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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:29 PM Original message |
Poll question: Attention DU Straight Men (and women, too): |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Context. I need context. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What women you would have a crush on if you were "you know" |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Then, no, I'm not sure I see the offense there. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. if they were extraordinarily thin skinned, yes |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:42 PM Original message |
Yeah, but that's between friends and therefore different. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. well, like the one poster said |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. in group honorofics though are different |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Exactly. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. well that's an offensive term...i'd be offended if someone called her that |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. context, context, context |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't understand a gay person taking offense |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. As a straight man |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Check out the L word thread. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Intriguing... |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. I can see where it could come off as being gay is a disease or |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Exactly, I've only experienced that phrase coming from homophobes. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. It may be clumsy, but given that they probably mean it as a compliment, |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I went back to read the thread in question, and I agree with Redstone |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Fortunately for you, I kill brain cells on a regular basis. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. thank god, i still feel like an asshole for it. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. well you ARE pretty cool for someone from seattle |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. who you calling "from seattle"? i'm from TEXAS!!! |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. ewww |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. langauge, in and of itself, can be so clumsy when trying to |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. it depends on the user. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. absolutely...i'm involved in a mix-up over language with another DUer |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. there are people here who will definitely fly off the handle |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't know |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. I would expect something offensive to be coming from the utterer |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. The only thread I saw that looked like that |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It was in the "Attention lesbians/bi women: who's your l word crush?" |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. i read that thread |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well, if you were a homosexual, you'd understand how it was offensive. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. how do you know i'm not? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I'm nearly 100% you've stated that you were straight in posts elsewhere on |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. i've never actually stated it |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. Aw, hell, I thought this was a comedy thread |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yeah, implying that your sexuality is something that can't be spoken in |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. And the average person wouldn't take it to mean "wistfully" right? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. No. I can't picture a circumstance where I'd interpret it that way. |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
40. No, not at all |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
41. No |
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Cygnusx2112 (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. Thanks to everybody who responded...and all the IMs! |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. no... |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. I am offended that it is bad grammar. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. I think it's a miscommunication |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. No..........I cannot. . nt |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
47. I see where you would be offended. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
48. Can't say . . . .ya know . . . . |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. I read through that thread and I think it was simply an issue |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. Locking |
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