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submitted 1 year ago by realitista to c/science

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, but what about those women who have to lose their husbands and sons? They are the real victims.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

…and not the dead guys?

[–] Kase -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're not wrong that they matter too, but both things can be bad

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I don't know how many people have noticed, but I was being sarcastic.

[–] Kase 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh crap my bad XD

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Lol it was a reference to how Hilary Clinton once said wives and daughters were the real victims of war.

[–] LemmysMum 6 points 1 year ago

Poe's law my friend.

[–] Bgugi 3 points 1 year ago

Hillary Clinton, 1998?

Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat.

[–] CosmicCleric 0 points 1 year ago

I don’t know how many people have noticed, but I was being sarcastic.

Best to use /s when you are.

Even italicising a point doesn't seem to make it through the consumption to understanding; need to be more explicit here it seems.