Thursday, June 4, 2009

word problem

I don't mean like "Judy has three apples and she steals a tomato from a grocery place--how many pieces of fruit does she have?" (The answer is, of course, "why didn't she offer to trade an apple for the tomato?" and the answer to THAT is "because the recipe called for three apples and a tomato, douchebag." Sorry. this word problem is getting worse by the minute.)

I mean like, I bristle when I hear someone refer to something that is broken/stupid/fucked up as "gay". "This computer is so gay!" regarding a PC that won't stop rebooting itself, for instance. It's not cool because it turns "gay" into a synonym for "stupid", and that creates all kinds of problems for people who identify as gay.

But what if I find something to actually be kind of homosexual? I was watching an anime with a friend the other day and it's about school girls (of course) who are all cutesy and shoujo with each other (of course). They'll randomly pounce on each other and nuzzle each other and other saccharine, drippy girlish love things. I found myself exclaiming "THAT IS SO LESBIAN!" and then I wondered--is that ok? Is that bad? Should I stop saying it?

Upon further thought, I think that it's not unreasonable for me to say such things. I mean, if I see a really purple pickup in the parking lot, I'm gonna say "THAT IS SO PURPLE!" If I see really cutesy, lesbian behavior in an anime, I am going to say "THAT IS SO LESBIAN!"

If anyone thinks that my logic is flawed, you're probably right. Please help me figure it out.

1 comments:

  1. I think you're my new best friend. You should write more.
    Well, I can't really say that, because I haven't written in a very long fucking time, but still. You should.
    I'll come back. If you write more. I promise.

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