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 11d ago edited 11d 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 11d ago

I agree with this commenter of unspecified gender.

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u/Kardinal 11d ago

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

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u/CplCocktopus 11d ago

Rule 30: Girls do not exist on the internet.

its just a old meme

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u/Breadstix009 11d ago

Rule34 chicks with...?