The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Main > Nothingland

Nothingland Something about nothing - game threads, diversions, time-wasters

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-20-2007, 04:45 PM   #1
elSicomoro
Person who doesn't update the user title
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 12,486
Question primarily for gay people

For our gay peeps: When people learn that you are gay, do they ask you if you know a particular gay person that they know?
elSicomoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 04:48 PM   #2
Sheldonrs
Master Dwellar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 4,412
Once in a while. I usually get the ones who HAVE to tell me about every gay person they know and how they LOVE to go out with them.
__________________
Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.
Sheldonrs is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 04:59 PM   #3
elSicomoro
Person who doesn't update the user title
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 12,486
When I lived in Philly and DC, and I would mention that I'm from St. Louis, people would ask me if I knew someone they knew in St. Louis. What the fuck?! We're a bit inbred for sure, but St. Louis is one of the largest cities in the country...3 million people live here! I know a lot of people here, but not all of 'em!

And I've seen this happen with minorities too, particularly blacks. People will ask if you know a particular person or say something like, "Oh, I don't have a problem with (insert group here) at all!" right away. And I suspected that something like that might happen with gays and lesbians as well.

Just one of those subjects that I've thought about before but finally remembered to ask about...slow day around here.
elSicomoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 05:37 PM   #4
Clodfobble
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 20,012
On the flip side, my former (gay) roommate really did seem to know every gay person in town. I would be telling him about some random kid I knew when I was six and he would always say something like, "Oh yeah, I know him! He's gay now, by the way."
Clodfobble is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 05:47 PM   #5
lumberjim
I can hear my ears
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 25,571
So, syc, I know this guy Bill. He's a real asshole. Do you know him?
__________________
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan
lumberjim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 05:48 PM   #6
lumberjim
I can hear my ears
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 25,571
i kill me.
__________________
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan
lumberjim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 06:08 PM   #7
elSicomoro
Person who doesn't update the user title
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 12,486
As a matter of fact, I do know him...he says hello...and "Cock!"
elSicomoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 06:09 PM   #8
Beestie
-◊|≡·∙■·∙≡|◊-
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Parts unknown.
Posts: 4,081
Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberjim View Post
So, syc, I know this guy Bill. He's a real asshole. Do you know him?
I actually laughed out loud when I read that.

Cock.
__________________
Beestie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 06:34 PM   #9
lumberjim
I can hear my ears
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 25,571
nothing personal....it was just set up so very well. i really would have felt bad if i hadn't

Cock
__________________
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan
lumberjim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 07:50 PM   #10
elSicomoro
Person who doesn't update the user title
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 12,486
I didn't take it personally...cock.
elSicomoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 07:57 PM   #11
lumberjim
I can hear my ears
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 25,571
good. oh, and i hope that the homos appreciate all the cock in this thread. we're trying very hard.....yes, hard....to make it homey.
__________________
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan
lumberjim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 09:30 PM   #12
zippyt
LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 7,661
,
Attached Images
 
__________________
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. "
Brother Dave Gardner
zippyt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 09:57 PM   #13
Perry Winkle
Esnohplad Semaj Ton
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: A little south of sanity
Posts: 2,259
I think the whole "You're an X? Do you know Y that is also an X?" thing is just a way to find common ground for conversation. I'm sure I could look it up in one of my socio-linguistics books, but I'm not going to get all geeky...
Perry Winkle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 10:27 PM   #14
piercehawkeye45
Franklin Pierce
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 3,695
I also have a question that I don't think a straight person can answer.

Nature or Nurture and explain please.
piercehawkeye45 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-21-2007, 06:28 AM   #15
Sundae
polaroid of perfection
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
On the flip side, my former (gay) roommate really did seem to know every gay person in town. I would be telling him about some random kid I knew when I was six and he would always say something like, "Oh yeah, I know him! He's gay now, by the way."
I have to agree, in that my bi-stalker seemed to know every lesbian in town. Or at least the ones who were "out". Walking through town with her involved a litany of spite as she spotted someone in every hairdressers, cafe, sandwich shop and told me the worst things she knew about them. Then wondered why I made excuses not to go out drinking with her...

Then again, small city, limited number of gay venues, it's not surprising that faces become known.
__________________
Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac
Sundae is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:57 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.