Am I the only weird faggot left?

[matt_mcl]

Finally…

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

• Akira Kurosawa

[fierra]

you’re forgetting that in England - faggot’s are also food…we’ll cook anything!

[Shadowfox]

[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by matt_mcl *
**

You really don’t know me, I’m afraid. I was already weird in elementary school when I had Asperger’s and I couldn’t care what people thought of me.**

Small hijack here. The various doctors my daughter has been seeing can’t decide whether she is autistic or has Asperger’s or maybe even both. From what they tell me, this isn’t something you outgrow. However, you make it sound like you did. How did they treat you? Do you still actually have it, or did you indeed “grow out of it”?

BTW, if being weird makes you happy, then more power to you.

[matt_mcl]

Small hijack here. The various doctors my daughter has been seeing can’t decide whether she is autistic or has Asperger’s or maybe even both. From what they tell me, this isn’t something you outgrow. However, you make it sound like you did. How did they treat you? Do you still actually have it, or did you indeed “grow out of it”?

Responding to you by email.

[matt_mcl]

*Originally posted by fierra *
**you’re forgetting that in England - faggot’s are also food…we’ll cook anything! **

Faggots are food here too, honey. But usually I eat 'em raw.

Rrowrr…

[Guinastasia]

*Originally posted by Hastur *
**
Screw 'em.
My life is just that. And anyone who doesn’t like it is welcome to fellate Jesse Helms.

**

GAAAAHHh…are you trying to make me sick? Jesse HELMS???
EEEEWWWWW…I don’t even think that’s possible…
:0

[Esprix]

Originally posted by goboy

It seems to be that in describing himself to be weird, he’s basing his identity on other peoples’ perceptions of him, instead of doing his own thing… Eventually, as Matt gets older, he’ll find his own direction and will cease to care if he’s weird or not weird, as long as he’s being true to his own principles.

Sounds to me more that he’s being himself and only recently discovered that other people classify him as “weird,” so it’s just an observation on his part.

It still sounds a bit patronizing, as if every faggot goes through this “stage” and every faggot somehow “grows out of it.” That’s what my doctor said to my parents when I came out to them, so perhaps I’m just sensitive to people telling other people what they will or won’t be or do.

Esprix

[gobear]

It still sounds a bit patronizing, as if every faggot goes through this “stage” and every faggot somehow “grows out of it.”

I was talking more about how teenagers form their identities. Besides, don’t you think people change after they leave their teens? I sure did.

[fierra]

*Originally posted by goboy *
**

It still sounds a bit patronizing, as if every faggot goes through this “stage” and every faggot somehow “grows out of it.”

I was talking more about how teenagers form their identities. Besides, don’t you think people change after they leave their teens? I sure did. **

Yeah, they do. I got weirder…

(just previewed it & it looks like I’m deliberately trying to be obnoxious. I may have got more obnoxious - although it’s hard to be more obnoxious than most teenagers I know IRL, but I probably just got to being confident enough that I didn’t care whether anyone else thought I was weird…)

[Esprix]

Originally posted by goboy

I was talking more about how teenagers form their identities. Besides, don’t you think people change after they leave their teens? I sure did.

I wasn’t aware that “change” meant “conform, lose your youthful idealism, transform your core nature and become dull.” Oughta get that dictionary of mine looked at…

Esprix

[matt_mcl]

Thanks for defending my honour, Esprix.

[matt_mcl]

Oh, and BTW…

*Originally posted by goboy *
**I didn’t intend to come off as patronizing. It’s just the fiery idealism of youth does cool and having money in the bank and someone to come home isn’t the worst thing in the world. **

Tell it to the Grey Panthers and the Raging Grannies.

(I wanted to be a Raging Granny, but I’m neither old enough, nor female enough, nor good-enough looking in a frock and shawl.)

[Vestal_Blue]

*Originally posted by matt_mcl *
**

Now it’s fine with me if you want to run around being normal. But still, wow. So am I the only weirdo crazy freak-out psycho faggot left on Goddess’ green earth, or what? **

Is there any other kind?

[aviddiva]

Re: questions about the (in)offensiveness of faggot courtesy of Scott Thompson, KITH:

What is it about that word that gets people so upset? Let’s break it down and find out:
Could it be the F?
No! F stands for FUN! Why would that upset anyone?
Well then, what about that A?
No way! Doesn’t everyone want to get an A in class?
How about those Gs?
Hell no! Everyone likes twins, don’t they? I love that Doublemint ad.
Could it be the O?
Well, you might as well hate a doughnut!
Then it must be that T, because it reminds people of Christ’s agony on the cross. Well, we’ll just get rid of it then. That’s right! Get rid of that bad old T!
So c’mon all you Faggos! Let’s celebrate!

…or something like that.

Personally, I like queer, tho I’ve been told I’m not qualified to use it, not being queer myself (or, at least, not the gay variety of queer). My jury’s currently still out on that kind of term ownership.

[Guinastasia]

I remember using the word queer to mean strange, bizarre, puzzling as a child, and my mom would always say, “I hate that word, don’t use it.” And I would of course ask WHY, but she’d never tell me. Later on, when I found out what it meant, I was like-aha!