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[–]haveanicedaytoo💗💜💙 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Haha I say the same thing! I like when they out themselves as attention-seeking Tumblr users right away. It prevents me from wasting any time with them. Thank goodness I'm not living/working in America right now. If I had an office-mate who had special pronouns, I know I would just completely avoid them and avoid speaking about them (and I know that's mean, but that's just my internal defense mechanism against shit like this. I am compelled to remove myself as far away from the 'dangerous/distressing situation' as possible, and a person who's entire emotional wellbeing depends on me using or not using a word, this causes me stress and social anxiety. I cannot be given this kind of responsibility. I am not paid enough!) And of course this avoidant behavior would be 'problematic' so I'd have to sacrifice my own emotional wellbeing to coddle a confused attentionwhore.

[–]adultxhumanxfemaledie mad about it 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's not mean at all it's just self-preservation and completely understandable. Functioning adults don't have time for the ridiculousness.