LGBTitp - Part Seven

[blackfox]

I feel strangely compelled to write out ASCII penises now.

Serious question, though. Easy answer to "You're straight, right?" when a 'no' will cause people to assume that I'm gay, and I, in fact, just like people and don't particularly care what gender or sex they happen to be?

[golentan]

I feel strangely compelled to write out ASCII penises now.

Serious question, though. Easy answer to "You're straight, right?" when a 'no' will cause people to assume that I'm gay, and I, in fact, just like people and don't particularly care what gender or sex they happen to be?

"I'm not that picky about nice people."

[Coidzor]

Blackfox: Well, I think you already know your answer to that one.

Looks like it's been resolved, but it was my understanding that Lioness was solely talking about food, and he associated the foods with their respective phallic- and yonnicness.
Awesome. What sort?

Ah. I read it that she apparently started the use of the metaphor within this thread and not actually IRL.

[Serpentine]

@^ Thought that might've been the case.

"No, I swing all ways."

[Drolyt]

While it's true that people will associate anything with sex, sausages and tacos are the foremost fundamentally sex-organ-associated foods. I mean, there's also melons and nuts (or, in Spanish, eggs), but those are secondary.

Honestly I wasn't aware of the use of the word taco to mean that. I'm a rather private person though, I don't really talk about that kind of stuff with anyone except the person I'm doing it with, so there's probably a lot of slang I don't know.

[Worira]

I feel strangely compelled to write out ASCII penises now.

Serious question, though. Easy answer to "You're straight, right?" when a 'no' will cause people to assume that I'm gay, and I, in fact, just like people and don't particularly care what gender or sex they happen to be?

Personally, I'd say "Bi, actually". If I were.

[Lioness]

Honestly I wasn't aware of the use of the word taco to mean that.

Likewise. I mean, sausage is fairly obvious, but well...taco's a bit of a stretch.

[golentan]

Likewise. I mean, sausage is fairly obvious, but well...taco's a bit of a stretch.

Especially hard shell tacos.

...

*shudder* Make the bad thoughts go away, lioness! Please, make the bad thoughts go away!!!

Of course, you can't judge much from food choice. I mean, I like both tacos and sausage, and I'm... Bad example.

Europe! Europe has had sausage for thousands of years, mentioned in the Illiad! And ancient greece was famously known for tough warriors like the spartans... Oooh...

I may have to think on this one.

[blackfox]

"I'm not that picky about nice people."

I like this. Thanks. =3

[Coidzor]

@^ Thought that might've been the case.

Sorry. I think I'm getting less intelligent or something. My reading comprehension's in the toilet lately.

[golentan]

I like this. Thanks. =3

Bitte, fraulein.

[Rawhide]

I feel strangely compelled to write out ASCII penises now.

Serious question, though. Easy answer to "You're straight, right?" when a 'no' will cause people to assume that I'm gay, and I, in fact, just like people and don't particularly care what gender or sex they happen to be?

Well, there's always the simple response:

"You're straight, right?"
"Bi."

Needs no further explanation or extrapolation.

Note: It is far easier to say a term that everybody recognises (like bi or bisexual) than to use a term that very few people recognise or understand (such as pansexual). If you consider yourself more associated to a definition that few people recognise, it is best to leave that for a more in depth conversation or a conversation with people who would recognise it.


Then there's the somewhat nerdy response:

"You're straight, right?"
"I'm True Neutral. I go both ways."

Bonus points if they get the reference.


There are also responses similar to golentan's suggestion, "I'm not that picky about nice people" (which you liked) or "Gender doesn't matter to me". But be prepared for the possibility of quizzical looks or to provide explanation or extrapolation in some cases.


Disclaimer: I'm not a bisexual or homosexual nor do I play one on TV, so I have not had an opportunity to test these answers first hand. Use advice with caution. This meme has been overused recently.

[Pyrian]

...taco's a bit of a stretch.

Well, pink taco, usually. And it wasn't my idea.

[Coidzor]

Then there's the somewhat nerdy response:

"You're straight, right?"
"I'm True Neutral. I go both ways."

Ahh, sigified.

Why would anyone ever make a pink taco? Food coloring always confused me.

[Jacklu]

This adorable gay fellow that used to frequent my coffee shop stopped in today to buy a drink. =3 He is about the nicest person I have ever met and rates in the top ten in campiest gays I know. He actually told me his coffee tasted ~Faaabulous!~

Also, a lady called me "Miss" at work on Sunday. =3

[Worira]

The man is so camp, he can pronounce tildes.

[Lix Lorn]

The man is so camp, he can pronounce tildes.

I can either pronounce them or get very close, when I'm cheery.
Also, can I sig that?

Also, peaches. Peaches are used almost as much as tacos. (Eyeroll)

[blackfox]

I've always used tildes to indicate mock-singing voice.

And Rawhide, you make a good point. I've gotten used to spending time around people who understand me when I attempt to speak English, which is never a good thing.

[Pinnacle]

Serious question, though. Easy answer to "You're straight, right?" when a 'no' will cause people to assume that I'm gay, and I, in fact, just like people and don't particularly care what gender or sex they happen to be?

Do people ask you that very often?

[Coidzor]

I've always used tildes to indicate mock-singing voice.

And Rawhide, you make a good point. I've gotten used to spending time around people who understand me when I attempt to speak English, which is never a good thing.

Is all about the swing of how you're pitching it, and whether they're artificially elongating everything in one way or the other way. And where you're elongating from. Very much a head-voice thing, as opposed to a back-voice or a chest-voice or an ab-voice.

Crap. What is name of muscle that...does the lungs....Diaphragm!? Yeah, diaphragm-voice is very different too. Not quite pure head-voice though. It's got something else mixed in there.

[blackfox]

Do people ask you that very often?

Relatively. I'm one of about 2 girls in the engineering school right now, so I hang out with boys, so they ask stupid questions. Reason I posted that is because I'd gotten asked that yesterday.

[Coidzor]

Relatively. I'm one of about 2 girls in the engineering school right now, so I hang out with boys, so they ask stupid questions. Reason I posted that is because I'd gotten asked that yesterday.

Yeah... I think you're better off just telling them you're not interested. Or making a sign. To beat them with.

[Murdim]

Yeah... I think you're better off just telling them you're not interested. Or making a sign. To beat them with.

If she tells every guy that she's not interested, or worse, make a sign about it, or even worse, beat them with said sign, people will believe that she isn't interested in men at all. Which is kinda counterproductive, since her initial problem was :

Easy answer to "You're straight, right?" when a 'no' will cause people to assume that I'm gay, and I, in fact, just like people and don't particularly care what gender or sex they happen to be?

[golentan]

"Being Taken" is an easy way to dodge the bullet: If there's someone you like, ask them (as an engineering gal you can take your pick of your social circle if experience is any guide). And if not having a significant other is a plausible fiction with minimal upkeep, and cuts back on harassment. Take friday evenings for "Dates" and go browse a book store or catch a movie or just go hiking, and you can even honestly say you're with the person you want to date at the moment: Namely nobody.

I pulled that one for a couple years, a while back.

[Coidzor]

Meh, just go with Golentan anyway, as usual he finds the path of the water to flow.

[blackfox]

What Murdim said. Also, there's not even boys jumping all over me. It's just that that particular question seems to have come up rather often for me.

[Coidzor]

What Murdim said. Also, there's not even boys jumping all over me. It's just that that particular question seems to have come up rather often for me.

Hmm. Well, I guess that's being popular enough to have that much contact with people who don't already know, eh?

[Pyrian]

Also, there's not even boys jumping all over me.

That surprises me. Are they all just too shy or something?

[golentan]

Meh, just go with Golentan anyway, as usual he finds the path of the water to flow.

Should I feel complimented or concerned?

[Coidzor]

Should I feel complimented or concerned?

Both. It's always annoying to have someone hit your point better than you could and without having a confrontation born of it. But, yes, I like the way you think in certain situations. Like water.