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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Myself and a friend decided to share a cigarette in the toilets one day. This was fairly common practice way back then. You'd get someone to look out and they would cough if a teacher was coming. It wasn't flawless but it has a high success rate.

So we're utterly destroying one cigarette between the two of us as quickly as we can and there's a cough followed by loud banging on the door. We're rumbled.

"OPEN UP. I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE"

So we open the door, sheepishly.

"WHAT WERE YOU BOYS DOING IN THERE?"

Now we're both confused and look at each other. I timidly reply:

"Smoking, sir"

"WELL I HOPE THAT'S ALL YOU WERE DOING"

and the man stormed off. We couldn't believe our luck. Smoking apparently A-OK once you're not being gay.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

the fact that it's so important to them that you're not being gay already tells you:

(1) that apparently, being gay is a phenomenon widespread enough that it concerns them.

(2) that there's an evolutionary benefit to it that these people are trying to ignore (or are at the very least unaware of). because otherwise they wouldn't be so biased against it.

idk whether these thoughts/observations can help you, but they help me because they remind me that it's the teacher that's being out of balance, not you. and also that you're not alone with this.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Good thing you didn't use British English, then.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

"sucking off some fags sir"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't get this (as I do use British English). Could you explain?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They probably meant fags as word for cigarettes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Ah!!!!! Makes perfect sense. Thank you!