Today, for the 50,000th time, I was told that something I said was offensive and triggering to my LGBTQ+-friendly Discord server mod, who frequently tells me that, as a "cis hetero Christian male", I don't know what I'm talking about. I was trying to be supportive of everyone, but I was wrong because *I* said it. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was called a "transphobic bigot" at work because I told my coworker, a trans woman, that her clothing and behaviour were disrespectful and inadequate for the workplace. I'm also a trans woman. FML
Today, I learned that I may have caused a public speaker and author to be fired, because my response to his "open chat" question flustered him, causing him to lose his cool and snap at me. FML
Today, I got reprimanded by my boss for saying "It's a stab in the dark, though." According to him, it's a euphemism for anal sex and I was being offensive to a gay colleague, the same one who kept insisting it was no problem. I got written up anyway. FML
Today, I had to go to a boring, never-ending "sensitivity training" session, all because my douchebag coworker filed a complaint against me last week after I apologized for being tardy. Apparently I was insulting people with mental disorders. Or as she put it, "differently-abled" people. FML
Today, I had to reprimand an employee for her bad attitude and terrible work performance. She went to HR and said I harassed her for being gay. Guess who they believed. FML
Today, I said a few words to my mom that happened to be similar to something offensive, and she misheard. I tried to tell her, but she was so angry that she assumed I was saying more offensive things. Now she is punishing everybody in the house, and I’m not allowed to speak to her. FML
Today, a guy told me I was hot and that I should give him a chance. When I told him I was straight, he instantly called me a bigot. FML
Today, for about the tenth time this month, I opened my mouth and was immediately told to, “Shut the fuck up” before I'd actually said anything. FML
Today, I was on a work call when my coworker made an accidental Freudian slip. Thinking I was muted, I muttered, "That’s what she said." I wasn’t muted. FML
Today, I had to sit and listen to a coworker tell me about how disappointed she is her daughter is a lesbian and wondering if anyone still does those "pray it away" camps. I work in HR so I couldn’t even call her an evil, bigoted witch, because I know I’m the one who’d lose my job. FML
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Anderling 33
A group of LGBTQ+ people is just as likely as any other group of people to be toxic. It sounds like this one definitely is. Even if what you said was offensive, failing indication that you were malicious, they should have given you the courtesy of explaining why instead of a blanket “no, you’re wrong”.
Rozay333 36
As a gay person. Get outta there. The alphabet mafia is insane.
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Rozay333 36
As a gay person. Get outta there. The alphabet mafia is insane.
Anderling 33
A group of LGBTQ+ people is just as likely as any other group of people to be toxic. It sounds like this one definitely is. Even if what you said was offensive, failing indication that you were malicious, they should have given you the courtesy of explaining why instead of a blanket “no, you’re wrong”.
poopface82 25
A circlejerk is a circlejerk. Doesn’t matter who it is. If they’re disregarding what you say because you’re a straight, cisgender Christian man, clearly that is not a group you should belong to, and if it takes more than three hints to that effect, you clearly are a glutton for punishment.
sonofmandalor 15
when I'm told I offended someone my response is always you made the choice to be offended. I'm not walking on eggshells cuz of woke bullshit ideology
ODBeefalo 10
the mod at least is a hateful/angry person... they exist in all groups and often make the group as a whole look bad. I would guess they pull that shit with other member who are lgbtq+ for not being LGBTQ+ enough in their eyes...
JasonThorn 23
Similar situation. If it wasn't for one channel on the Discord server I'm involved in where politics and ideology are (with a few related situations) unimportant, I'd bail on the server completely. It does sorta prove their point when one of them went after me for similar reasons - it just proved they are just like everyone else, after all.