1/2: It is so damn weird — weird as hell — that so many men and women, most of whom I don’t even know at all, don’t live anywhere near, and’ll almost certainly never meet or have much anything to do with beyond a chance meeting IRL or online legit think I want to have sex with them.
2/2: I’m not saying I think they think that. I’m saying that because I’ve been accused of it, online for liking a photo (that’s not nude or even scanty or whatever) or leaving a generic comment on a public post. Yes, men and women... and sometimes others. WTF?
@thedisasterautist Stop hounding me for sex with your likes and comments! 🤣
@awnaves: Frequently that's about what I'm told. I wish I was kidding about that, too.
@thedisasterautist I once had a woman in real life tell me to keep away from her with my "gay agenda" just for saying I liked her new hairdo. I thought she was kidding and laughed which seemed to really piss her off. People are nuts. I avoided her like the plague after that.
@awnaves: I once left a "Way to go!" on a woman's post on IG, because she was back at the gym after recovering from ACL surgery. She immediately replied with "You don't have a chance with me, grandpa! You creep!" and reported me for harassment. (It was a public post that the algorithm gave me because #kneesurgery, and that was our only interaction ever. We were total strangers.)
IRL, I've saw a guy's sharp haircut and beard, and it was similar to mine but better. He saw me and recoiled and...
@awnaves: ...shouted across the barbet shop, "What're you lookin' at, fag! I don't have nothin' to do with your kind!" The barber, who I've known for years, told him to calm down and don't act up like that in the place, and the guy went on a tirade about "gay guys always tryin' out on me" and such.
Bizarroland.
@thedisasterautist I try very hard to verify any info before I spread it, but we're all human and can hold mistaken beliefs/assumptions. If someone responds to me with a (fact-based) fact-check, I thank them for the correction.
That's the type of behavior that should be normalized, IMO.
3/2: I mean... I understand why it happens, but I don't *get* it, if that makes sense.
I'm like that about a lot of allegedly/seemingly mundane behaviors and social customs I am told I'm supposed to accept as normal and endure, and by "endure" I mean "let go even if/when people get violent about it" (which some have over time, alas).
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