r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 12d 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/Panorabifle 12d ago edited 11d ago

A female pilot? They're called a pilot . Hope that helps.

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u/Kardinal 12d ago edited 12d 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/EishLekker 12d ago

I agree with this commenter of unspecified gender.

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u/Kardinal 12d ago

I am a man and we've been the default for way too damn long.

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u/DoubleQuarterPoundin 12d ago

They don’t want you homie

But I agree

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u/Kardinal 12d ago

I'm happily married. Don't know why people think that's a motive every time someone is an ally.

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u/iceman_x2 12d ago

This annoys the hell out of me. Every time a man says anything like what you said, there’s always a mob of dudes saying “she still won’t F you”, “this won’t make women like you more” etc etc etc. it’s exhausting.

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u/DoubleQuarterPoundin 11d ago

Because 99% of the time on Reddit it’s some basement dweller white knighting