Yeah I guess there has to be a leap of faith somewhere. :/
I have no social life because I'm too scared to open up so...
Well, I know this might offend you or make you think less of me or whatever but in highschool msotly everyone used the word 'gay' in both a good light and bad light. But it wasn't like...how do I put this...the worst word/way you could say something? It was just thrown around, and that's the way I feel a lot of words are used in today's society. I think you have to really know the perso before you know if it truly mean offense or not... its like the word like, so many people hate the fact its been relegated to some 'like' term that 'like' means 'uhm' or pausing, but still 'like' so many people use it that way.
That's language and old or new meanings in society have become an important issue for 'respectful' memebers of society because on things like (gosh i overused that word and now it has no meaning to me right now *facepalm*) Twitter people argue that it is 'out of context' but the fact is Twitter is a context so...you have to be really specific or pretend to be rude to everyone.
Like comedians and that thing on Tope Gear about 'Special-needs cars', he makes fun of everyone but someone takes it to heart and there's a kerfuffle. People need thicker skins at times.
//end ramble
You're lucky that you all got together and had a big group to stick with each other, this was in highschool yeah?
Mine was an all girls' school (public though) and I think a lot were slighly uncomfortable with the idea of lesbians or bi's in our smallish community.
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Date: 2010-11-13 03:47 am (UTC)I have no social life because I'm too scared to open up so...
Well, I know this might offend you or make you think less of me or whatever but in highschool msotly everyone used the word 'gay' in both a good light and bad light. But it wasn't like...how do I put this...the worst word/way you could say something? It was just thrown around, and that's the way I feel a lot of words are used in today's society. I think you have to really know the perso before you know if it truly mean offense or not... its like the word like, so many people hate the fact its been relegated to some 'like' term that 'like' means 'uhm' or pausing, but still 'like' so many people use it that way.
That's language and old or new meanings in society have become an important issue for 'respectful' memebers of society because on things like (gosh i overused that word and now it has no meaning to me right now *facepalm*) Twitter people argue that it is 'out of context' but the fact is Twitter is a context so...you have to be really specific or pretend to be rude to everyone.
Like comedians and that thing on Tope Gear about 'Special-needs cars', he makes fun of everyone but someone takes it to heart and there's a kerfuffle. People need thicker skins at times.
//end ramble
You're lucky that you all got together and had a big group to stick with each other, this was in highschool yeah?
Mine was an all girls' school (public though) and I think a lot were slighly uncomfortable with the idea of lesbians or bi's in our smallish community.