Woodbelly 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 This guy was railing Chris Moneymaker and badgering him like you wouldn't believe. I told the guy to stop being gay. Next thing you know my chat is banned for taking up for one of their Champions! That site is something else, THEY ARE GAY. I'm banning Poker Stars, screw them. Who's with me? Link to post Share on other sites
custom36 5 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I applaud PokerStars for what they did. Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 Why? Man, gay is used in so many different contexts these days.I use the term to describe something as lame rather than homosexual. Link to post Share on other sites
TheRazor 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 This guy was railing Chris Moneymaker and badgering him like  you wouldn't believe.  I told the guy to stop being gay.  Next thing you know my chat is banned for taking up for one of their Champions!  That site is something else, THEY ARE GAY.  I'm banning Poker Stars, screw them.  Who's with me? Did you really vote in your own poll? Cuz that might be considered... but I digress. :wink: Link to post Share on other sites
custom36 5 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Why? Â Man, gay is used in so many different contexts these days.I use the term to describe something as lame rather than homosexual.When someone says "Gay" (just that word), what's the first thing you think of?When the first thing you think of is "lame," then we can talk. Link to post Share on other sites
TheMathProf 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I'm not crazy about the use of the word "gay" to mean "lame". I know it's common colloquial usage these days, but what if the n-word became popular usage among non-African-Americans to represent something like that?I can tell you this, everybody would be in absolute uproar about it, and it disappoints me that some groups should be subject to this while others immune.That being said, there are other ways in which I do feel the PokerStars chat is too restrictive (although thankfully, I've never been caught up in that), so I did vote "yes" in the poll. Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 Ugh, people are waaayyy too sensitive these days. Link to post Share on other sites
bdc30 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 These 800 "poll posts" a day are becoming "gay" lol Link to post Share on other sites
Municipal Hare 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Ugh, people are waaayyy too sensitive these days.Using "gay" to mean lame isn't offensive, it's just grating and stupid. Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 Let me pose this then. If I were gay (which I sho nuff am not) would it be ok for me to use that term, just as it's ok for black folks to use the n word? Like I said, everyone is so afraid of hurting other peoples feelings, it's pussification of America, George Carlin has a great bit about it. Link to post Share on other sites
Fooditty 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 the "n" word clearly does have differnet usages. Link to post Share on other sites
allinbluff35 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I have received chat warnings from every site I have consistently played at. I don't type the usual you suck or you're gay. I just tell people I hope they contract aids or die of cancer. Link to post Share on other sites
QuietConfidence 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Why start this post if you are just going to call anybody who disagrees with you "sensitive" and "pussified"? Link to post Share on other sites
Socrates 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Anyone who rails pros are gay, especially MM. I mean come on, you're sticking up for someone you dont' even know.Ban= idiot justice Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 Websters has 5 different definitions for "gay"1.Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex. 2.Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry. 3. Bright or lively, especially in color: a gay, sunny room. 4. Given to social pleasures. 5. Dissolute; licentiousMy definition is "LAME" Link to post Share on other sites
QuietConfidence 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Why start this post if you are just going to call anybody who disagrees with you "sensitive" and "pussified"? Link to post Share on other sites
QuietConfidence 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Why start this post if you are just going to call anybody who disagrees with you "sensitive" and "pussified"? Link to post Share on other sites
TheMathProf 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Let me pose this then. Â If I were gay (which I sho nuff am not) would it be ok for me to use that term, just as it's ok for black folks to use the n word? Â Like I said, everyone is so afraid of hurting other peoples feelings, it's pussification of America, George Carlin has a great bit about it. But see, it isn't really about hurting other people's feelings, although it is for some folks.It's about realizing that you have a wide variety of words that are at your disposal, and that the overuse of certain words make you sound like a bumbling fool.It's also about making the connection to the idea that even though you certainly are capable of using words that may happen to offend some, they lose all meaning if you use them all the time.Any four-year-old can use profanity. What makes George Carlin so effective is not that he uses profanity, but how he uses it, and effectively, IMO. While he certainly uses it more than someone such as myself would, he does it to make a point. Which is different than the majority of folks are doing when they use the word "gay" in that context. Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 Why start this post if you are just going to call anybody who disagrees with you "sensitive" and "pussified"?Why care about what I think?And besides I never called anyone "sensitive" or "pussified", I was using those terms as a generalization of the direction that society has taken. Link to post Share on other sites
QuietConfidence 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Why start this post if you are just going to call anybody who disagrees with you "sensitive" and "pussified"? Link to post Share on other sites
Municipal Hare 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 It's about realizing that you have a wide variety of words that are at your disposal, and that the overuse of certain words make you sound like a bumbling fool. Link to post Share on other sites
QuietConfidence 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Sorry about the multiple posts, i kept getting error messages, not knowing that my messages were being posted Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbelly 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 It's about realizing that you have a wide variety of words that are at your disposal, and that the overuse of certain words make you sound like a bumbling fool.A bumbling fool? Now that's name calling and that's not allowed because you may hurt someones feelings. Now go stand in the corner and think about what you've said! j/k :-) Link to post Share on other sites
TheMathProf 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 It's about realizing that you have a wide variety of words that are at your disposal, and that the overuse of certain words make you sound like a bumbling fool.A bumbling fool? Now that's name calling and that's not allowed because you may hurt someones feelings. Now go stand in the corner and think about what you've said! j/k :-) I was using the term "you" as a generalization of the folks that use the word "gay" in that context. 8) Link to post Share on other sites
TheRazor 0 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 What ever happened to that ice cream topping that hardened into a shell?Never could figure out how that worked.Probably had plastic in it. Link to post Share on other sites
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