23-02-2002 10:51									#1
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nah i mean for real i heard that 10% of males are gay but I have never known anyone who was gay or bisexual or nothing like that. Maybe its just cause i live in philly or something but no one is gay. I aint ever know anyone gay. is this strange? do yall know people in real life who is gay?


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	23-02-2002 10:55									#2
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People in real life that I know are gay:

Starchild
Mr. Fun
Asher (bi, I think)
red_jon (bi, I think)
My wife's cousin
3 co-workers, two in the office, one out in the field
My brother (?) Actually, I think he's asexual, but...

	23-02-2002 10:57									#3
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It's very bizarre that you don't know anybody who's gay. Most of those that I know came out at some point during Uni; during high school I didn't know any openly gay people. Now I must know 10 or 15 gay/bi guys + 5 lesbians + 20 bi girls.

	23-02-2002 10:57									#4
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I hate gay people. I think they should all be burned. Remember how Hitler burned up Jews because he just didn't like them? I just don't like FAGS! It's time to fire up the furnaces again!!!

Like .002% of men are gay. We know that the greatest leaders of all time were straight, just look at Civ 3. I hate people that think they are equal to us. They are evil and deserve to die like Arabs.

	23-02-2002 10:58									#5
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Odds are you probably do know someone who is gay; they just haven't told you.

	23-02-2002 11:00									#6
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AS is still in high school, iirc. And it is likely that, teens being teens, he might not "know" any gay people because:

1. Gay teens aren't secure enough in their individuality to assert their sexuality.
2. AS, being a normal teen, is too inexperienced and self-absorbed to recognize the subtle (and not so subtle) clues that someone is gay.

	23-02-2002 11:00									#7
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse It's very bizarre that you don't know anybody who's gay. Most of those that I know came out at some point during Uni; during high school I didn't know any openly gay people. Now I must know 10 or 15 gay/bi guys + 5 lesbians + 20 bi girls.

Yep, me either. I knew literally 0 gay or bi people in high school, and now I'm in Uni and they're appearing all over the place. High school sucks like that.

Oh, BTW, red_jon isn't bi, he's 100% pure-bred homosexual.
There's actually a bit more people aren't covered in your list but they don't want to come out publically (just yet).

	23-02-2002 11:01									#8
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quote: Originally posted by King of Rasslin I hate gay people. I think they should all be burned. Remember how Hitler burned up Jews because he just didn't like them? I just don't like FAGS! It's time to fire up the furnaces again!!! Like .002% of men are gay. We know that the greatest leaders of all time were straight, just look at Civ 3. I hate people that think they are equal to us. They are evil and deserve to die like Arabs.

Well, I guess we won't be seeing much of you from now on.

Bye!!!

	23-02-2002 11:04									#9
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Hey King,

Until you get your head out of your nether regions, why don't you just go sit in the corner and repeat your insipid little statements for your own amusement out of earshot.

	23-02-2002 11:04									#10
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Actually, in high school I was able to "recognise" two gay guys that later came out. The signs were pretty obvious. There's just something about a guy who wears purple-tinted contact lenses...

	23-02-2002 11:05									#11
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hmm... so you're saying that there's many people who i know who are secretly gay? damn plenty of my friends and people i know are always like if my friend became gay i wouldnt talk to him or "if a gay guy hit on me id bust a cap in his faggot ass..."

	23-02-2002 11:06									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Asher There's actually a bit more people aren't covered in your list but they don't want to come out publically (just yet).

Does one of them have a name that starts with a "G" and ends in an "o"?

	23-02-2002 11:06									#13
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red_jon, bi? Sugar, he's gayer than me.

And more self-absorbed too, which is really impressive.

I know lots of gays and bi's, though I may have the odds stacked in my favour.

	23-02-2002 11:08									#14
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quote: damn plenty of my friends and people i know are always like if my friend became gay i wouldnt talk to him or "if a gay guy hit on me id bust a cap in his faggot ass..."

That's precisely why so many high school gays "stay in the closet".

It's really rather unfortunate that people turn a blind eye to personality once they find out that someone doesn't conform to their particular values.

	23-02-2002 11:08									#15
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You know, Steven King had a wonderful line about people like that:

"The ones who protested the loudest were those most afraid of having all the muscles in their wrist go limp at the slightest provocation."

or something along those lines...

	23-02-2002 11:08									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer hmm... so you're saying that there's many people who i know who are secretly gay? damn plenty of my friends and people i know are always like if my friend became gay i wouldnt talk to him or "if a gay guy hit on me id bust a cap in his faggot ass..."

I got hit on by another guy for the first time the year after I finished HS.

I wasn't offended; I was flattered.

Felt damn sexy all day.

	23-02-2002 11:09									#17
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quote: Originally posted by King of Rasslin I hate gay people. I think they should all be burned. Remember how Hitler burned up Jews because he just didn't like them? I just don't like FAGS! It's time to fire up the furnaces again!!! Like .002% of men are gay. We know that the greatest leaders of all time were straight, just look at Civ 3. I hate people that think they are equal to us. They are evil and deserve to die like Arabs.

Well, good job. You've earned two weeks off right off the bat.

We don't tolerate posts advocating genocide, mass killings, racism, etc. If you have a problem with that, go post elsewhere.

	23-02-2002 11:10									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Starchild red_jon, bi? Sugar, he's gayer than me. And more self-absorbed too, which is really impressive.

My mistake. I honestly did not mean to demean his character.

Edit: Thanks MtG!

	23-02-2002 11:11									#19
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mention the word 'gay' anywhere and Starchild appears

	23-02-2002 11:14									#20
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I know the content of that post was extremely awful, but I gotta say it made me laugh my ass off uncontrolably. "They deserve to die like Arabs".

Oh, if only I could be assured that it wasn't a DL and that someone actually meant that post. The fact that anyone could be so infinitely stupid would just make my day

	23-02-2002 11:15									#21
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So, what's the answer to the question?

Ironically, only King of Rasselin provided an answer, which was "0.002%".

So, what percentage of the population is gay?

	23-02-2002 11:16									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Starchild red_jon, bi? Sugar, he's gayer than me. And more self-absorbed too, which is really impressive.

I think you two should get into a slapping contest.

quote: Does one of them have a name that starts with a "G" and ends in an "o"?

I'm not going to go there.

	23-02-2002 11:18									#23
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quote: Originally posted by orange I know the content of that post was extremely awful, but I gotta say it made me laugh my ass off uncontrolably. "They deserve to die like Arabs". Oh, if only I could be assured that it wasn't a DL and that someone actually meant that post. The fact that anyone could be so infinitely stupid would just make my day

He's been here since November, which kind of indicates to me that he's not a DL since the usual DL shoots his/her wad very soon after the DL is made.

Not that I would know anything about that, mind you.

So, to the best of my ability, I assure you: he was that stupid.

	23-02-2002 11:18									#24
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quote: Originally posted by orange Oh, if only I could be assured that it wasn't a DL and that someone actually meant that post. The fact that anyone could be so infinitely stupid would just make my day

Sorry man; no chance in hell.

	23-02-2002 11:31									#25
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I was always into boys, came out in grade 9 (23 now). I dunno what happened, but around a year and a half ago I met a girl that needed a ride home from the Pub i spend way too much time at. I told her I would drive her. I told her I was gay on the ride to her place and she laughed at me (not kidding). I really didn't know what to say. She told me that she did not know any gay people, and that she thought it was 'cute '.

Well we ended up talking on the phone alot over the next few weeks, and we realized one of my EX's was her cousin. One night she called me and told me that a friend had bailed out on a movie she wanted to go see and if I would come, I said sure. To shorten the story, we ended up at the pub after the movie and got good and pissed. We ended up kissing in the parking lot and... (one year later)... We are getting married. Had a really hard time telling my queer friends, they always thought it was a fad. The upseting part of this story is that most of them will not talk to me anymore, no even a call to say Hi . I have no idea why I am telling this story, it may be 'cause I just got back from the Pub .

	23-02-2002 11:36									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Blisterz I was always into boys, came out in grade 9 (23 now). I dunno what happened, but around a year and a half ago I met a girl that needed a ride home from the Pub i spend way too much time at. I told her I would drive her. I told her I was gay on the ride to her place and she laughed at me (not kidding). I really didn't know what to say. She told me that she did not know any gay people, and that she thought it was 'cute '. Well we ended up talking on the phone alot over the next few weeks, and we realized one of my EX's was her cousin. One night she called me and told me that a friend had bailed out on a movie she wanted to go see and if I would come, I said sure. To shorten the story, we ended up at the pub after the movie and got good and pissed. We ended up kissing in the parking lot and... (one year later)... We are getting married. Had a really hard time telling my queer friends, they always thought it was a fad. The upseting part of this story is that most of them will not talk to me anymore, no even a call to say Hi . I have no idea why I am telling this story, it may be 'cause I just got back from the Pub .

V. interesting!

does that mean it's possible to change? i always thought that you're usually stuck with whatever you're into forever.

	23-02-2002 11:43									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Blisterz I was always into boys, came out in grade 9 (23 now). I dunno what happened, but around a year and a half ago I met a girl that needed a ride home from the Pub i spend way too much time at. I told her I would drive her. I told her I was gay on the ride to her place and she laughed at me (not kidding). I really didn't know what to say. She told me that she did not know any gay people, and that she thought it was 'cute '. Well we ended up talking on the phone alot over the next few weeks, and we realized one of my EX's was her cousin. One night she called me and told me that a friend had bailed out on a movie she wanted to go see and if I would come, I said sure. To shorten the story, we ended up at the pub after the movie and got good and pissed. We ended up kissing in the parking lot and... (one year later)... We are getting married. Had a really hard time telling my queer friends, they always thought it was a fad. The upseting part of this story is that most of them will not talk to me anymore, no even a call to say Hi . I have no idea why I am telling this story, it may be 'cause I just got back from the Pub .

That's a really sweet story Good luck to you both!

	23-02-2002 11:48									#28
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quote: Originally posted by ranskaldan V. interesting! does that mean it's possible to change? i always thought that you're usually stuck with whatever you're into forever.

The way I see it, nobody is 100% queer or strait, some just have a much stronger preference than others. (I smell the flames a commin ; ) )

	23-02-2002 11:53									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Blisterz The way I see it, nobody is 100% queer or strait, some just have a much stronger preference than others. (I smell the flames a commin ; ) )

Hey, nothing from me. I agree with you.

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Maybe there aren't gay and straight people. Maybe it's just a very strong preference. Some men like women with short hair, some with long hair, some like skinny women, some like chubby women, and some like penises.