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mr_tolkien
France8631 Posts
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appe
Sweden149 Posts
 Definitely going back next year! | ||
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kissables
United States28 Posts
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Shooz29
United States31 Posts
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StarDustNA
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On August 09 2011 11:08 Shooz29 wrote: Gay Protoss here, trying to make my way into Masters this season ^^ hey how do you feel when people call each other "gay" or "homo" as an insult on bnet? I'm guessing it's offensive in the same way black players are when they see "nigger" etc. Dont take it seriously though, when people use these insults they dont rly mean it. It's like when you call someone retarded, you dont rly think hes retarded, nor do you want to offend all the truely retarded people :/ | ||
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GDR
Canada407 Posts
On August 09 2011 12:05 StarDustNA wrote: hey how do you feel when people call each other "gay" or "homo" as an insult on bnet? I'm guessing it's offensive in the same way black players are when they see "nigger" etc. I call people gay all the time. I wouldn't consider it offensive at all. Though its ridiculously over used in video games and an unoriginal insult. I use it more in the sense "that build is really gay" - not you are gay (because of course I wouldn't consider being gay bad at all). More of a force of habit really. Also, Diamond Protoss now. =] | ||
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Thallis
United States314 Posts
On August 09 2011 12:16 GDR wrote: I call people gay all the time. I wouldn't consider it offensive at all. Though its ridiculously over used in video games and an unoriginal insult. I use it more in the sense "that build is really gay" - not you are gay (because of course I wouldn't consider being gay bad at all). More of a force of habit really. Also, Diamond Protoss now. =] Pretty much this. The ones who make a big deal out of it are pretty spineless. | ||
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Skrillex
Canada48 Posts
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Nibbler89
884 Posts
On August 09 2011 10:13 kissables wrote: I'm a zerg but I wanna switch to Terran, any friendly terrans out there wanna help me out? :D I could What do you need help with / what kind of help do you want? | ||
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EricCartman
Canada306 Posts
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kissables
United States28 Posts
On August 09 2011 15:04 Nibbler89 wrote: I could What do you need help with / what kind of help do you want? Build order and timings mostly, I have no idea what to do outside of building a rax at 12 food, rofl. msg me ingame if you want kissables.950 | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On August 09 2011 15:15 EricCartman wrote: I'm cool with gay dudes as long as they don't flaunt it. pride parades - since when was it ok to wear ass flashers in public? I feel the same way, but gay people should not be the ones limited to that. Girls do that all the time, so if it is not okay for gays to flaunt it, is it bad for girls to show off the asses at any event? EDIT - I have never been to a pride parade, but I heard that most of the people are...pretty normal for the most part. The media just reports what seems most interesting. | ||
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jarrydesque
584 Posts
On August 10 2011 10:56 Shiragaku wrote: I feel the same way, but gay people should not be the ones limited to that. Girls do that all the time, so if it is not okay for gays to flaunt it, is it bad for girls to show off the asses at any event? I'm more concerned about the quality of ass as opposed to the asses sexual orientation or gender. | ||
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Kerotan
England2109 Posts
On August 09 2011 15:15 EricCartman wrote: I'm cool with gay dudes as long as they don't flaunt it. pride parades - since when was it ok to wear ass flashers in public? This statement bothers me, I'm not going to comment on the idea of pride parades (since I really can't argue for or against them), but the first part of your statement "I'm cool with gay dudes as long as they don't flaunt it" is what bothers me. I'm gonna assume good faith and take it that you take offense to gay people behaving publicly indecent, eg a streaker, which really isn't controversial at all. The other interpretation is that you have a problem with gay guys and girls kissing public, which would be controversial. | ||
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startover
United States35 Posts
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On August 10 2011 11:49 startover wrote: many gays are hypocritical and feel exactly the same way: "flamboyant gays make us look bad" I feel the same way -_- If acting like a dumb blonde is unacceptable, why should being flamboyant be? But being flamboyant does not seem all that bad...it seems to be what they say. Gok Wan is one of my favorite gay icon and flamboyant but he is not annoying. | ||
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Shooz29
United States31 Posts
Anywho, I personally don't enjoy the company of flamboyant people- gay or straight. I just find that type of personality obnoxious. Unfortunately, pretty much all of the LGBT community that I've met have been flamboyant, etc. This has kinda caused me to feel out of place wherever I go. In the straight community, I'm the gay one- and even if I can connect on a level of personalities and attitude, I will always feel a bit out of place during those conversations about girls and whatnot. And in the LGBT I feel like I can never connect on a level of personalities, which kinda impedes any progress I make when trying to find similarities in our experiences as LGBT youth. I've heard from most older people that this changes after high school, and I can only hope that it does. As for Pride Parades and all that kind of stuff, it's not my thing. The Gay community seems intent on being different. Like our idea of assimilating into the rest of culture should be to set ourselves aside and say "HEY LOOK AT HOW WEIRD WE ARE WE'RE SO WEIRD BUT IF YOU HATE IT THEN YOU'RE A TERRIBLE PERSON!" That's kinda fucked up, because I think we should be showing the world that we can just be as normal, but stuff like pride parades just sends a message that reinforces stereotypes, and just keeps us isolated. And to go over what I think about words like "gay" and "queer," I think it's all about context. I tend to throw around the words faggot and gay pretty often just as general slang. I don't get bothered by those words per se, but actual insults towards homosexuals will set me off. And if they're personal attacks, then I have ZERO patience for it. I will not hesitate to start a fight in an instant if someone is purposely calling me a faggot, and knows that I'm gay, etc. I've just been through too much for someone to belittle me about that specifically. | ||
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GDR
Canada407 Posts
I'm not even entirely sure if I have any gay mannerisms. My close friends have never brought anything like that up. Though I have been asked (even told) I'm gay before, the supposed reason is my disinterest in girls is quite apparent, but the only people that brought this up where friends of friends (girls predominately but there has been one or two guys to take note). | ||
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adrenaLinG
Canada676 Posts
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montysaurus
United States27 Posts
On August 10 2011 10:56 Shiragaku wrote: I feel the same way, but gay people should not be the ones limited to that. Girls do that all the time, so if it is not okay for gays to flaunt it, is it bad for girls to show off the asses at any event? EDIT - I have never been to a pride parade, but I heard that most of the people are...pretty normal for the most part. The media just reports what seems most interesting. I'm a straight man who has supported many of my friends by going to the annual gay pride parade. You do realize that gay people wear the same clothes as you and may even bump shoulders with you in the hall right? These parades are a chance for people to express themselves in any way they want, whether thats wearing assless chaps or just waving a flag. who honestly cares? people should be allowed to celebrate parts of who they are from time to time. Its like people from this forum going to MLG or Blizzcon. Some people would mock us, but what is so wrong about it? | ||
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