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[–]NDG 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Stuff like this is why I only lurked at the old sub and never joined. That, and the gaslighting women by telling them that their male partners only cared about them as property, and then making snide, condescending "Nigel" remarks when they disagreed.

[–]emissch 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

agreed, I'm out of the loop though. what does the Nigel remark reference?

[–]NDG 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

“Not my Nigel” was this phrase criticizing women on the sub who didn’t think their male partners were misogynists - “men are misogynists, but not my Nigel.” Posters would mention clearly pro-woman things their partners did and then people would be like, “Oh, look, ‘not my Nigel.’”

[–]emissch 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

not sure how I feel about that phrase but it sounds pretty dismissive/demeaning to women

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

what others said. maybe short for "NIcest Guy that Ever Lived"