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[A picture of Pepe the frog frowning while holding a gun to its head]

I hit another level this weekend /r9k/

>be me
>like this coworker
>finally get the courage to talk to her
>holy shit things are going well
> invites me to hangout on friday
> says her friends are burning books that go against Christianity
>seriously wtf
>whatever she’s hot
>gets the address

>it’s friday
>don't understand if I’m supposed to bring my own books
>buy $300 worth of anti-christian books
>put them in two big trash bags
>head over to book burning

>See coworker
>say hi
>"what are in the bags anon..?"
>"I...I brought books for the burning."
>"Anon I was joking about the book burning"
>it’s a normal fucking party
>don't know what to do
>pretend to get a call
>walk away and leave books
> start running home leaving my car

I snuck back on Saturday and got my car, but I think I have to fucking quit work now. Theres no way I can see her again.

What should I do? I have a shift on Wednesday.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I didn’t come to this marxist Linux forum to be insulted like this. (Also, \> preserves the >)

[–] Sentient_Door_Hinge@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So you typed \\> to say that?

[–] radix@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Probably \\\>, an escape character for each character.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\> implying

[–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

At that point just use `text here`.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

Fixed, and thanks.