Oh 100%. I’m doing my part by using this giant Ikea bag I have. Big pride bag. Able to carry an ENORMOUS amount of stuff while being a giant rainbow across the whole thing. Me and my former best friend went to Ikea and bought one when she got a Blahaj and I got a Blavingaad. I lovingly refer to it as my Baggot.
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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 hours ago
I just can’t even imagine having such a fragile ego and being so unconfident in my own sexuality, that I would be worried about people thinking I’m gay for using reusable bags.
Jesus Christ. These are the people who are making everything on this planet worse for the rest of us.
Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
FishFace@piefed.social 20 hours ago
Inasmuch as these people have a “fragile ego”, you probably also have a fragile ego. Virtually everyone subconsciously adapts their behaviour to gain the approval of other people whom they value.
The difference between you and them is not that you have a strong ego and are confident in your masculinity, it’s that you don’t value the views of people who judge people on that basis. And that is certainly no bad thing, but it’s a fundamental difference, and making this error makes it very hard to understand people who are different from you.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
I don’t have a “strong ego,” I strive to have no ego. Not easy, obviously, but I feel as if I do an alright job.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
idk sounds pretty egotistical to me
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
HOW DARE YOU QUESTION ME
FishFace@piefed.social 18 hours ago
At best you can call people who do this as having a very mild form of unconscious bias; you can’t infer bigotry which I would say really ought to be either a consciously-held opinion, or if not then a set of behaviours that has a practical negative outcome.
I think the kind of person you’re thinking of is a stereotypical bigoted jock who hangs out with his jock-friends and makes homophobic jokes all the time. That person we’re maybe not surprised that they are motivated to avoid doing stuff associated with those outside their gender.
But I don’t think (and there’s nothing here to suggest) that it is only that kind of person who is so affected. Do you think that someone respectful of gay people, but who grew up in a conservative family and whose father makes comments like that, might not be motivated along the same lines out of a desire to their father? Or is it bigoted to seek the approval of your dad if your dad is a bigot? Even if it’s not done consciously?
socsa@piefed.social 16 hours ago
I don’t because I hate everyone and actively avoid human interaction to the point of sabotage. Misanthrope is the only way to be straight. Or I guess pan in my case.