About a month ago one of the guys at lunch was saying something about how he doesn't want his ex-wife to get his kids vaccinated because "all the aluminum and mercury is gonna make them r*****d"

I told him to take a closer look at his tuna sandwich because he definitely has shed aluminum dust onto his food unless he takes his jacket off and shakes his hair out, and he should probably wear a mask because that faint glitter in the air isn't fairy dust. Also look up mercury content in tuna.

The HR guy came out because apparently I "called a coworker a slur for autistic people" when he connected the dots that "if I believe those things make one autistic then they must be calling me autistic since I inhale and ingest aluminum all day at work and mercury is in my food" and felt that I was insulting him by informing him of the things he should already know.

(apologies if this was a little incoherent, I just woke up)

[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

This comment makes me think you've been huffing heavy metal dust.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Did you know that doctor-germs are actually healthier than normal people's germs, and that hand-washing is all a scam by Big Soap. When I'm feeling sick, I just cut a small incision in me with a box cutter and have a doctor shove their finger inside.

So, leave your coworker alone! He's an expert in his field, and those aluminum and mercury particles are the healthy kind! Let him get back to spitting bread, tuna, aluminum-coated mucus, and epithets at his coworkers. Stop forcing him to intentionally misconstrue your cautions into personal insults against him!

Btw, this is the same reason that the exhaust from those giant coal-rolling vanity trucks is actually HEALTHY exhaust. And why I recommend that those drivers cup their hands around the tailpipe and gulp as much of their expertly-crafted emissions as possible!

Note: if you look really closely, you might find the part where I used sarcasm.

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 17 hours ago

It's hilarious how these people call others snowflakes yet they melt (down) over the smallest challenge to their beliefs.

[–] Gerblat@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago

The fucking mental gymnastics of that dude… he says the word, then tries to turn it around on you 😑

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And probably uses an aluminium based deodorant.

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 1 points 36 minutes ago

I am always wondering about that ... It says alumina which is afaik a precursor to aluminum. Doesn't make it safe but not automatically hazardous. I am a chemistry noob so take this with a grain of salt. Speaking of salt: NaCl is table salt, Na or Cl will kill you. Tricky! Does anybody want to shed some light if this is something to consider regarding alumina?

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

did the HR guy piss off when you explained the situation, or keep it going?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago

This was HR, in a situation where they can be seen as going off half-cocked.

OF COURSE the HR rep kept it going.