Encounters With SJWs/Tumblristas Offline or In Unusual Communities

[magikarp]

This thread reminds me of someone I know from my college campus. She was in my professional skills for artists class (a class that discusses the more business/law side of art) and she told me about how some professor tried to censor some art work of her's.

Basically, she's a mixed media artist and likes to incorporate taxidermy in her work. It's super cool. She was making these little 3D works that were based around Mayan death imagery and sarcophaguses and stuff, when her professor was like "I don't think you should be making things like that, you're not Mexican. That's insensitive to their culture."

Holy cow. When did it become cool to discourage artists from exploring other cultures through art? I was like "fucking seriously?"

Despite the guff she got, she ended up getting a whole display case to herself one semester for her work. That was neat.

 

[Fleshy Sanik]

This thread reminds me of someone I know from my college campus. She was in my professional skills for artists class (a class that discusses the more business/law side of art) and she told me about how some professor tried to censor some art work of her's.

Basically, she's a mixed media artist and likes to incorporate taxidermy in her work. It's super cool. She was making these little 3D works that were based around Mayan death imagery and sarcophaguses and stuff, when her professor was like "I don't think you should be making things like that, you're not Mexican. That's insensitive to their culture."

Holy cow. When did it become cool to discourage artists from exploring other cultures through art? I was like "fucking seriously?"

Despite the guff she got, she ended up getting a whole display case to herself one semester for her work. That was neat.

Good luck finding any offended mayans. I guess we better stop building statues too or we might offend the natives of easter island

 

[TheImportantFart]

On the train to work this morning a woman came and sat next to me. She looked pretty normal so I didn't pay her much heed. It was a bit cramped so I shifted over as much as I could to give her some space, but it was still pretty cosy.

After about a minute I noticed the woman was shooting me disdainful looks so I attempted to shift over again, but received no more joy than before. Fast forward another minute and I see the woman roll her eyes and mutter under her breath, no word of a lie:
"Ugh, manspreading."

"Excuse me?" I asked. I could've let it go but it was a slow train and I felt like blowing off some steam (if you'll pardon the pun).

She gave me a sardonic look and said "If you moved your legs in there'd be more space."

My legs were as close together as they could be without crushing my balls, so I asked her: "I heard you say 'manspreading'. Is this what that's supposed to be?"

She nodded. I know full well what manspreading is, but I decided to play dumb.
"You know," I replied, "Not to be crude but if I squish my legs in any closer I'll be crushing my privates. It'll be uncomfortable and I could be risking infertility" (I don't know if the part about infertility's factual, but I can well believe it).

She rolled her eyes in the bitchiest way I've seen in a long time and shot back in a whiny, exasperated tone: "Now you're mansplaining too!"

I couldn't believe it. To hear manspreading in the wild was one thing, but mansplaining as well? This was too much.

I gave her pretty much the same response Notch gave on Twitter when he heard people talking about mansplaining (it's a sexist term used to shut men up by gender shaming). I even added the part about how you wouldn't call a car crash womansdriving.

She gave me a death stare, got up and stormed off to another carriage, possibly to harass another poor soul for committing the crime of sitting comfortably and/or trying to protect his future children. I just went back to watching Breaking Bad, slightly flabbergasted that what just happened actually happened. She didn't have dangerhair or tattoos or piercings or anything, she looked quite respectable. I hope this doesn't mean the Tumblr virus is further infecting the general population.

 

[Melkor]

On the train to work this morning a woman came and sat next to me. She looked pretty normal so I didn't pay her much heed. It was a bit cramped so I shifted over as much as I could to give her some space, but it was still pretty cosy.

After about a minute I noticed the woman was shooting me disdainful looks so I attempted to shift over again, but received no more joy than before. Fast forward another minute and I see the woman roll her eyes and mutter under her breath, no word of a lie:
"Ugh, manspreading."

"Excuse me?" I asked. I could've let it go but it was a slow train and I felt like blowing off some steam (if you'll pardon the pun).

She gave me a sardonic look and said "If you moved your legs in there'd be more space."

My legs were as close together as they could be without crushing my balls, so I asked her: "I heard you say 'manspreading'. Is this what that's supposed to be?"

She nodded. I know full well what manspreading is, but I decided to play dumb.
"You know," I replied, "Not to be crude but if I squish my legs in any closer I'll be crushing my privates. It'll be uncomfortable and I could be risking infertility" (I don't know if the part about infertility's factual, but I can well believe it).

She rolled her eyes in the bitchiest way I've seen in a long time and shot back in a whiny, exasperated tone: "Now you're mansplaining too!"

I couldn't believe it. To hear manspreading in the wild was one thing, but mansplaining as well? This was too much.

I gave her pretty much the same response Notch gave on Twitter when he heard people talking about mansplaining (it's a sexist term used to shut men up by gender shaming). I even added the part about how you wouldn't call a car crash womansdriving.

She gave me a death stare, got up and stormed off to another carriage, possibly to harass another poor soul for committing the crime of sitting comfortably and/or trying to protect his future children. I just went back to watching Breaking Bad, slightly flabbergasted that what just happened actually happened. She didn't have dangerhair or tattoos or piercings or anything, she looked quite respectable. I hope this doesn't mean the Tumblr virus is further infecting the general population.

Why didn't you bitch slap her?

 

[TheImportantFart]

Why didn't you bitch slap her?

I did. Verbally.

 

[Adamska]

On the train to work this morning a woman came and sat next to me. She looked pretty normal so I didn't pay her much heed. It was a bit cramped so I shifted over as much as I could to give her some space, but it was still pretty cosy.

After about a minute I noticed the woman was shooting me disdainful looks so I attempted to shift over again, but received no more joy than before. Fast forward another minute and I see the woman roll her eyes and mutter under her breath, no word of a lie:
"Ugh, manspreading."

"Excuse me?" I asked. I could've let it go but it was a slow train and I felt like blowing off some steam (if you'll pardon the pun).

She gave me a sardonic look and said "If you moved your legs in there'd be more space."

My legs were as close together as they could be without crushing my balls, so I asked her: "I heard you say 'manspreading'. Is this what that's supposed to be?"

She nodded. I know full well what manspreading is, but I decided to play dumb.
"You know," I replied, "Not to be crude but if I squish my legs in any closer I'll be crushing my privates. It'll be uncomfortable and I could be risking infertility" (I don't know if the part about infertility's factual, but I can well believe it).

She rolled her eyes in the bitchiest way I've seen in a long time and shot back in a whiny, exasperated tone: "Now you're mansplaining too!"

I couldn't believe it. To hear manspreading in the wild was one thing, but mansplaining as well? This was too much.

I gave her pretty much the same response Notch gave on Twitter when he heard people talking about mansplaining (it's a sexist term used to shut men up by gender shaming). I even added the part about how you wouldn't call a car crash womansdriving.

She gave me a death stare, got up and stormed off to another carriage, possibly to harass another poor soul for committing the crime of sitting comfortably and/or trying to protect his future children. I just went back to watching Breaking Bad, slightly flabbergasted that what just happened actually happened. She didn't have dangerhair or tattoos or piercings or anything, she looked quite respectable. I hope this doesn't mean the Tumblr virus is further infecting the general population.

8/10 since you forgot to add that the train was applauding with the conductor being Albert Einstein.

Still a dick move on her end since you basically did move over quite a bit before she tarded out.

 

[TheImportantFart]

8/10 since you forgot to add that the train was applauding with the conductor being Albert Einstein.

I'll remember that one for next time then. Cheers for the heads up.

 

[vertexwindi]

I'm still uncertain as to why some people still can't comprehend that men have balls. If we took shoddy care of them, none of us would be here.

 

[AnOminous]

I'm still uncertain as to why some people still can't comprehend that men have balls.

They know it and literally want them crushed, cut off, and destroyed in as violent a manner as possible.

 

[CWCissey]

On the train to work this morning a woman came and sat next to me. She looked pretty normal so I didn't pay her much heed. It was a bit cramped so I shifted over as much as I could to give her some space, but it was still pretty cosy.

After about a minute I noticed the woman was shooting me disdainful looks so I attempted to shift over again, but received no more joy than before. Fast forward another minute and I see the woman roll her eyes and mutter under her breath, no word of a lie:
"Ugh, manspreading."

"Excuse me?" I asked. I could've let it go but it was a slow train and I felt like blowing off some steam (if you'll pardon the pun).

She gave me a sardonic look and said "If you moved your legs in there'd be more space."

My legs were as close together as they could be without crushing my balls, so I asked her: "I heard you say 'manspreading'. Is this what that's supposed to be?"

She nodded. I know full well what manspreading is, but I decided to play dumb.
"You know," I replied, "Not to be crude but if I squish my legs in any closer I'll be crushing my privates. It'll be uncomfortable and I could be risking infertility" (I don't know if the part about infertility's factual, but I can well believe it).

She rolled her eyes in the bitchiest way I've seen in a long time and shot back in a whiny, exasperated tone: "Now you're mansplaining too!"

I couldn't believe it. To hear manspreading in the wild was one thing, but mansplaining as well? This was too much.

I gave her pretty much the same response Notch gave on Twitter when he heard people talking about mansplaining (it's a sexist term used to shut men up by gender shaming). I even added the part about how you wouldn't call a car crash womansdriving.

She gave me a death stare, got up and stormed off to another carriage, possibly to harass another poor soul for committing the crime of sitting comfortably and/or trying to protect his future children. I just went back to watching Breaking Bad, slightly flabbergasted that what just happened actually happened. She didn't have dangerhair or tattoos or piercings or anything, she looked quite respectable. I hope this doesn't mean the Tumblr virus is further infecting the general population.

I praise you for your restraint. If I got that shit on the Metrolink I would have said that I'm sorry she hasn't been laid, for her to pick up a biology book as Ken is not a good representation of men under their pants and for her to go fuck herself, she should be pretty good at it by now, obviously being the only one who would.

 

[friedshrimp]

Bet you this is the same chick who gets like 18 bags while shopping and litters them all throughout the train/bus while going back home.

 

[sailorautism]

>used to work at F21
>was manning ground floor fitting room
>fitting room women only
>guy and girl come, refuse access to the guy
>it didn't seem like he was making an effort to pass, both of them were literally coloured like rainbows
>he said I was being transphobic
>
>manager called
>my manager had to ask me to go help out on the tills after seeing the look on my face

That and the time a fat woman ripped a shirt and called me fatphobic were the only times where I had to deal with real life tumblr ppl ever.

They probably thought I was also from there.

 

[RoseyRascal]

I wanted to share some stories ive had since being in college/uni. I've got a few stories, this one is the shortest though.

>Met one of those "punk" kids. The ones with 100 piercings and the "edgy" leather and hot topic clothes
>edgy girl kept telling everyone she was gay, no one cared
>saw her making out with dude later. confused i asked if he was "transitioning" nope, just had long hair
>pointed out lesbians don't like dick.
>she insisted she was gay, i didn't stop pointing out the obvious flaw with that
>she got upset, and tried to have me removed from campus.
>actually got reprimanded for "triggering" her.
>all the other tumblrites defended her, shrieking i was homophobic
>blew their minds when they saw i had a girlfriend at the time

 

[Tame Sake]

I'm not 100% sure this one was a tumblrite. This is completely speculation.

My last day of vacation, the fam took us to this Japanese bar and grill. We were given the incorrect time online as to when the place closed, so we literally had 15 minutes to sit down and take our order for it to count.

The hostess lady was whiter than a Finn, had bubblegum hair in a really ratty ponytail, and black lipstick that stood out far more than the rest of her makeup.

As soon as my family--a herd of whities--entered the establishment, she had the biggest bitch face you can imagine. She very rudely snapped that the closing time we read was for the bar, not the restaurant. We can still be served, but we can't dawdle. Dad was "Ok" about it. She then mentions very snippy that there is an 18% gratuity for parties 6+. Dad was "Ok" and she left for a moment. (Dad tips 20% anyways so joke's on her). Part of our party is missing still as she comes back. She was once again very snappy that if our full party doesn't arrive within 2 minutes, we will have to order for them because time is running out. Again, Dad was "Ok" about it.

During all of this, she never once addressed the party of 3 who came in after us--two asian dudes and an asian woman.

She was so fucking pissed that a group of white people came in at the very end of the evening hours. Like, how fucking dare white people have dinner at a Japanese bar and grill. Had she been snippy at us just once more, Dad was adamant that not only would we have left, but he would have wanted to speak to the manager to insist that he will never return thanks to miss pissy pants over there. He goes there twice a month with a massive party every time.

She was a LOT less pissy all of the sudden, when the rest of our party arrived. Two Asian women.

Pure speculation on tumblr connections with her appearance and singling us out, but holy fuck were we absolutely amazed of the amount of pissed off she was displaying. She could have just said "We're closed, we can't serve you", but nah, she had to make a massive to-do about it.

 

[Sailor_Jupiter]

"You know," I replied, "Not to be crude but if I squish my legs in any closer I'll be crushing my privates.

That's probably what they want.
(Detailed depiction of her reaction, below.)

 

[Adamska]

I'm not 100% sure this one was a tumblrite. This is completely speculation.

My last day of vacation, the fam took us to this Japanese bar and grill. We were given the incorrect time online as to when the place closed, so we literally had 15 minutes to sit down and take our order for it to count.

The hostess lady was whiter than a Finn, had bubblegum hair in a really ratty ponytail, and black lipstick that stood out far more than the rest of her makeup.

As soon as my family--a herd of whities--entered the establishment, she had the biggest bitch face you can imagine. She very rudely snapped that the closing time we read was for the bar, not the restaurant. We can still be served, but we can't dawdle. Dad was "Ok" about it. She then mentions very snippy that there is an 18% gratuity for parties 6+. Dad was "Ok" and she left for a moment. (Dad tips 20% anyways so joke's on her). Part of our party is missing still as she comes back. She was once again very snappy that if our full party doesn't arrive within 2 minutes, we will have to order for them because time is running out. Again, Dad was "Ok" about it.

During all of this, she never once addressed the party of 3 who came in after us--two asian dudes and an asian woman.

She was so fucking pissed that a group of white people came in at the very end of the evening hours. Like, how fucking dare white people have dinner at a Japanese bar and grill. Had she been snippy at us just once more, Dad was adamant that not only would we have left, but he would have wanted to speak to the manager to insist that he will never return thanks to miss pissy pants over there. He goes there twice a month with a massive party every time.

She was a LOT less pissy all of the sudden, when the rest of our party arrived. Two Asian women.

Pure speculation on tumblr connections with her appearance and singling us out, but holy fuck were we absolutely amazed of the amount of pissed off she was displaying. She could have just said "We're closed, we can't serve you", but nah, she had to make a massive to-do about it.

You were foolish to let her get away with it.

 

[Tame Sake]

You were foolish to let her get away with it.

Probably. But hey, I was on vacation and not ready for tumblrite bullshit after over a week of being unplugged. It was completely on my dad to tear her a new one if she was snippy again. At the end of the day, she's just become an injoke just like "Trigger word" girl from dozens of pages back in another story.

 

[Diana Moon Glampers]

I will now explain manspreading for the benefit of all who encounter this species of pseudofeminist in the wild.

Women don't start out sitting with legs close together. Most little kids of both sexes splay way the fuck out. When women hit puberty, hip development can make it really fairly painful to maintain a closed leg posture.

Somewhere around age 8 or so, most girls are told that sitting splayed out isn't ladylike, will let people see their private parts, will attract attention from pervs. So there are literally millions of women who would LOVE to spread out, for hip reasons instead of testicular ones, but feel they cannot. These women get resentful of men who spread out, even though it is pretty unlikely a man was the person who told them to keep their legs together, and even though most men have no clue women are uncomfortable sitting this way and would be basically fine with "womanspreading" by an exhausted woman at the end of the work day.

Not sure why they campaign for everyone to be ashamed of their bodies and take up less space, instead of having a campaign that says hey, women, no one gives a fuck what your aunt told you the year before you got your period or whatever, take up as much space as you need to be comfortable. Next time you see a woman critique a man whose legs are apart, tell her, you know, it is really ok, I don't mind if you do it too...

 

[Positron]

Somewhere around age 8 or so, most girls are told that sitting splayed out isn't ladylike, will let people see their private parts, will attract attention from pervs. So there are literally millions of women who would LOVE to spread out, for hip reasons instead of testicular ones, but feel they cannot. These women get resentful of men who spread out, even though it is pretty unlikely a man was the person who told them to keep their legs together, and even though most men have no clue women are uncomfortable sitting this way and would be basically fine with "womanspreading" by an exhausted woman at the end of the work day.

Yup, no one really would mind if a woman chooses to sit comfortably. But, even given the choice of claiming the comfortable posture for themselves, they choose to shame and deny men for the comfort. And this is very telling of the feminist mindset.

 

[AnOminous]

Yup, no one really would mind if a woman chooses to sit comfortably. But, even given the choice of claiming the comfortable posture for themselves, they choose to shame and deny men for the comfort. And this is very telling of the feminist mindset.

They don't want to be happy, they want to make everyone else miserable.