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I am male. When woke went down I went around and labeled all of the bathrooms in my house M, for "me." No genders, no pronouns, no bullshit. Just regular human shit. And urine. And sometimes a place for my friend to get dressed and do her makeup if she doesn't have time to stop at home or something.
Are you being an ass on purpose, or because you think that's a joke?
I had a feeling this would happen, so I ran it by a couple of my trans friends. One responded (the one I mentioned is likely busy with her one year old and has not yet):
I was hoping "M is for me" (a pronoun) followed directly by "no pronouns" would be enough, and "letting a friend (who is definitely not "me") get changed and put on her makeup" would drive it home.
It did not. That's on me. I'm fully aware of Poe's Law and rolled the dice. If anyone is truly offended, I apologize. The friend I'm talking about occasionally used my place to change so she could be herself in private after having to deal with work etc. Hell, a lot of the selfies she shared had my shower curtain as the backdrop lol. Probably too much of an inside joke. Hindsight being 20/20 and all.
If a mod wants to nuke it, I get it. I'm going to leave it. People can make of it what they will.
im trans and thought it was funny.
its the risk of online sarcasm, it can easily be missed and taken at face value which makes it even funnier.
blahaj.zone has very strict enforcement of noninclusive language and statements. as much as I personally appreciate this brand of humor, its probably unwise to post similar comments on this instance