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Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
In addition to parenthetical comments being overrated, I would like to add to the list everyone's concern about being outted. (Not a poke at barely's latest post, it just prompted the comment).
I mean, what if someone found out who you were? Do you really think you would get fired? More likely they would make fun of you, which, in my mind, is not a big deal. People make fun of me for a lot worse reasons than the fact that I "hang out" with a bunch of internet geeks.
Anyway, that isn't meant to spark a debate or anything or to suggest that I don't take people's desire for anonymity seriously, because I do (and am bound to by the TOS), I guess it's more a comment on my own feelings about my own anonymity. In other words, I really don't care who does and doesn't know who I am.
The only reason I don't want you all telling everyone else who I am is so that I have a bargaining chip when people want to engage in a mutual outing.
Now, can we get back to the brazillian topic?
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You, of all people, should be
terrified of being outed. Do you really want all your co-workers to know what you and your wife do with your tongues? I don't care what people do in bed, but I don't want to know about my co-workers sexual quirks. Ew. I mean, just ew.
edited to add that I do know of someone at my firm who was "outed" and who left the firm shortly thereafter -- I don't know if the leaving was related to the "outing" but I'm not willing to take that chance. I also know of other stories about unfortunate outings that I'm not at liberty to share, but trust me, they can royally fuck up a person's career. 
