I’m sorry your workplace is so lame 😞 most of the IT at my last job were furries, and half of the dev team were trans or gay. I couldn’t imagine working somewhere that rejects valid software just because of its associations. That’s kinda like shooting yourself on the foot.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 9 hours ago
Are you for real?
Being trance or gay etc. as perfectly fine to bring up at work, but not furries, especially if you yourself aren’t part of that community. I am not bringing up my kinks at work, or anyone’s for that matter
BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
I’m thinking the same about you right now. You’re one of those people who must sexualize everything 🙄
Sorry but I don’t think this conversation is going to go anywhere productive.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 9 hours ago
Whether or not I do is irrelevant, how it will be perceived by coworkers is the whole point.
I will bet all the money I have that most coworkers in a big corporate will find it weird if someone brought up furries at work.
BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
Look, I’m going to try to make this as clear as I can, because I would like to be charitable and just assume you are just being ignorant and not intentionally bigoted:
If you can understand that being gay or trans isn’t a kink just because there is porn of gay and trans people, I don’t think it should be a stretch for you to understand that furries aren’t a kink just because there is porn of furries. If your mind immediately goes to sex when furries are mentioned, you not only come across as someone who immediately thinks trans and gay people are promoting sex at pride parades, but it also gives the impression that the only exposure you have to furries is through porn.
Please, get your mind out of the gutter. A large number of my furry friends are even asexual - meaning they want nothing to do with kink or sex.
If you don’t want to bring up furries to your coworkers, fine, that’s understandable but sad that they’re like that. But the way you talk about it and your assumptions are showing a lot of ignorance.
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TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
It’s sad that you’ve already blocked me apparently, but what I find even more illuminating is that you don’t think calling furries a kink is being a jerk, yet pointing out how doing so is bigoted is?