Being back “at” work after a week off is reminding me how much I’d rather just be furry trash. It takes some actual cognitive effort to switch back to system emoji from ^..^ and -..- and @..@ and similar snout-shaped typing!
also I wanna hug fuzzy and/or scaly people, but that’s nothing new.
@kistaro Rawr! Indeed! It takes effort not to rawr at people these days D:
Let's not talk about the effort of will it has taken to avoid making dragon, inflation, or vore jokes... just yesterday... during one meeting...
@kistaro I am so exhausted of "putting on the real human of ambiguous gender mask" these days. Like I dodge video calls because I don't feel like explaining my chipped, in need of touch up sparkling purple and blue claws or faded hair dye. Because not having to be in the office has let me indulge in that.
I'm sick of people thinking I'm aloof because I don't talk about my home life. Almost all of my coworkers are cis and have kids.
I would love to work somewhere that would allow me to be me
Like fuck, I'll get work done, just me be a gay dragon and don't ask to many questions. D:
@wobblewuffess ugh. I’m luckier than that; my team is more diverse, and people largely mind their own business. Occasionally colleagues’ partners, roommates, children, or pets wind up crashing meetings, but it’s not the same as making it a topic of Let’s All Pretend To Be Normal Humans Talking About Normal Human Things daily life. I’m sorry you have to deal with that environment.
@kistaro yeaaah got a bit worse after my original manager left and took the lead SRE with him. At least we could discuss media together D:
@wobblewuffess At least there are other parts of the Internet where we can be correctly-species-ed at each other.
Rrar.