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48. I am saddened to see posts from DUers who

Wed Sep 10, 2014, 06:51 PM

Sep 2014

are uncomfortable with straight people. I understand, I guess -- but it still brings me down.

My gay friends enrich my life and bring me great joy, and I hope I do the same for them. I suppose it helps that we all embrace nerd culture with sufficient enthusiasm so as to render all else secondary.

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Gay Culture Is Dying. Good Riddance! [View all] KamaAina Sep 2014 OP

Sorry if this sounds bad, but I prefer the company of gay people like me. closeupready Sep 2014 #1

mostly seconded. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #3

I should have added lesbians, too - that's totally fine with me. closeupready Sep 2014 #5

when i tell gay people that i can't accept a job in several states, they always know what i mean La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #10

Same here! I used to travel a lot and it was always great to be in a strange city for RKP5637 Sep 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Sep 2014 #20

I hope you aren't saying straight people are yucky right? snooper2 Sep 2014 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Sep 2014 #21

Ah, gotcha, next time start recording, train videos get a lot of views on YouTube snooper2 Sep 2014 #22

lol, that's funny - closeupready Sep 2014 #23

Wow. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #26

Probably. No apologies about it either, if that's what you want here. closeupready Sep 2014 #27

Expect an apology? TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #28

as a straight guy, I kinda enjoy gay culture KG Sep 2014 #2

Well, I guess. Xyzse Sep 2014 #4

Unrec... joeybee12 Sep 2014 #6

Um, Andrew Sullivan has been on Colbert KamaAina Sep 2014 #9

So has Peggy Noonan...nt joeybee12 Sep 2014 #14

+1 Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #15

andrew sullivan xchrom Sep 2014 #24

The only "culture" that can't die out is ID by skin color. nt kelliekat44 Sep 2014 #7

Hmmm. This seems like the melting pot theory in a way. el_bryanto Sep 2014 #8

One hopes that at least remnants of it will survive KamaAina Sep 2014 #11

I hope so too! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #18

There is a left handed subculture,it's just super secret sufrommich Sep 2014 #12

LOL! smirkymonkey Sep 2014 #50

Wow, that was some kind of stupid. Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #13

Hear hear! shaayecanaan Sep 2014 #32

Perhaps you can join her in reasearch. Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #33

People forget there isn't a bright line between gay culture and straight culture. pnwmom Sep 2014 #16

i really only hang out -- in real life -- with gay people -- gay men in fact. xchrom Sep 2014 #25

never, ever think DonCoquixote Sep 2014 #29

I thought it said "Gun Culture is Dying. Good Riddance" madinmaryland Sep 2014 #30

I did, too! Same reason. Some of my ammo is forming a culture... Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #36

I think this article raises some good points. AverageJoe90 Sep 2014 #31

I read an article on this some years back ismnotwasm Sep 2014 #34

And THIS is why you are a TRUE BLUE ally! Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #35

This is mostly the opinion that has been shared with me by gay men Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2014 #37

What does this even mean? Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #38

I question that too. It's not as if gays on the whole are any more "self-destructive" than heteros. nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #39

I am wondering what the response will be. Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #41

I believe they were referring to promiscuity, hard drugs and disease. Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2014 #44

Thank you for your response. Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #52

I certainly think it's possibe (even desirable) to maintain a distinctive culture and community nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #40

I heard Sarah Weddington speak when I was in college. Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #42

That's a great way to put it. People shouldn't have to be "the same" just to co-exist. n/t nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #43

Fuck Andrew Sullivan. QC Sep 2014 #45

I wouldn't if I were you. KamaAina Sep 2014 #46

Except for the bar scene when I was younger, cwydro Sep 2014 #47

I am saddened to see posts from DUers who Codeine Sep 2014 #48

...NO....Gay Culture isn't going away irisblue Sep 2014 #49

I guess I'm an outlier teenagebambam Sep 2014 #51