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   Queer Like The Slur (coolandnormal@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Jun-2025 22:38:53 JST Queer Like The Slur

   Hot tip: if you see a woman doing something, don't walk up and order her to do it for you.

   This used to happen constantly when a woman staff member was doing the ironing at the clothing stores where I used to work. A random man would stride up and say "you can do my shirts next, thanks!", this would happen at least once per hour. I had forgotten about this until I got out my crochet while sitting alone* in public.

   *alone is key. I sit doing crochet with other people all the time and strange men never approach to make orders for socks. But as soon as I sat alone today: men. Old white men. Everywhere.

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     Queer Like The Slur (coolandnormal@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Jun-2025 22:38:52 JST Queer Like The Slur

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     I'm starting to understand why old ladies who sit on porches traditionally keep a pea shooter beside the rocking chair.

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     Queer Like The Slur (coolandnormal@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Jun-2025 22:38:52 JST Queer Like The Slur

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     After ordering socks he immediately started on how he was raised in a better time before washing machines and dishwashers and hot running water and it was a much better way to live and the women were better then.

     I think I need to get more visibly queer so old white people stop dumping this particular trauma on me.

     He kept saying "it's a better way to live!". I didn't inform him that he's allowed to not own a dishwasher. I've never been able to afford one, there's no law that you have to have them.

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Jun-2025 22:39:31 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @coolandnormal The women were better then … because they were busy hand-washing clothes?! OMG