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*sighs* Ah, yes. The usual religious silliness, underlain with just a touch of annoyance.
I love office interactions.
Really I do.
There are a bunch of people whose faith I don't know in my office. This is not surprising. There are a few whose faiths I do know. Catholic. Quaker.
This is not surprising, either. Religious discussions are generally friendly, which is only at most mildly surprising.
However. One coworker whose faith I do not know has recently been bringing up pagan and reincarnation themes. He is a gamer; he is known for jokes, and elaborate and/or social jokes among them.
What I cannot tell is whether he is having fun at the expense of the couple people whose faith I do know (who respond to his - laughing, and general, and potentially serious and potentially not - comments with laughter and 'yeah right' and that sort of thing), or whether he is serious and will be troubled by the ongoing tone.
I'm troubled by it. I don't know if I'm troubled enough to say anything, though. Today's "some people do believe in reincarnation" (from me, after laughter and 'yeah right' about a comment about people 'learning' from an experience that kills) drew a sort of eye-roll and giggles. Like I was in on the joke.
Except I'm not. I am pagan, albeit very casually in that I don't think it's real provable what is and isn't.
I dunno. Don' t know if I should say something, or not. If my other coworker is also serious, then I should say something. If he's not, it depends entirely on my own sensibilities - and I'm not sure it matters that much to me, honestly.
Feh.
I love office interactions.
Really I do.
There are a bunch of people whose faith I don't know in my office. This is not surprising. There are a few whose faiths I do know. Catholic. Quaker.
This is not surprising, either. Religious discussions are generally friendly, which is only at most mildly surprising.
However. One coworker whose faith I do not know has recently been bringing up pagan and reincarnation themes. He is a gamer; he is known for jokes, and elaborate and/or social jokes among them.
What I cannot tell is whether he is having fun at the expense of the couple people whose faith I do know (who respond to his - laughing, and general, and potentially serious and potentially not - comments with laughter and 'yeah right' and that sort of thing), or whether he is serious and will be troubled by the ongoing tone.
I'm troubled by it. I don't know if I'm troubled enough to say anything, though. Today's "some people do believe in reincarnation" (from me, after laughter and 'yeah right' about a comment about people 'learning' from an experience that kills) drew a sort of eye-roll and giggles. Like I was in on the joke.
Except I'm not. I am pagan, albeit very casually in that I don't think it's real provable what is and isn't.
I dunno. Don' t know if I should say something, or not. If my other coworker is also serious, then I should say something. If he's not, it depends entirely on my own sensibilities - and I'm not sure it matters that much to me, honestly.
Feh.
