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Auxiliary Gaydar Techniques

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by silentsound, Apr 30, 2009.

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  1. silentsound

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    Now, I have a pretty good gaydar (it's better for girls than boys) just because I am good at reading people and can kind of get a sense of people. But I was thinking today about some of the random other out there gaydar techniques that I occasionally half-jokingly employ (sometimes as double-checkers). I know there is no sure way to tell, but what are some of those weird ones you have heard of? I want to see what this list looks like...

    Some of mine are:
    finger length
    pronoun ambiguity (the person I marry, etc)
    "my 'roommate'"
    and many others...
     
    #1 silentsound, Apr 30, 2009
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    Shit, I do that all the time.
     
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  3. Roralo

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    Hahahah. Person ambiguity, I use that A LOT. But I never noticed finger length? What about it?
     
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    Hm...I don't go by any of those...I must be particularly strange. I can walk up to someone and basically tell, like a person can tell black from white.
     
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    Aaaah, the pronoun game.
    A dead giveaway.
    I do it all the time. XD
     
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    i just dodge it " adam are you gay"


    actually the way i respond i couldent be more gay if i try lol
     
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    Agreed.

    Or there's the "HEY ARE YOUR FINGERNAILS DIRTY?!"
    And then the person will check. More flambouyantly = palm down, fingers slightly bent toward face = slight gaydar beeping, and the opposite is well, the opposite (fingers curled in toward palm, palm up)
     
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    I have really terrible gaydar.
     
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  9. silentsound

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    oh I do love the pronoun game...

    also short fingernails on girls (shit, I have those too because I play guitar...)
     
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    I find it's more consistent with girls actually. It's the idea that finger length is related to hormone exposure in the womb, like homosexuality, so a gay person is more likely to have a longer ring finger than index finger (it's supposedly inverse for boys).

    yeah, I'm like that too, I typically just sort of know.
     
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    Out Status:
    Some people
    Facebook:
    1) Status / lack of status
    2) Mutual friends who are gay
     
    #11 Kenko, Apr 30, 2009
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    or, they just dont look at all :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

    meh, my gaydar sucks. it takes a floaty walk, limp wrists, a lisp, and fabulous clothes for me to know you're gay.
     
    #12 paco, Apr 30, 2009
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    Joke:
    What do you call a lesbian with long fingernails?
    Single.

    Lol.
     
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    I tend to think I don't have one, yet for some reason I found Rachel Maddow really, really interesting even before I knew she was gay (the first time I watched her show, hehe). And I went to a show and ended up spending most of it staring at one particular singer, get home, look at the band's webpage, and find out she's a lesbian. It's weird! I don't even know what it is I'm noticing.

    But I totally use the gender ambiguity when I talk about hypothetical significant others. I.. kind of keep hoping someone notices it so I don't have to say anything, but they've yet to mention it. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    I definitely use the lack of "interested in".
    I have also become very skilled at he pronoun game, it's great fun. What is also fun, when disusing who you like you tell whoever is trying to figure it out that you will answer yes or no questions truthfully. This is usually how it goes:
    -Is he in band
    -nope
    -gr 11?
    -nope
    -gr 10?
    -nope
    -gr 12?
    -nope
    -what??? So, you like someone who doesn't go to the school...
    -I never said that, did I?

    It's really funny, they get so confused!
     
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    Sorry,but MY gaydar is good only for the stereotypical gay person. I wish it wasn't like that,but,alas,it is.
     
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    can some one let me in on how to play the pronoun game?
    i'm like lost lol, i wana learn so i can use it on people
     
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  18. Haiiro

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    Meeee too. I think it's practically non-existant, unless there are more obvious, "stereotypical" signs.
     
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    Whenever you talk about someone you like, don't use he or she, instead say that person or they.
     
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    can you give me an example :confused:
    i feel stupid
     
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