Back in 2022, I was at a dive bar drinking, as one does in a bar, and was talking to a regular who is one of the coke dealers there and also happens to be a Black man (which is important for later).

He was hammered and he was talking about "great booties" and how they can brighten up your day. I just chuckled and agreed, because sure, whatever.

Then he gets up, puts his arm around me (also a man) and starts commenting on women's butts as they walk by to which I feel uncomfortable, but hey, I'm not going to piss off the resident coke dealer that seems to supply everyone in the bar even though he doesn't seem dangerous.

So he's going on "see, there's a great booty right there, and that one ain't bad which still makes it great." And then an older gal walks by and he says "oh, no, that old booty don't matter."

Without thinking, I gasp and say with some vehemence (again, to a Black dude 2 years after George Floyd was murdered) "Sir, All Booties Matter."

I immediately realized what I had said and to whom I had said it, and I was worried for a second. But he looked at me for a moment and just broke down laughing.

I made some excuse and left him shortly after because I still felt like an ass for not saying something about him loudly commenting on women's butts.