The guys witness Justin Bieber's April Fools' Day prank, Joe Biden's inappropriate touching, and unconscious bias. Justin also reviews The Best of Enemies and Shazam.
Do you have any opinions on being offended vs brushing it off when someone makes a joke directed at you? I was at work the other day and a coworker offered me a muffin. I accepted and as she gave it to me, she said, as a joke, that I’m a growing boy. I understand that I am young, I look even younger than I am, and I’m a little too thin and a little short, so the joke is somewhat applicable, but I didn’t really find it all that funny. She recognized that I didn’t find it funny and apologized saying it was a joke, and I sat down for five minutes, wrote down the circumstances and thought about whether or not I should care about this. I ended up walking over to her office and explaining that I get that I look young, but it’s hard for me to be taken seriously at work when people make jokes about my youth. It indirectly associates me with immaturity and I fear people won’t take me as seriously. I want to make this less about my particular situation and I want to hear your thoughts on the general principle. I’m not an uptight person. I make jokes, I laugh at jokes, even ones that might be slightly inappropriate in an office. But I think the line was crossed there, especially since I’ve only been at this office for a month and I don’t speak the primary language in the office.
