The Gay Thread

[Ghoulish Delight]

Plus...fvck Harley riders, total fags.

I think the episode made its best point when they went through the full etemology of the word.

Regarding "gay", I'm torn. On the one hand, I do agree with G.C.'s point. While it's gotten to the point that most people use it to mean "lame" rather than "homosexual", it still very heavily leans toward, "I think you're lame, therefore I'm going to call you gay because, as we all know, homosexuals are lame. So even though I don't mean that you are a guy who prefers penis to vagina, I do mean that I hate that aspect of your personality as much as I hate homosexuals."

On the other hand...it's a fun word to say and I can't stop myself saying it! For the most part I use it in the iSm sense, not so much to mean "lame", but more to just mean, "Wow, that's something a flaming homo would like, but not me." For example - "Holy crap, the furniture in here is gaaaaaaay!" But I'll cop to using it in the more general "lame" use case, though almost exclusively in reference to aesthetic choices as opposed to calling someone, or someone's actions "gay"...almost exclusively.

I'd don't love that I continue to use it. I think the arrival of the kiddo will finally break me of it as I will be more conscious of my language usage overall.