Skip to main content

TIFU by yelling out a racial slur that was unbeknownst to me in a very public setting.

So I was in summer school because I failed my first semester of history. For having to be in the same classroom for 4 hours straight every day it was actually going pretty well. Until now. For some more context, this class had a majority of hispanic students. I was some white kid in the corner who was kind of funny sometimes. We were playing a Kahoot, and this girl (who was hispanic) made her name the racial slur that would be derogatory towards hispanic people. I thought it was meant to rhyme with “weiner” - as if it was like a dick joke or something. It was not! Because of my very poor misinterpretation of this word, I decided to yell out the word in a cheering way because the girl had moved up to the top three. Immediately the room went absolutely silent and everyone was staring at me. I look over to my friend with a very confused look on my face and she says “Dude that’s like the N word but for hispanic people”. I started to momentarily profusely apologize and put my head down for like 10 minutes and was silently crying out of humiliation. At some point the girls in the center table who were all friends with the girl who made her name the word came over and hugged me and assured me it was okay. This was nearly 2 years ago and I still think about it at least like twice a week.

TL;DR In a room that happened to be a majority of hispanic people I saw someone’s kahoot name, thought it was referencing a dick joke, so I very loudly cheered out the name. It was not a dick joke.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

TIFU By Fumbling My Gym Crush

I've never posted on Reddit before so apologies if anything is off. I (F) had a crush on a man at my gym for months. We would make extended eye contact frequently, workout in proximity, the usual gym things that get over analyzed when you like someone. He's wildly handsome, but I liked his vibe. A lot. It's hard to explain when someone's energy just hits different but his did. One day he started coming in with a woman. The day I saw her with him, he and I actually stared at each other from across the room for a while, and I turned and walked away because obviously gym rules - that's his girlfriend until I'm told otherwise. The eye contact continues and so does the proximity but I've dialed back completely because in my head, he has a girl and I am no home wrecker. Well, recently, on a Sunday, I was having a real shit day. I accidentally hurt my shoulder so my back day was all off, my body wasn't cooperating, the gym was packed - all I wanted to do w...
Post a Comment
Read more

TIFU by getting called racist for not handing cash to a customer

today I (F18) fucked up by worked a long ahh shift and got put on register. I never hand money in people’s hands as customers have yelled at me for it, and i think it’s germy so I scoot it towards them as a sign of respect. this lady came in and after i did that she goes “Imma need you to do that again and put it in my hand, you did this last time too don’t you know it’s disrespectful” (meanwhile i haven’t worked register in 2 months at said job and didn’t recognize her) so i apologize, and then cuz it’s call off time i go talk to my boss about it and they all agree with me. apparently though she told my keyholder who’s a poc i was being RACIST by not touching her. so i got told i need to do better even though i didn’t do anything. she was insinuating i was a racist. idk if i should quit or what but i fucked up. TL;DR: i’m a dumbass
Post a Comment
Read more

TIFU by sh*tting in the bushes at a high school

So I’m training for a local 10k race in a couple months. That’s about 6.2 miles. Not a long race but not a short one either. I’m making good progress and tinkering with what works for me on longer runs, how I can keep my body moving at an easy, consistent pace for about 70-80 minutes. I’ve been increasing the distance over the past few months, prioritizing getting the distance down before I work on pace. I train early mornings at a local high school track within walking distance of my house. They have public hours almost every morning from 6-8 am. It’s a very nice track with good lighting and ✨no public bathrooms✨. Because I’ve been focused on increasing distance I’m waking up earlier and earlier to get to the track and really hammer it out before I go home and shower for work. In turn, I’ve been drinking a little extra COFFEE most mornings get my body going. Til now this hasn’t been a problem, I don’t leave the house until my body takes care of business. I successfully dropped the ...
Post a Comment
Read more