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i was in middle school and went to olive garden with my parents. the waiter had one of those voices that...you know, that men in the gay community normally have.

and so they had this soup on the menu i wanted called pasta fagioli that i wasn't sure how to pronounce and also i had social anxiety

and it didn't go well

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

When I was in 8th grade we had an assignment during black history month where we were assigned an important person in black history and had to make a slideshow about them. I got Malcolm X and was really excited because I had very surface level knowledge that he was cool for some reason and I like his name. A very sweet black Muslim girl asked to swap historical figures with me for obvious reasons and I said no because I thought that the historical figures she was assigned was boring for some reason or another. Anyway I think about this weekly, I'm sorry Miriam.

To give added context I'm a white secular boy who knew nothing real about the civil rights movement and my slideshow was a disservice. To make matters worse, I lived in Texas.

I swear I woke up in a cold sweat one night years ago, remembered this, and haven't been able to forget it. She seemed really excited to do a project about him too T-T

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is hilarious.

Haven't you taken enough from them?

Jkjk.