Journalish Category
I like to think of this blog as more than just a journal, but sometimes it’s not. Not at all. Sometimes it’s just all about ME ME ME and what I’ve been up to. Sort of like a journal…ish.
Internal Thermostat
17
Oct
2002
In: Journalish
I’m still getting used to the fact that when it’s 60° F here (long t-shirt weather for me), people wear wool sweaters and warm hats.
That’s so GAY!
3
Oct
2002
In: Journalish
Lately, I’ve been noticing a lot of people using the word “gay” and not meaning homosexual. Straight young people (although Choire is guilty of this too, and girl is NOT straight — or young) have started using “gay” a synonym for “stupid,” and I just don’t get it. Wasn’t this a term in in the early-80s? And didn’t it get eradicated?
I’ll hear people use it in the context of, for example, “That was so gay of me!” This always gives me pause, and makes me think, “What — did you gasp in audible horror when you realized your Diesels were wrinkled?” Then I realize that they’re using the word to mean “stupid,” and I can’t help myself: I get mildly offended. Isn’t that just so cute and liberal lefty of me?
Then I say something like this: “No, actually, if you’d been acting ‘gay,’ you would have been wearing much better clothes, and have been infinitely funnier. I believe you were just acting like a dumbass. Not gay.”
This is not to say that gays can’t be dumbasses too, but I hardly think it’s the defining feature of the whole group of people. Maybe I should start saying, “Oh god, it was just so HET of me,” when I do something like accidently crap my pants at the football stadium. See? There I go getting all PC on myself. Does anyone have a napkin?
Internal Thermostat
17 Oct 2002 In: JournalishI’m still getting used to the fact that when it’s 60° F here (long t-shirt weather for me), people wear wool sweaters and warm hats.
That’s so GAY!
3 Oct 2002 In: JournalishLately, I’ve been noticing a lot of people using the word “gay” and not meaning homosexual. Straight young people (although Choire is guilty of this too, and girl is NOT straight — or young) have started using “gay” a synonym for “stupid,” and I just don’t get it. Wasn’t this a term in in the early-80s? And didn’t it get eradicated?
I’ll hear people use it in the context of, for example, “That was so gay of me!” This always gives me pause, and makes me think, “What — did you gasp in audible horror when you realized your Diesels were wrinkled?” Then I realize that they’re using the word to mean “stupid,” and I can’t help myself: I get mildly offended. Isn’t that just so cute and liberal lefty of me?
Then I say something like this: “No, actually, if you’d been acting ‘gay,’ you would have been wearing much better clothes, and have been infinitely funnier. I believe you were just acting like a dumbass. Not gay.”
This is not to say that gays can’t be dumbasses too, but I hardly think it’s the defining feature of the whole group of people. Maybe I should start saying, “Oh god, it was just so HET of me,” when I do something like accidently crap my pants at the football stadium. See? There I go getting all PC on myself. Does anyone have a napkin?
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
You're reading a page from the archives. Check the homepage for current content.
