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Anonymous · 11th Jan 2012, 08:15 PM

I think most gay jokes are kind of funny, actually I think that one of the upsides to being gay is you can tell those jokes without it being offensive. I believe that joking about things are a good way deal with people, if we can all laugh then we can get past the bad stuff. Just wondering if this a bad thought process.

starfish · 11th Jan 2012, 10:34 PM

As long as the jokes aren't mean spirited I rather enjoy them. There is a gay jokes thread around here somewhere.

sometimesbetter · 11th Jan 2012, 10:41 PM

Agreed. If it's casual and you can laugh about it, then why not? Life isn't mean to be serious a 100% of the time. Yes, we are laughing about serious issues that people go through every day (I'm sure all of us on this forum have gone through one of them at least once in our live's), but it's also nice to laugh about 'em, just to see it from a more lighter perspective.

seeksanctuary · 11th Jan 2012, 11:21 PM

I don't mind gay people making gay jokes... I do mind when straight people who I know to be homophobic/bigoted start making them. Only because I know they really do feel that way. :[

Dalmatian · 12th Jan 2012, 03:58 AM

If there is nothing hateful in them, jokes about homosexuality (but also religion, nationality and so on) are completely acceptable. When my friend who I know to be very understanding and openly and truthfully gay-friendly makes an otherwise even offensive gay joke, I find it funny. On the other hand, there are people whose hatred you can sense on "A gay guy walks into a bar..".

**Lexington** · 12th Jan 2012, 09:38 AM

It's less the joke than the mindset behind it. Swap out the word "faggot" for "gay guy" in any joke, and suddenly, it's a lot less funny.

Lex

Robert · 12th Jan 2012, 10:20 AM

I was going to make a gay joke... butt fuck it.

Anonymous · 12th Jan 2012, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert

I was going to make a gay joke... butt fuck it.

OP here

good one. Also if there is a gay jokes thread, where is it? I would like to check it out.

Kerze · 12th Jan 2012, 10:28 AM

I'm so pissed off that it's not on youtube as just the clip, but there's a sketch in the 4th episode of the first series of 'The League of Gentlemen' where this bad theatre troup called 'Legz Akimbo' do a play called 'Everybody Out!' about being gay and the whole thign is hilarious.

'Being gay is okay, but not being a dyke, because they'll steal your wife' (paraphrasing, but still)

Mad Man L · 12th Jan 2012, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert

I was going to make a gay joke... butt fuck it.

Old joke is old.

Meh, I like gay jokes, they're funny.

Anonymous · 12th Jan 2012, 02:14 PM

Me and my girlfriend are both lesbians (in case you haven't figured it out I'm a girl too) and we often say "you are so gay" jokingly.

Holmes · 12th Jan 2012, 03:17 PM

Depends what you mean by joke. If it demeans gay people, then it doesn't matter who says it.

Anonymous · 12th Jan 2012, 08:12 PM

so that joke about the race between the gays and the lesbians is ok to laugh at? thats kind of a relief, i thought it was funny.

11th Jan 2012, 08:15 PM	#1
Anonymous Posting Anonymously Posts: 34,191 Join Date: Dec 2007	Gay jokes I think most gay jokes are kind of funny, actually I think that one of the upsides to being gay is you can tell those jokes without it being offensive. I believe that joking about things are a good way deal with people, if we can all laugh then we can get past the bad stuff. Just wondering if this a bad thought process.

11th Jan 2012, 10:34 PM	#2
starfish This space for lease. Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: I like guys Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Hippie Town, Alberta of the US Age: 31 Posts: 2,104 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: Gay jokes As long as the jokes aren't mean spirited I rather enjoy them. There is a gay jokes thread around here somewhere. __________________ All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. --Thomas J. Watson

11th Jan 2012, 10:41 PM	#3
sometimesbetter Well Known Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some friends, and family Age: 21 Posts: 146 Join Date: Dec 2011	Re: Gay jokes Agreed. If it's casual and you can laugh about it, then why not? Life isn't mean to be serious a 100% of the time. Yes, we are laughing about serious issues that people go through every day (I'm sure all of us on this forum have gone through one of them at least once in our live's), but it's also nice to laugh about 'em, just to see it from a more lighter perspective.

11th Jan 2012, 11:21 PM	#4
seeksanctuary Weary Traveller Full Member Gender: Transgender - FtM Orientation: Gay Out Status: Pretty much everyone that matters. Location: USA Age: 24 Posts: 402 Join Date: Sep 2011	Re: Gay jokes I don't mind gay people making gay jokes... I do mind when straight people who I know to be homophobic/bigoted start making them. Only because I know they really do feel that way. :[ __________________ but there's no sense crying over every mistake you just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake...

12th Jan 2012, 03:58 AM	#5
Dalmatian Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few people Location: Zagreb, Croatia Age: 30 Posts: 211 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: Gay jokes If there is nothing hateful in them, jokes about homosexuality (but also religion, nationality and so on) are completely acceptable. When my friend who I know to be very understanding and openly and truthfully gay-friendly makes an otherwise even offensive gay joke, I find it funny. On the other hand, there are people whose hatred you can sense on "A gay guy walks into a bar..".

12th Jan 2012, 09:38 AM	#6
Lexington The gay gargoyle EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Colorado Age: 42 Posts: 12,360 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Gay jokes It's less the joke than the mindset behind it. Swap out the word "faggot" for "gay guy" in any joke, and suddenly, it's a lot less funny. Lex

12th Jan 2012, 10:20 AM	#7
Robert EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male ♂ Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: World Posts: 971 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Gay jokes I was going to make a gay joke... butt fuck it. __________________ "I am like a mirror that dares not be what nature made it, but feels obligated, always, to reflect what surrounds it." - Frederick II of Prussia. "England is a Prison" - Gerrard Winstanley

12th Jan 2012, 10:28 AM	#9
Kerze Formerly Concretehands Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: two Location: London Town Age: 17 Posts: 1,281 Join Date: Aug 2010	Re: Gay jokes I'm so pissed off that it's not on youtube as just the clip, but there's a sketch in the 4th episode of the first series of 'The League of Gentlemen' where this bad theatre troup called 'Legz Akimbo' do a play called 'Everybody Out!' about being gay and the whole thign is hilarious. 'Being gay is okay, but not being a dyke, because they'll steal your wife' (paraphrasing, but still) __________________ Please Understand. We don't want no trouble, we just want the right to be different. That's all. - Pulp/Different Class

12th Jan 2012, 02:14 PM	#11
Anonymous Posting Anonymously Posts: 34,191 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Gay jokes Me and my girlfriend are both lesbians (in case you haven't figured it out I'm a girl too) and we often say "you are so gay" jokingly.

12th Jan 2012, 03:17 PM	#12
Holmes EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out Location: Ireland Age: 25 Posts: 609 Join Date: Aug 2009	Re: Gay jokes Depends what you mean by joke. If it demeans gay people, then it doesn't matter who says it.

12th Jan 2012, 08:12 PM	#13
Anonymous Posting Anonymously Posts: 34,191 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Gay jokes so that joke about the race between the gays and the lesbians is ok to laugh at? thats kind of a relief, i thought it was funny.

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