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They were laughing at people's names.

They were amused by a double meaning found in an arrangement of alphabetic characters.

It's really not a big deal.

Some things aren't worth weighing in on.

For example, you go to work and some of your more braindead colleagues are earnestly insisting that keeping a list of amusing customer names is the first step on the road to genocide.

Do you: (a) get involved in this nonsense, knowing from past experience how furious they'll get if you disagree, or (b) ignore this stupidity and get on with your job?

Personally, I'd pick the latter.

> Let’s say you hire a gay employee, there very existence is political.

Maybe to you, but most of us don't give a shit either way.

Please don't use your gay colleagues as political totems. It's actually quite dehumanizing. Just treat us as people. Thanks.