something is wrong.
Show threadAsinusMar 25

Very wild take.

In the gym-case you actively have to sign a contract that has a defined duration. You know all the terms of that contract or at least you agree to all the terms with your signature.

You don’t passively “get caught in” a gym-contract. People might sign those without reasing, but that doesn’t make them victims.