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Cyan said:
He's dropped a hint that he may try to lure TGK off the straight path, if you know what I mean.

-His most recent artwork.
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I've seen queer used to describe something weird before, and with how Gildie talks (i.e. more like a knight) it probably means that.
 
Coster said:
I've seen queer used to describe something weird before, and with how Gildie talks (i.e. more like a knight) it probably means that.
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I don't know why but I despise the word queer as a term for being gay, so I exclusively use the word to mean 'strange'. I have no idea why I have such a massive aversion to it. I completely agree he uses it to mean strange.
 
For The Internet said:
I don't know why but I despise the word queer as a term for being gay, so I exclusively use the word to mean 'strange'. I have no idea why I have such a massive aversion to it. I completely agree he uses it to mean strange.
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Queer to mean gay is considered derogatory by a lot of people, to be fair. So your aversion isn't really unfounded.
 
I'm certain Gilded was going for a Liquid angle with the "I wonder which is the better knight" comment and that leaning picture.

Goldie just rolled over and gave up without a fight.
 
Absinthe said:
I'm certain Gilded was going for a Liquid angle with the "I wonder which is the better knight" comment and that leaning picture.

Goldie just rolled over and gave up without a fight.
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Even that would have been something. It sailed right over his head, he even put it on his front page thinking it was a great piece of promotional fan art.
 
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Silly, stupid GK sketch.
 
cluelessly said:
Queer to mean gay is considered derogatory by a lot of people, to be fair. So your aversion isn't really unfounded.
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I had no idea that this was a thing. The only people I hear use the word are people who identify as gay or genderqueer or something along those lines.
 
Cyan said:
I had no idea that this was a thing. The only people I hear use the word are people who identify as gay or genderqueer or something along those lines.
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From what I can tell it's mostly seen as derogatory in the UK, not so much in the US. But I know people from the US who dislike the term. It's a weird one because there's also a lot of people who are okay with it too. I don't know if it started as an insult but I think it's a case of non-LGBT people using the term liberally as an insult so some people end up with a bad taste in their mouths when they hear it.
 
Cyan said:
I had no idea that this was a thing. The only people I hear use the word are people who identify as gay or genderqueer or something along those lines.
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It probably stems from essentially having one's sexuality being labelled using a word that means "odd/strange". I can see why someone could take offense to it, but I've personally never known someone to do so.
 
Jeez, this post still going on?

I might as well put in my two cents, since I was a vet from the first post about him.....

He's an idiot, womanizer, pedo, rapist. That is all.
 
Cyan said:
I had no idea that this was a thing. The only people I hear use the word are people who identify as gay or genderqueer or something along those lines.
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At one point it was exclusively derogatory, but a whole "take back the word" thing happened and now it's okay, within the northeastern US at least, in the right context. My college even had a Queer Student Union and a LBGQLMNOP (or something to that effect). Can't speak for the rest of the US, though.
 
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