Carcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-216 days agoThe chud brain can dream up some pretty amazing thingshexbear.netimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down10
arrow-up1162arrow-down1imageThe chud brain can dream up some pretty amazing thingshexbear.netCarcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-216 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·16 days agoWhat I meant was more that “gay” (sexuality) was likely to be an insult when used like this back then, but is likely to be a compliment when used like this today (as in “god is gay, hell yeah”). But thanks for the context, that’s interesting!
minus-squareBlakey [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoCheers, makes sense. I just woke up so I read “mean the opposite” as referring specifically to the word gay, not the phrase.
What I meant was more that “gay” (sexuality) was likely to be an insult when used like this back then, but is likely to be a compliment when used like this today (as in “god is gay, hell yeah”). But thanks for the context, that’s interesting!
Cheers, makes sense. I just woke up so I read “mean the opposite” as referring specifically to the word gay, not the phrase.