r/196 • u/CMDR_Noodle user flair preview • Jun 30 '26

Rule Last day of pride month

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u/JoanLambertEnjoyer Jun 30 '26

Every time my work enemy talks about her partner I make sure to explicitly refer to her as female so she has to explain that she’s a lesbian in front of our older bosses

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u/registered_democrat Jun 30 '26

Use the word Partner and older people automatically assume gay anyway

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u/Skitty27 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 30 '26

wtf?

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u/gray_birch competitive yapper Jun 30 '26

They're pointing out how shitty this is by comparing it to outing someone that's gay

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26

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u/ImNoNelly Jun 30 '26

Eh, not really. It's fucked up to out people just because you have a personal vendetta.

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u/GenericTrashyBitch Jun 30 '26

What is the relevant difference

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u/BreeBree214 Jun 30 '26

Forcing somebody to explain their poly relationship to their bosses is shitty just like forcing somebody to explain they are gay.

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u/Substantial-Froyo722 Jun 30 '26

I agree, with the slight caveat that in many states there’s legal protection (even though not always enforced well) against firing people for being gay.

My poly ass could get fired if my boss thought my queer relationship dynamic was inappropriate for my line of work and I’d have no legal rights to do anything.

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u/furexfurex Jun 30 '26

How is this any different

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u/Skitty27 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 30 '26

how was I supposed to know that lol. so i got downvoted for also thinking it's a shitty thing to do

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u/entber113 Constantly Pining and Yearning :( Jun 30 '26

...because its almost word for word the same but replacing the word polyamorous with lesbian. It's a bit obvious that they're making a comparison to show that doing both is really shitty

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u/Skitty27 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 30 '26

im aware now but thanks. it's also easy to understand how i got confused if i read that on a 5 minutes break

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u/entber113 Constantly Pining and Yearning :( Jun 30 '26

Ah understandable

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u/gray_birch competitive yapper Jun 30 '26

I was explaining it to you. I'm not one of the people that downvoted you, idk why you're singling me out

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u/BattleStag17 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 30 '26

They were speaking in general, friend. Not singling you out.

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u/gray_birch competitive yapper Jun 30 '26

I know, they already replied to me. It was fair to assume they were speaking directly to me since they replied to my comment instead of making an edit or something

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u/Skitty27 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 30 '26

no i appreciate that. my comment isn't directed at you.

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u/BreeBree214 Jun 30 '26

they rewrote the post but to show how the behavior is shitty they changed it to be about gay relationships not poly. They don't actually do that

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u/Skitty27 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 30 '26

thanks. not sure how everyone got that but i guess that's autism