"I am Worth More"

BlueDoorFour · 2014-05-07T01:11:00+00:00

I'm a transracial, transgendered, pansexual, spiritually-Navajo, otherkin, transabled, and transphasic third-sex being.

Can you break a nickel?

(transphasic = born of solid and liquid matter, but I identify as a low-temperature plasma)

TracyMorganFreeman · 2014-05-07T02:34:14+00:00

They do realize charging people less is exactly the opposite of conveying higher worth, right?

M4Strings · 2014-05-07T02:02:39+00:00

I'd like to see this just to ask so many dumb questions that it'd make their heads spin.

"What if I don't identify within the gender binary or I was physically born with characteristics of both sexes?"

"Do I actually have to be disabled, a person of colour, an indigenous, or a queer person, or do I just have to identify as one?"

"What do you mean I'm not a person of colour, just because I'm less than 1/16th native and my African ancestry dates back to when the first people left to explore?"

"I'm indigenous to this planet and that should count. If not, then why are the original settlers that we call natives considered indigenous? They didn't originate on this part of the globe any more than people of European decent."

"How dare you deny my disability, just because you can't see it?! Fucking ableist scum!"

elebrin · 2014-05-07T03:55:10+00:00

Whenever I see one of these signs in relation to a bake sale, I remember what Bill Burr said about the muffin cart at the stall:

There was this lady standing there with this big table and nothing but muffins, right? Homemade muffins. It’s, like, 85 degrees out. She’s standing there with this big table of nothing but muffins. She’s got this big, stupid “hey, look at the muffins I made” look in her face, and the second I saw that shit, that part of my brain was just like, “dude, what would happen if you just came up and just said, ‘hey, lady, are these your muffins? ‘Oh Yeah!’ and just started going fuckin wham, wham, bam, bam, bam”. Like, how many of these muffins could I mush before anybody did anything?

I mean, realistically, I think I could’ve got the whole table, ’cause even if you saw me doing that shit, it would take at least five to six seconds to process. Like, “did they say he could do that? Is it, like, a game? Do you eat the muffin off you fist? That just seems like a waste of pastry” You know? Dude, there’s no security or shit like that. There’s no dude standing there. “He’s mushing the muffins. Ok, I’m on it. Sir, we’re gonna have to ask you” they just choke me out. So I just started thinking of the horrified, fucked-up look on this lady’s face as I started slamming these muffins, and out of nowhere, I just started laughing like a maniac. I’m, like, slumped over this fried dough cart, I’m dying. My girl looks at me. She’s like, “What the hell are you laughing at?” and like an idiot, I actually tried to explain this fucked-up thought to her. like she was gonna get it on some level, right? I’m just sitting there like, I was just thinking, what if I started punching the muffins? You know what I mean? I just started punching ‘em.

And she’s just looking at me like, “Why do I go out with you?” Dude, but I swear to god, man, if I never broke eye contact the second I started hitting those things, that girl wouldn't even have been able to call for help. I would’ve been in her head. It would've been too personal. She’d be like, “Did I go to high school with this guy? Why would you do that? Muffins are a happy food. I don’t understand it”

PerniciousOne · 2014-05-07T02:55:59+00:00

I am worth more to the government because I produce more in taxes than I use in benefits.

I am worth more to society because I am seen as a protector of others.

I am worth more to the country because I can be conscripted against my will and be forced to fight in a war I do not want to be a part of.

Guess that is why I am worth more.

Steampunk_Moustache · 2014-05-07T05:48:10+00:00

Fucking lol. A gay man in a wheelchair would still have to pay more than a woman.

Shlapper · 2014-05-07T04:53:35+00:00

I find it hilarious that an indigenous male, a gay male, a male with a disability or a non-white male would still have to pay 30 cents more than a heterosexual woman. There is no way that women are less advantaged than any of those classes of people, unless this was an error on their part and they forgot to mention that gay people, indigenous people and people with disabilities aren't really men? I'm not quite sure.

Also, Australians who are of an Asian ethnicity are not at all lacking in privilege™, yet as people of colour, they are able to claim a lower price than the rest of us? It should be obvious, but this person obviously didn't think too hard.

murphtaf · 2014-05-07T01:32:29+00:00

What if I identify as a woman?

2014-05-07T03:23:17+00:00

I think they would have been better off just giving away whatever it was for free instead of insulting virtually everybody for 80¢.

AlphaWookie · 2014-05-07T02:45:02+00:00

Maybe the parent organisation should be made aware of this as it runs counter to there mission statment. Which can be viewed here: http://www.iamworthmore.org/mission.html

They can be contacted here: http://iamworthmore.org/contactus.html

OP do you know more about this event and where it was held?

whinemoreplease · 2014-05-07T03:41:06+00:00

This is at the University of Western Australia.

Also, pretty ridiculous.

2014-05-07T03:58:34+00:00

iamworthmore AKA #youareworthless

FredAsta1re · 2014-05-07T09:29:15+00:00

YAY, lets promote equality by treating everyone different!

Is this real? This shit is ridiculous

aussietoads · 2014-05-07T06:06:39+00:00

How not to encourage a donation from 50% of the population.

ThePigmanAgain · 2014-05-07T04:48:10+00:00

Meh, not too bad as i see it. Being half-man, half-pig is pretty queer and probably also makes me a person of color ( the color is pink ) so i get 40% off!

jswerve386 · 2014-05-07T03:52:38+00:00

I'm not white and totally wouldn't give them any patronage. That's some bullshit.

Benjaminbranchaud · 2014-05-07T04:27:09+00:00

Is r/mensrights turning into r/TumblrInAction?

grammer_polize · 2014-05-07T08:32:27+00:00

As a gay person of mixed race, I guess I'd get 20 (or 40?) cents off the $1.50 charged for men.

But I wouldn't identify myself as a person of colour because 95% of the people I grew up around were white and they treated me the same way as they treated everyone else, and I wouldn't identify myself as white because I'm actually mixed race. Frankly, race or the colour of one's skin is, as far as I'm concerned, irrelevant. And I don't go around telling people that I'm gay because I regard it a personal thing. So I guess I'd end up spending $1.50?

Argh, fuck it, I'm not even in the mood for cake.

But when did referring to gay people as 'queer' become an OK thing? I remember it used to be banned at my school for being a homophobic remark and I've always found the word offensive, not that I'm the kind of person to make a fuss of it. My favourite words in the world are cunt and faggot, so I'm bound to offend more people than I'm offended by.

I-M-Meen · 2014-05-07T03:49:27+00:00

Good, so hopefully every white male will deny these idiots their business. They clearly don't want our money, why give it to them?

2014-05-07T04:11:44+00:00

Oh I'm sure they just want equality (sarcasm).

AlongAustower · 2014-05-07T04:52:47+00:00

aren't these things run by conservatives to take the piss out of affirmative action?

I wonder if you tried this without the sign what the reaction would be

Server - That's $1.50 but since you have dwarfism it's $1

Dwarf - Sir, I dont need a discount I'm just as capable as everyone else

mrwhibbley · 2014-05-07T09:20:29+00:00

I would walk up to them with my full beard and claim that I am an albino, gay, disabled transgendered postmenopausal native American female with a glandular problem resulting in full facial hair. If they doubt me, then I will sue for discrimination since the only way they can verify my gender is to check my genitals and i will not allow that for a .50 reduction in the price of their crap.

sizzletron · 2014-05-07T12:11:45+00:00

When are rank & file feminists going to stop blaming the average guy for things that are completely out of guys' control?

And are their male supporters supposed to pony up an extra 50% because of their gender? What fresh hell being a feminist puppet must be.

TheFatHobbits · 2014-05-07T03:10:26+00:00

While i know what they mean by 'person of color', white is also a race colour, so this sign is in the POV of a white person?

Cutmerock · 2014-05-07T06:02:58+00:00

"This muffin has bad genetics."

MattBD · 2014-05-07T14:00:01+00:00

The thing that gets me is the "of colour" section. Just because someone is white, doesn't mean they aren't a member of an ethnic group that is discriminated against. The Irish have experienced some pretty awful discrimination in the past.

Spore2012 · 2014-05-07T04:10:14+00:00

lol is this even serious?

ETF_Ross101 · 2014-05-07T04:48:38+00:00

I'm white and that's a color so.....yeah

dejour · 2014-05-07T05:01:21+00:00

I assume this is a fundraiser and not an actual business, correct?

master_heklep · 2014-05-07T06:58:00+00:00

I'm indigenous to Sweden, does that mean i get 20c off?

SINWillett · 2014-05-07T10:05:37+00:00

I identify as a person of colour as sadly I am not Greyscale. I am disabled as I am unable to jump to the moon. I'm indigenous as my peoples lived on this planet for Millennia.
I'm queer because I sleep with men.

iethatis · 2014-05-07T11:16:27+00:00

The last thing this world needs is for teen girls to be sheltered in order for them to form higher self-opinions (really, WTF).

The feminist machine wants to train people to be as awful as possible so they can act as foot soldiers in their misguided crusade

jaytrade21 · 2014-05-07T13:39:31+00:00

I am a meat popsickle

CoralBrain · 2014-05-07T14:11:51+00:00

Did anyone else notice they almost spelt "PRISES" ?

Lunatcharsky · 2014-05-07T17:30:44+00:00

I'm a zombie, do I get that discount?

avantvernacular · 2014-05-07T17:56:21+00:00

Is that even legal?

wake_up_merica · 2014-05-07T20:38:42+00:00

I think the easiest way to understand this is to look at it like maturity. If you have to tell someone that you're worth more, you're really not or they'd already know. It actually reminds me of in middle school, where everyone went around saying how mature they are. Both these "worth more" types and the "mature people" are looked up to by weaker/dumber people while the rest of the world (more important/valuable part of the world) notices them like a teenage performer on the street, says "ooh" or "neat", throws them a nickel and moves on with their day.

When they start doing things to make themselves worth more, they'll be taken seriously by people who ARE actually worth more.

A list of things they could be doing are as follows:

Cure Cancer
Cure Aids
Cure any disease for that matter
Build a newer, safer, more fuel efficient car (like that Tesla guy)
Help orphans and show them how to be better people

Hell, the children are our future. They're more important and can change the world more than some stoner college kids. HELP THE ORPHANS YOU DOUCHEBAGS!!

Title	"I am Worth More"
Author	Insilencio
Upvotes	587
Comments	152
Date	May 7, 2014 12:01 AM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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