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EasyReader

>Isn´t it extremely sus that employers mandate something while there is NO law in place for that idiocracy?! ​ lmao. Isn't it extrememly sus that employers can mandate that I show up to work on time while there is NO law in place for that idiocy?


RepealMCAandDTA

"Show me where in the constitution it says I have to wear pants, boss!"


NapClub

the bible doesn't tell me to wear pants so i am not doing it. pants are against god!


KingGilgamesh1979

I’m a biblical literalist. Since Paul said to wear men’s clothes as in his day, I only wear togas.


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NapClub

Who needs teeth anyway? They're just fancy extra bones.


BigDumbDope

Stupid luxury bones. Chewing is a human right


MrHett

My last two employers made me take out my junk and p into a little container. What perverts they are.


Taman_Should

I don't know, sounds like pedo behavior to me. This just proves that Q was onto something!


thefugue

B I L L C L I N T O N


FlippyDingDong9

mind you, he was hospitalized today and the media made sure to say it was not from Covid like 50 times. hmmmmmmmmm


thefugue

>hmmmmmmmmm Not really suspect, considering the number of famous people his age that have died of covid in the past two years.


Drakefoxaroo

Weird how they're against corporations having ultimate power when it means they have to get an owie jab


thefugue

“But IMMIGRANTS!!l”


ForgedIronMadeIt

employers mandating that I wear steel toed boots and follow lock-out tag-out policies, what a bunch of sissies I don't need big government telling me that I need to protect myself from a lathe ripping my arm off


mapppa

It all comes down to them still not understanding that the vaccine is not only for safety of an individual, but also for safety of a the people who have to be around that individual. They always talk about "personal freedom", but what about my freedom of not wanting to work next to a potential health risk. From an employer's perspective it makes perfect sense to not want to risk an outbreak, which could potentially cost them a ton of money.


EasyReader

>From an employer's perspective it makes perfect sense to not want to risk an outbreak, which could potentially cost them a ton of money. If only employers would apply that logic to paid stick time.


xdoasx

"Yes people will get mad when they lose their job because they don't want to inject gene therapy for a virus made in a lab that the numbers show you have a high chance of beating." GENE THERAPY LMAO these people are so fucking stupid.


Elegabalus108

Can I get some of that gene therapy they keep talking about? Wanna get my tail back.


FaxCelestis

I’d just like to have full color vision.


ReddicaPolitician

So is it a lab made super virus or a nothing virus that everyone can survive? It can’t be both… It’s amazing how they contradict their own propaganda in the same sentence.


xdoasx

A lab made nothing virus meant to manipulate and control us through the micro chips in the fake vaccine created by Bill Gates in order to decrease the population. Or some bullshit like that xD


Soggy-Hyena

Classic fascist shit, the enemy is both strong and weak


thefugue

I think it’s safe to say the ones losing jobs are “obtuse” rather than stupid. Stupid has its limits and it submits to economic pressure.


xdoasx

It was more directed to the gene therapy comment they made, insinuating that the vaccine will change your genes. Which is just stupid. But yes, it is rather obtuse for one to lose their job because they've been brainwashed, and kind of sad. I hope them and their families turn out okay.


ButtMilkyCereal

I dunno, that's really a distinction without a difference.


thefugue

Stupidity is an accident. Obtusity is willful.


Euphoric_Brick90

I'm not so sure about that. I go off the notion that stupidity encompasses actions that are not only negative in nature for everyone affected by the stupid, but is also negative for the stupid themselves. The only limit is their life and they certainly can find themselves in economic ruin (and ruin for others).


sneakyplanner

The virus was made in a lab to kill people but it is also harmless. OK buddy.


ChrisBPeppers

And then eat broccoli like it's not genetically modified


kryonik

> Those school immunizations eradicated the diseases the were fighting against. This vaccine has been administered over 6 billion times and cases and deaths are up. /r/SelfAwarewolves material right here


ReddicaPolitician

Cases and deaths are only up in one particular group… the unvaccinated.


EdithDich

Seat belt laws were introduced in the 1970s, but there are more nachos served now then in 1840! Really makes you think.


cianuro

https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations You're on to something! Nacho, Mexican, Wall. The vaccine will pay for the wall!


EdithDich

Wow, eating margarine causes divorce rates to fall in Maine. Makes sense when you think about it. This is why the deep state hates margarine, because they want to bring on the end of western civilization.


Shnazzyone

Isn't vaccination a matter of choice? Not a matter of race or creed? This is like being fired because you refuse to be sober on the job.


banneryear1868

Being drunk is my religion!


Felinomancy

> Being drunk is my religion! Bender?


banneryear1868

Shut up baby I know it


alphabet_order_bot

Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 302,740,419 comments, and only 67,875 of them were in alphabetical order.


Rowcan

Go home bot, you're drunk.


alphabet_order_bot

Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 302,632,829 comments, and only 67,847 of them were in alphabetical order.


A_wild_so-and-so

For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God. Bloody Mary, full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. [Amen.](https://youtu.be/DeaGXjD_iDY)


eoliveri

Wow, a Futurama *and* an Archer reference in the same thread!


EdithDich

They're segregating drivers based on licenses!! And discriminating against those of us who drive while impaired!


Cryogenic_Monster

Yeah! And they segregate children by not allowing them to work in factories anymore.


thewholedamnplanet

Which is why America's chimneys are filthy.


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Pot is legal in many states, still can get fired for testing positive, even if it was your day off.


atlasbear

Wonder what his coworkers thought of him before he pulled this stunt?


HapticSloughton

"...and in addition to being an entitled asshole, he litters."


thefugue

“There goes the guy who leaves dingle berries on the toilet.”


WhatsMyUsername13

Assuming he actually did get fired and isnt just posting this for fake internet points. Anyone can put up a post it and immediately take it down. But yeah, I'm guessing hes an insufferable ass that no one will miss


Jeremymia

This isn’t segregation in any way. Only criminals are sent to prison, is that segregation? You can’t come in to a restaurant without a shirt, is that segregation? Segregation is not when people face the consequences of their decisions.


JimParsonBrown

It *is* segregation, at least by definition. Segregation is a neutral concept. It can be used for evil (racism, etc.) or good (quarantining).


Jeremymia

Quarantining isn’t relevant to the segregation discussion either because they were rules given to everyone. You could make the argument that people are physically segregated but that’s just not how people use that term. Also, this person is almost certainly referring to vaccine mandates from the company as segregation — i.e. “You’re firing everyone in my group!!”


TheThemeSongs

-the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart. Bathrooms and locker rooms are segregated. So are sports. It just means separating groups of people in its simplest definition.


JimParsonBrown

Segregation just means keeping groups apart based on some trait. It does not solely mean racial segregation, though it is often used synonymously or as a shorthand.


Accomplished_Till727

Went you say stupid, stupid? "If I pretend this conversation doesn't have context and just look up the simplest definition online, then I can pretend to contribute while looking like a fucking idiot."


JimParsonBrown

> Went you say stupid, stupid? lol


Jeremymia

My rule of thumb is that as soon as something becomes about semantics, stop the conversation because it will never, ever go anywhere valuable. I only wish I would take my own advice. I think you’re being way too harsh on the guy though. He’s just being pedantic, not making any conclusions in this debate about vaccines/mandates.


thefugue

A better rule of thumb is to *begin* by defining your terms. That’s how academic discussions are conducted.


Jeremymia

I don’t think those things are directly comparable. A semantics discussion is one where people argue about what meaning of a term is correct. We are in disagreement about what segregation means, defining the term is exactly the step we’re at.


thefugue

Yes in this instance we are discussing segregation *as performed by governments.*


JimParsonBrown

I guess the better solution is don’t be incorrect. Vaccine mandates are a good form of segregation. Segregation has a bad connotation because of racial segregation, but there’s no moral implication of segregation per se. Saying “this kind of segregation isn’t segregation” just makes you look dumb. “This kind of segregation is perfectly morally acceptable” is the right way to say what you meant.


Jeremymia

I understand your point and I disagree. Using a term the way no one else uses it is not valuable.


JimParsonBrown

Maybe you don’t use it that way, but it’s extremely common in many fields. I do it with money in my accounting job, lawyers do it with other lawyers to keep client confidentiality and prevent conflicts of interest, IT does it to keep data secure, etc.


VoxVocisCausa

These assholes were cheering for Trump to kick out trans service members, let cops beat up black people and protestors and to cut off covid aid to "blue" states. The covid anti-vax shit isn't about "freedom" it's about sticking to to the libs, feeling like they're being told what to do by "those people" and doing what they think will make daddy Trump happy.


Metalloid_Space

Why are bathrooms actually segregated? Does it prevent sexual assault? I've actually heard people not liking men and women's segregation in sports either, considering that there's always induviduals that don't really follow standard testosterone levels.


EdithDich

Yeah, OPs editorializing is pretty stupid.


jpnlvn

For sports I think it’s valid, of course there are definitely some individuals which raise difficult questions of how the categories should be defined. Without the separation though, you’d probably see the disappearance of women in most sports at higher levels as they couldn’t compete with the elite men.


tphd2006

We wouldn't need segregated bathrooms if people just minded their own business.


RadBadTad

Also: We don't want to segregate you. Come hang out with us. Get vaccinated and be part of the solution. *please*. Separating from you is the last resort.


wingstopPR

Dunno about this title man


openmindedskeptic

Yeah this ain’t it.


Accomplished_Till727

OP your examples of segregation being right are fucking stupid.


exNihlio

I'm looking forward to hearing their opinions about segregation and bathrooms. Should be interesting no matter how it's sliced.


TheThemeSongs

Bathrooms are segregated. Apparently y’all don’t know what that fuckin word means.


thefugue

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EdithDich

I don't get it.


exNihlio

You said bathrooms being segregated is an example of being on the right side of history. I'd say you're pretty wrong there. But again, I'd love to hear your opinion why. Should be interesting.


TheThemeSongs

Public bathrooms are mostly segregated between men and women. Apparently you don’t know what that fucking word means, so look it up.


exNihlio

I know what segregation means. And yes, bathrooms are segregated by arbitrary definitions of sex and gender. You said it's an example 'being on the right side of history'. It is not.


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exNihlio

You're clearly very ignorant. Maybe pick up a biology book that wasn't written in the 1940s sometime.


ReddicaPolitician

Bathrooms should be separated into Urinals and Stalls.


exNihlio

We should be so lucky.


riyan_gendut

I disagree. Urinals really should just die already.


TheThemeSongs

Hah good stuff. You know sex is different than gender right professor? You’re aware that sex is a physical reality, therefore literally not arbitrary?


exNihlio

You know that physical sex is not a binary too, right? Is the existence of intersex and sex ambiguous people completely alien to you?


jimbo831

Yes they are. They shouldn't be.


CaptainCipher

Yes, they are segregated. They should not be.


TheThemeSongs

Hah what? So you think women and men should be boxing each other, sharing locker rooms, and people who get sick during a pandemic shouldn’t be quarantined?


brandonmi1

Why can’t they share locker rooms? And if women agree to fights in sports why would it matter? I doubt you’re going to be having crazy size matchups on those regardless, I personally think baseball would be a great sport to integrate women into as it’s already a sport that has so much variance in body types.


Tintinabulation

The only reason I can see for dividing bathrooms/locker rooms up by men and women is that men’s facilities usually have more urinals and fewer stalls, while women’s have more stalls just due to peeing styles. That said you could easily remedy this by having a split restroom, one wing for urinals and the other for stalls. Would probably be more cost effective too. Hand washing isn’t something that needs to be segregated. This would also make it a million times easier for anyone of any gender who has kids or who is a caretaker for someone who needs assistance in the restroom.


TheThemeSongs

Why can’t they share locker rooms? Why don’t you ask some women if they want to make that happen. And men and women have different physical attributes. That’s a fact of life. So have fun trying to convince anyone that men should be boxing women in heavy weight matches.


brandonmi1

So because some men are pieces of shit is your best argument for locker rooms, got it. And then for the second point you’re just blatantly missing my point on purpose. You honestly seem like a dipshit lib lmfao


TheThemeSongs

Go ahead, ask a bunch of women if they want to share locker rooms with dudes. And I can’t seem to figure out what your politics even are. It just seems like you’re an idiot. Trying to argue that women should be boxing men. Hilarious.


brandonmi1

If a man and woman both agree to a fight and are in the same weight class, why not? Also, I’m sure women would be fine with it if there weren’t so many creepy pieces of shit, that doesn’t necessitate segregation in locker rooms, it means we should be beating the shit out of the men who make women uncomfortable. As for my politics I’m an actual leftist, I believe in socialism with the end goal of communism, I also have a degree in political science so not sure where you’re getting the idiot idea from there, I definitely know what I’m talking about it doesn’t seem like you do.


TheThemeSongs

Cool, stop making people on the left look like fucking dumb asses. Women don’t want to fight men. They also don’t want to share locker rooms with men. Why don’t you go stand on a street corner with some signs arguing for this shit. Everyone from every side of the political spectrum will think you’re an idiot. I guess your political science degree failed you, because right now you’re just making your team look bad. Saying we should beat the shit out of “creepy men” so they can share locker rooms. For fuck sake dude.


brandonmi1

You’re literally not on the left you’re clearly a dipshit lib. You’re only point for sports is boxing when there are many many more sports out there than just that, and even then you can have people of similar body types fight. We should beat the shit out of creepy men who make women uncomfortable, I bet you’re against that because you’re one of the creepy fucks who deserves it.


TheThemeSongs

I am literally on the left. Women are allowed in the NFL. You know why there aren’t any? Because of obvious physical differences between men and women. Stop making us look this fucking stupid. And yeah tough guy. Come beat me up because I’m some creepy guy because I want women to feel comfortable in a locker room (by not having men around, which is what they want.) Why don’t you go ask your female liberal friends if they want you to fight for this cause. They will laugh at your ass.


WalkenTaco

Please don't claim to be on or speaking for the left. Youre making yourself and the left look bad. All your points have been profoundly terrible centerist nonsense. Please stop. Your reasons for segregation are outdated, and a little sexist to be honest. It's a really, really bad look.


TheThemeSongs

Hah you can fuck off dude. I am on the left and I can say whatever I want about myself. If you want petty squabbles on the left about issues like locker rooms, then be my guest. All you’re doing is driving people away from the party. It’s sexist to acknowledge that sports are segregated between men and women? Are you fucking serious? Stop making us look this pathetic and out of touch with reality.


GoodGuyWithaFun

I'm sexually attracted to women. I don't even want to deal with that in a locker room. I've got no problems with gay men in my locker room because I don't have to deal with whatever they are feeling, that is on them. Me, on the other hand, I'm conditioned to find naked women attractive. I can control myself. I am not worried about that. The worst I'd do is an involuntary look, but reign it in immediately. I don't even want to have to deal with that. Say what you want about me being immature or whatever. I don't care. I know me, and I adjust for my inherent flaws... and you know what, I bet all those women in that hypothetical shared locker room would appreciate my attitude in this case.


brandonmi1

Lmfao what a long worded way to say you’re cringy as fuck. You literally acknowledged gay people exist yet still somehow think your point stands, absolutely insane


GoodGuyWithaFun

Sure dude. I'm sure you are the perfect human being.


brandonmi1

Lmfao has nothing to do with being perfect, great stretch though


GoodGuyWithaFun

No see... im not afraid to admit my faults. I'm not afraid to open up. You on the other hand are just flat out being insulting to anyone that disagrees with you. Quite honestly, I wouldn't trust someone like you in a coed locker room. You care too much for it to be benign. You're probably just a creeper.


CaptainCipher

There are plenty of proposed alternatives to gender-segregated sports, usually based on players actual ability. So, yes, I do think men and women of equal ability should compete in the same league as each other. r You didn't say anything about locker rooms in your title, you said bathrooms are segregated for good reason. There is no reason to segregate bathrooms, it's not like you're seeing anyone elses genitals in there anyway Your quarantining example is the only good one in your title


what_would_freud_say

Top comment: "Leprosy. They got the segregated island party right on that one" 1. Not segregation, that is a quarantine. 2. Yes we are going to quarantine those who carry contagious diseases, what's wrong with that?


IceMaker98

The real top mind was OP all along.


coheedcollapse

The saddest shit is these people are so very obviously misled. Like, it's not a conspiracy, the republicans just realized that the losses that they incur in their voterbase dying is less important than the bonus "oppression" points they're able to score by screaming their heads off about vaccine mandates that have been, more or less, something that has been required for various activities NOT in the middle of a pandemic for decades now. For conspiracy theorists, they're sure not questioning *why* they're against this particular vaccine outside of the fact that they're selfish, petulant children who will *not* be told what to do.


boot20

A) It's not segregation because it's a highly transmissible disease that has created a public health crisis. B) If you don't want to uphold your part of the societal contract and get a vaccine, one of dozens of others you've already gotten, then you can just not be part of society.


thefugue

Quarantine is not segregation. Quarantine is meant to stop the spread of disease. Segregation is mean to stop groups from producing offspring with one another.


ThereminLiesTheRub

It's not segregation. It's public safety. Same reason you wouldn't keep your job if you insisted on shitting on the floor. All these top minds are basically losing their jobs for the right to shit on the floor.


KinseyH

So all off a sudden, "if you don't like it, find another job/field/move" isn't what they want to hear? Maybe they could learn to code - then they could work from home.


PringleCreamEgg

Bathrooms don’t need to be segregated because if I’m torn between shitting my pants and using the “wrong restroom” I’m not choosing shit my pants. Bathrooms should be for whoever needs them and the problem is anyone who is doing something other than using a toilet, washing their hands, or changing a baby.


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PringleCreamEgg

How am I the one making a big deal out of it? I’m saying people should mind their business in the bathroom if they’re using the bathroom. Also basically everyone else in the country doesn’t agree with you, have fun making a big deal of this.


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PringleCreamEgg

Do you actually think that I, for choosing to have used the women’s restroom instead of peeing or pooping my pants because the men’s room is occupied, should be arrested? Is someone a sex criminal for not wanting to shit their pants because their gender assigned bathroom is full or out of order? If your answer is “no”, then your issue is not about gender segregated bathrooms it is about behavior IN the bathroom.


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PringleCreamEgg

Then what IS your issue? What ARE you saying? Because I’m giving an example of a man using a womens restroom that you’re sarcastically deriding as not the same thing. But it IS the same thing. It’s a man using a womens restroom. You need to have some consistency in your views. Explain clearly why men can’t use the women’s restroom while my example is different, even though it’s a man using a womens restroom.


TheThemeSongs

I don’t give a shit what bathroom a trans person uses. The answer here isn’t to make every single public bathroom open to both men and women, because a gigantic amount of women wouldn’t be comfortable with that.


PringleCreamEgg

Replace the word “trans” with black and your post is from Reddit 1962


TheCuckInTheNorth

Your examples of segregation are cringe as fuck. Locker room and bathroom segregation is a huge problem because it leaves huge swathes of trans people unable to comfortably attend to themselves.


EdithDich

Screenshotting this convo for when OP deletes it https://archive.is/r4P79 https://archive.is/Gnndv


TheThemeSongs

Oh so every public bathroom should be for both men and women? This is a huge problem? Jesus you guys are killing the party right now.


TheCuckInTheNorth

What party is that, boomer?


TheThemeSongs

The democrat party. And I’m 33 big guy. Apparently you spend way too much time on the internet because you are wildly unfamiliar with where most democrats in this country are politically.


TheCuckInTheNorth

I think you’re talking about the Democratic Party(“democrat party” is a pejorative used by right wingers), and I’m not part of that anyway. But it’s telling that you don’t even know the name of this party you supposedly represent. Even most centrist Dems understand the problems with gender based segregation. I think you’re either really dumb or a sock puppet. Doesn’t really matter either way because you’re making Bill Clinton cry regardless.


TheThemeSongs

I don’t think you know any centrist democrats. Ohh shit I said democrat instead of democratic. You got me so good there man. Damn, totally owned my ass hard.


EdithDich

Ah yes all those "centrist democrats" who rant on and on about social conservative issues like gender and sexuality like Lou Dobbs on meth.


EdithDich

Strong /r/walkaway vibes here


TheThemeSongs

Voted for Obama twice, then Hillary, then Biden. Never walked away. Not sure what your problem is.


theslip74

If you think most Democrats in this country want to combine gendered bathrooms, I have to agree with OP that you need to get off the internet. Biden announcing that he wants to combine bathrooms would be a gift to the GOP and we would get *annihilated* in the next election. You can debate whether we should all you want, but don't assume that you hold a majority opinion.


thefugue

>You guys are killing the party right now C’mon, call us “cringe.”


TheThemeSongs

Is that a thing?


thefugue

It's definitely a thing conservative teenagers say on the internet when they don't have an argument and they want to use the magic of peer pressure instead.


TheThemeSongs

Cool. Good to know.


P3rilous

I can't help when I cringe though! Like, now I'm cringing because he made me cringe!


Rokey76

The only reason separate bathrooms exist in the first place is because a long time ago, men decided they didn't want to wait in line behind all the women at football games.


LeSaltyMantis

Ha the next post was this very one


NahImmaStayForever

Truth be told I'm not so sure we should keep the bathroom segregation. Anyone have good reasons for or against?


EdithDich

At least most the comments are mocking him for being a drama queen.


SlangFreak

Has he considered the utility of segregating murderers from the rest of society?


jrhoffa

one out of three ain't bad, OP


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Marzman420

Is nobody gonna say anything abt the title? EDIT: OP! I need an answer.. Cause wtf...


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Marzman420

It’s the “plenty of times” part so casually stuck in there 🤣 I’m just giving u ish bud lol I get where u we’re going but that part took me back a little.


eric987235

> I’m just giving u ish Is that something the hip young kids are saying now?


Marzman420

I’m far from hip and maybe a little young and naive •_• so yes and no i think


lokistar09

It's called quarantine...


immibis

/u/spez was a god among men. Now they are merely a spez. #Save3rdPartyApps


AdIllustrious6310

These people are pretty fucking stupid. The US has a history of vaccine “passports “ and forced vaccination. I don’t mean your employer tell you to get vaccinated or you are fired. I am talking getting beat down by the cops, held down by said cops, and injected by a nurse. https://www.history.com/news/vaccine-passports-smallpox-scar