# I'm being discriminated against for my sexuality **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277 "2014-10-23T18:54:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/21 "2014-10-23T21:50:18Z")
Letter? I hardly know 'er! ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/22 "2014-10-23T22:45:00Z")
I have a pretty large package. Should I just drop it in or should I wrap it up first? Is it safe to mail something to yourself? My mom said it wasn’t safe. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/23 "2014-10-23T22:55:41Z")
Do you think you’re a special delivery snowflake? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/24 "2014-10-23T22:57:38Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Aren’t mailboxes the female of the species, with mailmen being the other half? What about femail men? Wait, female mail men? No, I mean the girl ones that do what the malemen do. There we go. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/25 "2014-10-23T23:03:25Z")
Do you have to watch out for registered post offenders? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/26 "2014-10-23T23:28:46Z")
Is it true what they say about forever stamps? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/27 "2014-10-24T02:49:02Z")
After mod discussion, the OP is harmless fun and the responses have been gold. Thread reopened. * * * **Hal Briston** - MPSIMS Moderator ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/28 "2014-10-24T14:40:00Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > What about femail men? Wait, female mail men? No, I mean the girl ones that do what the malemen do. There we go. They’re only ‘girls’ to our species. To the mailboxes, they’re all the same. Going from house to house, stuffing each eagerly waiting mailbox with hot white correspondence, occasionally even using different colored packages (which tend to be larger). Nasty filthy mailmen. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/29 "2014-10-24T14:49:49Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > They’re only ‘girls’ to our species. To the mailboxes, they’re all the same. Going from house to house, stuffing each eagerly waiting mailbox with hot white correspondence, occasionally even using different colored packages (which tend to be larger). Nasty filthy mailmen. Stamp tramps, we call them. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/30 "2014-10-24T15:02:56Z")
Someone stole your virginity! [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=738366](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=738366) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/31 "2014-10-24T15:07:00Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > After mod discussion, the OP is harmless fun and the responses have been gold. Thread reopened. > > * * * > > **Hal Briston** - MPSIMS Moderator So by being closed, then opened, this thread goes both ways? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/32 "2014-10-24T15:09:06Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > So by being closed, then opened, this thread goes both ways? Return to sender, address unknown. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/33 "2014-10-24T15:15:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Return to sender, address unknown. His joke had delivery, yours was just mailed in. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/34 "2014-10-24T15:36:40Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > His joke had delivery, yours was just mailed in. Thank you! I also feel that mine had a bit of ZIP to it as well ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/35 "2014-10-24T15:40:39Z")
Is this a Haldeman reference? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/36 "2014-10-24T15:42:13Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Is this a Haldeman reference? Sadly, it’s a long, sorted story. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/37 "2014-10-24T15:50:46Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Someone stole your virginity! In a dead letter office, no-one can hear you scream. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/38 "2014-10-24T15:53:27Z")
So if you accept ad mail, does that technically make you a prostitute? BTW, this thread is First Class. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/39 "2014-10-24T17:17:46Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > So if you accept ad mail, does that technically make you a prostitute? No. A postitute, amybe. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-discriminated-against-for-my-sexuality/702277/40 "2014-10-24T18:31:53Z")
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