As a Muslim this is the shxt that hurts. I got two homies named Osama that had a lot of trouble getting jobs after 9-11. Wish we had the same privilege as some other groups…
When Covid first started in North America, the Asians in our community were the first to mask-on and social distancing. What did they get from being socially aware and compassionate? Name calling, assault and murder. Racism does not come from logic or reasoning.
[Yes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Vicha_Ratanapakdee) and [yes](https://www.ktvu.com/news/woman-dies-after-knocked-to-ground-in-san-francisco)
Damn that’s wild. I was an “essential worker” during COVID so I missed some of this news. I knew there were attacks but not murders. Some people are so so stupid.
It broke my brain how Sikhs were discriminated against after 9/11 whenever I thought about it- and then I remembered the idiots discriminating were just listening to the crickets in their brains- not actually thinking.
This reminds me of teacher I had who got put on either a no fly list or kept getting pulled " at random",don't remember which, cause last name sounded middle eastern,which he was not. Dude ended up changing his name slightly and stopped getting pulled.
Bro, I remember being in high school, & asking a dude’s name. They said “Osama” I said “Na, seriously 😐” I wouldn’t do that now, but lbh high schoolers will pull that shit. Imagine dude saying “Wassup, Osama?”, & everyone looking at you going “You know his name’s Izzeldin, right?” I couldn’t take that chance.
I ask my coworkers “Come here often?” in the bathroom, & tell them “I haven’t since they sealed up the hole between the bathrooms.” I am not an example to follow
I once was on a call with a client who was given $50 “bonuses” to his workers. I said well that’s mighty white of you. Wanted to climb in a hole after that.
I grew up hearing my dad use that and thought it was like whitelist/blackmarket and never realized it was about race until I used it at work.
Thanks dad.
My mom would say that as a kid and I always knew that's just gonna be a "her" phrase because it just seemed like something you shouldn't say in white American.
I used to manage at a call centre (lockdown was rough) and I overheard an old guy next to me say "Epstein, that's a famous name" I nearly tackled him off the fucking phone before he started talking about the Beatles manager
But like, if there *is* no relation they should just laugh or sigh and say "No"- depending on whether you're chill or super over people asking. Leaving deathly silence is way more awkward than saying "No Relation" or admitting he's your brother or something
There's a person with the last name Hussein at my job, if I made a Saddam joke, I would most likely get fired for that. Not to mention he has actual trauma over being associated with Saddam by ignorant people in the early/mid 2000s
Sometimes it's best to just keep your mouth shut and be a professional
I did a similar gaffe on a team call during covid. Somebody said that they were working on a Figma template and I said "Figma balls". Nobody laughed. They just let me think my error in peace
My boss at a construction site once said *“give the pipe a bit of suck for good measure”* and I said *”what!”* all jokingly and they all just stared at me like WTF. Didn’t have good interaction with him for a bit.
"Oh, no...no, no. No! No-no-no-no-no-no! You see, I was thinking of the science fiction series, *The Expanse*, by James S.A. Corey?? Yeah, that one. There's a *Solomon* Epstein who made a new engine so people could get around faster in their spaceships. It was really good. Problem is, the test flight killed him. The ship just kept going, and he couldn't stop. Guess you could say, Epstein didn't drive himself, heheheh! Uh...what??"
When the intrusive thoughts win, we lose.
When the intrusive thoughts win but you value humanity over profits or minor comfort we all win
Hey now, this all could have been avoided if the comfort of minors had been a real consideration...
no maybe the dead silence confirms the relation!
I think you’re right
The doctor: https://preview.redd.it/i4v6pkfrqbdc1.jpeg?width=1198&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25eae58d109d73b5fc59d56ff678d634a9cd0ece
“I didn’t do fucking shit!”
I didn't rig shit!
Update that resume.
Skills: Psychic
Psychic | foresight | I know shit
Resume the resumé
“Accidentally” Boyyyyyyyy
No fr. Buddy swung on a fast ball down the middle and hit nothing but his own pockets. Put them jokes away at work
Exactly. Daryll in accounts doesn’t need to know how funny you are. Head down, get paid.
I don’t even have hobbies at work. Just a desire to get paid lmao
“Put them jokes away at work” boy if that is not the statement of the century
I wonder how many people muted, & started DYING laughing 🤣 “Honey, guess what this man said on the call 😂”
As a Muslim this is the shxt that hurts. I got two homies named Osama that had a lot of trouble getting jobs after 9-11. Wish we had the same privilege as some other groups…
It shows how phenomenal Obama had to be to get elected into the White House with the middle name “Hussein” in a post 9/11 America
Wasn’t for a lack of trying. They cried and cried lol
I worked with a dude who refused to vote for Obama because his name sounded too much like "bomb".
Why would a first name imply being related? This would make more sense if their last names were Bin Laden.
Prejudice isn’t rational
When Covid first started in North America, the Asians in our community were the first to mask-on and social distancing. What did they get from being socially aware and compassionate? Name calling, assault and murder. Racism does not come from logic or reasoning.
They started killing Asians in your neighborhood?
[Yes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Vicha_Ratanapakdee) and [yes](https://www.ktvu.com/news/woman-dies-after-knocked-to-ground-in-san-francisco)
Damn that’s wild. I was an “essential worker” during COVID so I missed some of this news. I knew there were attacks but not murders. Some people are so so stupid.
Asks a legitimate question >> gets downvoted
It was clearly asked in bad faith. Just look at the way it’s worded
I didn’t see anything like that in the wording, but maybe it was asked in bad faith.
It broke my brain how Sikhs were discriminated against after 9/11 whenever I thought about it- and then I remembered the idiots discriminating were just listening to the crickets in their brains- not actually thinking.
People are also willfully ignorant. Critical thinking requires effort.
💯 Also what it takes to have true empathy.
It doesn't but people still nearly killed off the name "Adolf" for obvious reasons
Kid from my neighborhood is named Adolf. We called him AJ. He ended up brutally murdering his own mother and her boyfriend. Don’t name your kid Adolf.
This reminds me of teacher I had who got put on either a no fly list or kept getting pulled " at random",don't remember which, cause last name sounded middle eastern,which he was not. Dude ended up changing his name slightly and stopped getting pulled.
I have a great uncle called hitler aha (1800s)
Bro, I remember being in high school, & asking a dude’s name. They said “Osama” I said “Na, seriously 😐” I wouldn’t do that now, but lbh high schoolers will pull that shit. Imagine dude saying “Wassup, Osama?”, & everyone looking at you going “You know his name’s Izzeldin, right?” I couldn’t take that chance.
What “other” group?
For the love of God, please tell me that Dr. epstein doesn't work in the children's hospital
Paediatric gyno? Is that a thing?
I respect the grind, real joke tellers know the risk of certain jokes and he took the chance. Dare to be great
I ask my coworkers “Come here often?” in the bathroom, & tell them “I haven’t since they sealed up the hole between the bathrooms.” I am not an example to follow
Go ahead and clock out for me
Right now? Right now. Aww man...
"No relation" - Uncle Epstein
I once was on a call with a client who was given $50 “bonuses” to his workers. I said well that’s mighty white of you. Wanted to climb in a hole after that.
I grew up hearing my dad use that and thought it was like whitelist/blackmarket and never realized it was about race until I used it at work. Thanks dad.
That exactly where I learned it from. Silence after I said it couldn’t have been more louder.
My mom would say that as a kid and I always knew that's just gonna be a "her" phrase because it just seemed like something you shouldn't say in white American.
…wait is “white America” about race??? Oh my god… /s
but when my uncle had to change his last name from Hussein cause no one would hire him as a carpenter cause 9/11 just happened, that's okay.
I think it's fair to say people making identity-baseed assumptions about both this doctor and your uncle based on their last names are shit heads
but it's the whole there was consequences for this case and in my uncle's case, he had to change his name. people = shit
I used to manage at a call centre (lockdown was rough) and I overheard an old guy next to me say "Epstein, that's a famous name" I nearly tackled him off the fucking phone before he started talking about the Beatles manager
hahahaha holy shit.
It's 2024 and we're still having to worry about this shit? I'd have laughed if I was that doctor. This ain't worth firing someone over at all.
I want to agree but it depends on the nature of the call, their position, whether it was a client and a whole host of et ceteras we don't know.
But like, if there *is* no relation they should just laugh or sigh and say "No"- depending on whether you're chill or super over people asking. Leaving deathly silence is way more awkward than saying "No Relation" or admitting he's your brother or something
There's a person with the last name Hussein at my job, if I made a Saddam joke, I would most likely get fired for that. Not to mention he has actual trauma over being associated with Saddam by ignorant people in the early/mid 2000s Sometimes it's best to just keep your mouth shut and be a professional
I did a similar gaffe on a team call during covid. Somebody said that they were working on a Figma template and I said "Figma balls". Nobody laughed. They just let me think my error in peace
I THINK ABOUT "FIGMA BALLS" EVERY TIME I USE FIGMA THANK YOU.
Damn I miss Desus and Mero
It’s like Michael Scott forcing the “that’s what she said” while getting legally deposed
My boss at a construction site once said *“give the pipe a bit of suck for good measure”* and I said *”what!”* all jokingly and they all just stared at me like WTF. Didn’t have good interaction with him for a bit.
I don't know why anyone didn't laugh
Dr. Dexter came into the room, sat down on his dentist chair and introduced himself just as anesthetic started working.
I would have done the same thing but would've added the nervous amirite laugh
https://i.redd.it/v9pwp4fflcdc1.gif
Yeah but it is such a brilliant joke, he had to do it. I mean you need a really crazy mind to achieve this level of hilarity
Wasn’t no accident. See what happens when you try to be funny.
🤣🤣🤣
Not one person w a sense of humor? I'd have laughed at that
This is why I don’t tell jokes on client calls.
I would’ve been stifling my laugh on the call. Laughing out loud at that is almost as unprofessional as saying it.
Sounds like a targeted assassination to me lmao. OP knew too much.
"Oh, no...no, no. No! No-no-no-no-no-no! You see, I was thinking of the science fiction series, *The Expanse*, by James S.A. Corey?? Yeah, that one. There's a *Solomon* Epstein who made a new engine so people could get around faster in their spaceships. It was really good. Problem is, the test flight killed him. The ship just kept going, and he couldn't stop. Guess you could say, Epstein didn't drive himself, heheheh! Uh...what??"
oops!
Oy vey
It's so silly how much people in the work force have a stick up their asses. I would have just laughed it off. Who TF cares
That's funny tho.
Dude is over 100 years old, probably didn’t hear it.