• PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I read this as Gen Z doesn’t tolerate the boomer/older Gen X intolerant/racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic bullshit that younger Gen X/Older Millennials had to, and a lot of folks receiving this deserved pushback don’t like it.

    ¯\(ツ)

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      1 year ago

      Thus…proving the point? “If a person thinks I can’t handle disagreement, I bet it’s because they’re some kind of asshole nazi or something! It would be wrong of me to tolerate a difference of opinion with them!”

      If the only disagreement you can tolerate is irrelevant minutia, then you aren’t actually tolerant. “I’m totally tolerant, as long as our opinions don’t differ on race, culture, gender, sexual relations, work, religion, or politics” is pretty weak sauce.

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        1 year ago

        Well, I guess so, because when a guy I work with told me that we don’t hire good people in engineering anymore because all we focus on are gender and skin color, and giving 0 fucks that I am a woman who works with him as an engineer because that’s what I got my degree in and I guess I should have thought about his feelings all those years ago when I applied there or some shit.

        It was all of the other people I work with who maybe don’t resemble this guy either but who are very qualified engineers and who I was making sure to be tolerant of when I reported this and several other remarks by the same guy to management.

        Does this mean we can’t be friends? :(

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          1 year ago

          You guys literally couldn’t be leaning into Gen-Z stereotypes any harder.

          “Some guy says Gen-Z doesn’t have the ability to respectfully disagree.”

          “Man FUCK that guy, I bet he’s an intolerant/racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic piece of shit, and that’s why he can’t get along with us, because it’s definitely not our problem!”

          “Uhh, it sorta feels like you’re demonstrating that you really don’t have the ability to disagree.”

          <downvote> <downvote> <downvote> <downvote> <downvote> “Lol just cuz I reported a guy who said a thing that hurt my feelings, does that mean we can’t be friends?! Lol jk fuck you too buddy!”

          No, sure, you’re totally right, you guys are a real delight to have in conversations and debates.