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a username or some post/comment reminds me of some person from my past that I haven't thought about in years, and I wonder if maybe there is a crossing of paths without even realizing it

seems really unlikely, but then who can really say, we're just some comrades shitposting and vibing

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[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I get a bit paranoid that coworkers will find my comments somewhere and realize I'm actually a straight-up dirty commie and not just a vaguely progressive liberal... my workplace has no real labor protections that would help me and I need to stay employed.

[–] Sulv@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I told my boss I was a Marxist once I figured out he was level headed. We talk about surface level politics and while we disagree on a lot, we agree what Luigi did is cool luigi-dance

Letting people see my Hexbear posts though? Oh hell no.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

Yea no shot, lol. I'd rather they see my Lemmy.ml comments and posts, which are generally much higher quality and more thought-out, than my Hexbear posting, lol

[–] roux@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Same. I feel like I need to start masking as a lib because the fascist rhetoric from co-workers is gonna get me fired. I try not to talk too politically but I have this one co-worker that is a straight up fash, and I'm gonna end up saying something. I just hope it's liberal-coded enough.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

Yep, always gotta keep plausible deniability. I try to gently provide based takes in a way that is easily acceptable when I can, though.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago

I try to frame it as coming from an apolitical History Guy angle: "Damn that's crazy man, well good luck with that but you're probably gonna get owned, I'll be here chillin."

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I got drunk at the work Xmas party and told a Trump guy that I was a communist (and that I wanted to fuck the HR lady). He was actually kind of cool about it later.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Did you end up hooking up with the HR person?

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No I was talking shit. I'm married and it would have ruined my life lol.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

That's for the best then. Haha

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Huh, can't admit to having done the same yet, haha. Definitely try to tone down my radicalism.

Funny enough, I find the finance-dudebros end up being the most receptive to positive news about the PRC, if you can point to them focusing heavily on industrialization making surpassing financialized economies like the US more of a matter of when, not if.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah I normally keep it cool, but I overshare when I get drunk.