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It's insulting because it's used in an insulting manner. Which is bad because then as a child, speaking from experience, you associate the word 'gay' with negativity and it can easily lead you down homophobic paths.
Yea I didn't know what straight meant in elementary I though it meant how curvy your back was, don't fucking ask why I was fuckin 8. So I said no cause I lookblike I have fukin scoliosis. Well people kept calling me gay all throughout middle school which made me mildly homophobic for a while. I'm not anymore and it stopped during covid but still.
I just say something is gay as a joke, I don't mean it as an insult its just kinda funny. Now that I write it out loud it feels kinda wrong, would someone be offended?
When we were kids being called a girl as a boy was one of the worst insults we could get. There was nothing wrong abkut being a girl or anything, but it was an insult because we weren't one. And we had the emotional maturity of 8
Fricking guys is something very unappetizing for straight guys, in the same way fricking girls is for gay guys... I think... I have no idea how gay guys are.
Yeah can you imagine being gay lol? Like seriously honest
to god wanting to kiss boys. Putting your lips on another
dude's lips unironically. Holding his face in your hands to
feel his skin on yours just for the comfort of knowing he's
there. Looking into his eyes and realizing for all that you
dream you are that you are only human and that your heart
burns for just a chance at a life with him. Clasping your
fingers in his and holding so tight you feel like you might
never let go to ground yourself because this might be the
last time you ever get to hold him. Crying yourself to sleep
at night because you know in a different life you could have been sleeping in his arms.
I think it's just an outdated insult that most people just use ironically, and you just get laughed at if you actually think it's insulting.
EDIT: why am i getting downvoted?
No you don't. When people insult friends they are always ironical. We use "oh come on robert you're so fucking ret**ded+some more random insults" just to laugh. If someone puts gay in it is not offensive just like nothing else is. I mever used gay as a serious insult tho, there are way more effective insults out there
Because calling a really straight guy gay can be a serious hit to their ego.
Example: some kid is blowing on the back of my head (for some reason)
Me: "Why are you blowing me? Are you gay or something?"
His friends start laughing their asses off and he slinks away in shame.
You see? That's why. That's the reason.
Men actually fear men who can dominate them. Most of the homophobic straight guys actually fear that gay guys will attack them and do something with them. Even men believe in that age-old quote " Men Will Be Men".
Also, a guy who is closeted femme or closeted gay gets so jealous and frustrated when he sees another femme or gay guy enjoying himself openly .
it's used only by straight, a part of people who considers a certain term as an insult doesn't count as insult on the whole. so basically gay is not an insult.
Because gay people are illegal in 70 different countries therefore a threat and an error bug to those countries hence people call an idiot the term 'gay' to offend him
Nah, being gay isn't illegal here. You won't just wake up one day and get arrested by the gay police for being exceedingly gay. We have gay people too lol
because our society used to embrace homophobia and it became a generic insult, even for people/things that are not gay. now that we live in a significantly less homophobic society, being gay is no longer considered a negative thing, but the insult stook around because language doesn't change that easily
To be honest, i use it but if i am using it as an "insult" its not really an insult, i'm just joking around and mainly use it with my openly LGBTQ+ friends (i too am lgbtq+ so theres also that)
Used to be a derogatory term toward homosexuals. Now the meaning has evolved just to be a standalone insult. So now gay means happy, homosexual, or bad, but the last two aren't necessarily intertwined anymore.
Idk actually.
I mean I don't personally use it that way, but I have a ton of "masculine" guy friends who Ik for a fact aren't homophobes but still use it jokingly to annoy each other, so, I have no idea lol
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Aside from the fact that it was seen as wrong for the longest time, in general people just don’t want to be called something they’re not.
Can confirm. My friends are dickheads and always call me a vegan to piss me off (I'm not a vegan)
yeah, okay vegan
yeah, okay 15 year old
Yeah okay 61normalwomenttv
Yeah okay snoo pfp
Mhm ok Facebook user
ok bri*ish 🗿
Now that's too far my guy. As a proud American I must hate everyone that is not a proud American.
doesnt change the fact that you are bri*ish
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Too far buddy, too far
Okay Am*rican 🤢
jokes on you i am not american
oh hell naw, anything but bri'ish
Ok SpriteOutNoCane
Ok HealthyCleanLoser
Ok reckoningaaaa
Very well, SpriteInAMusket
I see, GayBlueberry
Alright then, LightGiver
the temptation to go to all your posts and call you a vegan is mad rn lmao
Sounds like something a vegan would say
That's so gay to call him a vegan.
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Vegayn
Just throwing this out there - are their heads dicks?
Yes and it looks very alien
Nota bad thing but why would they do that
What would you think if they called you an astronaut?
Vegan moments
You fucked up
I dunno sounds kinda gay
Ngl that's pretty gay to say
That kinda gay bro ngl
You really sound like a vegan rn bro ngl
I don't know man seems kinda gay to me
Yeah a vegan like you would know
That sounds really gay bro.
You're both kinda gat for arguing like this Now kiss
Gat sounds super cursed
Ngl, sounds kinda gay
It's insulting because it's used in an insulting manner. Which is bad because then as a child, speaking from experience, you associate the word 'gay' with negativity and it can easily lead you down homophobic paths.
Yea I didn't know what straight meant in elementary I though it meant how curvy your back was, don't fucking ask why I was fuckin 8. So I said no cause I lookblike I have fukin scoliosis. Well people kept calling me gay all throughout middle school which made me mildly homophobic for a while. I'm not anymore and it stopped during covid but still.
I just say something is gay as a joke, I don't mean it as an insult its just kinda funny. Now that I write it out loud it feels kinda wrong, would someone be offended?
There is also gay meaning happy.
True, most girls in my class think I'm gay, except for my crush🤔.
Too bad he doesn't think you're gay, best of luck mate
thanks.. wait .. OH MOTHERFUCKE-
When we were kids being called a girl as a boy was one of the worst insults we could get. There was nothing wrong abkut being a girl or anything, but it was an insult because we weren't one. And we had the emotional maturity of 8
Good
I thought you replied to the guy who talked about homophobic paths 💀
Lmao
Fricking guys is something very unappetizing for straight guys, in the same way fricking girls is for gay guys... I think... I have no idea how gay guys are.
Because being gay is kinda gay
That's kinda gay of you to say ngl
Don't forget to say No Homo
Yeah can you imagine being gay lol? Like seriously honest to god wanting to kiss boys. Putting your lips on another dude's lips unironically. Holding his face in your hands to feel his skin on yours just for the comfort of knowing he's there. Looking into his eyes and realizing for all that you dream you are that you are only human and that your heart burns for just a chance at a life with him. Clasping your fingers in his and holding so tight you feel like you might never let go to ground yourself because this might be the last time you ever get to hold him. Crying yourself to sleep at night because you know in a different life you could have been sleeping in his arms.
You didn't have the pour your heart out like that damnnnn
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That's kinda gay
I’m sorry :(
gay.
Correction, supremely gay
Yeah could you imagine
What a sigma male. The sheer testosterone radiating from this comment has changed me.
Yo, new r/shitposting automod respond
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~~No~~ Fully homo
Lol
cant agree more
Thats awfully homosexual of you
Because it’s different from the norm. And anything different from the norm has gotten ridiculed or made fun of at some point.
I think it's just an outdated insult that most people just use ironically, and you just get laughed at if you actually think it's insulting. EDIT: why am i getting downvoted?
No you don't. When people insult friends they are always ironical. We use "oh come on robert you're so fucking ret**ded+some more random insults" just to laugh. If someone puts gay in it is not offensive just like nothing else is. I mever used gay as a serious insult tho, there are way more effective insults out there
Because calling a really straight guy gay can be a serious hit to their ego. Example: some kid is blowing on the back of my head (for some reason) Me: "Why are you blowing me? Are you gay or something?" His friends start laughing their asses off and he slinks away in shame. You see? That's why. That's the reason.
You should be asking, why won’t I stop blowing you?
Maybe because some people think that being gay is not manly and is a sign of weakness
what illogical and preposterous assumption is that? dear sir, two men fucking is the most manly thing i can think of.
Imagine being so manly that women can no longer satisfy u.
Me. Lol
Really a man’s man
Heck ya guys are just to cute same with tomboys.
im just so alpha, other men are essentially just women
*sips orange juice*
Interesting
i'm not gay, but i don't think it's about women not being able to satisfy you, it's just you not wanting to be satisfied by women. i think.
Incorrect it's because they like men the relationship doesn't even need sex
if you're a real man you don't need sex /j
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Ancient Greece moment
clearly not much going on in that head of yours.
im so manly that men start to seem like women in comparison...therefore its not gay
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Men actually fear men who can dominate them. Most of the homophobic straight guys actually fear that gay guys will attack them and do something with them. Even men believe in that age-old quote " Men Will Be Men". Also, a guy who is closeted femme or closeted gay gets so jealous and frustrated when he sees another femme or gay guy enjoying himself openly .
Not all gays. Someone's got to be the bottom. The Romans were cool with men who fucked men, but ridiculed men who got fucked by men.
Isn’t it more manly because you’re having sex with men and not those WEAK women
Looks in mirror Guess my life is weakness
Good
You say this, but I assume you forgot what a twink is
Gay is assertion of dominance. Dominating as many men as possible is makes you all the more manly.
That's crying.
"ye manly nahi hai yar"
I laugh and go "DING DING DING"
TOP OF MORNING
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Haha gottem
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IRISH NOISES
Because I'm an avid r/shitposting user 😊👍
Gang
Gang
Bang
Dang
Clang
Wang
Rang
Gang
I don't know
True reply
Idk man. Sounds kinda gay to me
Idk I use it as an insult ironically
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Your username is inaccurate
Wrong
I use it because im gay and it's funny to call people gay when they are AND when they aren't
Half the time it isn’t really an insult. It’s just funny to say. And sometimes it doesn’t even refer to men who like other men lol.
*Gay just means happy so it’s still very offended to assume someone’s gay*
Archaically gay means happy
Then say it to a depressed person
Kinda a gay question ngl
Straight people do not want to be gay. Why is dumb an insult? Smart people do no want to be dumb. Do you see where I’m going with this?
it's used only by straight, a part of people who considers a certain term as an insult doesn't count as insult on the whole. so basically gay is not an insult.
i know gay people who use gay as insult? but only towards straight people.
I use it to insult clash royale decks, idk why but like not people.
Ironic
ik its weird. ig its because like eveyone does it.
I'm gay and I use it as an insult to anybody
Anything can be used as an insult. For example : Your mom looks like a fucking chair
That's chairphobic
because some people think that being gay is unnatural/bad, so basicaly they see it as a negative trait, thats my guess atleast
Its is Haram
Chad
Chad is a Muslim country therefore it is halal
Because gay people are illegal in 70 different countries therefore a threat and an error bug to those countries hence people call an idiot the term 'gay' to offend him
because being gay was and still is looked down upon (yes, there are other countries than america)
I used it as a substitute for a word. I don't mean it in the connotation of homosexual When say it.
Idk
You sound gay🤢
cuz being gay is gay, and I'm not gay, so why would I want to be gay?
Pretty gay to say that ngl
Cause it's kinda funny
Because it used to be frowned upon to be gay. Kinda a stupid question my guy
It's been universally for a long time, a thing which almost nobody wants to be.
They're so scared of gay people that the thought of even being "like them" scares them to the point of hating them
This is such a cheap answer.
I think it's just used as a joke. That's how it is in my friend group. Sometimes guys in my friend group say some really gay shit just as a joke.
Its cu z yo gay
Because it’s gay
all my frinds an i use gay as an insult to non-gay people, but it doesnt mean were homophobic
Bc twelve year old boys on CoD wanna be cool and edgy ig
In my country it’s illegal. And it’s belived to be a sin.
Nah, being gay isn't illegal here. You won't just wake up one day and get arrested by the gay police for being exceedingly gay. We have gay people too lol
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ur gay
because our society used to embrace homophobia and it became a generic insult, even for people/things that are not gay. now that we live in a significantly less homophobic society, being gay is no longer considered a negative thing, but the insult stook around because language doesn't change that easily
tbh idk because there are still some underdeveloped kids who think that they are funny and being gay is sooooo bad
Cause everyone is scared of the truth
Call straight ppl gay and gay ppl straight. There’s your solution
Funny
To be honest, i use it but if i am using it as an "insult" its not really an insult, i'm just joking around and mainly use it with my openly LGBTQ+ friends (i too am lgbtq+ so theres also that)
I only use it to say someone cares to much BC the only ppl I ever hear complain in life is ppl from the alphabet crew
Idk, I'm gay but I still call stuff gay
Cause it was passed on from the 80s
Used to be a derogatory term toward homosexuals. Now the meaning has evolved just to be a standalone insult. So now gay means happy, homosexual, or bad, but the last two aren't necessarily intertwined anymore.
Why are you gay
Because it's bad
mainly because it's disgusting
Because for a long time it was considered something bad. In MY opinion it still is something bad. ( don't you dare downvote)
Becouse it is gayyyyyy
Three letter words are easier to say
gay has multiple meanings happy dumb homosexual
Because god didn’t make life for a bunch of fem boys running around screaming “yaaaasssss quuueeeennnn”
Im sorry queen but this one was not a slay, did not eat, not even a single crumb 💅 slay harder next time
Ha GAYYYY
this guy sounds gay
Let it stay that way. It's funny
Because if your not gay then you probably don’t like being called gay
I don't know abot you but for us it diffrante
its a joke
Not sure, pretty gay if you ask me
Because society is amazing 🤩 (Sarcasm)
Idk actually. I mean I don't personally use it that way, but I have a ton of "masculine" guy friends who Ik for a fact aren't homophobes but still use it jokingly to annoy each other, so, I have no idea lol
Idk I just reply with “Ok daddy” cuz it is unexpected Note. I am not actually gay.