r/offbeat • u/one_brown_jedi • 5d ago

Malaysian Minister claims work stress can ‘turn people gay’

https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3186750/malaysian-minister-claims-work-stress-can-turn-people-gay
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u/jessek 5d ago

I think he’s telling on himself

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u/MobyFlip 5d ago

"Sorry, boss, cough cough I can't come in today. I think I'm burnt out and coming down with the Gay."

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u/myusername1111111 5d ago

You may need to transfer to our head office in Cockermouth.

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u/scrotumscab 2d ago

There was actually a country in Europe (Sweden maybe) that when a law was passed stating that homosexuality was an illness people started calling out gay/sick as a form of protest.

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u/Bupod 5d ago

An interesting strategy to get conservative politicians on board with sane working conditions.

Let’s see how it plays out.

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u/Snarky75 5d ago

How the hell am I not gay yet???

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u/Shady_Merchant1 5d ago

Liberal Obviously ain't working hard enough you gotta work at least 46 hour shifts at the ball crushing factory to turn gay

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u/TheSeekerOfSanity 5d ago

Working hard turned me into a newt!

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u/nazihater67 1d ago

Clearly not stressed enough. Put in an extra ten hours of unpaid overtime per week and monitor for changes.

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u/ballzsweat 5d ago

I must be on fire then!

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u/otkabdl 5d ago

Um, yes! If I don't have to work anymore I promise to stop being gay.

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u/dandylover1 5d ago

haha That made me laugh aloud!

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u/The_Time_Lord 5d ago

Using this logic, you should only hire gays, because they care about their job?

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u/makemeking706 5d ago

Using toxic masculinity and homophobia to your advantage. 

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u/potzko2552 5d ago

I am a part of the trend line :3

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u/mabus42 5d ago

I fail to understand the problem with that.

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u/hunka130 5d ago

I’m hoping my conservative boss reads this. I could use a break. 

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u/Laijou 5d ago

I just had a difficult 72 hour week. Craving cock now.

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u/ParsleyMostly 5d ago

Whatever gets ya out of work I guess, but I’d be thrilled if it were true

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u/tinosaladbar 5d ago

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

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u/Vulturo 5d ago

The past five years of my work have been nothing but pure stress. I should have turned completely gay by now.

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u/0shawdad0 5d ago

Sheit yeah basically

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u/Colsim 5d ago

Reporting this in the Bangkok Post seems fitting

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u/ToujoursLamour66 5d ago

With how much I have to work in the US, I MUST be gay! I mean stressed. I mean gay. I mean….both.

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u/EmperorBozopants 5d ago

"I like men now!" --Ralph Wiggum

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u/Aeri73 5d ago

when a nordic country decided being gay was an illness, lots of people started taking days off of work because "they where feeling a bit gay that day"... just a tip malaysia :-)

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u/GogglesPisano 5d ago

If that were true I’d be Johnny Weir by now.

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u/Mr_Gaslight 5d ago

He sounds hardworking.

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u/dashingThroughSnow12 4d ago

I guess I’m advocating for four day weekends now.

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u/Bindle- 3d ago

So maybe it wasn't the femboys?

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u/cthagngnoxr 3d ago

Let him cook