# It's amazing! (Mansplaining) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564 "2018-11-15T16:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/201 "2018-12-07T19:40:26Z")
Well, sure, that’s a possibility. But for now, I feel compelled to classify that _as_ a possibility, rather than an established fact. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/202 "2018-12-07T20:18:09Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > But as I tried to illustrate with my two conversation scenarios, there’s a difference between discussing your opinions about what something obscure might mean, and laying down the law about what you’re definitively asserting it **does** mean. > > ISTM that when the woman objects to being “told what it means”, it’s the latter type of discourse she’s complaining about, rather than the former. For what it’s worth. I find the discussion between Kimstu and Spectre to be illuminating. ETA: This is the BBQ Pit?! WHaaa? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/203 "2018-12-07T20:32:33Z")
FTR, I think some of the best discussions are had in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/204 "2018-12-07T21:04:09Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > FTR, I think some of the best discussions are had in the Pit. Yeah, frequently we’ll be sitting here enjoying a nice vituperative quarrel and all of a sudden a civil reasoned debate breaks out. Very disconcerting. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/205 "2018-12-07T21:49:25Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > FTR, I think some of the best discussions are had in the Pit. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/206 "2018-12-07T23:03:44Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > From Latin “denarius”, the Roman coin eventually superseded by the “penny”, “pfennig”, etc., among speakers of Germanic languages. Just as the symbol for the British pound is “L” from Latin “libra” (and the pound as a unit of weight is abbreviated “lb”). What **Kimstu** said. The British used to use _d_ as a written abbreviation for “penny”, which is how it came to be applied to nails. > [@RickJay](#): > > I would have liked to see Abraham mansplaining to his wife (Sarah?) what the hell happened up on that hill with Isaac. I’d like to have seen him explaining how he knocked her up at the age of 99. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564.md?page=10)