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Since when did saying something is gay become not acceptable

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YCoCg

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Good grief do most of you here only experience life through the internet? Seeing some of the a seers on the first page is mind boggling. It fell out of fashion around mid to late 2000's, but still used in media as a way to depict jerk characters. I remember joking about this in the early 2000's as an edgy teen by saying stuff like "words evolve, gay used to mean happy, then homosexual, now it means bad, get with the times"
 
Cunth

Cunth

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YCoCg said:
Good grief do most of you here only experience life through the internet? Seeing some of the a seers on the first page is mind boggling. It fell out of fashion around mid to late 2000's, but still used in media as a way to depict jerk characters. I remember joking about this in the early 2000's as an edgy teen by saying stuff like "words evolve, gay used to mean happy, then homosexual, now it means bad, get with the times"
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What a gaybo
 
Kamina

Kamina

Golden Boy
tommycronin said:
It happened right when straight people started having a straight saviour complex around that 2010 era of Internet. Back then if something was gay that meant something went wrong or something looked stupid so I can why people with such a complex would try and crack down on the word.
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I get what you mean with Savior complex. But isnt it more an Avenger Complex these days?
Woke tards that arent even affected are offended in someone else‘s place are literally hunting you down for saying something wrong.
 
tommycronin

tommycronin

Member
Kamina said:
I get what you mean with Savior complex. But isnt it more an Avenger Complex these days?
Woke tards that arent even affected are offended in someone else‘s place are literally hunting you down for saying something wrong.
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Yes, this is also true. It's a victim mentality really at It's core. When there is none to be found one will then be found and most of the people that do this are highly suggestible type so throw some free Internet browsing on top of that and that's the result. I'm now a believer that people should need a license of some kind to parade the internet these days. Would syphon off a lot of the cunts.

Most of these people that do this as I say are that one fat person back in that sleepover party shifted off to the side looking on menacingly as her cute friends all pose for their picture. Sure they're funny to look at but little did we know what was stirring beneath.
 
mcjmetroid

mcjmetroid

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I'm gay and that word slipped over here as well.

It's not like I'm " offended" when people say " omg that's gay" but when people started to say it it was irritating at best. It's just an annoying word when it's used like that. I also hated the word 'yank' being used for Americans as well. Another one of my pet peeves.

It associated the word gay = something that fucked up so no I didn't see it as being a good thing. It also tended to be complete knackers that used it with their scummy accent so that didn't help either.

So ya I'm glad that one kinda phased out where I am. It is just a word at the end of the day though and it's not like I'd call someone out if they used it in front of me. I have wayyyyy thicker skin than that.
 
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tommycronin

tommycronin

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mcjmetroid said:
I'm gay and that word slipped over here as well.

It's not like I'm " offended" when people say " omg that's gay" but when people started to say it it was irritating at best. It's just an annoying word when it's used like that. I also hated the word 'yank' being used for Americans as well. Another one of my pet peeves.

It associated the word gay = something that fucked up so no I didn't see it as being a good thing. It also tended to be complete knackers that used it with their scummy accent so that didn't help either.

So ya I'm glad that one kinda phased out where I am. It is just a word at the end of the day though and it's not like I'd call someone out if they used it in front of me. I have wayyyyy thicker skin than that.
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Knackers with a scummy accent calling something gay takes me back haha. Nowadays I'd be much more hesitant to call something gay mainly cause there's much more better words to use than gay now. It's such an outdated term and not really offensive to use anymore really. It just sounds more childish than offensive now hearing someone use it to describe something. There's a lot worse stuff you hear here nowadays.
 
Amory

Amory

Member
Idk, I understood when gay=lame or bad stopped being acceptable. That made logical sense to me and served a purpose

I'm not just generally against the evolution of language or culture. To me, that's the same thing as being overly woke, just in the opposite direction. I'm pro common sense
 
mcjmetroid

mcjmetroid

Member
tommycronin said:
Knackers with a scummy accent calling something gay takes me back haha. Nowadays I'd be much more hesitant to call something gay mainly cause there's much more better words to use than gay now. It's such an outdated term and not really offensive to use anymore really. It just sounds more childish than offensive now hearing someone use it to describe something. There's a lot worse stuff you hear here nowadays.
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Heyyy another Irish lad. A cork BOI as well :)
 
Elcid

Elcid

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tommycronin said:
Knackers with a scummy accent calling something gay takes me back haha. Nowadays I'd be much more hesitant to call something gay mainly cause there's much more better words to use than gay now. It's such an outdated term and not really offensive to use anymore really. It just sounds more childish than offensive now hearing someone use it to describe something. There's a lot worse stuff you hear here nowadays.
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Sorry bro but sometimes it’s the only word that fits. Sometimes you just need to let out a simple...”gay”.
Or in more shocking moments, “wow that was gay...as fuck.”
 
carlosrox

carlosrox

Banned
I wonder if Bill & Ted 3 will have FAG in it like the first two.

Fake edit: Nope. Not woke enough. Imagine if they were brave enough to actually do it.


Pussy has also fallen out of favor. I feel like that word has become much harder since culture became more "woke".
 
GymWolf

GymWolf

Member
Here in my city we have like 50 different words to call them, one less flattery than the other...gay people has to be overly grateful that americans and most of civilized places use the word gay to call them because they don't know how much worse is in places where SWJ stuff doesn't exist and people doesn't give a fuck about being offensive.
 
Kadayi

Kadayi

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Shizumapower

Shizumapower

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Elektro Demon said:
Well, if you used the internet in the 90's and early 00's you might have noticed people used to say for certain things that are, well, gay.
That's pretty normal to me and I got used to it. But nowadays, saying that something is gay is not acceptable. How times changed.
We used to say that things are gay for stuff. Or for a straight male that looks a bit like a modern soy boy.
When did calling things or people gay become a problem? What's your take?
I think it started around 2012 when internet in general got a shit more mainstream and casuals/normies started using it.
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NecrosaroIII

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Why would want to use it as an insult? It's a pretty juvenile expression. I can't imagine anyone over the age of 13 seriously using it and not looking like a moron.

Anyway, the first time I had it brought to my attention was in 7th grade (1999?). It was becoming pretty rampant that the kids were calling each other gay as an insult. Eventually my school stepped in, called an emergency rally and spent 30 minutes talking about how it's bad to use gay as insult and how they were going to start punishing people if they are heard using it.

Seemed to work. Everyone calmed down.
 
Goro Majima

Goro Majima

Kitty Genovese Member
Being respectful of the LGB community by not using "gay" or worse as pejoratives really wasn't a big deal. I think it's great that we've come a long way of being more respectful and understanding of other people. Anyone can love whoever they want (consenting adults) and even get married. All great stuff and simple and easy to understand.

In terms of making adjustments, dropping a couple words from your vocabulary is small peanuts compared to this shit:

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Like what the fuck is even going on with that?
 
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notaskwid

Member
StreetsofBeige said:
Imagine being an overweight chunky guy my whole life (me) where everyone has a laugh at fat people (which I laughed with them). That includes being near the bottom of long distance running tests in high school gym class every year (I was probably about 27th out of 30 each year), friends saying my clothes look dumb when I try buying a nice button shirt which never fits right or looks good at the hip when you got a gut, and even my own nieces and nephews calling me fat with a smirk on their face.

And who knew. Some people don't really care and roll with the punches with them.

Didn't care when I was in school, and still don't in my 40s.
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Wow you're so strong!
 
Night.Ninja

Night.Ninja

Banned
I've had to stop my self saying it a few times. It's not something I would say often but certain situations it may try to slip out.

It's weird how it's one of those words you used when your were a kid without knowing to much about it and even when you did know it still didn't matter, it was a staple of your vocabulary.

How would you explain it to HR today if someone reported you for saying it conversation, "that last season of game of thrones was gay" 😄
 
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