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Old 25th Jul 2012, 10:55 AM   #1
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Default Do you wish more people were gay?

I'm tired, already very, very tired, of having guys whom I do not only find attractive but also get interested in turning out to be straight. In an old school, there were some guys who were openly gay, but I wasn't attracted to them. (forbidden fruit fetish, maybe?) even though it might be true that I only want what I cannot have, it really sucks that the vast majority of other boys won't be attracted to me because I have a penis. No, I don't wish everyone suddenly turned gay or anything. Just that a bigger amount of people were. We are around 10% of the population, but even though this number might be higher because many people are in the closet, it's still a very small share. If one quarter of all people were gay or bisexual, for example, not only it would be much easier for us to get a date, but society would be more accepting because bigger minorities have more influence over the general population. Do you guys agree with me?

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Old 25th Jul 2012, 10:57 AM   #2
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Hmm..... I'd rather everyone be bisexual. But that's just me.
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 11:01 AM   #3
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Well it would make things easier I guess...
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 11:16 AM   #4
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Life would certainly be easier if everyone were a perfect Kinsey 3.
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 11:28 AM   #5
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Life would certainly be easier if everyone were a perfect Kinsey 3.
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Though I can't say I wish more people were gay. I'm kind of enjoying being a minority. It's fun at times.
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 11:45 AM   #6
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Everyone else beat me to it, but I've always wished that everyone was perfectly bisexual (i.e., sex/gender of a person wouldn't matter at all to attraction).
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 11:51 AM   #7
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I'd rather have more people be gay, if everyone was bisexual then the churches who hate us would have soo much more ammo about it being a choice =P..Also I'd really like to be able to find dates easier. =P
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 11:52 AM   #8
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No, I would rather more people were bisexual.


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I'd rather have more people be gay, if everyone was bisexual then the churches who hate us would have soo much more ammo about it being a choice =P..Also I'd really like to be able to find dates easier. =P
I don't see how this follows. I am also quite unaware of choosing to be bisexual.
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 11:54 AM   #9
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The "everyone should be bisexual" idea is actually pretty good sounding. Everyone has a chance there. Oh, that'd be a fun world...
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 11:55 AM   #10
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Hmm..... I'd rather everyone be bisexual. But that's just me.
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 11:58 AM   #11
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I'd rather have more people be gay, if everyone was bisexual then the churches who hate us would have soo much more ammo about it being a choice =P..Also I'd really like to be able to find dates easier. =P
I don't see how this follows. I am also quite unaware of choosing to be bisexual.
I think the implication is that being bisexual would allow you to choose the gender of your partner.

I'm quite happy with the way things are.
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 12:02 PM   #12
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No, I also like it the way things are well enough.
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 12:05 PM   #13
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I'd rather have more people be gay, if everyone was bisexual then the churches who hate us would have soo much more ammo about it being a choice =P..Also I'd really like to be able to find dates easier. =P
Originally I was going to say "Yeah, except all the people saying that would be bisexual..so they can't say much about it, can they?"

Then I remembered that they probably would give the "yes but the Bible says this, therefore you must only do things with the opposite sex." Implying that they don't do anything with the same sex, nor have any intention to do so. To which I'd say they're full of it .

Point taken though XD
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Honestly I think it'd be better if more people were gay. I'm tired of being told it's a sin and yadda yadda. Ant it'd be alot easier to fall in love and be loved because falling for someone who's straight really sucks.
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 12:49 PM   #15
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Default Re: Do you wish more people were gay?

Ideally, yeah it'd be great if everyone were K3 bisexual, but honestly . . . I like the idea of being with a guy too much to fully agree with that.

So I'll just say I wish nobody was homophobic.
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I agree with SportyGirl that more gay people would probably mean less societal persecution. I also agree that finding a date would be way easier. But I disagree with the bisexual thing simply because I don't want to be bisexual in an ideal world it'd be easier to find the already existent fellow homosexuals because no one would be afraid and hide.
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Old 25th Jul 2012, 01:15 PM   #17
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I don't wish more people were gay, I just wish everyone had a gaydar, I can never tell who's gay and who's not. At school, everyone claims their gay, well, all the girls do, but I know for sure that they're just saying it to get attention, because they still end up dating guys anyways. All the people at my school always say "Hate boys, turning gay." I just wish there was a real gaydar, so I could know who I can go for, and who I shouldn't. With the people I know, I can't tell anymore. It's not really about there being more gay people, there's plenty of gay people, I just can't properly identify them. Then there's the flirtatious straight girls that you always think they're bisexual, and then they just turn out to be straight and flirty, or just really nice. I just can't tell anymore.
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I don't care either way. Honestly I feel that the world would be a better place if everyone were pansexual. Then it wouldn't be a big deal who anybody brought home.

Although if more people were gay I'd be willing to bet no one would wear pajamas to Wal-Mart anymore.
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I'd rather have more people be gay, if everyone was bisexual then the churches who hate us would have soo much more ammo about it being a choice =P..Also I'd really like to be able to find dates easier. =P
Originally I was going to say "Yeah, except all the people saying that would be bisexual..so they can't say much about it, can they?"

Then I remembered that they probably would give the "yes but the Bible says this, therefore you must only do things with the opposite sex." (...)
Expect for the fact that the Bible wouldn't be written from a straight point of view if there weren't any straight but only bisexual people to begin with
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I'd rather have more people be gay, if everyone was bisexual then the churches who hate us would have soo much more ammo about it being a choice =P..Also I'd really like to be able to find dates easier. =P
Originally I was going to say "Yeah, except all the people saying that would be bisexual..so they can't say much about it, can they?"

Then I remembered that they probably would give the "yes but the Bible says this, therefore you must only do things with the opposite sex." (...)
Expect for the fact that the Bible wouldn't be written from a straight point of view if there weren't any straight but only bisexual people to begin with
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