I am gay and I hate it when people ask me this question.

[Jonn]

We like you here, @Metalhead . No judgements, only acceptance.

Like, or "Like like"?

 

[SusanLR]

Like, or "Like like"?

Had to look that one up. Maybe because I am not younger.
The sentence has one "like" in it.

AI Overview

"Like" and "like like" are two phrases with slightly different meanings, primarily used informally. "Like" can indicate a fondness or enjoyment, a similarity, or a filler word in speech. "Like like," on the other hand, is often used by younger people to express a stronger romantic attraction or "crush"

 

[Jonn]

Had to look that one up. Maybe because I am not younger.

I have a young mind.
"Second childhood".

 

[mr prosser]

Brad Pitt.
Errrr.

Lol, there's no wrong answer, but it seems like a reasonable one!

 

[Metalhead]

Consider how many times you've reacted with
sorrow or anger due to words a person
has directed toward you.

I think he had redeemed himself by making the efforts to improve himself.

 

[tree]

I think he had redeemed himself by making the efforts to improve himself.

Help me understand how this pertains to what I was saying to Markness.

Which was the point that while words may not literally produce open
sores on the body, the effect of words can certainly make a person
feel wounded.

 

[Metalhead]

Help me understand how this pertains to what I was saying to Markness.

Which was the point that while words may not literally produce open
sores on the body, the effect of words can certainly make a person
feel wounded.

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The effects of words can wound very much.

I just wanted to give Markness some props over his improvements the last couple of years.

 

[Metalhead]

I am over this now.

Some heteros can’t understand what it means to be queer and I get that.

 

[tree]

I am over this now.

Some heteros can’t understand what it means to be queer and I get that.

Yeah, there's still people with a *it's a choice you could change if you tried*
attitude.

 

[Mary Terry]

I am over this now.

Some heteros can’t understand what it means to be queer and I get that.

I once told a preacher that I believed that God made people gay, that they were born that way, they didn't choose to be gay, and that if being gay is a sin, then note that the Bible does not rank sins. Being gay is not even mentioned in the 10 Commandments. The preacher shoved his chair back from the table we were sitting at, turned beet red, and angrily left the restaurant. LOL. I've never forgotten his anger at my response.

Keep on keepin' on, Metalhead.

 

[Judge]

Yeah, there's still people with a *it's a choice you could change if you tried*
attitude.

Tragically true. That's essentially my NT cousin's viewpoint when it comes to my autism.

Which is no more a lifestyle than being LBGTQ.

 

[Masked Man]

I once told a preacher that I believed that God made people gay, that they were born that way, they didn't choose to be gay, and that if being gay is a sin, then note that the Bible does not rank sins. Being gay is not even mentioned in the 10 Commandments. The preacher shoved his chair back from the table we were sitting at, turned beet red, and angrily left the restaurant. LOL. I've never forgotten his anger at my response.

Keep on keepin' on, Metalhead.

Or you could also ask a straight person at what point did they decide they were straight.

Or consider the hardship and bigotry that homosexuals have always faced and then ask why would a person choose a lifestyle that, at best, could lead to discrimination and bullying, or, at worst, death.

How silly of that preacher.

 

[paloftoon]

Ok, maybe my response to my sister’s question was a bit too reactionary. I still think my sister was wrong for assuming I was the kind of gay man who engages in misogyny, even though some gay men out there really are like that. I also am willing to admit I was not in the best physical state when I had this conversation with my sister.

I still don’t like that question.

It wasn't rash of you. Her question was highly offensive. I'm sure you already knew. If she really wasn't a homophobe and said that, that would be surprising and unexpected, but you would know and wouldn't have mentioned it on here if so. You would know more than any of us here.