I don’t think this thread is that funny either.
No, no they don’t. No one can have sadness with that much glitter!
Then don’t read it? Or do you just go into every thread that doesn’t amuse you just to let them know? If I did that, I’d be a very busy lady.
Nah, just the ones that perpetrate annoying and frustrating stereotypes about a demographic I belong to.
What a sad, sad place this has become. I registered ove 10 years go and there were intelligent and funny people who understood irony and could quip with the best. This is no longer tha tplac.e
Well, I’m queer and I was recognizing the thread as one that’s acknowledging the silliness of common stereotypes rather than actually supporting them. I know when someone is laughing WITH me rather than AT me. Some people tend to be unable to recognize irony and quick to jump to outrage. I’m sure it’s well-meaning, and I appreciate the willingness to leap to our defence, but really they need to unclench their sphincters a little and recognize the difference between genuine ignorance and good-natured fun.
:rolleyes:
:rolleyes: Right back atcha.
This happens over and over again here, and I’m really amazed at the the great number of people on the board who have no ability to comprehend well-placed satire. Even though Alice is maybe a little sincere in her desire to have such a friend, by deliberately misusing the part of speech she is in fact making a commentary that she realizes how this trope of popular culture right now objectifies gay guys by making them serve almost like pets in this particular role. She’s actually commenting on the very problem that you object to–and it went right over your head, apparently. When you read “A Modest Proposal” in high school, how hard was it for your teacher to get you to understand its point?
Of course she realizes that it’s an adjective. That’s the whole point.The OP alone was brilliant, and it made my day.
I think this is a new generation, though. Your very accurate description from back in the day has evolved to something more mainstream–this is the Starbucks® version.
No, not really. There’s a chunk of the female population who seem to delight in the idea of being friends with lots and lots of gay men, for no other reason than the fact that they are gay. It’s disconcerting and weird.
I happen to be a gay male also, Alice The Goon and I found most of the thread delightful. I really don’t need anyone coming in and defending me. I can do it for myself.
Bob
If you don’t, you simply must start following Tom & Lorenzo, who started a blog called projectrungay, but have since expanded it to include all kinds of celebrity fashion bitchery. (They are constantly advising these silly Hollywood women that they ought to fire their gays for sending them out looking like they do on the red carpet.)
Wow. I had no idea the topic would be so polarizing. Interesting.
Another vote for TLO. A daily must read for me.
I read the thread and laughed. One of my first cousins is my gay but he lives multiple states away so I don’t see him very often anymore. We used to go shopping together a few times a year when we lived closer.
Hey, Alice, if the “gay pal for the straight gal” thing doesn’t pan out, check out these* alternatives:
Rent-a-Black-Guy – Facebook
Rent-a-Lesbian – MySpace
Rent-an-Indian
Rent-a-Jew – YouTube
“Rent-a-Drag Queen” – exists as a business name, but there no sites I want to link to (probably loaded with malware).
Rent-a-Redneck – YouTube
Rent-a-DAGO. There’s joke in there somewhere, I think…Ach, du lieber!
Rent-a-Mexican – YouTube
*some of these are just dumb, some are NSFW.
Meh, let the ones that don’t like the thread have their bitching. I think this has been one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages.
Though you do need to decide; are you a Fag Hag, Fruit Fly, Homo Honey (how I hate that last one). Hmm, with the Starbucks theme…Light in the Loafers Latte? nah, too long.
I’m a straight girl who never really had any gay friends. Instead, I have LESBIANS! I rave about them to all who will listen. Not only do you never have to worry about your best lesbian fucking your man, she makes a wonderful companion. When you take your best lesbian shopping with you, she can tell you if you look severely fuckable in that outfit. Trust her, she knows.
Won’t you consider making room in your heart and life for a lovable lesbian?
No it’s not. Real guys constantly look at them like pieces of meat. Sure, some straight guys don’t. but you’re much safer with a gay guy. All that fear of rape that every woman seems to have is not relevant.
And, finally, you get the thrill of having a friend of the opposite sex while still having them be your “girlfriend”, rather than someone you constantly have to translate.
And, really, with the male fascination with lesbians, we really have no room to talk.
I think this thread is funny. That out of the way:
I’m not an expert on fag hags or anything – but I have noticed that many seem to be – for whatever reason – quirky in some sort of way that makes them perhaps not as attractive to men as they might wish they were. Therefore they find security in being friends with gay men, who cannot reject them because they were never contenders in the first place. So it’s not so weird in that context.
As a type this, the thread directly below it is “Homeopathy “clinic” next to new job.”
I think the SD is trying to tell us Alice that you need to use homopathy to acquire a gay.
I was in the middle of reading this thread at work yesterday when a customer came in scoping out gifts for his “straight female BFF”. Yes, that’s how he described her. It was all I could do to not lasso him and his male companion and send out a quick email to Alice the Goon to come pick them up! The only problem was though he was flaming, he wasn’t fabulous…grey sweat pants, green t-shirt and a black do-rag…and his friend was in flannel! But maybe it was one of those “cleaning/gardening/laundry” days? I really, really had a hard time not asking him how his straight female BFF had “captured” him! LOL