# And There It Is: Gunman was regular at Pulse **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 14, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312 "2016-06-14T01:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/81 "2016-06-16T18:51:46Z")
And here I always thought it was **L** ettuce, **G** uacamole, **B** acon, **T** omato and **Q** uinoa. So you’re telling me they were never actually referring to a sandwich? This changes everything. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/82 "2016-06-16T19:39:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > And here I always thought it was **L** ettuce, **G** uacamole, **B** acon, **T** omato and **Q** uinoa. > > So you’re telling me they were never actually referring to a sandwich? This changes everything. You put _quinoa_ on sandwiches?? I don’t think we want your kind around here, buddy boy… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/83 "2016-06-16T22:56:26Z")
You prefer quince, I take it. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/84 "2016-06-16T23:55:47Z")
Next thing you know, we’ll have to stop calling people pussies, as in “If you’re offended by vulgar language on a message board and feel the need to tell us, yer a pussy.” ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/85 "2016-06-17T00:04:09Z")
Well, it’s a stupid pejorative. I like pussies. They’re fun, enjoyable, and they can take a pounding. Why on earth would one associate that with cowardice, if not as an implicit assumption of inherent female weakness? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/86 "2016-06-17T01:03:02Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > And here I always thought it was **L** ettuce, **G** uacamole, **B** acon, **T** omato and **Q** uinoa. > > So you’re telling me they were never actually referring to a sandwich? This changes everything. > [@Azeotrope](#): > > You put _quinoa_ on sandwiches?? I don’t think we want your kind around here, buddy boy… :dubious: ^^^ That ^^^ When I make a sandwich, I confine my ingredients to things that are made out of food. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/87 "2016-06-17T03:13:29Z")
But quinoa in the bread changes the equation. I like pseudocereals. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/88 "2016-06-17T07:12:02Z")
The totally false Scotsman puts artificial sweetener on his pseudocereal. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/89 "2016-06-17T07:57:05Z")
I think you’re more likely to run into someone who has a problem with queer than with gay. The few people I’ve talked to who don’t like the word “gay” applied to them are still okay with the term in general (if used as an adjective, not a noun). Usually the problem has more to do with labels and such. While I’ve met a lot of people who really, really hate “queer,” and not because of labels. As for the acronym, I’ve seen some that have two Qs, one for Questioning and one for Queer. I was told that the Queer part referred to the genderqueer, but then I’m pretty sure I’ve seen an extra G before, too. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/90 "2016-06-17T17:36:23Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > There are a lot of very sensible things to be said for a vegan-type diet. And I will be totally onboard just as soon they show me a zucchini that tastes like bacon. \* Exactly\* like bacon, not some brown pressed soybean that I use my imagination. GMO the living shit out of it, I don’t care, just slap the warning label on it and hand it over. I’d be happy if they had a zucchini that didn’t taste like zucchini. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/91 "2016-06-17T17:52:33Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > I’d be happy if they had a zucchini that didn’t taste like zucchini. You ask for things like that and they’ll cross-breed them with fruit trees and get Zucchini Trees. You think people get over-run by 1 or 2 plants? Wait till they’re falling from the sky. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/92 "2016-06-17T18:07:18Z")
In my social circle, every fall a couple dozen people are running around trying to offload some zucchini. One is expected to cheerfully promise to eat and enjoy. Fuckin’ hippies! ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/93 "2016-06-17T18:35:13Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I was told that the Queer part referred to the **genderqueer** , but then I’m pretty sure I’ve seen an extra G before, too. (Bolding mine) And just like that, the name of the magazine “GQ” suddenly makes sense 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/94 "2016-06-17T19:10:59Z")
What is “genderqueer”? Is that like a lesbian who likes guys? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/95 "2016-06-17T19:13:49Z")
It’s someone who doesn’t subscribe to the binary definition of gender/sexuality. They may identify as both guy and girl, or neither, or (most common I believe) somewhere in-between. It’s basically the “it’s complicated” tickbox on the chart :). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/96 "2016-06-17T20:41:34Z")
Well, shit, keeps your options open, doesn’t it? Doubles your chances. I guess. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/97 "2016-06-17T22:44:16Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > And just like that, the name of the magazine “GQ” suddenly makes sense 🙂 My biggest laugh all week. > [@elucidator](#): > > Well, shit, keeps your options open, doesn’t it? Doubles your chances. I guess. T’was a time before I became the suave ladies man I am now (that transformation took place the moment I got married; go figure) and I considered it because I was painfully horny and gay guys, with both sides of the couple being guys, they didn’t seem to have trouble getting laid. This was the mid-70s. A few years later I was glad I hadn’t followed through on it. My oldest, who is bi, once asked, “I know gay guys older than you and lots younger than you, but very few your age. Why is it?” I gave her the fish eye and said, “Think about it.” “Oh. Sorry.” ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/98 "2016-06-19T00:07:37Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > I’d be happy if they had a zucchini that didn’t taste like zucchini. I quite like zucchini. Please make the awesome bacony veg out of peas which taste loathsome and have the consistency of blendered brains ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312/99 "2016-06-28T05:12:28Z")
Bumping the thread to note that the FBI has [found](http://www.snopes.com/2016/06/25/fbi-no-evidence-that-orlando-shooter-was-gay/) no evidence that Mateen ever visited Pulse or used gay dating apps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-there-it-is-gunman-was-regular-at-pulse/757312.md?page=4)