Japanese Twitter users figured out a polite way to mansplain

It is a truth universally acknowledged that men on Twitter are sacks of garbage. Tweets are painfully conducive to "mansplaining," where a dude condescends and explains something obvious to someone, usually a woman. (Basically, I just mansplained mansplaining.)

Thankfully, Japan has a handy phrase we could learn a thing or two from.

As explained by Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft Tuesday, Japanese Twitter users have taken to the phrase "FF外から失礼します," which translates to something like "we don't follow each other, but please excuse me, [I have something to say]."  Read more...