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Okay. well you know how people say "that's so gay!" or "you're so gay!" or "you're retarded!" or "that's retarded!" ? I think that's uneducated. how can you be 'gay' if you do something that was stupid? how can a nonliving object be gay when thy don't know what to think of the male race and the female race? how can something/someone be gay if it's bad, cause the last time I've heard, gay has two definitions: homosexual; happy. how can you be 'retarded' if you mess up a smidge? how can something be retarded if it doesn't even have a brain/head in the first place? does anybody else find these words to be offensive?
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I always call things gay.
Gay didn't used to mean homosexual, right? So why does it have to KEEP that meaning? It doesn't.
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@: mermaid
^ this.
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@: mermaid
Because you obviously aren't refering to when "gay" meant happy.
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it's just politically incorrect. it just shows how ignorant they are.
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@: mtnw
There just words, there definitions and usage evolves over time.
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@: 0000Lz4
I then dare you to run around saying thats so "N-word". By your logic that would eventually evolve too right? And since its just words, I'm sure you wouldn't get shot...
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I don't get offended. Sad to say I'm gay and I use it a LOT. I think for me, it's synonymous with something abnormal.

I'm not saying us gays are abnormal *preens*. But I'd rather be abnormal than normal nowadays. Umm, though if I'm typing it, I usually spell it 'ghey.' =P

"That's so ghey!"
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Usage. It defines words. Nothing you can do about it, you're just railing against the inevitable.
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yes! i hate it when people use those words! i used to be 'that person' who would get mad at the person who said the word and try to correct him/her, but s/he always just end up calling me a prick or something. why does my generation have to be so ignorant?!
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why get mad at all, seems like a pointless thing to get worked up over... why not choose your battles and get mad at someone who's actually doing harm instead?

i'm bisexual and use 'gay' as a synonym for annoying or silly but it has its own meaning too.
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thats gay should no longer be used i think all my friends use it but when i use it i feel like im offending the neighboors
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People just use these phrases as expressions. It's common. Just like labels. I believe labels and groupings are absurd, but people love placing themselves into them.

You'll just have to learn to deal with it until they fade, if they ever do.
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Serialkiller
atleast I think up orginal insults. I'm quick like that.
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Exact, resorting to the same old come back (You're gay), is in my opinion moronic.
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i always say that
haha
i know its not actually gay
so i dont think im ignorant
i just say it cuz
thats the way i talk you know
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They're too common for them to be offensive, in middle school they where fighting words, now I use them among my friends. Not because I actually believe my friend sitting a little too close to me makes him gay but because I've picked up their speaking traits.
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I'm not exactly sure if this is asking if getting offended by the words is normal or his view on the use of the words is normal
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<male race and the female race

Male and female aren't races, they're sexes. Fail.
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Gay used to mean HAPPY!!
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mfabius
im bisexual so wen someone says gay as a synonym to stupid it hurts. how many people here are catholic. what if i was like "eww that is soo catholic, i mean jesus christ!" are you offended?
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@: mfabius
but hardly anyone using it ever means 'that's so homosexual' or equivalent, its moved on from that.. its just a slang word now
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I think it's simply slang... Like saying dumb or stupid or lame. In the old days, all three of those words meant "retarded" but have since been more or less integrated into our language. It's supposed to be offensive, it means you're stupid but I wouldn't say it's an attack on homosexuals.
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@: babaG
Tell that to all the gay teens that are off-ing themselves...
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alv1592
gay doesn't just mean homosexual. it also means happy. and most people say it meaning stupid or corny. so it has multiple meanings...
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No words can offend me.
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Nope, nothing offensive. I worked with some gay guys and they are the first ones to bash shit and call it "gay", so i don't think anyone should be offended by this.
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