It is a truth universally acknowledged that men on Twitter are sacks of garbage. Tweets are painfully conducive to “mansplaining,” where a dude condescends and explains something obvious to someone, usually a woman. (Basically, I just mansplained mansplaining.)
Thankfully, Japan has a handy phrase we could learn a thing or two from.
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As explained by Kotaku‘s Brian Ashcraft Tuesday, Japanese Twitter users have taken to the phrase “FF外から失礼します,” which translates to something like “we don’t follow each other, but please excuse me, [I have something to say].” Read more…
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