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Hey, Remember How Tesla Used to Celebrate Pride Month?

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Musk is a great example of how social media rots your brain.

I know people have been saying this ever since books were invented... But Twitter and such are really different. They are literally designed and trained to suck you in at any cost.

Note: I don't mean that he is very Republican, but that his character (seemingly) drastically changed from being in the Twitter echo chamber. He blurts out self harmful, objectively incorrect things without taking two minutes to consider them, almost like he can't help himself, as the CEO and owner of Twitter.

He has a trans daughter that disowned him.

I'm gracious, I think he's got long-Covid.

My favorite holidays are those that other people shame you into celebrating

Pride month fucking blows at work, and many of my friends are gay. It's so weird and sanitized and vaguely religious.

The fun thing is that, when everyone jumps down my throat on this one, they'll be proving me right.

Edit: see below - I enjoy Pride as a holiday. It's just weird to have it be a mandatory thing at work that's so Corporate Memphis.

I hope this doesn't constitute "jump[ing] down your throat," but: try going to an actual pride parade and enjoying yourself rather than judging it by the HR-approved G-rated "celebration" in your workplace.

Oh, that's what I'm trying to say. Pride parades are a ton of fun, so are gay bars during pride. Go to a rave during Pride, it's awesome.

I just don't like the Corporate Memphis enforcement. Feels like state religion.

Fair enough, that sounds unpleasant! I've worked at companies that routinely get accused of being "woke" and Pride rarely entails more than maybe getting some rainbow-washed swag; if your company's dragging you into the breakroom for a store-bought cake with rainbow sprinkles and a lecture on how not to get the company sued, you have my sincere condolences :) Personally, the only corporate holiday celebration I want is a day off.

EXACTLY! THANK YOU

"...many of my friends..." so I can't possibly be part of the problem and events created to support them are superfluous. Right?

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