“naked pictures” — well, the pictures weren’t naked if the organizers covered them in blue dots, were they? Or did they cover the students in blue dots? I’m confused about what is getting censored here.
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What's the context? That vasectomy is inherently mockable? Let's try the tweet again without the vasectomy:
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Once when I was in grad school, a professor at a journal club reception went on and on about the ball pain and swelling he had due to his treatment for testicular cancer. I told him I was happy his wife wasn't having any more of HIS kids.
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LOL I'd have shot back with a detailed story of my 30 hour labor. I can upstage pretty much any testicular cancer story with that one.
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I mean, it's probably TMI to go on about your health problems at a party. On the other hand, I would usually consider it rude for someone to trivialize someone's pain or tell them the world is better off with them sterilized.
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Talking about your balls at work would get you fired pretty much anywhere except academia. Get a grip.
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This wasn't about cancer then, it was just about a vasectomy. Either way it's inappropriate to discuss it in a social setting, let along a professional setting. How best, then, to let a boss know they're being inappropriate without incurring their wrath or dampening the mood?
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Good point
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Sometimes I move sideways, rather than address the issue directly. So here I might start discussing my kid's arduous birth, partly to illustrate the inappropriateness, partly to derail him, partly to upstage him, and partly for the humor (look at the crap we do for our kids).
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