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the last time i was involved in workplace drama/gossip was disappointing; they started a rumor that i was gay which was really weak tea since i've been out for decades and literally had pride flags on my desk, car bumper, and around my neck; but then again, it was austin texas so i guess it's still juicy to them despite it being the year 2020.
Wow that was notable to them in Austin? That sucks.
it's all good though since i got the last laugh. they hired me to create some software for them and they ended up losing all of it when they fired me because i never checked any of the source into github and the laptop i worked from was locked & encrypted using my own account; so they ended up with nothing.
some of them called me "fabulous" loudly and in front of everyone a few times and my autistic ass genuinely thought that they were complimenting me. lol.
i didn't realize until months afterwards that they were either trying to provoke or shame me and my only regret is that i wish i had realized what was happening at the time so that i could turn it on it's head and do things to make them REALLY clutch their pearls.
Austin is probably the fakest "liberal" city in the US. If you have to live in Texas live in Dallas.
American red states are really bloody bizarre ngl, genuinely astounds me how they can be that full of homophobic assholes in a supposed western anglophone nation.
i don't think it's much different than canada's alberta or the australian outback and you have figures like murdoch who help them revel in their prejudices.
True, I suppose similiarish divides in terms of.how they're artificslly created by the ruling classes can also be seen in northern British towns, constant media exposure to soak the struggling working classes brains in culture war bullshit to supress any element of class conciousness. Porkies have also been using god forsaken social media algorithms for the same ends as im sure you know.
indeed; they hold all of the cards so the only thing that is going to defeat the rat race is the rat race itself.
Oh, no, I'm so very sorry, that sounds awful!:( I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like, but... Jesus, like you've said, we've been in the XXIst Century for two and a half decades now, it's beyond disappointing that this is still happening... I'm genuinely sorry...
I wasn't aware that it was happening and I got the last laugh, so there's nothing to be sorry about, but thanks nonetheless