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Thinking about a conversation I was having with an acquaintance years ago. He was a friend of a friend and we were talking about food. I forget the exact phrasing but I brought up loving avocados. He said "what's that?" I was a bit surprised and explained. He responded "OH thats crazy I thought that was one of those made up words". The statement was like a flashbang I had to contemplate for a few minutes. PERSONAL STORIES ONLY, DO NOT INCLUDE A STATEMENT FROM A CELEBRITY OR POLITICIAN.

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[–] brewery@feddit.uk 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Three days ago was in a shop at about 10.30am buying something with my headphones on. Went past the two guys queuing behind and one spotted me, pointed down and said "you dropped your gay card" and started laughing. I naturally looked down when he was pointing before I realised what he said. I was so stunned I just looked back at him, gave a half chuckle then turned and left. Wish I said something or did something differently but was just so surprised and perplexed!

[–] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He did get your ass, but, thats pretty childish

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

While I was traveling with my mom, she was telling me about my uncle who is well off. Like we're talking 10s of thousands of dollars. I always thought he was average like we are and very down to earth.

But, I then heard that having hundreds of dollars in his wallet at all times "isn't enough" and that he is charging his own son to buy 1 of the 3 boats he has. Yeah, that completely changed how I saw my uncle.

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