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"that's so gay"

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  1. JWAD

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    Is it just me or do other people get slightly offended when you here people insulting either people or objects by calling them gay, I don't mind if they're talking about me but when they stereotype something as being, for example, a 'gay' film I get really irritated.
     
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  2. NathanHaleFan

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    Yes, I get really irritated. I usually reply asking, "Well, how can such and such be homosexual? It's an inanimate object."
     
    #2 NathanHaleFan, Mar 15, 2008
  3. JWAD

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    well at least its not just me, I useually end up saying something stupid like, "there's nothing gay about it, i would know if there was"
     
    #3 JWAD, Mar 15, 2008
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    When people call things gay, I say 'its not gay, its just really lame/stupid/etc.'

    It gets under my skin when people call each other gay and things they don't like gay. It makes me want to kick something (or someone :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:).
     
    #4 Alabastair, Mar 15, 2008
  5. Nibbles

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    I'm finding myself a lot less tollerant of that now :dry: When I came out I kinda said I didn't mind if they said it, but it is wearing on me :icon_sad: I always thought that the fact that the were comfrotable enough with me showed they weren't homophobic, so therefore they could say whatever they liked.

    BUT I do double-take when they say it and the weird thing is they say "we really should stop saying that in front of you" and I kinda think they shouldn't have to stop just cos of me - they should stop cos it's completely inappropriate, regardless of whether I'm there or not :icon_sad:

    Though I have another problem, one friend is really bothering me, he has implied that a) my gay uncle is "dodgy" and b) (after JK Rowling 'outed' Dumbledore) that gay people shouldn't be allowed near children, his words were "I can't believe they let someone like that be in charge of a school". Neadless to say I argued the case in both situations, but he laughed it off as a joke :bang:
     
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    It irritates me, but I also grew up around it, so I'm used to it, when I'm at family friends house I have to put up with gay jokes, even though they know I'm gay now, the only thing they don't joke about is mental illnesses, as their son has autism.
     
    #6 Tim, Mar 15, 2008
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    I used to not be bothered by it, but now it really gets on my nerves. I'll sometimes chastise one of my friends if they use they term, but most of them never use it at all or use it so rarely that, when they do use it, I don't mind.
     
    #7 Owen, Mar 15, 2008
  8. Bevo

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    It happens a lot at my school and its really widespread..i find it soo irritating and i flinch everytime some one says it in conversation. :dry:
     
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    Yeah It doesn't mean it's actually homosexual in my community/at my school. Yeah I also flinch or cringe when I hear it. I think to myself "Why is gay associated with bad?"

    My sister says it a lot more than anyone else I know so that sucks

    Anyway some gay people actually use it. My gay friend said that after he came out, when he said "that's pretty gay" everyone was silent. lol

    so ppl obviously know that it's not nice
     
    #9 waitingsucks, Mar 15, 2008
  10. Quitex

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    This is how I react:

    Someone: "that's so gay".
    Me: "No, that's soooo straight".

    They get the point :wink:
     
    #10 Quitex, Mar 15, 2008
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    :grin: :lol: :roflmao: :eusa_clap (!) that was an awesome one. i GOT to try it sometime!(*hug*)
     
    #11 sexyalex, Mar 15, 2008
  12. STK

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    I confess, I say it sometimes. Like I'll use it to mean overly cheesy/corny to the point of annoyingness. Example: the song We Can from Sonic Heroes.
     
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    That's very annoying that they're using the word gay to mean stupid, at least that's what I get when I hear it. People should be more mature than to say that. I get annoyed a little but barely do anything about it unless it's someone close to me.
     
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    Yeah when people say that around me I usually go like "hey! What did you say!?" and they're like "oh, sorry..." cause at my school I'm out as "bi" and everyone knows I'm a gay rights activist or what ever

    Sometimes I sic Margaret on them, she's the other activist and she usually goes all hardcore on they asses! Lmao its quite funny.
     
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    my brother does that all the time i want to snap his neck anyways but when he does that...
    :***: :***: :***: :angry: :angry: :angry: :***: :***: :***: :angry: :angry: :angry:
     
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    I say it alot and so do my friends. Doesn't really bother me.
     
    #16 CrimsonThunder, Mar 16, 2008
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    It doesn't bother me too much personally. Although i did tell my brother to stop using it as an insult, and now he is mad at me because apparently i have just greatly stunted his arsenal of insults and witty comebacks.
     
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  18. JWAD

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    lol, I get angry at it bu my friend Nikki (she's straight but a huge equality supporter for everything) She useually goes nuts and starts rampaiging on about how they never say, "That's so straight." or something along those lines. Hey maybe we should start using that as an insult lol.
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    I hate it when my homophobic friend says that. when I ask him why he used that word (he knows about me being gay) he says "its a general insult" which REALLY pisses me off :frowning2:
     
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  20. mcrteenagers

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    It really doesn't bother me. To me it has a whole different meaning. I still find myself saying it sometimes.

    I don't see it as a bashful term to homosexuals - I find its just like saying, "Thats so stupid."

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    How many of you say, "Thats so retarded."?
    Do you mean it as in you are literally referring to a mentally handicapped person?
     
    #20 mcrteenagers, Mar 16, 2008
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