# Would you... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 29, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320 "2000-07-29T06:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/21 "2000-07-29T08:56:59Z")
Matt - that’s funny. Isn’t it like dawn there? And I thought I was up late. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/22 "2000-07-29T08:59:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DRY \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\* > > I think I wanna be a gay man!! 😃 > > \*\* > > SHIT!! Forget it, Audrey!! \*\* DRY, baby, if I was a gay man, you’d make me wish I was a straight woman just so you’d consider taking me and having your way with me!!! _blows kiss_ This thread isn’t very Pit-ish so far. Feynn, I’m allergic to alcohol, but if you’d really like to know the answer, I’ll close the doors to the men and pour the ladies of the board some shots. I’ll stay sober (like I have a choice) and watch what ensues. Take pictures, record numbers of encounters/participants, etc. A real scientific study. I’ll let you know the results in the morning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/23 "2000-07-29T09:02:07Z")
Allergic to alcohol? There are alternatives… My rule was always “don’t nibble while you pick”. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2000, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/24 "2000-07-29T09:05:49Z")
Feynn: Not quite dawn yet. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/25 "2000-07-29T09:07:02Z")
Pit-ish? Didn’t you know that the pit has become a kinder and gentler place (with the exception of the Sneevil thread)? It is all peace and joy here for one and all, people calmly discussing all manner of things and not resorting to what some have call overused or tired expressions such as f\*\*\*\*ng and s\*\*\*\*\*ing. We are intelligent enough to not need profane words. We can insult each other with tact and the grace befitting ones such as ourselves… I think I am going to fucking hurl if I keep this up much longer… ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/26 "2000-07-29T09:08:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Feynn \* > \*\*I think I am going to fucking hurl if I keep this up much longer… > \*\* “Fucking-hurl”?? Maybe we need a term for copulating whilst simultaneously retching? ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/27 "2000-07-29T09:12:46Z")
Hmmm… furckling? hucking? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/28 "2000-07-29T09:18:06Z")
Well, shit. Between Byzantine and Pepperlandgirl, I didn’t _need_ a date to get off tonight. This thing rules. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/29 "2000-07-29T09:28:06Z")
Who the fuck said you could get between me and Pepperlandgirl? Presumptuous much, are you?! The nerve of some people! ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/30 "2000-07-29T09:43:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Byzantine \* > \*\*Who the fuck said you could get between me and Pepperlandgirl? Presumptuous much, are you?! The nerve of some people! > \*\* My thread, my rules. And boy, do I like 'em! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/31 "2000-07-29T10:07:36Z")
Allergic, seriously. Alcohol makes me itchy and turn red. Feynn, I am glad you stopped there. Who the fuck needs a fucking nicey-nice Pit? BTW, furckling has a nice ring to it. Wait. This is the Pit. Let me rephrase that. Furckling has a fucking nice ring to it. 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/32 "2000-07-29T17:31:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Furckling has a fucking nice ring to it. Hmm, information I’m sure we didn’t all need to know 😃 Itchy and red can be a good thing…well, maybe not…but \* drunk \* itchy and red. 😉 > [@](#): > > My thread, my rules. And boy, do I like 'em! Umm, they may be your rules, but for your continual survival, that might not be a good thing all the same. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/33 "2000-07-29T17:49:33Z")
matt, I’ve been thinking about it. You are very proud of yourself, and smug in the fact that you can get laid any ole time you pleased, like we should be impressed. And you claim it’s because you are gay. Well, if that’s what makes you happy, more power to ya. But I don’t get fucked every night…some nights I make love. The point is, you are not the only one who sees action on a regular basis. And while it’s interesting to read about your sex-life, you really bring it up a lot. Do I bounce around threads and say “Don’t you wish you were straight? Last night me and my BF fucked 5 times, then we slept in till 10, and then we did it two more times!” Like being straight or gay has anything to do with how much sex you get a week. Don’t you wish you were in a relationship and had guarenteed sex? ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/34 "2000-07-29T18:02:28Z")
Being in a relationship guarantees sex? I’ll have to tell Lola… WOOHOO! Matt - I respect your lifestyle but your telling us about it is getting old. You don’t have to justify your choices to anyone but yourself. Gay or not, I hear most guys lie about their sex lives anyways. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/35 "2000-07-29T18:22:15Z")
Pepper: In this case, I was trying to put it in the context of a direct response to Feynn’s smug little paean to domesticity, which seemed to conflate heterosexuality with the sublime familial apotheosis of virtue and fulfilment. I took issue with this implication and responded with my own post, a lyrical and ode-like post about the joys of being gay (and single). Now, if you’ll notice, sex took up only the last 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 paragraphs out of 10. Also, in a review of my postings to (say) the 40 most recent threads I’ve posted to, I find that I mention sex (in general) in a total of 12 of them, and my sex life in particular (not counting flirting with Esprix) in a total of either 3 or 5, depending on whether you include fantasies. Is this a lot? If it is, I’ll say the following: 1. I’m 18. At my age the sight of _linoleum_ turns me on. 2. It’s a topic that interests me. “According to the World Health Organization, there are 100 million [orgasms] every day, making it thousands of times more common than birth or death.”[sup]1[/sup] 3. I am a very sex-positive person, and that means that given reasons 1 and 2 above, I believe it’s a valid topic of conversation. Am I smug in my gayness in this regard? Well… judging the responses in my [straight sex thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=29771), gay men are more accustomed to casual sex than straight people are, and we are somewhat more frank and/or efficient in our pursuit of the same, than straight women especially. In this sense, yes, given that I like to have casual sex and that I prefer to be frank about it, I am fortunate that I’m gay and have these options open to me. My comment to Friedo at the beginning was quite facetious, a humorous (I thought) contrast between how much single straight men kvetch about wanting sex due to a seeming unwillingness on the part of the single straight women (as described to me by the straight men and women who posted to the thread I quoted above). As it happens, I am in a relationship of sorts (a sort of “ex-boyfriend with privileges”) and so I do have “guaranteed” sex, as you refreshingly put it. And as you notice, the sex itself is different (you call it “making love”; in my case, it’s more a matter of being much more adventuresome than I’d be with a stranger). My points are the following: 1. Are you sure I “really bring it up a lot?” And if so, is this bad/boring? 2. Considering the responses to my straight sex thread, was I unjustified in my joking comment to Friedo? 3. Do you agree with my compare-and-contrast job to Feynn’s little Norman Rockwell painting? 4. Is it, or is it not, all good? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320/36 "2000-07-29T18:26:59Z")
[sup]1[/sup] Saul, John Ralston. _The Doubter’s Companion._ Toronto: Penguin, 1995. Statistic from: _The New Yorker_, 29 November 1993, 8. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you/27320.md?page=1)