That's Gay.

[Seieko Pherdo]

I have never used the word gay to describe anything. Most of the time my response is a sarcastic "awesome"

 

[Dexiro]

English is not my native language so I've never had this problem. On the other hand, since I'm gay myself it would be kinda cool to see people's reactions if I would use it as a curse word...

You mean you haven't tried it yet? The first thing I did when I came out was call everyone a ******.

 

[theultimateend]

I say "That's Retarded."

Why? Mostly because to me retarded is a design flaw that could have been avoided if the designer wasn't a total jackass.

I do not think anyone with a handicap, mental or physical, is retarded. Because of this I don't feel the word belongs to them or should be seen as derogatory towards them.

Calling something gay or calling someone a ****** are two things I'll never be able to accept. The first because homosexuals are too easily targeted by the weak minded, the second because it trivializes the act of lighting people on fire because they are different.

Words are weird.

Edit: However once start countries stop trying to pass laws to mandate the execution or life imprisonment of homosexuals, and once homosexuality is looked at in no more wonder than heterosexuality, I could see myself not batting an eye to someone saying "That's Gay."

Paradigm shift. Gay used to mean happy, and fags used to be cigarettes. Suppose it would be a sign of culture change, but I'm keen to vote it a sign of people's increasing lack of creativity. As for changing it, just have to sort of pound it into your head. Stopping a habit takes a lot of mental work, just ask a smoker

Fag landed on homosexuals because they'd be rounded up and used as kindling. It's a little more than a paradigm shift.

 

[Riddle78]

"Well,balls." or "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!" or "Fuck the what?"

 

[Vonnis]

I never say "that's so [X]". I just let out a stream of cursewords, stringing as many together as I deem necessary. I'd give you an example but it'd be in dutch so it'd be kind of useless.

 

[elvor0]

I've never used gay like that, it's always made me cringe whenever anyone's said it, just because it's such a shit expression, and it's y'know saying an entire sexuality can be used as a negative term for something bad, just ugh... 12 year old kids who don't know any better say "that's so gay", and even then it's cringe worthy. Actually to be fair anyone that uses that's so gay to describe something bad, is a good indicator that I won't get along with that person, as they have always been massive douche, a rule that has served me well.

On my terms, I usually just say bollocks.

I think I'll keep using it, thank you very much.

P.C. bullshit is the reason the word "******" has mutated from just a common word to refer to a black person into a hateful slur against an oppressed minority, which has now made it impossibly derogatory if spoken by anyone but a black person.

This bullshit of allowing words to only be spoken by their minority groups isn't going to be taken up by me. I don't relish the thought that twenty years from now people will be obligated to say "homosexual" over "gay" because their group called it derogatory.

That would be extremely gay.

As much as I hate PC, Imma have to disagree with you here, in todays world ****** is a derogatory word, it's not PC, the only reason you would use it is as a racial slur, it has no other meaning. I know sticks and stones and all that, but it's not one of those words where the PC board go "oh someone might get offended" like coloured or black person back when there was an uproar about that, it's only use is to insult black people.

In regards to PC race remarks, the one that always seemed odd to me was Packi, as it really just is a shortened version of Pakistani, sure there are people that say it in a hateful fashion, but it's no different than saying "that fucking black!", yet black isn't considered a racial slur. There was a massive outroar when Prince (Harry I think, one of them) said "my Packi friend", but he was just using it to describe the guy he'd met, he didn't mean it as racism, and the guy he was referring to didn't care either. Bah, people.

 

[Mercsenary]

Well its not exactly good but it is better than using gay as a swear.

For me it's the different degrees of 7 words you cant say on TV.

Its not the best but it is better... subjectively.

 

[ccggenius12]

I personally find it hilarious when people take the time to use it as an insult in a game wherein one needs to communicate through typing, ex SCII or LoL. That means there's clear intent to use it as an insult instead of reflexively. I generally respond by saying "why do people tend to assume people will take that as an insult..." I mean, statistically, stereotypically, gays are more physically fit, much better off financially, and none of them score lower than a 7 on the 10 point hottie scale, not to mention they can order mixed drinks when not on vacation and not feel worse for it. That is to say, if the individual were straight, women would be lining up around the block to jump his bones.

TLDR: if someone calls you gay as an insult, point out that it's really a compliment.

 

[Panda Mania]

Hmm, I find myself saying "that's so retarded!" in response to something being stupid and/or annoying, but on second thought, that may be seen as offensive to the mentally handicapped, so... :\

 

[Dalek Caan]

When irritating things happen to me I say "Oh Bollocks" as per English protocol. It helps.

 

[Chelsizzle]

I used to say it, not anymore. I don't necessarily find it offensive, but then again I'm not gay and probably wouldn't take it the same way.

I usually just say 'titties'.

 

[magnuslion]

Words don't matter, meaning and context do.
If you're not a homophobe then you're not a homophobe, so it doesn't matter.

That. ^10. My friends call me "Jew" all the time, in the same way guys call each other d-bags, etc. It does not offend me. I am Jewish, and I know they are not racist.

 

[Sandjube]

Never been a fan of "That's gay". I usually say "shit", or 'Goddamnit all" or recently, "awww ponyfeathers/ponyapples" and so on.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

I used to, until I saw this poster on a power box around town.

Spoiler

And I said to myself "thats so gay"

O_O

A rare moment of introspection.

Anyway, theres so much brilliant profanity, its a shame to stick to something so boring

If im insulting a person these days, I might still use the phrase "just what kind of ****** are you?", but I think thats ok, because it gives them the chance to tell me exactly what manner of ****** they are.

 

[IamGamer41]

Well when I feel like being P.C about things I use the word gimp.Gimp as in something lame like someone with a bum leg not the sexfiend in the black latex suit.

 

[Eggsnham]

When a vending machine takes my money, i'll usually punch it a few times and say something like "god damn fucking bullshit fucking piece of shit!"

That will go on for about 30 secs, all over $1 that I really don't care about.

Same, I usually just string together some random expletives until I'm satisfied.

 

[matt87_50]

generally, the internet came up with 'ghey'


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ghey

 

[LeafofStone]

I tend to go for "Oh hell" or "Bugger".

Which some of my friends find odd, because 1. I'm an atheist. and 2. I'm not British.

Anyway...

every time I catch someone saying some variation of "that's gay", I tend to point out to them just how bigoted that statement is.

E.G.

Would anyone here ever say something like "that's so Black" or "That's so Jewish"?

You think thats bad, i have to get mad at my little cousins for when they say "this has downs syndrome" or "they have downs syndrome". No kidding they are only 12 years old and they are sporting bigoted language to that extent.

 

[Kingsman]

I think I'll keep using it, thank you very much.

P.C. bullshit is the reason the word "******" has mutated from just a common word to refer to a black person into a hateful slur against an oppressed minority, which has now made it impossibly derogatory if spoken by anyone but a black person.

Historical accuracy and you, they don't get along very well, do they? Do you have anything to back up your claim, or did you just yank that from your hat because it sounded cool?

Thirty goddamn seconds on Wikipedia browsing the word "******" would've shown the proof of what I'm saying. It was once a common enough word to be used in anything from book titles to movies- and now any time it's used in a song, the song itself is completely banned from Grammy consideration. Look up the book "Ten Little Niggers" and the movie "Boss ******".

You can shut up now.

 

[S3Cs4uN 8]

How old are you? I came of age in the 90s. Gay was probably the most-used adjective throughout the decade.

I do not apologize for it. I know gay people who use gay as an adjective. Sticks and stones and all that. People these days have their OMGOFFENDED meters set to infinity.

For the folks who use Lame, watch out! The disabled will get all pissy about that one too. Well usually not the disabled, just the people who "care" about the disabled.

BAM problem solved