u/banksymang

Does this work? Trying to not sound like a record level jerk, while still being kinda real -

So... I’m not misogynist. I'm not, it's 2026, equal rights, feminism, sexual revolution, women in the workforce, I'm here for it.

But...

So I’m like, arguably... In a certain light... age-misogynist??!

Women in their 40s need a Transition Decade.

Ireland has Transition Year, where teenagers basically take tenth grade off and go learn about themselves and see the world. Great idea. Do that at 40. Lots of space. No major decisions. No divorces. No career situations where brain fog can fuck up everybody’s life. No interactions with your teenager consequential enough that they might never speak to you again. Just: “Hey, we found this lovely program in India, 2030 to 2035. Then there’s one in New Zealand. Go find yourself, sweetie. We’ll miss you. Send letters. No, don't call, it's fine, you need space. Letters are perfect. Love you."

The thing that gets distorted in the Dodgers narrative is that going all-in on aging superstars isn’t a foolproof strategy. We’ve already seen it bite us - 2023 NLDS against Arizona, Mookie and Freddie went a combined 1-for-21 as the Dodgers got swept, and they were obvs three years younger.

If we currently had Zach Neto at short instead of Mookie and Bryan Reynolds instead of Kyle Tucker in the outfield, we might be sitting on 80 wins right now, and not hearing all the damn hateful reference to these Hall of Famers. even the A's wouldn't want Freddie over 23 y/o Nick Kurtz.

Baseball is such a complex sport - the Mets have all kinds of stars and are terrible, all kinds of mid tier salaried teams are in striking distance of the playoffs, and yeah, we've gotten swept three times in the last month. the haters need to hush up