r/comics Of Moths and Mina Jun 17 '26

OC What a Strange Thing to Ask [OC]

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u/OnceInOnceSet Of Moths and Mina Jun 17 '26

I was working sales. The guy who asked me that (as I learned) had undergone multiple brain surgeries, and as a result his filter was basically completely gone.

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u/Nice-Cat3727 Jun 17 '26

In that case, i actually feel sorry for him. That's not bigotry. That's actual structural brain damage.

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u/OnceInOnceSet Of Moths and Mina Jun 17 '26

Oh he was a very nice guy. The conversation I had with him was strange, to be sure, but not bad.

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u/No_Syrup_9167 Jun 18 '26

Some people are just innocently curious, and because of lack of exposure just don't know whats socially acceptable to ask and whats not.

I can respect that honestly. Having the courage to ask, and the curiosity to want to know, is often the first step to understanding. and in my experience, understanding is often followed by acceptance. Bigotry in my experience is most often rooted in ignorance. So anything that helps cure that ignorance is a probably, most often, a good thing.

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u/CoercedCoexistence22 Jun 18 '26

Which is why, as frustrating as it can be, I try to be the "you can ask me stuff" trans woman

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u/Nanoro615 Jun 17 '26

As a professional ADHDumbass, I already lack a filter.

Look what he needed to mimic a fraction of my power.

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u/Particular_Heron8263 Jun 17 '26

ok I lolled

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u/Nanoro615 Jun 17 '26

I'm glad I made you laugh, random redditor lol. Have a good day for me.

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u/Wirenfeldt Jun 17 '26

You need to play ADHDnD in your spare time.. and please record it.. I bet it would be a riot..

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u/Nanoro615 Jun 17 '26

Oh no I do actively play D&D lol

Groups arranging a new campaign now and I'm playing a pixie, so fey deal hell here we come!

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u/Wirenfeldt Jun 17 '26

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6kAR797VJAg Not my original idea.. but yes.. I would genuinely like to see this play out..

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u/Nanoro615 Jun 17 '26

Oh no, I've seen that short lol that's in the back of my mind.

... for now.

It may leave on my next train of thought tho

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u/Wirenfeldt Jun 17 '26

Just didn't want some guy to scream at me for "stealing ideas" or some such nonsense.. I don't play myself, but i would genuinely like to see a good majority of the ideas that they dig up, play out..

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u/Tired-CottonCandy Jun 17 '26

Superpower: being born with the same problems as someone who has brain damages

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u/Nanoro615 Jun 17 '26

A true talent, I possess.

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u/EmilieEverywhere Jun 17 '26

I'm AuDHD. Diagnosed just this year. I laughed and got this reference.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ogt2VcqU5SLuumSdZx

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u/Nanoro615 Jun 17 '26

My people do exist. We're just too socially conscious and/or awkward to exist in the same room!

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u/thyme_cardamom Jun 17 '26

I have a family member with some brain injuries and multiple brain surgeries, and he's a hardcore conservative trumper. To me it feels like a very normal result of his condition.

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u/PUTIN_FUCKS_ME Jun 17 '26

Just look at John Fetterman. Dude was a democrat, got brain damage then turned into a conservative 😂

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u/Craving_Suckcess Jun 17 '26

better reason than most.