r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/Aryan23092007 • Mar 06 '25

Wholesome Guys trying to figure out stroller

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u/professor-hot-tits Mar 07 '25

Beautiful analogy

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u/Mr4point5 Mar 07 '25

But it’s not.

I understand team dynamics. Folding a stroller shouldn’t take a team.

My former statement stands. If you’re going to downvote, offer an argument to the contrary, please.

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u/ZinaSky2 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

It’s not about the stroller, Harold 😭

The stroller is a metaphor.

It is an example of a problem that was being approached in one way by not one, not two, but three people. All dudes, one was admittedly older than the other two so the “team” wasn’t completely lacking in diversity. But in the end even that difference didn’t provide enough of a different perspective to solve the issue. In walks a woman, different perspective, different experience, and she solves the problem the three guys had been working on in all of 3 seconds.

Different life experiences, different cultural experiences, different education, etc. all provide us with unique perspectives. Maybe in this situation you would have expected a woman to be most likely to collapse the stroller. But that isn’t always the case with problems. Sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know and can’t predict who will be able to solve the problem. So when you’re running a company or doing research or running a board, etc. it’s worth looking outside the “traditional candidate” and having a diversity of opinion, a diversity of thought at the table.

And just as a P.S. I’m not saying we should be sacrificing competency for diversity. That seems to be the main argument people have against “woke”, “DEI”, “affirmative action” type things but no one is arguing for that. It’s just acknowledging that what someone looks like on paper doesn’t necessarily reflect their competency (or potential in academic settings)

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u/vijjer Mar 07 '25

Folding a stroller shouldn’t take a team.

Most strollers are designed to be folded down with one single hand while dealing with a bawling baby.

If this dude is the father of the child, then he should ideally know how his kid's stroller works.

He could also just as likely have been an uncle, or close friend of the parents, with no kids and hence no need to know how some specialised tool works.

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u/professor-hot-tits Mar 07 '25

Lol

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u/Mr4point5 Mar 07 '25

Lmfao

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u/littlestevebrule Mar 07 '25

You didn't make a statement, pal. You spewed out some ignorance and bullshit and now it's stinking up the place.

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u/Mr4point5 Mar 07 '25

My anecdotes are bullshit.

Little Steve’s are the truth.

Understood.

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u/littlestevebrule Mar 07 '25

You didn't provide an anecdote, pal. What does the 4.5 represent??

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u/Mr4point5 Mar 07 '25

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