No Homo?

I'm not a fan of it myself but I can no more control what "adults" write over the internet than I can control my toddlers irrational temper tantrums.

I do however excuse my child and wait for it to pass because she is...a child.

I must have my eyes closed half the time, I've never seen it!

Conversely, when we women give each other compliments, we are not compelled to clarify that it was not said in an attempt to get sex. I agree that's it's B.S. that people feel the need to make that distinction. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I've never understood why everything has to be about sex. Why can't it just be "saying something nice" to another human being?

yep I agree !

TOTALLY agree! people just need to relax. I give compliments to women ALL the time. The only person I want to have sex with, is my GF. :bigsmile:

The 'Yes HOMO' thing totally cracked me up.

Tolerance works both ways. If you're part of a 5% minority, and the 95% say "no homo" to eachother (and you included), then that's something that you have to tolerate. It's not up for the vast majority to change their habits because you find something offensive. Otherwise you turn what is probably a passing internet fad/meme/whatever into some kind of battle that only serves to make people irritated, and people are less tolerant when irritated.

It's the internets, there is always something offensive to someone on the internets.

Yay there's my contribution to 16 pages of internet message board soup.

So congratulations on the weight loss, good progress, and keep living well.

(no sugar)

that response/attitude is ghey...

Are the majority of guys on this site so insecure with their sexuality that if they compliment another guy, they have to end the comment with "no homo"? As a gay guy, I find this kind of insulting. As if being gay is something I should be ashamed of and requires a disclaimer. Yes homo.

^^Yes, completely insecure and probably tend to be afraid that if they compliment a guy, they might be harboring same-sex tendencies. It's a closeted world. I really wish people would just realize that sexuality is fluid and stop trying to overcompensate. YES HOMO! YES HETERO! Start paying people compliments without having to feel guilty about it. Geeze.

That is insulting and we as a whole should be ashamed of ourselves.

Yes homo!

maybe homo?

why is everyone so obsessed with the gay thing? I always hear they just want to be accepted as equals yet they are constantly throwing s**t like this in everyones faces...everyone gets offended sometimes but most don't constantly have to complain about it...grow up and get some balls and let it run off you!! I am fat have been have been ridiculed for it!!! should I get on here and start a thread about it!!??:explode: :grumble:

I think it's fair to elevate an issue about an inequality where even in present time you can be executed in other countries for even being perceived as gay. Even in the US, some states still had laws on the books making homosexual relations illegal in the past ten years. Can you say the same about anything you're referencing? Can you now understand why it's a different issue and does need to be recognized, not throwing it in your face?

There are Asian countries that frown on being overweight ( we were talking about this the other day) and will administer a lethal injection if you don't drop the weight in a " legal" amount of time( so we read on the internet) I BELIEVE what everyone is saying is that, you can't possibly be that sensitive. Your always saying that your gay. And for a man to say he's not, is not and should not be offensive to any one. We don't need to know that your gay/ homo. If you want to be treated equally then keep your private business private. Since when did the entire world need to know about your sexual orientation...does it affect your weight loss... No. This is one thing I just don't understand, like many other people. I have gay friends no doubt. But they don't shove their private business down our throats. I don't shove mine in everyone's face stating how the gay community offends me left and right. Get the point here. Everyone has inside jokes or their own reason for the joke. And because some one isn't gay doesn't make them insecure to write no homo. How do you know that they haven't been solicited by other gay men, and they state no homo to avoid an uncomfortable pm. That could be it. You just never know.

I think this is topic is way beyond exaggerated. I think f@g is offensive not no homo.

It's just my opinion.... PS the lethal injection in Asia was read on the Internet by a co worker.... So you know they can't put stuff on the Internet that isn't true.....I heard that on the Internet.

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Tolerance works both ways. If you're part of a 5% minority, and the 95% say "no homo" to eachother (and you included), then that's something that you have to tolerate.

LOL! SUCK IT UP ROSA GET YO BUTT TO THE BACK! Nice job bro, you tell 'er. (this is sarcasm.)

I think it's fair to elevate an issue about an inequality where even in present time you can be executed in other countries for even being perceived as gay. Even in the US, some states still had laws on the books making homosexual relations illegal in the past ten years. Can you say the same about anything you're referencing? Can you now understand why it's a different issue and does need to be recognized, not throwing it in your face?

Come on now, this was a really good point. No takers?

Religion/race.
I've certainly heard comments said about Jewish people (my fathers side had Jewish ancestry) in all sorts of ways - from what I'd consider pretty nasty, to jovial - "oh, that's your jewish side" (when not spending money).
Yet people are still being seriously persecuted for this in some parts of the world and thanks to Southpark it certainly became a youth fad to use 'Jew' as a derogatory phrase.

If someone said "well, I'm not Jewish" in reply to some on penny-pinch suggestions, I certainly wouldn't be offended.

Racism isn't always negative, but it's always stupid. Easiest example: "I like black people". That is a racist statement because it makes the assumption that a group of people are all similar.

Everybody does it to one degree or another, but whenever you treat people like a member of a class instead of an individual, you're engaging in "racism".

So we should just rename it classism? I like you, you're funny - not like other white <or insert whatever applies here> people. (Not racist, though, right? Just because I'm making an assumption that a group of people are similar. Just want to make sure I understand your logic.)

Ahem. So, sarcasm aside... intent DOES make a difference in that individual circumstance and in that individual's mind. However, I think some of the "funny jokes" that appear harmless or poke fun can be detrimental if overheard out of context, and perpetuate the idea that it's okay to use inflammatory phrases with a heavy history (aka the aforementioned penny-pincher-but-I’m-not-Jewish). That’s offensive.

As the person above me posted, perhaps it was meant as I'm not hitting on you, but good job or whatever... Great, that's the intent. But it does send another message easily, perhaps without intention, and it isn't a good one.

why is everyone so obsessed with the gay thing? I always hear they just want to be accepted as equals yet they are constantly throwing s**t like this in everyones faces...everyone gets offended sometimes but most don't constantly have to complain about it...grow up and get some balls and let it run off you!! I am fat have been have been ridiculed for it!!! should I get on here and start a thread about it!!??:explode: :grumble:

I think it's fair to elevate an issue about an inequality where even in present time you can be executed in other countries for even being perceived as gay. Even in the US, some states still had laws on the books making homosexual relations illegal in the past ten years. Can you say the same about anything you're referencing? Can you now understand why it's a different issue and does need to be recognized, not throwing it in your face?

Come on now, this was a really good point. No takers?

My problem is when you said "not throwing it in your face" I almost spit my coffee everywhere. Here is my take and we have interacted for a long time. My religious beliefs growing up have taught me homesexuality is wrong. As I have grown and worked with, been around and become friends with homosexuals I have found that...OMG, they are people too. I am not saying that people do not have the right to believe that gays are going to Hell as they have that right. I choose to believe that the God I pray too is a tolerant God and that something is lost in the translation.

I also believe those that say no homo have a reason and it goes back to something they feel insecure about whether it is to impress the ladies with testosterone or due to religion of whatever else. Honestly, I hate the politcal correct world we have become but hey, that is my opinion and although I am 100% heterosexual I love my gay friends as I do the straight ones.

So, did you get the Dinosour for your shower? I mean that thing had a big bone!

again have to be offended by my choice of words...throwing it in my face is a figure of speech. I can use it if I want without everyone telling me it is wrong. I could have said "telling me about it" but I didn't and someone still would have been offended cause I disagreed with what they feel. that is what this whole tread boils down to. I am not allowed to disagree with what the poster and his cronies say...and yes I know your response will be that I can disagree but you are just trying to get me to see your point of view...again I an not allowed to disagree!!!

i will sometimes say this around close friends (even gay and lesbian ones) as a joke, but i understand that it can be offensive. i think a lot of times people make jokes like this to try and make up for the fact that we grew up with a not particularly tolerant view of homosexuals. i thought it was a choice up through high school. so when i started opening up more, i overcompensated by trying to be all, "look, i love the gays so much i can joke about homosexuality!" i've been working on it. some jokes are better kept among people who know each other in real life, and off the internet as it's hard to interpret sarcasm.

In summary can someone state they aren't homosexual without implying its bad to be homosexual?

You can call yourself a "breeder". Then it's OK.