POLL: What's your sexuality?

You know, maybe it is a generational sort of thing. Or maybe a regional sort of thing.

And, honestly, it is fine that all of you people are having a (mostly) good time in discussion.

But, with my cadre of compadres, I could never see a discussion like this. Gay, yawn. Yeah, so are the Seahawks playing this weekend?

In other words, in the circles I mostly move in, we have so many other concerns than an individual's sexuality. I will admit I haven't read a good number of the posts here, but have read a fair number.

It just startles me that as a society that something like this gets so much attention. It's all good as long as it's not bad (and you, I, and the state attorney know about the bad).

Life's short -- enjoy it!

 

You're from Oregon. You're comfortable discussing beavers in polite company.

Unfortunately image matters. If people don't buy a Prius because it's considered gay they're wasting gas.

I do agree it's partly generational. Although Maine voted down gay marriage 53%-47% in last year's referendum it's the 2nd oldest state in the USA and loses a lot of college graduates.

 

We have lots of Canadians, as well.

Oh, and Australians, too.

 

The other names mentioned below are terrible. I've witnessed them said to people both in person and digitally, and it never fails to set my blood boiling. I guess someone heard it said to them near me at walmart once, and I didn't hear it but it pissed me off.

A ton of words have been twisted to mean different things. A good friend of mine finally put my mind at ease with people saying "that's so gay" all the time. She asked me "Have you ever called something or someone lame?" And I said yeah. She is in a wheelchair...

Was a very good point.

 

hopefully, there will come a time when differentiation is unnecessary and thus the code words to describe it. whatever 'it' is.

 

Language is full of metaphors. While we don't want to be needlessly cruel, people need to lighten up. People can be lame, so can jokes. You can be blind drunk. Tests can be double-blind. Conversation can have a pregnant pause. Without metaphors language loses texture and subtlety. Besides, the alternative is to embrace stupid expressions such as "height-challenged". I prefer "short".

Any expression becomes hurtful when used with hurtful intention. It isn't the words, it's the meaning behind them. Some have been used hatefully for so long we will never get them back. Others are still in limbo.

Tom

 

my daughter works in the cosmetics industry. the men are mostly gay. what do i think? i wish she could find a straight guy as nice as some of them.

 

What do I think of gay people? Which gay people?

I tend to think of people according to their characters and personality.

I like to be around friendly, happy, upbeat people, gay or straight or bi.

I tend to avoid negative, critical, grumpy people, gay or straight or bi. (or tranny. Don't want to forget them, either)

Gay people are PEOPLE. That's what I think.

 

+1 to Rae. I once had someone ask me if I would leave our boys with a gay person we just met. My response to them was I wouldn't leave our kids with ANYONE we just met. I don't care if your gay, straight, bisexual, transexual, might draw the line at necrophilia. I'm more than happy to call a person a friend based on the fact they are not a$$holes and decent people.

 

"the Prius is a gay car"

First time I heard this.. In Finland they just says Prius is car for engineers or wannabe hippies... Nice to know, I have to remember to highlight to people that I am married with woman...

 

Glad you are not in the hospital due to some closed minded jerks, hopefully you're not in the hospital typing on a Blackberry or Iphone.

 

Well I am a straight man and I know my Prius is either a stright girl car or a gay boy car because it lets me cum inside it.

 

wow, TMI

 

I thought *I* spent too much time on the computer.

Yeah, you really need to get out more. Where's your bicycle? There must be someplace interesting nearby that doesn't involve gay-bashers. Or go for a hike...build a tree fort...read a book...build a model...

Surely the house needs some maintenance? Painting? Maybe you could make storm windows or something. And I never heard of a garden that couldn't benefit from more effort. It's good for you, too. Apparently there's some microbe in soil that has a positive effect on our brain chemistry. Yes, really.