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Okay, neither of these should surprise me on a campus where my first week here I had the pleasure of witnessing a group of people talking about how they didn't understand why people call this the third whitest school in America, only to interrupt themselves to exclaim "holy shit, look, it's a black guy" (I wish I was making that up)
Tale number 1 of today
A few things to you good sir:
1- you are being very loud in an open atrium that is used as a study area... some of us would actually like to, you know, do studying as the area was set up for.
2- I don't care about your sexual exploits, those can be kept to yourself.
3- just because the person that you are talking (if you can call it talking) to doesn't care doesn't mean he's a gay raging homo
4- seriously, you just called him a gay raging homo again, what is your obsession with homosexuals.
5- seriously dude, what the fuck, you just called him that again... I don't think you'd recognize a gay raging homo if one were kicking your ass.
6- Dude, at this point, if I weren't leaving for my next class you would have a gay raging homo kicking your ass... then we could find out if you recognized one while they were kicking your ass.
Tale number 2 of the day.
Happened while I was walking through the student center, the LDS institute has a booth set up trying to get people to enroll. One of the girls comes up to me (I shall call her sucky recruiter, or SR) and we have the following chat
SR: Hi, would you be interested in joining Institute.
Me: No thank you.
SR: Are you sure, it's really fun and will give you a lot of spiritual insight.
Me: No thank you, I'm not Mormon so I don't think it's for me.
SR: Oh, you don't have to be Mormon, you just have to have an open mind and be willing to learn about the Gospel of Christ.
Me: I know what I need to know about the gospel.
SR: Come on, it is a great experience, there is always more you can learn.
(okay, at this point, I will admit to not being as polite because well... damnit, I've said no three times and even justified saying no twice, back off bitch)
Me: Okay, will those in the class be open minded to different points of view?
SR: As long as it is according to the Gospel of Christ.
Me: So, a view that homosexuality is not a sin, and that gay people deserve all the equal rights and protections under the law as heterosexuals are granted, and that the church leaders who excommunicated me because of my sexuality are all royal douchebags that should burn in hell would be accepted? I'm sure I could find verses somewhere to support that view.
SR: Umm... maybe Institute isn't right for you.
Me: Yes, I do believe I said that three minutes ago, you could have saved both our times if you had listened to me then.
Seriously, if I say I'm not interested, then I AM NOT INTERESTED. Badgering me about it isn't going to change my mind.
Tale number 1 of today
A few things to you good sir:
1- you are being very loud in an open atrium that is used as a study area... some of us would actually like to, you know, do studying as the area was set up for.
2- I don't care about your sexual exploits, those can be kept to yourself.
3- just because the person that you are talking (if you can call it talking) to doesn't care doesn't mean he's a gay raging homo
4- seriously, you just called him a gay raging homo again, what is your obsession with homosexuals.
5- seriously dude, what the fuck, you just called him that again... I don't think you'd recognize a gay raging homo if one were kicking your ass.
6- Dude, at this point, if I weren't leaving for my next class you would have a gay raging homo kicking your ass... then we could find out if you recognized one while they were kicking your ass.
Tale number 2 of the day.
Happened while I was walking through the student center, the LDS institute has a booth set up trying to get people to enroll. One of the girls comes up to me (I shall call her sucky recruiter, or SR) and we have the following chat
SR: Hi, would you be interested in joining Institute.
Me: No thank you.
SR: Are you sure, it's really fun and will give you a lot of spiritual insight.
Me: No thank you, I'm not Mormon so I don't think it's for me.
SR: Oh, you don't have to be Mormon, you just have to have an open mind and be willing to learn about the Gospel of Christ.
Me: I know what I need to know about the gospel.
SR: Come on, it is a great experience, there is always more you can learn.
(okay, at this point, I will admit to not being as polite because well... damnit, I've said no three times and even justified saying no twice, back off bitch)
Me: Okay, will those in the class be open minded to different points of view?
SR: As long as it is according to the Gospel of Christ.
Me: So, a view that homosexuality is not a sin, and that gay people deserve all the equal rights and protections under the law as heterosexuals are granted, and that the church leaders who excommunicated me because of my sexuality are all royal douchebags that should burn in hell would be accepted? I'm sure I could find verses somewhere to support that view.
SR: Umm... maybe Institute isn't right for you.
Me: Yes, I do believe I said that three minutes ago, you could have saved both our times if you had listened to me then.
Seriously, if I say I'm not interested, then I AM NOT INTERESTED. Badgering me about it isn't going to change my mind.
If I'd been able to retort, I could have had a similar experience. 
This girl kept trying to get me to go to Chi Alpha, this Christian fellowship on campus, and kept going on and on about it...I so wanted to speak up and say, "Actually I'm going to my LGBT Straight Alliance meeting right now. Is it still ok if I come by later? 
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