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[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I can understand hiding your power levels at work so that you don’t get fired,

Honestly, I wouldn't share anything about my personal life at work these days, no matter what it was. Entirely too many people looking for something to be offended about, and you just don't know what will put a burr in someone's ass anymore. Even something as innocuous as mentioning a tabletop RPG could spiral into some "orcs are racist expies of blacks, and you're a white supremacist for that, and I'm going to HR to warn them about you" bullshit.

[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Mmhmm. It helps that I work in a small firm. We mostly talk about sports and we make jokes. It also helps that I live in Ireland. We are liberal as fuck, but we like taking the piss out of each other, so being easily offended is not an option. But if I lived in California or Canada it would be another story for me entirely.

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There was somebody on Reddit I believe who had an NB at work ( in academia ) get on Twitter and back stab him publicly, complaining that his coworker "mansplained" something to him. The commenters advised him to update his resume and act like he had one foot out the door.