the funniest (?) part was that this came in the midst of a lecture on respect

y’know in that way that new teachers who are terrified and they take that terror out on your class with aggression 

like contextually it was something like

“I grew up in a place where we value respect. So you will be respectful when you’re in my class. My biggest pet peeve is people talking while I talk. I won’t have any of that. Unless, I mean, you’re just exchanging a little something that’s not interrupting. Like I know from time to time you’re gonna wanna lean over to the person next to you and be like ‘Man, this class is so gay.’”

and i was so ready to be like

if you really value respect so much could you maybe not use gay as a slur

my ap psych teacher jokingly used the word “gay” as a pejorative and i didn’t call him out on it because

• i know he didn’t mean it ~that way~ he’s just trying to relate to a bunch of teenagers
• he’s a new teacher subbing in for the actual, qualified teacher and he’s really nervous and he already thinks i hate him 
• so why assert myself as the bitchy social-justice buzzkill so soon into the semester
• …i also use gay in a derogatory sense upon occasion
• but
• it’s okay for me to use it
• because i do so ironically
• and also that whole “dating someone of the same gender” thing
• like it is clearly acceptable for me to tease my girlfriend about being gay 
• and it is clearly unacceptable for an AP PSYCHOLOGY teacher to create the kind of classroom environment where a certain sexuality is wrong
• like how are we supposed to have legitimate discussions and be accepting of all forms of sexuality or attraction (because these are issues that are kind of inherent in the course) if he’s setting up that kind of environment from day one

let’s all pause to remember that time in the eighth grade that lucas bond replaced the batteries in my calculator with beef jerky

i was sitting in algebra I and it wouldn’t turn on and somehow i instinctively knew it was his doing

and the teacher was staring at me and asked “what’s wrong” and i said very clearly “there’s beef jerky in my calculator”

schnurrbaerte:

i dislike nuances so much

why can’t there be a commonly understood statement of intention

e.g.

“hi, i find you attractive and would like to bang you, but have no intention of seeing you again.”

or

“wow, we could be spectacular platonic friends”

perhaps

“oh, gosh, your personality is refreshing and you are overall marvelous. i would be most happy to date you”

you know there isn’t like, a law, about being straightforward with people? like protip you can really tell people these things. to their faces. in real life. i promise.