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What's something you used to do/see/say but don't anymore because you don't feel it's right? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Me personally? I've become much less tolerant of sexist humor. Back in the day, cracking a joke at women's expense was pretty common when I was a teen. As I've matured and become aware to the horrific extent of toxicity and bigotry pervading all tiers of our individualistic society, I've come to see how exclusionarly and objectifying that sort of 'humor' really is, and I regret it deeply.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

As a millennial, we grew up with the phrases "that's gay" and "that's retarded" (which meant the same thing) and obviously we had to learn to phase those out.

While I never once meant "that's disabled" or "that's homosexual"... We obviously don't say that stuff anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I witnessed something at work a few weeks ago, that caught me off guard. One of the managers was asking for a favour off one of the lads in work, it's a blue collar job so it's never been PC, "Carl, need a favour, can you do such and such" "Can't sorry Steve" "Go on lad don't be gay" "Steve, I've been taking cock for the last 25 years and you asking me to stop for an extra hours work won't stop me"

Everyone around just creased up laughing.

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

Now THAT sounds like a friendly work environment lol

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's not funny at all. I would report Steve to HR immediately.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole.

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

Steve is the HR manager

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