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by michaelf 3273 days ago
Seriously, I think "Always Sunny" explains it best (i.e., because of "the implication")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUafzOXHPE

2 comments

Yeah, I immediately thought of that video when I was considering the massive power imbalance at play here.

You can re-word most of Dennis' dialogue to fit the situation, too. "The implication that [she won't get an investment] if she refuses to sleep with me."

The last part of that clip is especially applicable. The other commenter sees this as a compliment. "She's attractive; of course she'd get hit on!" But it's a "compliment" with an asterisk attached to it, and the subtext is a massive power imbalance.

Is it really productive to compare this situation to an implication of life-threatening violence?