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Old 07-10-2020, 08:18 AM #1
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Default Cruise captain teaches sexist troll an unexpected lesson...




A cruise captain has delivered a brilliantly cutting response to a sexist commenter on social media.

Kate McCue, who works as a captain for Celebrity Cruises, posted a video to her various social media platforms in response to a message sent to her that read: “How can you be a captain? Your [sic] only a woman”.

Dressed in her captain’s uniform, McCue brilliantly shut down the troll by offering up a basic lesson in English grammar.

“Normally as I’m scrolling through comments and see something like this, I totally ignore it and move on with my life,” she said.

“But I think it’s about high time that I address this, because it’s 2020, and in this day and age I’m shocked that someone still doesn’t know the difference between ‘you’re’ and ‘your’.”

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Wye oh yoo APOSTRAFFY arr ee means "You Are", wye oh yoo arr means YOR.
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Okay but how did she manage to become captain?
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Okay but how did she manage to become captain?
An X-factor style competition. They're doing it for airline pilots next year, which should be much more dramatic.
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