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postr/StutterSep 26, 2024
48 points

I was turned down for an internship today because of my stuttering, I'm really fed up with this shitty problem, it's ruining my life.

I was turned down for an internship today because of my stuttering, I'm really fed up with this shitty problem, it's ruining my life. I'm a master's student in operations management (logistics, procur...

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commentr/StutterSep 25, 2024
52 points

I had a guy I work with belittle and criticize me one day for getting stuck on my last name. I told him that he has to deal with it for 5 minutes a day while I have to deal with 24/7 for the rest of m...

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postr/StutterSep 25, 2024
186 points

Called out a guy who laughed at me today.

Called out a guy who laughed at me today. Felt pretty powerful for this one. I work at a rock climbing course at a university, and my marketing manager brought the student board people to do a promo ...

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commentr/StutterSep 25, 2024
1 points

I definitely am glad I didn't miss this particular opportunity for spite though lol. I was pretty empowered by the interaction even if you would not have been. It's not like my stutter is a witch's cu...

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commentr/StutterSep 25, 2024
4 points

This is why this server is getting a fuck ton of downvotes. Bringing politics in almost every post. I do stutter a lot and I will not feel "dehumanized" because a cartoon animal stutters....

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commentr/StutterSep 25, 2024
0 points

A teenager apologized for what they did to you as a 7 year old, and you are proud that you refused to accept it?? You seem committed to this frame of mind, so for the sake of others reading this, tha...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
1 points

Like, if in US your local counseling center might offer IOP services which I don't think you NEED a mandatory 72hr stay to be referred. Sometimes these are for people discharged from psych or detox so...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
1 points

Wow that's some bullshit no one should have to put up with yet so many of us seem to have this happen in some setting.  Clearly they don't desire to change and you aren't the problem. Stupidity can ...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
2 points

I'm a lifelong stutterer and my husband now has Parkinsons, which has given him his own stutter. If I saw that flag in my neighborhood I would cut it down or throw paint on it. I know vandalism is no...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
1 points

Lol it's funny one of the retail jobs I had put out a pro diversity as that I saw many times I got mad and wrote them and was like "where was this a few years ago guys?" They did send me an email that...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
1 points

For me I never really liked porky the pig because a lot of the kids I was around would hate on him and 2 he’s quite an old cartoon so barely anyone saw it or knew who he was, he was never the “cool “ ...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
3 points

You have the force! Because my reasoning never stood a chance against the dumbest bullies around. That's a good way to look at it though, maybe someone learned. I don't know if anyone has learned from...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
1 points

Just proves how vile people can be. Maybe they are still mad they didn’t beat him in 2020. There’s a good chance they won’t win in November either....

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
0 points

As an adult seriously I wish I could go back and tell myself that physical fighting was an option. (This comment got long, I rarely contribute and appreciate the engagement) I was pushed down the st...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
6 points

Mad. Ableist. As a stutterer, I always have been laughed at. Kids holding back their laughs, the shocked faces, etc. I would feel non-human...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
2 points

I've experienced my fair share of cruelty to be sure, but most of the time educating people helps to alleviate some of it...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
4 points

I felt similar about Porky growing up. That flag mocking Biden though is pure BS, so many reasons why I detest much of what MAGA represents and they just keep piling on more and more. Truly deplorable...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
2 points

Nah things didn't change too much I was a 90s kid and I definitely experienced bad bullying at school, being beat up by whole mobs because I stuttered and people just taking the piss and imitating eve...

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commentr/StutterSep 24, 2024
5 points

When I was a kid I would use Porky Pig as an example to explain to other kids what stuttering was, it helped them to be able to connect what I was doing to a cartoon character that they were familiar ...

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postr/StutterSep 24, 2024
24 points

Getting called the r-word by family

Getting called the r-word by family I struggle to speak when I'm feeling nervous which is almost all the time when I'm around them because they latch on anything I say and make fun of it. They insist...

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