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Kamal on 07 November 2009
axumblade said:
Kamal said:
dunno001 said:
*scratches head with confusion* I think I can say with certainty that less than 50% of the posters here are gay. And thus, by definition, we are a minority there.

As for why, specifically... *shrugs* I really don't care. If anything, I'd like it to point to those childish posters who think they have to use phrases like "that's gay" as an insult. A concrete listing of the gay posters here may drive that point home to some of them, however, it's never really been a big problem on this site that I've noticed. I'm sure other people would have other reasons for it also, neither they nor I are wrong.

I don't really care there is one aswell, but how did it come about?

 

Your mis-reading the context of the question.

Basically, so that we can identify and realize that we're not the only ones out there. Before Seece and I started the group, we honestly thought it would only have a few people in it. Then it slowly esculated to higher numbers. Also, more and more prominent members seeked us out and asked to be added to the list, so we gladly obliged. The list isn't trying to be in everybody's face. It's moreso just to let homosexuals or bisexuals know they aren't the only ones out there that are interested in video games. Contrary to what it seems like, the list isn't that large in comparison to how many heterosexuals we have on the site. Also, it lets gaymers and possible future members of the site know that there are VGChartz users who are open minded and accepting of other people.

Honestly, I'm shocked there aren't other groups out there. Maybe we should force trashleg and lolita to make a girl gamers club. :P

Does that explain why it exists?

Thanks for that answer, Axumblade.



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zexen_lowe on 07 November 2009
dunno001 said:
TruckOSaurus said:
zexen_lowe said:
It depends on how you define minority, while we're not few, we aren't a big chunk of the site either. Nor we care to. It's just a list so people know you, nothing more

Damn! I never noticed you were on the list and right under my name to boot! Me needs eye surgery!


Well, you're not the only one. Maybe I should actually attempt to remember part of the list at some point? This way I won't feel like an idiot when I find out someone else is on the list.

Maybe someone should create a song with everyone to help remember them, kinda like the alphabet song




dunno001 on 07 November 2009
zexen_lowe said:
dunno001 said:
TruckOSaurus said:
zexen_lowe said:
It depends on how you define minority, while we're not few, we aren't a big chunk of the site either. Nor we care to. It's just a list so people know you, nothing more

Damn! I never noticed you were on the list and right under my name to boot! Me needs eye surgery!


Well, you're not the only one. Maybe I should actually attempt to remember part of the list at some point? This way I won't feel like an idiot when I find out someone else is on the list.

Maybe someone should create a song with everyone to help remember them, kinda like the alphabet song



You don't want me making the song, at least. When my head starts coming up with songs, they tend to be... very non-PC. Thus, there's a high chance of offending someone, leading toward me getting banned. And that would not be a good thing.

-dunno001

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zexen_lowe on 07 November 2009
axumblade said:
zexen_lowe said:
dunno001 said:
TruckOSaurus said:
zexen_lowe said:
It depends on how you define minority, while we're not few, we aren't a big chunk of the site either. Nor we care to. It's just a list so people know you, nothing more

Damn! I never noticed you were on the list and right under my name to boot! Me needs eye surgery!


Well, you're not the only one. Maybe I should actually attempt to remember part of the list at some point? This way I won't feel like an idiot when I find out someone else is on the list.

Maybe someone should create a song with everyone to help remember them, kinda like the alphabet song

lol. all the way from axum to zexen. :D

Actually, Angelfire would come before you. Don't try to come on top

 

But yeah, I'd be the last one




NiKKoM on 07 November 2009

I'm wouldn't even surprised if we have more gaymers then girls on this site... real girls.. not those "40 year old fat guy wearing women underwear sitting behind a PC in his parents basement" girls



 

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damkira on 07 November 2009

I seriously doubt we're a majority on this forum.. and besides, there isn't really a gaymers group just a listing on somebodys profile... Gay people are horribly discriminated against so its only natural that we would stick together (sometimes)

 



highwaystar101 on 07 November 2009

I've never actually seen the list.

Either way, I think it makes sense to make a group with people who have similar interests with you. Sexuality seems like a solid enough reason to build a social group on, it's like the whole reason LGBT societies exist in most places. Regardless of whether it is the majority or minority.



dtewi on 07 November 2009
zexen_lowe said:
It depends on how you define minority, while we're not few, we aren't a big chunk of the site either. Nor we care to. It's just a list so people know you, nothing more

ZOMG! You're gay?

How did I never know that?



Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you

Boutros on 07 November 2009

I remember how it all started.

It all started with Nathan's ass.

Toastboy made a thread about Nathan's bum and yeah I think that's how it happened.

That was a very funny thead. Oh and btw toastboy will soon be unbanned :O



nightsurge on 07 November 2009

This is slightly off topic, but does the phrase "That's gay" or whatever really offend homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual individuals? Yeah sure "gay" in this context has negative connotations, but the word gay never meant homosexual in the first place. It only became an insult for homosexuals when a few authors (early to late 1800's I think) used the term "gay cat" to refer to a homosexual male. I find it odd that the community as a whole has adopted a transformed insult as their main nomenclature.

Now if people were saying "That's homo" or "That's lesbian" then I'd see everything wrong with it. But when the word "gay" developed as an insult (after origianlly meaning happy and joyful), I do not see how it is wrong to use it in a negative sense of conversation. "Gay" is just a generic insult/negative word these days. Why don't homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals, etc. just start going by their official nomenclature rather than the word that used to mean happiness and joy that got transformed into an insult on their community?