Anon is apparently fake and gay
Anon comes out to his religious parents
Submitted 8 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
cheddar@programming.dev 8 months ago
Spent 10 weeks with another guy and his mom paid $100/hour. They definitely engaged in gay anal sex.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The rate situation where the circles completely overlap in the Venn diagram.
Fish@midwest.social 8 months ago
[deleted]Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
No, just a mutation of the “anon is fake and gay” meme. Cool story, if it were true, idk.
Oka@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Bro doesn’t know he’s Asexual yet. I was 25 when I found out. Also thought I might be bi growing up. It was a weird time for us adult Asexuals.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What do asexuals think about when they masterbate?
absentbird@lemm.ee 8 months ago
A lot of asexuals who masturbate don’t do it with a sexual mindset, it’s more like an exercise to relieve stress or get a little boost of dopamine.
It would be like asking “what do people without food fetishes think about when eating?” Idk, whatever is on their mind. They might think about how good it feels, but they could also be thinking about something totally unrelated.
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m 27 and seriously questioning if I’m actually gay or just some flavor of ace with an aversion to most sexual acts. I haven’t had any sexual contact with a woman except for a single kiss, so I don’t know if I can be sure yet. I absolutely despise the touch of men. It took 3 boyfriends to realize that men disgust me in regards to phyical/romantic/sexual contact.
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Did you try looking at photos of naked people?
fleetwheels@walledgarden.xyz 8 months ago
I figured out I was ace about a year or two ago. When I told a friend he said, “Yeah, everyone can tell, you’re the least sexual person I’ve ever met.”
Oka@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Lol that could be taken different ways.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Anon got converted by pro conversion therapist.
PoTayToes@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I’m glad people like that guy exist
beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Amazing how just giving people time to figure it out for themselves is so effective. So glad anon realized they’re ace before getting into something serious and getting hurt.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
What a wholesome story
dev_null@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Of a guy stealing $1000 and not doing the job he we hired for? Good for the kid, but it doesn’t change the fact he stole $1000. And put the kid in a morally ambiguous situation of having a $300 that he knows were stolen from his parents.
prongs@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Stole $1000 (likely from someone who wouldn’t realise it’s even gone) to prevent untold trauma. I understand it’s a grey situation but knowing how damaging conversion therapy can be to a person, I’d say theft is certainly the lesser of two evils.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Parents were upset kid said he was gay.
Parents paid dude to get kid to say he wasn’t gay.
Dude convinced kid to say he wasn’t gay.
Dude 100% delivered, and is entitled to the negotiated fee.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
These are the possible choices:
1.) He should’ve said nothing as he wasn’t willing to do the conversion therapy and therefore quite possibly let the kid go to a real conversion therapy “camp” of which usually inflict lasting harm.
2.) Actually have done the conversion therapy as asked.
3.) Lie as described in the OP
You said “good for the kid” indicating that you think that conversion therapy is a bad thing but also somehow came to the conclusion that 3. is the least moral choice? What? Baffling.
TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Stealing from bigots isn’t the moral evil you seem to think it is.
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
There are no government standard conversion therapy treatments.
Staying in the closet is the intended outcome and they received that service.
felsiq@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Imo option 3 is basically what he did - keeping $700 means he basically took $35/hour as a babysitting fee. Not sure what’s standard for babysitting rates (child free for life), but I sure as shit wouldn’t take responsibility for a child for that much lol. The amount aside, rather than theft I see the situation as him inflating the value of the service he was providing - still a shitty thing to do in other circumstances, but one we collectively accept as not illegal theft when it’s by brand names and “luxury” stuff.
In other circumstances I’d fully agree with your point that the kid’s in a morally ambiguous situation with money he knows wasstolenscammed from his parents, but from both the kids perspectives at the time thinking anon really was gay, he was in a vulnerable position with a very real chance of being cut off by his parents and needing to support himself. That removes any ambiguity imo, even ignoring the fact that his parents are bigots who more than deserved what they gotVeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
“Real” conversion therapy likely would have been damaging and more expensive. Also, that cash may have given anon some leverage to do things without his parents knowing, also a good thing in the situation described.
A bit of a scam, sure, but it’s not like “real” conversion therapy isn’t, while also inflicting trauma on the recipients.
theneverfox@pawb.social 8 months ago
Let’s recontextualize this - my neighbor wants to spend $5k to remove a safety feature from their car, because they saw a dumb tick tock. Let’s say it’s ABS breaking, they’re just absolutely convinced it’s bad
Now I hear about this, and I don’t want their stupidity to kill their whole family. I offer to do it for $1k, and instead I actually change their brakes.
Is this ethical? In the end, I didn’t honor the words of our agreement, because it was very stupid. It would’ve been unethical, likely illegal, to do what they asked
I did save them money and prevent them from finding someone who would’ve done what they asked. I also did work on their car, just not what they thought I did. They’re happy with the result, and no longer seeking to remove a system they don’t understand
It depends on your ethical framework, but it seems like a stretch to call this theft. The guy in the post provided babysitting and mentorship, which is part of the agreed services. They would probably not have paid so much for what they actually got, but a certain amount of markup is needed to sell the ruse
cobysev@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t see this as stealing, as conversation therapy is a fraudulent and cruel practice in the first place. Bro actually did a form of conversion therapy in a safe and mentally supportive environment. Granted the “conversion” part may have been inadvertent, but he did help someone deal with a potentially traumatizing situation and saved him from harm. Which gave OP the time and space to really look at himself and discover who he truly is. I think that’s worth the $1K that would’ve gone toward a far more evil practice.
thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Probably almost definitely overall a wholesome story.
I think the kids morally ambiguous situation was better than the situation their parents were putting them in so it’s a net win.
nonailsleft@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Read till the end he cured him
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Conversion therapy isn’t real though; you can’t make someone not be gay. From the parent’s perspective, their problem is likely that they think they have a religious obligation to not accept homosexuality (perhaps their place in their community depends on this), but also want a relationship with their son, and don’t want to have to choose between these. So probably what they really want is for their son to go back in the closet in a way that is plausible, and the service they are paying for offers that plausibility and creates the greatest possible chance of it happening (being nice to anon and letting him know he has an undo button without feeding him bullshit or being pushy).
So on second thought, maybe it’s not unambiguously wholesome, because it is lies and could be enabling a homophobic culture. But on the other hand it’s probably for the best that this sort of conflict be put off until anon is no longer a teenager who is totally dependent on their parents.
maniii@lemmy.world 8 months ago
4-chan greentext almost is ALWAYS trolls and things-that-never-happened.
The story is all kinds of weird shit. I do not want to know what the actual story is anyways.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 8 months ago
Based.
jmj88@lemm.ee 8 months ago
No one want to read a micro font book.
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 8 months ago
Apparently at least 90 people did.
jmj88@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Wow, 90 people. I stand corrected.
AlexisFR@jlai.lu 8 months ago
They had to ruin it with the punchline didn’t they? 🤦
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
You know, I know a guy that had to come out as straight.
Pretty fucking hilarious story.
skyspydude1@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Well, are you going to tell us the story?
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I honestly didn’t think anyone would be interested. If anything, I expected a blast of hate, since that’s what happened the last time I told the story.
But yeah, gimme a bit and I’ll come back. Kid’s sick, so we gotta do the doctor thing.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Apparently not.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Edited it in to the original comment
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I sort of had that happen to me. In middle school, someone started a rumor that I was gay. This was early 90s, and I was young, so it bothered me. I was new to the district, and didn’t have many friends, and being called “gay” was something bad in my mind.
But then I suddenly had a bunch of friends who were being really supportive. Some were gay, some were straight, but everyone just encouraged each other to be who they are. I learned a lot from them about acceptance and being myself. Years passed.
But none of them ever asked me if I was gay. Anyone that asked, I would say “no, I’m straight.” Apparently people thought I was in denial.
But then I asked a girl out, and she was like, “Wait, but… Aren’t you gay?” The look on her face is seared into my subconscious. It was a mixture of confusion, betrayal, and contempt. Like I had been pretending to be gay to worm my way into her friendship, all the while being a lecherous creep waking to strike.
Also it turns out, one of my gay friends was working up the courage to ask me out. It was the talk of the lunch table, except they had been keeping it from me because they didn’t want to embarrass our friend.
So I had to go to that friend and explain that I liked them as a friend, but I was not attracted to men. He then claimed that he wasn’t interested in me, which was really fucking confusing. And then I had to clarify to everyone at the lunch table that I was, and had always been, straight. Which is weird enough, but I had also now rejected one friend and creeped on another.
Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Wow that’s a crazy situation haha
skyspydude1@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Wow, that was pretty wild. Thanks for taking the time to type that out, it was well worth the wait.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
No worries :)
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I mean, we all know a guy like this. He’s a major bogie on the gaydar and then you find out he bangs chicks and seems to enjoy it.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Great story and well told. Beautiful really. Pan-romantic, I really like that. Wow there are so many gradations of sexuality and identity. I so wish we were talking about this shit when I was a kid.
So much time wasted trying to fit in the restrictive “straight” or “gay” buckets.
Still not as much as the guy in your story, but I can totally see how he could wind up in that situation given the cards dealt.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I know so many people that would have been better off with the range of definitions we have now, if only so they could self label and know what their feelings meant.
Like, demi-sexual. The folks I know that had a big aha! moment when they heard the term and its definition weren’t necessarily unable to find happiness, but they were always questioning what was “wrong” with them, when it’s something that’s common enough that there should have been a term for it all along.
Just that, the knowledge that a person isn’t alone or weird is such a powerful thing.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Wow, labels can be so stupid. I’m glad he found something that works. 👍
Ifera@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I had the opposite experience, pansexual but homoromantic, neraly married a woman I thought I loved, sex was amazing and I thought what I felt was love through the eyes of an autistic person, but after she broke up with me and I finally had my first boyfriend, everything clicked.
You can’t miss what you have never had, but once you discover your true self, there is no going back.
Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Jocat
m0darn@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Makes total sense to me. He loved his husband and wanted him to be happy, but wasn’t sexually attracted to him. But not a homophobe, so willing to try to make husband happy.
Korrok@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Thanks for sharing this, it was nice to read.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
A friend of mine came out as straight to his parents, because he understood that this is someone one does when becoming aware of one’s sexuality, and as a young teen, he had his first crush on a girl. A few years later, he came out as bi.