Staright friend, to us, two gay ppl: I don’t think kids as young as 4 or 5 years old know they’re gay, I think they’re just joining the crowd. *is completely unaware of how homophobic that is*
Us, two gay ppl who knew we were gay around when we were 5, having our gay experiences doubted to our faces, being doubted again when we tell him that yes, some kids that young do know they’re gay, and now wrestling with the realization that this friend is kinda toxic

It got rly bad though, my s/o was rly triggered by that statement and walked away, and I followed them. We were going towards the metro when he suddenly appeared behind us. He had run after us and started asking if my s/o was okay, but then he started saying how he did nothing wrong, and how impolie it was for my s/o to just walk away. So, its pretty clear that he ran after us bc his entitled ass was up there seething that the situation didn’t go his way, and felt perfectly normal chasing us down to tell us that he was infact in the right.

Let that sink in here; my s/o was triggered, and this pompous oaf is so entitled he thinks ppl have no right to just walk away from him after he’s made them feel unsafe, bc its impolite. He thinks ppl should prioritize being polite to him even if he makes them feel in danger–not to mention, he sees nothing wrong with forcing my s/o into being in his presance again even when they’ve made it very clear that they do not want to be anywhere near him. And when Geoff walked away agin, he comlained to me, almost like he was filing a formal complaint with me abt my s/o..

I….. how tf am I supposed to handle this now. He’s the kind of guy who thinks he’s king shit of turd island but the second you try to gently tell him he’s in the wrong, he’ll get butthurt and drama will ensue. Hell, he had accidently hurt a panelist earlier that day, and when his other friend tried to tell him he was in the wrong, he doubled down instead of just apologizing and moving on with his life. How does he go about triggering 2 ppl in one weekend and never once does it dawn on him that perhaps he did something wrong? There’s just no introspection, no self-checking. Can I just… have normal ppl as friends whose insecurities are not my problem to have to deal with? jfc.

I hear this story from one of my in-law’s parents. According to her, once, she was leaving a popular shopping plaza, and came up to a person holding a sign asking for money. She then went into a nearby McDonalds, got a job application, and gave the person with the sign the application. The reaction is probably what you’d expect — the application was thrown back at her face and she was sworn at.

I was appalled when I heard this story, but for different reasons than the storytellers. I wish more people understand that homelessness is an incredibly complex issue, often involving intense social issues as well as severe mental illness. Solving homelessness is not as simple as telling someone to get a job!

I’m hanging out with my little neighbor boy at my Nana’s house.

Me: I’m going potty.

Boy: *Follows me*

Me: OH, you can’t come with me.

Boy: Why not?

Me: Because I’m a girl.

Boy: Mom lets me follow her to the bathroom.

Me: I’m not your mama, though.

This made sense to him, but Nana still had to call him back so I could go in peace.

I am a tutor for a popular online tutoring platform. I get a new student who is preparing for a job placement test (kind of like the ASVAB for the army). For review materials, he forwards me an email from the company for which he is applying, which has the various review packets attached as documents. The emails also have the typical “do not open if you are not the intended recipient,” etc, which a lot of companies put on their emails. I am not the intended recipient, so I email the student to ask about it.
His reply?
“I sent you those so you could see what the lesson titles are, not so much so you could open them.”

What else could I possibly think-that I was actually supposed to open the attachments to an email instead of just reading the title?

(This was back when a very popular video rental store was still in business, and before our store was required to have at least 2 people on the floor besides the manager for night shift. It was Halloween and I had been seeing kids and some teens in costume, and if they had a costume or mask on they could get a piece of candy. It was about midnight, we closed at 1 am, when a guy with a Darth Vader mask walked in. My manager was in the back counting down some of the tills and I was alone at the front.)
Me: Dude, cool mask.
The guy nods and then lifts up a gun.
I laughed (not thinking he was going to rob me) and tell him he needs to have a lightsaber to go with the mask.
He then proceeds to shoot out a ceiling tile which makes me realize it’s a stick up.
He then lowers the gun and I tell him I can’t open the registers. (This is actually true, once 10:30pm hit only the managers can open the registers with their key and code, it won’t let you try open it any other way.)
I tell him I have to call to my manager in the back and to just chill for a second. When I call my manager he is aware of the guy with the gun and tells me to stall the guy cause he’s busy calling the police.
I tell the guy to grab a soda and candy bar because it’s late and it will take him a minute or two to get up here.
After about 5 minutes I see the plain clothes cop come in the door and I try to keep the guy’s attention.
After all that, that was when my manager decided to come back up front, commending me on my bravery.
The cops made sure that I was ok and made my manager send me home (I was a bundle of nerves and basically was ugly crying)
The next day when I came in, I found that the cops had actually talked to our corporate and now we were required to have at least 2 employees on the late shift.