Do you think it's funny or not? For example, two of my friends always pretend to be in a relationship and cuddle each other and then laugh about it. I personally think it's hilarious. You?
No. When two straight people pretend to be gay as a joke, people consider it funny. If a gay person pretends to be straight (after being out), it's not. It devalues same-sex relationships, when people treat it as a joke.
I think it depends on the people who are joking around, on the target audience, and where it's done and who else may see it. It's as simple as that. It can be harmless but it can also be potentially offensive.
Nah, I would not take any offense if it was done as a joke. If it was done with malicious intent, then yeah I might get a bit miffed but otherwise no.
I wouldn't take offense to it as I don't find stuff easily offensive; however, I don't perceive many things as a joking manner thus not funny.
I have a cousin who will do something similar for me when I'm down in the dumps. If he was being mean about it I would be pissed, but he usually does it when I'm depressed about being who I am and so it's fine. Also, it's super hilarious when he starts commenting on some dudes butt because he's strait as they come
Same as I've said about other issues, if it's somebody with gay friends who actually understands some things about LGBT rights then it's fine. If it's somebody who knows nothing about anything then it's homophobic.
It depends. Some people at school do it sometimes. It's usually a lot of fun, and we know that they are fine with LGB folk, and they aren't ramping up negative stereotypes. It wouldn't be funny if people we didn't know or people who weren't fine with LGB folk did it. Sometimes you get someone pretending to be trans*. That one isn't funny; it's negative and it's a display of a lack of understanding and dismissal of trans* people, at least at my school.
Hilarious and not offensive. It's such a personal thing between the two people doing it, I don't see a reason to take offense. If it's a couple friends having fun with each other...well, that's all it is. Nothing to get all huffy about, it's got nothing to do with me and they're not hurting anyone. If someone is being mocked by the pair pretending to be gay, then it would be jerky. Not because they're pretending to be gay, but because they're mocking someone period. Pretending to be gay is just one way they're doing it and it frankly doesn't matter because them doing it at all would be the real problem there. And even then, I still wouldn't be offended, if they're not targeting me, but I would feel a bit annoyed and bad for the person being fucked with. Most of the time though, when I think of people in general (gay/straight/whatever) pretending to be a couple it's usually a funny light-hearted thing that's almost like an inside joke just for those friends. Like maybe everyone in their circle jokes about how close they are, so sometimes they do a little relationship improv skit thing. What's wrong with that? It's not a social statement or to mock anything/anyone. Must everything be so serious? I'm sure there are some gay people who jokingly pretend to be with a straight best friend sometimes, especially if it's a gay guy and a straight girl. You hear about that, see that around more often than any other. Prime Example: Will & Grace. Great show, hilarious show, and you could scarcely make it through one episode without the running joke of Will/Grace being an item and Will/Grace actually acting like a couple. Will "played it straight" with Grace all the time, just as a result of how close they were, not because he's actually trying to be straight. It wasn't a denouncement of his sexuality or a statement against heterosexuals, it was just a guy who was really close with his best friend. Speaking of shows, there are the shows/movies with straight actors playing gay characters. They're pretending to be gay and they're getting paid to do it. They're gay for pay, even in a non pornographic sense. Example: Cam and Mitch of Modern Family. Does the actor who plays Cam on "Modern Family" devalue same-sex relationships because he's pretending to be gay? I don't believe so. So some regular people, who you most likely will never see or meet, pretending to be a couple as a joke doesn't devalue anything either. When did playing pretend start meaning more than just playing pretend? Playing pretend has usually got nothing to do with the thing a person is playing as, and all to do with the person playing just wanting to fucking...play pretend, a harmless fun thing for the person's own enjoyment. Being offended by this is just taking shit way too seriously. Not finding it funny just depends on the situation, you know like if you know the people, are you close with them, what kind of impressions they do, etc. For me, it cracks me up when straight actors talk with a very effeminate lisp as their gay voice (Timothy Olyphant and Jared Padalecki did that once and I was dying laughing.) My straight Aunt does a hilarious impression of a typical ghetto hip hop-centric black stud that has me rolling! What my thoughts on this really boil down to after this ramble: Context really is everything and most of the time you will find the context to be completely harmless and absent of any larger agenda besides, at no one's expense, trying to have a laugh. Why I couldn't think those words until the very end of this post...I have not the answer to that question. Anyway, good day all.
Mildly Agitating to severely irritating depending upon the degree to which the individual behaves in a stereotypical and degrading manner.
I'm usually okay with people making jokes about that stuff. But there's a line where it becomes more offensive.
It usually means that people are comfortable enough with the idea of homosexuality to not mind someone thinking they're actually gay. So usually, I don't mind.
Sorry but im a very sensitive and touchy person and dont like it, personally feel like i been looked down on by it, but thats just me
The people I've known to do that are people who aren't entirely straight. My friend and I hooked up as a joke but then started dating for real. And then one of my friends kept 'joking' about marrying me to become a citizen or having a female partner and it turns out she is bisexual, but is too scared to identify as anything but straight to anyone else. Not say people who joke around can't be straight. Just my experience.
I make fun of the fact that I'm gay, mainly because I can make fun of myself. Most people find it funny.
Guess it depends how or who's doing it can be funny if it a just a joke but if it just to mock people being gay not funny.
