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That's so gay!
Tue, June 23, 2009 - 9:53 AM
To which I replied: Nothing like Greco-Roman athletics for developing fine lads, and these two certainly are fine. In the absurd new movie "Land Of The Lost" a character says "That's so gay!" intending the comment as a deadly insult -but is negated completely when another character replies, with perfect dignity and aplomb, "Yes, it _is_ great." An excellent way to respond, I thought ...not in angry reaction, but by rather smoothly taking the high moral ground, making an elegant statement, and prompting critical self-reflection among everyone within hearing range all while keeping cool.
This would totally throw (in the Heideggerian sense) the person saying "That's so gay" as an intended insult, I would think. Probably they would first have a blank moment and then wonder if they had been misunderstood as saying "That's so great!" Might even more loudly repeat "That's so gay!" again with better enunciation and clarity of diction, to which one could reply with equal volume and excellent pronunciation "Yes, I heard you the first time, and yes, it _is_ GREAT."
This year in particular I have nearly been in fistfights (or worse) at the Alaska Club South locker room when shitheads say "That's so gay!" as an intended insult and I call them on the slur. I tend to become angry in such moments. Maybe it will be more effective to instead say, very loudly and clearly, "Yes, it is GREAT!" while staying coldly collected and focused instead of becoming hot and launching directly into an angry butt-chewing.
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Tue, June 23, 2009 - 2:49 PM
Um...that picture makes me laugh!
And yes, that phrase has always bugged the crap out of me. |
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Wed, June 24, 2009 - 12:41 AM
What? Nobody is going to exploit the wide-open "angry butt-chewing" angle for making a joke, especially taken in combo with the somewhat hilarious photos of these smolderingly macho Spandex-clad young titans? Sneakyparrot? Ambird? |
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Wed, June 24, 2009 - 3:37 AM
Nah, Steven, they're not "too macho". Shaved young boys are SO not my type. They're just "too gay". :D
Now come chew my butt! :D But I wanna say that I love when ppl tell me I'm "too gay", or my stuff is. "Gay" is a word I love to reclaim from homophobic idiots. Gay means joyful. "Queer", on the other hand, is a word I personally don't like. It means "rotten", and I try to remain very fresh myself. |
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Wed, June 24, 2009 - 8:34 AM
Tribe's quirkyness amazes, if not quite delights. The comment I made last night (wondering about a puzzling dearth of irreverent jokes exploiting the butt-chewing angle) was inserted at the very top of the comments instead of at the bottom, at least as seen on my screen here, then this morning there is Awen's second comment in proper position on the very bottom. Thanks for the invitation to Spain for some passionate butt-chewing, Awen! Always appreciated. You are correct, about college-age lads; youthful beauty galore but all too often they make hyperactive horny tomcats with Attention Deficit Disorder while high as kites on catnip look like paragons of calm, collected, focused intellectual depth, self-discipline, and hardworking application. Not that I have any actual desire or ability to resist such handsome splendor should it ever smile upon me with favor; alas, those days are probably long gone at this point. I sure am glad that once upon a time I fully enjoyed myself back in the day when I, too, was a hyperactive horny tomcat with Attention Deficit Disorder high as a kite on catnip! |
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Wed, June 24, 2009 - 12:03 PM
Steven, are you in love with one of your college-age-ADHD-hormones-grecoromanwrestling-etc students???
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Wed, June 24, 2009 - 12:36 PM
Define "love" ...sorry, I was having a Clintonesque moment, there.
An old friend of mine (a straight man) used to say that he fell in love anew several times a day: each time he walked across the university campus. If love equals admiration then I am probably in love with any and all Greco-Roman athletes and dancers in general. Over the years, though, I have been doing more and more research work and less and less direct instruction of university courses, so about the closest I ever come to interacting directly with such stud muffins these days is stuffing dollar bills into their jockstraps while they are dancing up on the stages at the Silverado ( www.silveradopdx.com/ -scroll down and "click here" on their homepage for photos of the Silverado's friendly and talented lads) in Portland, Oregon, if I am down there for a laboratory Board of Directors meeting or suchlike. |
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Wed, June 24, 2009 - 1:56 PM
Good taste, Awen. If we are looking in the same matrix then that particular lad's stage name is "Neptune" (I will not use his real name here, to preserve his privacy) and he is a real sweetheart. Smart and a hard worker, too. He started dancing when he was much younger (like the Spandex-clad wrestlers) but blew out a knee a few years ago so does no dance so much anymore; he works as a manager in a gay-friendly shop during the day. Comes over and gives me a big warm hug whenever I am in town, but I think his lucky partner does most if not all of his passionate butt-chewing. |
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Wed, June 24, 2009 - 3:24 PM
Oh, you're a real groupie! :D
I have a photo here on my album on an Astropsychodrama session we had back in São Paulo years ago (oh, that was the life...!), in which I played Neptune, 'cos I was the only male Piscean in our huge group. I love that photo 'cos my hair was cut shorter (I used to work at the airport back then), and the facilitator shook my hair with his hands and made it REALLY BIG. I felt so extravagant! :D |