"That's so gay"

Nice way to turns things around. Sadly, I use it too when I am with friends. I know I shouldn't o that, but some things are just hard to stop.

 

That's a good way to turn the insult around How clever of you!

 

I used to do it ALL THE TIME in middle school. Like, we're walking down the hall, just pointing at random things and calling them gay. It was strangely entertaining.

Then I realized i might be gay. THAT sure shut me up. :-|


I still catch myself saying it sometimes... SOOO glad it never happened around my gay friends.

 

Me and my friend started to say "That's so straight" about things we don't like.

 

i just say (on FB) "that is happy" and when someone says fag, i reply with "that person doesnt look like a cigarette." etc. i like using older terms to turn around an insult :3

 

I wish I thought of that.... I think I'll start doing that. :badgrin:

 

I always go into an explanation about the origin of faggot if somebody even says the word Gay at my school... Shuts people up every time!

 

:roflmao:

I did hear it a LOT in high school, but as my peers grew up with me, I've heard it less and less to the point where I can't remember the last time I heard it.

 

I hate it when dumb Straight boys say that...I heard a lot of kids in Middle School say stuff like:
"That game's Gay..."
Who knew video games were into Homosexuality...

 

I usually just say "Yes, isn't GREAT!?" if I like the thing that's "gay", or "Oh really? Does [insert item] feel attraction?" if it's something negative. It usually leaves them grasping for words.

 

This thread is so gay.

 

I hate the way in which people use it as well.My nephew always says it and it annoys me.
Long gone are the days when gay=happy.How times have changed

 

I think it's context dependent. My friends use it freely around me because they know that I know that they don't mean it in a derogatory way. They don't say it around gay people they're not close with.

Of course, there'll always be people who DO use it in a mud-slinging kinda way

 

Yup! Such a happy thread.

 

"That's so fabulous."

 

This always happens at my school. One day I heard someone say it, then I shouted 'that's homophobic language' . Then he said, not sure how he knew about this. A random guy, ' I can't be, I know you.'
First, that makes no sense.
Second, never seen him before. News sure travels fast.

 

But in modern times it's used as an insult and such behavior must not be tolerated. So many gay youth are killing themselves because they're tormented with such insults. Especially in school, those terms must be well controlled, people at that age are very very vulnerable and the last thing they need is being labeled or made feel different.

 

I think one thing to remember is that normally these people just don't know anything about us (but really how can we force them all). What I mean is that usually, it isn't a personal attack or even an attack on the gay community. It's just... the word right now :\

I use it sometimes.

I'm fine with it, but for other people's sake, I try not to.