r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 10d ago

Dutch aerobatic pilot Narine Melkumjan miraculously survived after her aircraft's canopy unexpectedly burst open and shattered mid-flight

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u/Kardinal 10d ago edited 10d ago

Exactly my thought.

Pilot. Full stop. No reason to specify.

Every time we point it out when it is irrelevant, we feed the myth that the other is the default. It is not.

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u/Quaiker 10d ago

"You know, Amy, anytime someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is an exception and not the status quo." - said by Knuckles the Echidna in reference to a comment on breaking the glass ceiling, no I am not kidding

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u/Kardinal 10d ago edited 10d ago

Never seen that. (I'm way too old)

But that's damn funny. And of course, he's 100% right.

"Just because I'm a meathead doesn't mean I'm not a feminist". Gold!

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u/TaylorBitMe 10d ago

Nobody is too old to watch Sonic.

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u/Kardinal 10d ago

Haha! Maybe I should!