quote:[gayesque voice] Yes Kelvin *sigh* he DOES come in handy now and then doesn't he [/gayesque voice] *grin*
Maybe I am overreacting, but this kinda thing pisses me off, big time. We gays get so much shit for being created with different sexual/emotional wants, and this kind of thing is just to common (making fun of gays, etc).
I'm just too angry to make any real comments on this at the moment, will try and put together something soon.
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Wow. lee got banned for a nerd joke, and this gets past.
*gets off soapbox*
Now, I'm not homophobic in the slightest. One of my best friends is actually seriously gay. (See? Something interesting did finally happen in my life).
Of course, if you're gonna get upset over that, then you're gonna get upset over everything. Like the Simpsons. Or Friends
I think you're being a little too sensitive. I take the piss out of Yanks all the time, but they don't start threads complaining that it's not their fault that they were born missing a chromosome.
Although I don't think he meant "gayesque" do much as "camp". Which you can't really argue with...
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Get over your bleedin self already! People get made fun of! Dya think you're the only one? Yeah, cause straight guys never get made fun of for being a bunch of one-dimensional penis-thinking fools. You're the only ones who are ever made fun of because of something relating to your (can't use word here, but if I was in with a group of my pals right now, I'd use a word that rhymes with schtick).
I am so sick and bleeding tired of people getting so upset over every freakin joke. I don't see Daryus boycotting Letterman because of Sirajul and Mujibur, or me getting wanked off everytime there's a Wop joke, or Liam being ticked off by fake cockneys, or Simon being upset at ED jokes. If you really want to be accepted and stop being such a "persecuted minority" then get with the bleedin' program and make fun of yourself! I have many a friend of African descent and, somehow, despite being enslaved, murdered wholesale and truly persecuted by White America, they don't go ballistic everytime someone makes a joke.
"That guy in Tienneman Square, he wasn't protesting, he was trying to tell a knock knock joke. 'Knock knock' 'Who's there?' 'Tank'"
Isn't it ironic we're having this discussion in the shadow of the Lee fiasco? (no, it's not Alanis! It's coincidence, there's a difference!)
And get a clue! You weren't created that way! You evolved that way! What messed up school did you go to?
(well, I guess this officially puts a kibosh on my plan to be far less explosive and prone to my temper)
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"Wow. lee got banned for a nerd joke, and this gets past."
Lee was not banned. He was insulting people, which is inappropriate for a leader, and thus was removed as admin. He is still allowed to post all the insults he wants...as Lee.
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im not just upset over this one thing, there are plenty of homophobic-like posts and such made here and this just made me pissed.
And sure, everyone gets made fun of because of their clothes or hair, but when its something as permenant as your orientation, it makes more of an impact.
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Frank: So if Lee turned up now and started insulting and ripping everyone associated with his banning apart, he wouldn't be kicked out?
Sunspot: Everyone gets picked on and bullied. It's not always a gay issue which starts it.. I'm straight, but three years of my school life were made a living nightmare by some of my so called 'friends'. Why? because I was different. I actually worked hard to get good results in my examinations. I still liked to have a laugh with my friends, but the fact that I worked hard was too much for them.
People get picked on for all sorts of reasons. I'm afraid you'll just have to put up with it until it ends.
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I have yet to figure out if anyone has a good reason to be homophobic.
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Is there a good reason to be racist either?
Your orientation, as you call it, is not unique. My orientation is a straight Italian-American male. I can't exactly change any of those, yet people have no problem making fun of any. If you don't like it, you can either move to the Himalayas or off yourself. Or, here's the novel approach, you can learn to laugh at yourself (for the funny ones) or shrug it off (for the stupid ones).
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Indeed. I dunno why people get so bothered by insults. If you were to take any of the extensive logs of ICQ convos between DT and myself you'd see the level of interpersonal bullshit is on a very high level.
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Besides, I've got a mate whose gone to Liverpool university. Which for you Yanks, is "up narff". And he comes from Romford in Greater London, which is "daan souff". And the "so, you gonna get you're BA in car robbing" "Why? Need a white Escort" is the nicest line that that gets said. Most of the other insults go along the lines of: "going to go fuck a pig down a mine?", "hey, the only reason you like to go down mines is because it's dark. You won't be the only person in there who can't see their own penis.".
And that's before they get to the pub.
Besides, I subscibe to Liam's law of offensive humour. As long as it's funny, it's okay. Which is why South Park isn't offensive to anyone. Well, that and the fact that they make sure to take the piss out of every possible group as they can.
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BTW, form a national point of view, about the only thing that annoys me is American's who think that they undertand the Northern Ireland situation.
And BTW (again), what's ED?
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