[Axiom]

Not offensive to me

[lightyears]

i dont mind it at all, if i say thats so gay i normally mean fabulous lol

[Hugo]

NO
I am gay, and I'm always saying it.

[Sod_James]

nope.

i say it all the time.

[Arneldo]

Yes it is, extremely. It annoys me when people say it about everything, especially if they are using it in bad way. Like they see a car they don't like, "eww thats so gay". But if the car was bright pink had flowers all over it with a speaker at the top blaring Elton John and the driver was wearing anything shorter than 'short shorts' and a tank-top - then, yeh, that is gay.

[lily.]

Originally posted by Arneldo
But if the car was bright pink had flowers all over it with a speaker at the top blaring Elton John and the driver was wearing anything shorter than 'short shorts' and a tank-top - then, yeh, that is gay.

Indeed.

[John.]

That's so gay = No

You're gay = yes




Didn't they change the definition of 'gay' in the dictionary, so that it described how a person felt?

[bronaaaa]

I don't find it offensive, unless it's used like delebritly to get to someone. I get why some people would find it offensive.

[Sod_James]

i suppose if i was straight i wouldnt say it as much. it doesnt offend me when ppl say it so i have no issues saying it.

[mkdfan]

It didnt used to bother me but now I hear it too often that it bugs me.

It annoying cos kids grow up calling things gay and associating things that are gay to be bad, wrong, boring, horrible, evil etc.

So when they get older and meet gays they assume that they are those things.

My cousin thought that gay meant you were a paedofile. I was like !!

[John.]

Originally posted by ***********

Hold on...
You can say you're gay with different accents giving it different meanings... such us...

you're gay? - Question
You're gay!!! - Statement or could be suprised in the fact finding out someone is gay

and you should really look at subjects in broader, check out the meaings given to it in the dictionary.

ohh god! you again.

i meant it as a statement. and i was asking a question not stating a fact!

[Tom]

No but I grew out of saying it when I was about 9

[5CORPIO]

I personally dont say it and wouldnt, to me it would be like saying something is 'so black' etc.

[PinkSmurf]

Offensive!

Agree with what someone else has said, its like insulting somebody in modern times.

No one says in to mean happy anymore.

[30stone]

I would personally get rid of Chris Crocker.

[andyman]

Gay means.. "That's fookin sh*t that is!"

Gay means.. "Shut up, Ya'gay ed or il knock u out like!"

[GhettoSuperstar]

The fact that this whole debate is up for consideration means that it is offensive in some form - which is WRONG.

I am not offended by it but I would not like it to be used, simply because it is coming from someone elses ego (straight/gay/bi). If they had a reason to dislike something they would use another word - something out of the english dictionary which has a purpose - instead of sexuality..

I even hate when gay guys say ''thats so gay'', I mean, wouldn't they know exactly how other gay people felt when they use that term? Thats what most bugs me. Learn some real words, idiots.

[GhettoSuperstar]

People who use it = *****s

[Stu]

I use it all the time and most of the gay friends I have also use it all the time. It is just a thing. Calling someone a cunt in my opinion rates somewhat higher on the offence scale. Three cheers for sweet hypocrisy.

Comparing it to calling something 'Jew' is not a valid comparison either. Gay culture has spread it's legs over the 21st century media. Being gay is everywhere, and the television attention has made the culture into a sort of lighthearted self parody. Theirs no 'Jew eye for the new guy' on television, is their?

I think the word is second nature to a lot of people now, including me. And we can either embrace it for the 99.9% of the time non seriousness it bears, or be offended, and by doing so turn it into an offensive term.

[Firewire]

I am not gay, but, I find it extremely offensive.

[xDramatick]

Yeah, I find it offensive.
Not majorly, I have friends who say it jokingly, fair enough.
But when someone's actually saying 'that pen is gay' or 'that top is so gay' or even 'she's so gay', I find it offensive.

Gay shouldn't be used as a substitute for bad, stupid, or any other negative word.

[Firewire]

Originally posted by GhettoSuperstar
People who use it = *****s

Ha ha.

I was in class once.

Someone said me to do something, I said no.

And he was like "Don't be gay."

And I was like "What do you mean?"

Then someone was like "In the happy way"

Then the boy said "No. I mean in the sad way"

I was like "WTF? Sad way? You are saying that gay people are sad?" I am not gay, but I know gay people. TiBB.

He was like "Because it is". I just didn't speak after that.

[Hugo]

Originally posted by Firewire
I am not gay, but, I find it extremely offensive.

[NettoSuperstar!]

depends on the context I spose

[Firewire]

Originally posted by Hugo

I do find it offensive. Not to me, just in particular.