When I was 16 I was on the bus, reading and with headphones on. A random grown up man wouldn't stop talking to me and pestered me to give him my number. I felt pressured and gave him a fake number and then he said I was racist for not wanting to give him my real number (he wasn't white). And for the longest time I believed him that I was in fact racially biased and felt bad, and only after a while realized I was just a teenage girl being pestered by an adult man and reacted naturally.
I remember visiting family in Poland the year this song came out, it was played EVERYWHERE. On subsequent visits, that song was still being played everywhere.
11 Comments
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
When I was 16 I was on the bus, reading and with headphones on. A random grown up man wouldn't stop talking to me and pestered me to give him my number. I felt pressured and gave him a fake number and then he said I was racist for not wanting to give him my real number (he wasn't white). And for the longest time I believed him that I was in fact racially biased and felt bad, and only after a while realized I was just a teenage girl being pestered by an adult man and reacted naturally.
PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 1y
Jesus, your story gave me the chills. Crisis have been avoided luckily.
colderr@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Jesus, that is horrible.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
That's harassment
I would've called the cops. Then again, it is easy to struggle in the moment
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
The only person who tried to talk to you when you had headphones on was your grandmother. The rest of the family gave up on you long ago.
5715@feddit.org · 5 pts · 1y
dan@upvote.au · 8 pts · 1y
That song still sounds so futuristic.
EveningPancakes@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
I remember visiting family in Poland the year this song came out, it was played EVERYWHERE. On subsequent visits, that song was still being played everywhere.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
What song?
Klear@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Freestyler
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · -15 pts · 1y
Maybe you shouldn't wear headphones when the pediatrician talks to you like an adult instead of having your mommy answer for you.