Called Into HR for Queeroshima

Getting called into HR because I was overheard referring to the 1980s AIDS crisis as "queeroshima"

A dark-mode Twitter screenshot shows a person joking that they are being called into Human Resources after calling the 1980s AIDS crisis “queeroshima,” a portmanteau of queer and Hiroshima. The joke uses deliberately offensive absurdity to parody workplace consequences for an inappropriate remark, making it a reaction to edgy humor or saying something that could get someone reprimanded. EN: A dark-mode Twitter screenshot shows a person joking that they are being called into Human Resources after calling the 1980s AIDS crisis “queeroshima,” a portmanteau of queer and Hiroshima. The joke uses deliberately offensive absurdity to parody workplace consequences for an inappropriate remark, making it a reaction to edgy humor or saying something that could get someone reprimanded.

• @deenya_md / 26743 2026-06-19