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my name's rebecca. i doubt you're even mildly interested in the irrelevant aspects of my life, so i'll get to the point. i'm not a professional psychologist nor do i pretend to be, yet i'll try to give you advice based on the common sense that, unlike many others on here, i own ;]
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i am sick of hearing the word gay being tossed around so carelessly. "that song is so gay!" how does that make ANY sense? does that song like other songs of the same gender? am i missing something here..?
i want people to know that i am gay and i find it very offensive to hear people use gay instead of stupid. i am gay. does that make me stupid?
if you are jewish and someone said "that movie is so jewish", you would get offended because jewish does not mean stupid. this is the same exact scenario: a minority being discriminated.
so why do people do this, and how do i get them to stop? =(
I hate it when people say that. I'm so sick of hearing "That's so gay". However, I can honestly see where they're coming from, as I've let "That's so retarded" slip out more than once.
It's rarely meant to be a homophobic statement, but I definitely know what you're saying. If someone said "that's so Jewish," I'd probably smack them. I agree with what Razhie said to do-- I'm going to try that next time, also.
One of my friends is very Christian and anti-gay marriage because of how she was brought up. She constantly says "That's so gay," but it's not meant to be a homophobic statement. I've gotten her to wear a rubber band around her wrist, and every time she says "That's so gay," she painfully snaps her wrist with the rubber band. It's really helped :).
Good luck!
(Rating: 5) thank you!