So we go to trivia every Tuesday at a local bar. One of the questions was about the reason for why Oklahoma has that panhandle stretch of land on the west. Friend was like, “I actually just read this, it’s because of a slavery issue…” So we put that answer down and gave it our highest confidence amount for the round. So when the MC was going over the answers, he read that one and by the groans it seemed like no one in the bar had gotten it. But we did so I was all proud of us for the right answer and so as as soon as he finished the sentence, “So it was essentially because of slavery which some did not want and others did” I burst out with a ‘Wooooohoooooo” and clapped.
Immediately my team gave me the stare of death as did the rest of the bar. My teammate said, “did you just cheer for slavery?” To which I immediately realized how it looked and quickly said, “No no no, oh come on you guys I cheered cause we got it right” (They of course all knew this was the reason but it looked bad). Thankfully the MC was like, “Yeah guys she wasn’t cheering that, they were the only team that got it right”…
TL;DR: I got a trivia question right that no one else did and cheered but the question was about slavery so it appeared that I was cheering for slavery
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The only people who think you were cheering for slavery are people who are arguing in what is referred to as “bad faith”. Don’t sweat it, man.
My entire trivia team once loudly cheered the Challenger disaster for the same reason. On the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
I mean it’s not like you went “Woooo, slavery is the best!” or something. Good lord, performative liberalism is getting exhausting.
I’ve done this exact same thing. Boy did I get some looks.
It wasn’t slavery it was something to do with criminal charges or something (I’m a total true crime buff) and I think the answer was Ted Bundy, The question was which serial killer was famous for…. (insert crimes here)” I cheered when they said the answer cuz it was the only question I was able to confidently answer. It seemed like I was cheering for Ted Bundy.
Well technically they got it because they didn’t have slavery. Texas was the one with slaves that gave it away
Reminds me of a trivia night where they asked a question about 9/11 and when they gave the answer it was dead silent. Kind of a mood-killer lol
As Archer said: What’s not to like, it’s free labor.
Why did your teemmate had an issue? And even the rest of the had should have known you were playing a game
As an occasional bar trivia host, this is pretty funny. I probably would’ve pretended to be upset and given you a little crap, but all in fun.
Everyone else was upset they got it wrong. Take your win and enjoy it. There is nothing wrong with celebrating a win. You weren’t cheering for slavery. Anyone who says that is just butthurt that they didn’t get the answer.
I once proclaimed “I love Hitler”. I most definitely do not love Hitler lol. We were discussing WWII etc…. And yep 🤦🏽♀️
That’s hilarious. Anyone who didn’t get it or understand the context, well, now you know why they failed so many of the questions.
TL:DR OP is trying to spin this so she looks good after cheering slavery.
“The prisoners with jobs”
I’ve played too much Sims….
I would’ve laughed my ass off!
Only way it could look worse if they tell us they were the only group on the lighter end of the spectrum and the MC words were heavily dripped in sarcasm lol
The team most offended by the action were probably half a vote away from naming their team “Rufied-O”, so I don’t think you have to worry too much about their judgment.
Back in the days of Blockbuster, a friend and I went to find a movie to watch one night. American History X had just come out on VHS, and I had heard about it and wanted to see it, but didn’t know it was available. I was excited, and suggested it to my friend. He said “what’s it about?” and I said “Neo-Nazis” and I guess it came out a little loud and I sounded happy about it. At the time, my head was fully shaved. My friends eyes got big and he looked over my shoulder, and I turned around and there was a black family with little kids standing there.
That’s hilarious
i mean so did everyone in Tatooine during the pod races when Anakin won the Boonta Eve
Primo Canera! About 100 people playing, and I was the only right answer. My team jumped up and pointed at me, cheering. Felt pretty good. He used to be the heaviest heavyweight champion of all time, though I don’t know if it’s still true.
I’d love to have been able to read that room to see how on earth it could’ve come across that way.
If it makes you feel better, I gave my mom Apollo 11 25th anniversary trading cards on her birthday.
She was friends with the astronauts on Apollo 11 and I just reminded her of their deaths on her birthday 😬 oops.
Well, at least you fit in with Oklahoma.
I would have laughed my ass off at that.
Lol, you just cheered at the wrong time. When I was in university, I had a friend who was Hispanic, and she had a friend who was African-American. And she told me a story one time. It had been their joke to call each other racial epithets that I’m not comfortable writing or saying because my Mommy told me never to say things like that, but you can guess. Anyway, one day, she’s in the dormitory lounge and gets a phone call. This was back before cell phones. So her friend, who went to a different university, had called the dorm office number, and because she was in the lobby, they directed the call to a payphone in the lobby. Well, you can guess what happened. They just told her she had a call, but not who it was from. She picked up the phone, and when she heard her friend’s voice, she yelled out excitedly “HEEEEEY, N——!” and froze in horror as everybody in the lobby was just staring at her. She mumbled an apology and babbled an explanation about friends and nicknames, but she was mortified.
This was a setup, there was no chance at winning.
That’s hilarious
r/SlaveryIsAwesome
This is nothing, in 1991 on April 8th, I was in a meeting and started saying – speaking of ethnic cleansing can we talk about the layoffs…
The whole room went dead silence and my boss quickly jumped in and changed the conversation and the admin assistant brought in snacks and coffee.
For context, in US that’s the first year they stared the Holocaust Remembrance Day to mark 50th anniversary and I have not studied or payed attention to any of that as a nerd in high school or college and had no idea the significance that statement carried. It was my first meeting after a small promotion and got assigned a small team.
Since that day, I always had prepared remarks for the meeting and rarely went off script!
Lol
Huh.. Don’t they like dark humor over there or something? This would’ve made the whole pub laugh where I used to do pubquizes for years.
Maybe it’s a cultural difference between US and NL? But you guys play Cards Against Humanity over there to right?
I recently accidentally encouraged theoretical massive human rights violations, feel ya op
If you ask questions with bummer fuckin’ answers, and you get those answers…
Naa you’re good dude. You didn’t do anything wrong. They didn’t earnestly think you were cheating slavery otherwise they’re complete fools
They’re just making a joke. Chill and enjoy the laugh!
Thank you for not cheering for slavery. Solid choice.
Fucking hell people are so extra. 😂
I learned this from a podcaster I used to listen to: Name your bar trivia team something like “Haley Joel Osmond Did Nothing Wrong.” He really didn’t do anything wrong, but everyone else at the bar will be confused and wonder what controversy he’s up to. And if the bar trivia rules say no smartphones, they will have to wait until after the contest. Replace the celebrity with anyone who has done no wrong and isn’t trending that much.
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I’m pretty sure I’ve cheered “for” Christopher Columbus, the Rwandan genocide, and King Henry VIII under similar circumstances. I don’t think anyone actually thought you were cheering for slavery. It’s a surprisingly common phenomenon at trivia.