Editing Talk:1763: Catcalling

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Is it just me or wouldn't this fail if the misogynists also were cat-lovers? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.224|141.101.98.224]] 15:16, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
: I doubt even cat-lovers would enjoy being swarmed by a hopeless amount of cats for an entire year. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.36|162.158.74.36]] 15:51, 23 November 2016 (UTC
:: You underestimate some peoples' love of cats. [[User:Hppavilion1|Hppavilion1]] ([[User talk:Hppavilion1|talk]]) 03:08, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
>"Misogyny" {{unsigned ip|108.162.245.51}}

The way I originally read this, in addition to wanting to stop getting harassed, Megan also just liked cats and wanted an easy way to gather them. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.55.71|172.68.55.71]] 15:56, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

My initial thought: Awww!  Maybe by being confronted to care for neighborhood cats, such "men" might learn how to love and care for creatures who only want to exploit them, like said men do with women.  That could work! ...And then I read the title text.  --BigMal // [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.36|162.158.74.36]] 16:52, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

:To be sure, it is an astonishing feat to invent some mention of specifically men that is apparently present in the comic but which us mere mortals could never comprehend. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.170|108.162.215.170]] 20:45, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Catcalling now attracts my friend Catherine. [[User:Int|Int]] ([[User talk:Int|talk]]) 17:00, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Did we know Megan was a lefty? [[User:Jameslucas|jameslucas]] <small>([[User talk:Jameslucas|" "]] / [[Special:Contributions/Jameslucas|+]])</small> 18:18, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

:I imagine this comic is Randall Munroe making a statement. He has clearly demonstrated himself as left-leaning on numerous occasions. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.140|172.69.34.140]] 09:49, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

The big question is... does it attract bobcats? --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.123|172.68.54.123]] 21:30, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

The cursor might not be left handed, rather, we might just be on the other side of the screen, eh? [[User:NotLock|NotLock]] ([[User talk:NotLock|talk]]) 07:40, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
:I was thinking the same thing, but dismissed the idea because the text ("Catcalling", "Attracts cats", etc) isn't similarly mirrored. The drop-down menu itself usually has its arrow-thingy on the right, though... Hmm... [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 11:22, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
::Maybe comic characters read in mirror-text! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.165.176|162.158.165.176]] 23:23, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
::: Occam seems to have lost his razor. [[User:Int|Int]] ([[User talk:Int|talk]]) 16:53, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the part about the title text being perl is wrong. It's definitely not perl5, because things like [2 miles] are not valid syntax at all. This might be perl6 with syntax I don't know, but I doubt it, since the square brackets would indicate something like an array rather than a single element: [2 miles] would then mean "2" and "miles" separately, which doesn't make much sense. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.49.75|173.245.49.75]] 09:23, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

:I agree, it looks much more like trying to indicate text fields in a ASCII string. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.142|162.158.69.142]] 12:20, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

::Seems to me those are just freakin' ''arrows'' indicating changing those settings. {{unsigned|Jacky720}}

:::I read each "=>" in the title text as meaning "equal or greater than". Which is horrifying when you think about it. [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|talk]]) 06:23, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

::::Effect strength is unstoppable OR GREATER.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.40|108.162.237.40]] 16:45, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Wouldn't this very quickly result in the extinction of all cats, as they are forced to rush from one chauvinist to another, unable to escape long enough to eat or sleep?
>Jesper {{unsigned ip|141.101.105.40}}
:Catpocalypse! --[[Special:Contributions/188.114.111.116|188.114.111.116]] 17:41, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Why do you assume that Megan thinks that catcalling is harassing women? Maybe she is tired of women who get harassed by it, when in fact there is no point to.  [[Special:Contributions/162.158.150.140|162.158.150.140]] 15:03, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Does this change also apply to catcalling that is directed at men? If not, that certainly seems a bit sexist to exempt one gender from street harassment but not the other. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.29|162.158.79.29]] 21:56, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
: I was going to point that out. Maybe it isn't catcalling when it's men? Maybe it has a different name, and she already adjusted that panel? [[User:Hppavilion1|Hppavilion1]] ([[User talk:Hppavilion1|talk]]) 03:08, 13 May 2017 (UTC)


I am ashamed that I first thought Megan wants to correct the meaning of the word, and not the consequences of the thing. Meanwhile I came across a public campaign that explains the issue. You never stop learning. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.243.151|172.70.243.151]] 07:48, 18 May 2023 (UTC)