• nocturne
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    3018 days ago

    Don’t want to get called Darth Vader? Don’t act like Darth Vader.

    When my daughter was about 3 1/2-4 she woke up earlier than I one morning and wanted to do something with me. My wife told her to wake me and ask me about doing said activity (what she wanted to do escapes me, maybe go to the park) my daughter refused until she knew if I had taken my Darth Vader pills yet or not. It was eye awakening for me that my kid thought I was so mean at times I was like Vader. It really did a lot for me to try and tone down my temper and disposition.

  • @RockLobstore@lemmy.ml
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    216 days ago

    If people could get paid for every time a coworker made an unfavorable comparison about them, the USA would collapse. Many work environments I’ve been in have been very toxic, with reports actually yielding more abuse or consequences (cut hours, unreasonable expectations going forward, etc). While the UK libel laws go a little far, we could definitely use that kind of culture of responsibility in the USA.

    • @FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
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      113 days ago

      Sure. But in many cases, people are just over sensitive because this type of BS is allowed. There would be no end since somehow, somewhere, someone will find the most mundane garbage to get offended by.

      Some women get offended by the air conditioner.

      • queermunist she/her
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        13 days ago

        I’d rather oversensitive people sometimes win than literally everyone always lose.

        Also what feels comfortable in 100% cotton jeans won’t feel comfortable in stretchy 60% cotton/40% synthetic jeans. The problem is you men all wear potato sacks and those keep you warm in the air conditioning, while our fitted clothes don’t protect us at all!