This reminds me of a party I went to last year. I was standing with some friends, chatting, and someone said something that indirectly implied that sexism exists. Some trivial recounting of the basic facts of daily life for most women. Something so mild, so uncontroversial, so mundane that I don’t even remember what it was.
Suddenly, this man standing on the outskirts of our conversational circle piped up with “actually, I think men are more discriminated against than women these days.”
All conversation died.
I turned to look at him and he had this smug, insufferable grin on his face, relishing this moment, expecting us to waste our time and energy refuting this ridiculous thing he had just said.
The Devil’s Advocate was among us.
And, in my mind, I saw the next 15+ minutes playing out. The parade of facts and statistics in a vain attempt to defend ourselves, our gender, and to prove that misogyny is real. The glib, snide denials from some shithead who is getting off on our pain and frustration. The Gish Gallop of bullshit that would take a whole evening to properly dismantle. It was depressing and overwhelming. I hated it. I had to kill it before it began.
So I looked him dead in the eye and I said “OK,“ shrugged, and just walked away.
Nothing I have ever said to another human being has ever been so crushing. As I walked away, I watched the smug grin vanish and confusion and anxiety set in. The rest of the group turned their backs to him and carried on as if he had never spoken – as if he was invisible. He was still staring at me when I walked over to another friend and told her what he had said. I pointed him out for her and made direct eye contact with him while we both laughed.
tl;dr: Don’t feed the troll. Let it perish, cold and hungry, in the wasteland of your indifference. It is weak and you are strong. Live your best life.
don’t you love when you’re gay and you, go for a walk and see a rainbow. it’s like… that’s for me, damn! anyway the straights can’t see this particular shade of orange so here’s the tea fellow gays: Dark Pride is gonna take place halloween night under the old mausoleum. it starts at 6pm and runs all night. please come in costume. the code phrase to get the coffin to open up and let you access the stairs is “heterosexualis renouncis”
hey everyone, proud to announce i’ve won the oscar for “comedic performance on a tumblr post receiving the most incomprehensible backlash” and i have never felt so loved. all my hard work has led up to this.
i’d like to thank the academy and the thousands of people who’ve helped me reach this point by leaving commentary such as “this is the flagrant oppression of straight people,” “no wonder no one respects queers,” and “can i come if i’m bi or is it only gay people?” on a satirical description of a fictional event that will never happen.
you are all so important to me, never stop being yourselves… and that’s my time! thank you again! (i exit the stage to raucous applause)
The bisexual one isn’t straight people tho so idk why you’re bitching about bisexuals asking if they’re included
it isnt a real event.
NO SHIT SHERLOCK BUT BISEXUAL PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO ASK IF THEY’RE INCLUDED IN YOUR JOKE TO ATTEMPT TO GAUGE IF YOU’RE A BIPHOBIC PEICE OF SHIT OR NOT
The Knottiness of Existence 