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Immersiveunreality said:
Runa216 said:

I keep posting here because I - like Pepperidge farm - remember when this thread was actually fun and I want to be a part of it when it inevitably comes back to being fun. Or at least interesting. I also didn't agree with the direction I thought it was going and wanted to get it back on topic. 

You and I seem to want the same thing, here. why call me out because I'm being vocal? Isn't that...sort of the point? On a forum? 

Oh so that is what the pepperidge farm meme is,as a non American,Canadian it was kinda weird seeing people commenting about that and the whole memeculture has been so out of control that it loses my interest.

Bolded: Eh nothing wrong with being vocal so long that it does not turn into an US politics thread 2.0 with the same people going at eachother and other the forumdwellers staying out of it because their comments get lost in the conflict.

Question: Did you ever feel akward or unsure what to do around a gay person and if so, how did you learn from it or deal with that situation?(while growing up)

I didn't really know any gay people when I was growing up... Or rather I should say I didn't know any openly gay people growing up.  I'm sure I knew some closeted people.

I didn't really know that many until college and... I didn't exactly dislike them, but I had at that point in time (and still do to a lesser extent) a kind of trolly sense of humor.  My idea was I make fun of a lot of people for different reasons, so being gay was just one of those, and should be as fair game as anything else would be.  I don't think anyone back then would call me homophobic, but insensitive might have been an apt term.

When I became a comedian and started really getting to know gay people and more about their experiences, I started to get why that was the wrong way to think (ironically comedians making me realize why certain things shouldn't be joking about).  I think living in a pretty liberal place, I didn't quite realize that people faced real hardcore discrimination for being gay.

On a side note I apparently give off pretty gay vibes cause I've been approached by men on numerous occasions with propositions XD.  As long as they're respectful about it, it actually tends to make my day and give me confidence.  My self esteem can be low sometimes so knowing someone wants to fuck me is a pick me up.  But it's also kind of frustrating, because it's like I have all of this currency, but it's only good in a country I'll never visit.