What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like "That's so Gay"?
What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like "That's so Gay"?
#0What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like "That's so Gay"?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 12:33pmThere's this kid in my math class who keeps saying "that's so gay". Sometimes I just want to smack him because I have friends who are gay and he obviously doesn't know the meaning of the word. So what do you think I should do?
#1re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 12:39pmi've actually yelled at a few students when i heard them say it. definitely something that needs to stop.
#2re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 12:40pm
"That's so gay."
"You mean that's so fashionable and witty?"
#3re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 12:42pmhaha well if that's what it means, that was so gay bluewizard :P
#4re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 12:47pm
Everytime someone says that, i HAVE to make a comment. I tell the person how offensive that comment is, and why does gay have to be used in a negative connotation, because, basically, what they are saying is that "gay" is equivelant to "Whack" or another adjective to that standard. I also tell them that they are putting me down as a human being by making such a comment. I've been in fights with stupid people about it, because they will never learn, but I've also had people apologize.
Personally, I think it's just as bad, if not worse, as being called "Queer".
#5re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 12:49pmeveryone at my school says that and i just go off yelling at them i cant stand that comment i know many gay guys theres nothing different from them and us i tell them and there like ugh.
morebroadwayplease
Leading Actor Joined: 6/15/05
#6re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 12:54pm
I have to tell them all the time,
"Why thank you! There is absoulutely nothing wrong with being a (I spell this part out) H-O-M-O-S-E-X-U-A-L. Please don't use the word gay. Oh and by the way, I'm a homosexual, and proud so f**k off you @$$."
It always has worked for me; the people get creeped out (for some reason) and leave. Some actually do scream it out to others but I don't care; it's true.
Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#7re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 1:04pm
Ooh, BlueWizard, can I use that sometime?
I'm always telling people off for doing that. Unfortunately, they still don't get it. Now they'll just say "that's so gay" then give me a look and go "no offence." Ugh. We have so many adjectives in this wonderful language of ours; you couldn't find ONE suitable word that isn't offensive?
justthefacts2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/24/05
#8re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 1:09pm
"That's so gay!"
"Straight back atcha!"
#9re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 1:10pm
I went off on a girl at my school for using said adjective to describe an assignment... and I have a hunch that she didn't listen to a single word I said. Just rolled her eyes and went "Whatever. As long as they don't come on to me."
Now that I think about it, I really should've said something along the lines of, "Don't worry. Who would want to?"
Sadly, seventh graders are not the easiest to make impressions of such morals upon.
#10re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 1:42pm
Ooh, BlueWizard, can I use that sometime?
Of course, love.
I also use another, less PC response sometimes:
- "That's so gay."
- "Really? I think it's so Black/Jewish/Chink."
(I can get away with "Chink" because I'm Chinese 
).
That usually shocks them into realizing their own offensiveness. I find it's an effective form of defamiliarization (oooh, a Brechtian term!).
lovettespies
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/04
#11re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:03pmSadly, a lot of people do use it in everyday conversation. but maybe if our culture becomes more accepting, we'll phase out the saying. That's my really optomistic hope
Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#12re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:06pm
See...I unfortunately do say this more than I'd like to, I guess just from the environment that I grew up in, and I am trying to stop it, especially with the ridiculous amount of gay friends I have now. The weird thing is every now and then I catch some of my gay friends saying it, then catching themselves. But yeah..it's something I am working on.
Akiva
Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#13re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:14pm
BlueWizard: Hee. Thanks.
VonTussleGirl: Also sadly, it doesn't get easier as those seventh graders get older.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#14re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:23pm
"That's so gay!"
My response is: "It sure is and that's why I love it!"
If I live to be 100 I'll never understand heterosexuals!
#15re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:23pm
"That's so gay"
"Nah, actually, its pretty heterosexual to me.."
#16re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:27pmif they're female, I kiss them.
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#17re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 2:39pmPeople can be so dense *shakes head*. In true Nicky fashion though, I am not gay, but I would still sing a verse or two from "If You Were Gay" to piss them off. =P
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#18re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 3:23pm
"That's so gay"
"I don't think it's really all THAT fabulous..."
Then, call them a breeder and run.........
#19re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 3:40pmI dispense my "death glare." I'll have to put a pic of that up sometime so you can see how truly frighening it is. My mother taught me well...
#20re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 3:46pmi usually yell at them because i know people who are gay. its just annoying. if its a friend ill just hit them. lol. if its somebody i dont know i shoot them the death glare. lol.
Up In Lost
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/05
#21re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 3:54pmNot o be rude, because i know there is a good number of gay people on the board, and some of you that say "Oh, I yell at them!" may even be gay, but really... DO you all yell at them? Personally, I fell like i"M in tghe najority of the human race that kind of just ignores it, to save face, you know? I'm not trying to be a b!tch, but I just hope all of you who say you repremand people for saying things like that aren't lying, because I admire you fo rit. Again, I'd rather titter, then ignore it than say something simply because I'm afraid to be the odd one out. So, to those of you brave enough to stand uo for tourselves/ friends, a big kudos from me. If it means anything.
Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#22re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 5:03pmUnfortunately, the only people I've ever heard use that phrase are people I used to be very good friends with (not so much anymore, although I do talk to some of them, from time to time). I was comfortable enough to tell them off. I don't know what I'd do if it was someone I didn't know... I've heard some people in my math class use it (I'm in a class with kids a grade higher than me, so I don't know anyone, and am extremely quiet), but it wasn't at a time when it would have been appropriate to say ANYTHING. However, now I will probably use one of the witty responses listed above, should I find myself in that situation. Hehe...
morebroadwayplease
Leading Actor Joined: 6/15/05
#23re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 5:18pmPersonally, I do not tell them to f**k off. I actually do tell them "I'm so gay" if they say "That's so gay" and they'll get really weirded out and go away. It's kind of funny. I've done that a lot of times. Yes, I am indeed a homosexual and proud of it!
#24re: What do you say to someone who keeps saying stuff like 'That's so Gay'?
Posted: 6/19/05 at 5:58pmI don't really hear "That's so Gay" as much nowadays. The new phrase seems to be "That's so Ghetto." It's funny that most of the people saying those statements are not gay nor have they spent any significant time in a ghetto.
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