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Isn't this just a feature of social media? I see these types of responses all day long on Reddit and few people have their gender listed on their profile.

I think people just love being contrarian or insufferable know it all's.

Ohh no is this comment mansplaining?

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>I think people just love being contrarian or insufferable know it all's.

Or, you know, case in point, people just disagree? You know, like your comment disagrees with the premise of the article :-)

Why would they have to be "contrarian" (as in, for contrarianism's sake) or "insufferable know it all's" to have an argument?

I think the tone is the major issue with "mansplaining" however to be honest I'm unsure how tone works over text based communications.

Saying "okay" to a dinner idea might be construed as not being a fan of said idea, or "yes we can have that for dinner"

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