# I knew it!! It wasn't a massive seismic event; it was gay people. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233 "2005-01-05T18:06:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/41 "2005-01-06T02:27:07Z")
Maybe it’s an UL, but don’t the Arabs (yes, I know, not all Arabs are muslim, and not all muslims are Arabs, but the religion _did_ start in that part of the world) have a saying that goes something like, “A wife for children, a man for desire, but for pleasure a boy.”? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/42 "2005-01-06T02:45:16Z")
> [@manhattan](#): > > However, with the exception of Sri Lanka, the gay areas of these resort destinations seem largely to have been spared ([cite](http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/01/010305asia.htm)). And of course the hardest hit areas of all are the fundamentalist Muslim strongholds in Indonesia. So I’m guessing either the guy is wrong or God has extremely poor aim. No you see God knows that gays can’t help what they do. He is mostly disappointed with his fundamentalist Muslim followers who allow them to exist. Or possibly God’s aim was true but Satan caused the tsunami to go off course. The great thing about being someone who can spout supernatural crap and have others believe you is that no matter what objections you raise, I can always make up some suitable line of bullshit to get around it. ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/43 "2005-01-06T02:55:38Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Holy Crap!! What is wrong with these people. I thought blaming God for the weather and earthquakes and fires was long in our past! > Are these people going to start sacrificing some goats or some shit to make god happy again??? Oh, my science! Religion!? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/44 "2005-01-06T03:17:26Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Gay people cause hurricanes. Well, it’s all that swishing. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/45 "2005-01-06T03:34:09Z")
Well, when we had the Northridge earthquake a few years back, some local fundie nutjobs on cable access claimed that God was targeting the porn industry. The majority of porn in the USA is produced in Chatsworth, though. Not Northridge. True, they are virtually right next to each other. However, the porn industry didn’t miss a beat in production. They were barely affected at all. So either these were…well, nutjobs…or God’s wrath ain’t what it’s cracked up to be. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/46 "2005-01-06T03:35:58Z")
I have to admit, there have been times when My Guy and I seemed to make the Earth move. Guess we got a little carried away on the 26th. Now that we know we’ve got the power, we’ve got to work on our aim. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/47 "2005-01-06T03:37:02Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Well, when we had the Northridge earthquake a few years back, some local fundie nutjobs on cable access claimed that God was targeting the porn industry. > > The majority of porn in the USA is produced in Chatsworth, though. Not Northridge. True, they are virtually right next to each other. However, the porn industry didn’t miss a beat in production. They were barely affected at all. Right, in really good porn, the Earth’s supposed to shake! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/48 "2005-01-06T05:12:48Z")
You link in the [other thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294645) but here I get no credit? Hmmph. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/49 "2005-01-06T05:22:25Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Himmicanes? Hummercanes ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/50 "2005-01-06T05:27:24Z")
_wiping tears of laughter_ I love you guys! ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/51 "2005-01-06T05:28:42Z")
Chatsworth and Northridge - what mundane names for the centre of the porn industry! Although “ridge” is promising on reflection. But you’d have thought the place would have a bulge or a heave or a moan in it somewhere. Or a fake sound like the top exponents, Misty This and Amber That. Raging Peek, Heaving Forks, Twin Bends, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/52 "2005-01-06T06:02:17Z")
It’s the Tokyo Butterfly effect. One guy sucks a cock in Sweden and it sets off a massive underwater earthquake. Now we only have to find the guy, the cock, and they guy attached to the cock and sic Anita Bryant on 'em. That should clear this whole thing up. Mm-hmm. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/53 "2005-01-06T06:28:18Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > But you’d have thought the place would have a bulge or a heave or a moan in it somewhere. Or a fake sound like the top exponents, Misty This and Amber That. > > Raging Peek, Heaving Forks, Twin Bends, anyone? [Saint-Tite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Tite%2C_Quebec)? [Dildo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador)? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/54 "2005-01-06T06:36:46Z")
Dildo - “the name may derive from the shape of the **head** land” No doubt a jutting promontory covered in spume. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/55 "2005-01-06T11:44:31Z")
I once made a JOKE that gay sex could cause earthquakes. Is there nothing ridiculous enough that someone won’t say it for real one day? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/56 "2005-01-06T12:04:56Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Holy Crap!! What is wrong with these people. I thought blaming God for the weather and earthquakes and fires was long in our past! > Are these people going to start sacrificing some goats or some shit to make god happy again??? Duuuude, it’s, like, the digital age, man. Sacrifice a Cray instead. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/57 "2005-01-06T12:19:27Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > [It was only a matter of time:](http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/01/010505gayDisaster.htm) > > Yup. India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Burma, Somalia – [totally](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_which_permit_or_outlaw_homosexual_behavior#Asia) your 2004 gay pride circuit destination. You’d think that if gay people were the determining factor, God would have sent a tsunami to… I don’t know… the North Sea? The Gulf of St. Lawrence? > > But no, totally. He’s absolutely right. Don’t fuck with us! We’ll all come to your country and see if we can get a volcano going this time. Yeah, come here and strut your stuff! Brag like a motherfucker! Always it’s the stupid yanks, that gets to get all the blame, the goddamn Jews, the bossy feminists, the moonbat liberals or the fucking fags. bah… I tell you, nobody ever blames us fucking Danes of anything. Blotty unfair! It’s like they don’t know we exists or something. You do know we exist don’t you? I do exists don’t I? > [@](#): > > (Riyadh) A leading Muslim cleric says that the tsunamis which devastated South Asia and killed more than 150-thousand people were Allah’s punishment for allowing Danes into the affected countries. … ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/58 "2005-01-06T14:00:31Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > However, the porn industry didn’t miss a \*\*beat \*\* in production. Rim Shot! Hey, “Rim” deserves a Rim Shot! ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/59 "2005-01-06T20:48:57Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > Yeah, come here and strut your stuff! Brag like a motherfucker! > > Always it’s the stupid yanks, that gets to get all the blame, the goddamn Jews, the bossy feminists, the moonbat liberals or the fucking fags. bah… I tell you, nobody ever blames us fucking Danes of anything. Blotty unfair! It’s like they don’t know we exists or something. You do know we exist don’t you? I do exists don’t I? Well at least the gay people in Sweden (and all the rest of us Swedes as well I guess) got the blame this time. Look at the link posted by **Baker**. Maybe you can claim some Scandinavian credit for that? [http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/...en\_1-3-2005.pdf](http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/...en_1-3-2005.pdf) [http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/...es\_1-2-2005.pdf](http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/...es_1-2-2005.pdf) Does anyone know if those people and that site are real? I mean are there people that evil and stupid? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233/60 "2005-01-06T20:59:42Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > I’m putting my money on the latter; that dude is _ancient_ and too vain to wear his glasses. Mrs. god is always nagging him to put them on, too. > > Mrs. god: Wear your youdamned glasses! > god: Medamnit, woman. Shut up about the damned glasses already. Our son on a fucking pogo stick! :: falls in love with UrbanChic :: How does one fornicate usuriously, anyway? Is that when a prostitute let’s a john put it on his tab, but then charges interest on the amount owed? Can you run a tab with a prostitute anyway? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-it-wasnt-a-massive-seismic-event-it-was-gay-people/283233.md?page=4)