Respond super excited, like when you meet someone who shares the same niche hobby than you: "I like girls too! So tell me, what have you found to be the best technic to eat pussy?"
What prompted that disclosure? Could she smell the horniness emanating from Anon? Did he, as he noticed she was a woman, give off a vibe like a starving cartoon wolf imagining the main character as comprised entirely of sausages?
In this case its a bit different but what i see is that everything is oversexualized but the effect of that is people are actually more lonely because every social interaction you have with anyone who could be a sexual partner automatically becomes strange.
Because the only reason to, is if she assumed the worst, it's basically implying that anon would have harassed her if she hadn't expounded on her personal sex life without even introducing herself.
It demeans and treats men like psychopaths, when in fact the psychopathic behaviour is that paranoia that leads to rude, aggressive actions from her (and you too apparently, would you seriously say "I'm lesbian" without even saying your name first??)
As a guy, I have never had a job where I didn't witness sexual harassment in one from or another.
Just yesterday a coworker mentioned we had a new hire starting and was wondering if they were going to be hot or not. Poor girl hasn't even had her first day and the idiots are already lining up to hit on her, even without knowing ANYTHING except she is female.
Sorry that you feel obligated to mention this based on your past experiences. I hope our interactions are professional. Please let me know if I step over a line... my jokes are sometimes a little off but never misogynistic maybe a little dark, but I work on it.
With that out of the way ... my Name is Anon, I am happily married. Now.. let's Beginn =]
Is that polite though? I get that it isn't explicitly rude but I pretty much only use that phrase as short hand for "why are you talking about this you fucking weirdo?" I think it's subtly rude at best.
Most politeness is about rephrasing rudeness in a subtle way. What OP's fictional coworker did in this fictional story is explicitly rude as it assumes the worst from meeting a new person, the most appropriate response would be something that is subtly, but noticeably, rude.
If a team lead, sight unseen, just tells you their sexual preference without any context or follow-up then yeah that's fucking weird and they're a weirdo.
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 139 pts · 1y
"Hi, Lesbian, I'm Brian."
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y
Beat me to it! I already posted mine before I saw yours haha
Etterra@lemmy.world · 98 pts · 1y
"Good for you, but what does that have to do with the job?"
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 1y
And by job I mean my penis.
Tyfud@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y
pocopene@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 1y
Respond super excited, like when you meet someone who shares the same niche hobby than you: "I like girls too! So tell me, what have you found to be the best technic to eat pussy?"
Nomecks@lemmy.ca · 58 pts · 1y
A thespian you say? Why, I was in a production of Hamlet myself!
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
E tu, brute?
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y
Thespians? Aren't those illegal in 7 states?
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 1y
Omg if they wear the clothes off the opposite gender
AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social · 53 pts · 1y
"Neat."
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 44 pts · 1y
What prompted that disclosure? Could she smell the horniness emanating from Anon? Did he, as he noticed she was a woman, give off a vibe like a starving cartoon wolf imagining the main character as comprised entirely of sausages?
echodot@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 1y
I believe he started vibrating 15,000 Hertz. A totally normal response in the presence of all women, not the sign of a weirdo at all.
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de · 41 pts · 1y
I respond by hoping I'm a girl in this scenario. Anon forgot to specify.
arin@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Look at the image
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y
Anon also forgot to lead with "be me"...
eran_morad@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
echodot@feddit.uk · 35 pts · 1y
Yeah this didn't happen because there's literally no reason to bring that up. Unless OP was being creepy which is totally possible given the website.
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 31 pts · 1y
“Hi, Lesbian, I’m anon.”
LouNeko@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
'I know'
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
"Hell yeah I like chicks too!" go for a high five
StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 1y
"me too"
Final answer
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 1y
In this case its a bit different but what i see is that everything is oversexualized but the effect of that is people are actually more lonely because every social interaction you have with anyone who could be a sexual partner automatically becomes strange.
zloubida@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
And I'm married, so I'm kind of asexual (at work), so we're ought to be friends!
It's probably a way for her not to be flirted with. To protect herself. So I'd say something reassuring like that.
StopJoiningWars@discuss.online · 7 pts · 1y
Really fucking arrogant/egocentric to assume every guy out there is trying to flirt with you, no?
Like, I'm gay, if someone said that to me though I'd be tempted to report them to HR for a hostile workplace interaction.
They're literally passing judgement on you by appearance (what else was disclosed in that scenario? literally nothing), and that's not ok.
zloubida@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
If you're a woman and have to be near an unknown man, it's safe to assume the worst. It's a sane reaction.
StopJoiningWars@discuss.online · 2 pts · 1y
They're your coworker for Christ's sake. Why assume the worst?
zloubida@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Because male coworkers harassing female coworkers is common.
StopJoiningWars@discuss.online · 1 pts · 1y
But in this case the harassment is from the female coworker. And you seem totally fine with that. Gotta love double standards.
zloubida@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
This is no harassment. Why would it be offensive to say someone something personal?
StopJoiningWars@discuss.online · 1 pts · 1y
Because the only reason to, is if she assumed the worst, it's basically implying that anon would have harassed her if she hadn't expounded on her personal sex life without even introducing herself.
It demeans and treats men like psychopaths, when in fact the psychopathic behaviour is that paranoia that leads to rude, aggressive actions from her (and you too apparently, would you seriously say "I'm lesbian" without even saying your name first??)
Etterra@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Have you even met people?
StopJoiningWars@discuss.online · 1 pts · 1y
You mean normal people who introduce themselves to their team instead of being brash defensive assholes for no specific reason?
Yeah, I have. In fact I've never met someone as rude as the person you're all vehemently defending.
CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
As a guy, I have never had a job where I didn't witness sexual harassment in one from or another.
Just yesterday a coworker mentioned we had a new hire starting and was wondering if they were going to be hot or not. Poor girl hasn't even had her first day and the idiots are already lining up to hit on her, even without knowing ANYTHING except she is female.
It's pretty safe to assume the worst.
StopJoiningWars@discuss.online · 2 pts · 1y
It is not "pretty safe to assume the worst", it's an HR nightmare waiting to happen. Stop giving bad advice.
CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Not giving advice, just explaining. But you obviously don't get it. And if you don't get it, you're part of the problem.
StopJoiningWars@discuss.online · 2 pts · 1y
Lmao.
Zementid@feddit.nl · 19 pts · 1y
Sorry that you feel obligated to mention this based on your past experiences. I hope our interactions are professional. Please let me know if I step over a line... my jokes are sometimes a little off but never misogynistic maybe a little dark, but I work on it.
With that out of the way ... my Name is Anon, I am happily married. Now.. let's Beginn =]
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 1y
Anon must address her as “Lesbian” for now until eternity, considering that’s all she is.
No1@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 1y
"Well, then I now identify as a woman, girrrrl!"
Oof. That seems inappropriate on so many levels. I think it offends pretty much everyone.
paddirn@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
“Sounds like we have something in common.”
cpw@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 1y
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 1y
Hi Lesbian, I'm Anon.
redisdead@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
"I wasn't interested"
bamfic@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
Shrug is the only correct response at work. Or maybe "that's nice" to be more polite.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
Or "noted" or just "ok"
krashmo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Is that polite though? I get that it isn't explicitly rude but I pretty much only use that phrase as short hand for "why are you talking about this you fucking weirdo?" I think it's subtly rude at best.
BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world · 19 pts · 1y
Most politeness is about rephrasing rudeness in a subtle way. What OP's fictional coworker did in this fictional story is explicitly rude as it assumes the worst from meeting a new person, the most appropriate response would be something that is subtly, but noticeably, rude.
mriormro@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
If a team lead, sight unseen, just tells you their sexual preference without any context or follow-up then yeah that's fucking weird and they're a weirdo.
krashmo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah definitely, just saying I'm not sure polite is the right label for a response with that kind of subtext.
echodot@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
You need to say it slowly. "Okaaaay"
Maximum devastation
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 pts · 1y
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 1y
This is infinitely funnier if OP is a woman
100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it · 14 pts · 1y
It's time for anon to drop the classic dad joke
NuWuX@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 1y
"Me too!"
Mechaguana@programming.dev · 11 pts · 1y
What's your best pickup line?
unreachable@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
"cool, let's smash!"
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y
"Well damn! Scissor me timber girl! Let's duck under the table and 69!"
Alpha71@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
"Ma'am, this is a Wendy's..."
caboose2006@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y
"Don't flatter yourself"
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 1y
"Hi Lesbian, I'm Moss"
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
"Oh, that makes sense."
match@pawb.social · 6 pts · 1y
👍
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Let's compare notes then!
AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 1y
sirico@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
You too..
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
"Me too, let's make out and adopt a pit bull"
Thcdenton@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Bahaha is that a thing? My sister's gay and she got a pitbull
2ugly2live@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
If this is the US, straight to HR. 🤑
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
No one was asking because no one was interested.
gimsy@feddit.it · 3 pts · 1y
tell me something not so obvious
unknown1234_5@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 1y
"I don't fucking care, Miranda."
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y