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How do you feel about the phrase "no homo" ?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Ninetales, Apr 2, 2016.

  1. Libertino

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    It sounds kind of dweeby when used in earnest by "frat boys" (a usage I do occasionally come across), but otherwise the phrase seems harmless. It's just stupid and unnecessary, not much else to it.
     
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    Considering that most people who use it are homophobic, I don't like it. But there are a lot worse things that can be said.
     
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    Interestingly enough I have heard this phrase only from complete strangers (people who I just met in a pub for example) or from my non-straight guy friends in the context when they do something but don't want to give the impression they are hitting on me.

    I also have this close friend who does not use the exact phrase but uses something similar when he does or says something rather gay to me. For example, saying he has been thinking about me or that he is really looking forward to sharing the bed with me again. I don't think he does it because he feels his masculinity or straightness would be shattered since he is very eager to make us look like a couple in public. He once told a department store sales clerk that we are looking for sturdy tent that can handle rough gay sex.

    He stopped saying the no homo thing when I told him that I know he is not gay and the fact that he needs the feel to point it out makes me more weird than if he actually was gay.
     
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    Same here. I find it silly and immature, but things could be worse.
     
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    It's ridiculous and borderline hilarious, on one hand, and then on the other hand it's sad people actually still feel uncomfortable complementing someone else of the same gender, as if someone's going to call them out for being gay, as if it's wrong. This actually happened to me a couple weeks ago. On this youtube video i commented on, everyone was saying they wanted to give francis ( boogie2988's character) a hug, because he was sad, I said "me too" but i didn't put any asterisks, which is apparently what you're supposed to do, and I got like 5 comments calling me "faggot" or "ew, Faggot!", things like that. So it does have it real life reprecussions, I guess.
     
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    I don't pay much attention when people use it around me. I've heard it a few times but only in jest. Generally, I really don't see the need to affirm one's sexuality all the time. It seems that it is always the men who are guilty of doing such things though. There is nothing wrong with being in touch with your emotions or being nice and giving complements to another guy. I do not see the gay in that at all.
     
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    Honestly... I really don't like it because it makes it seem like being homo is bad, in a way...

    It's hard to explain what I mean but I just get infuriated and annoyed when that happens.
     
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    "No homo" kind of reminds me of YOLO on the immaturity scale.

    Also, I've noticed it's the heterosexual boys in class who talk the most about "gay" things. They're always referring to someone getting screwed over as getting f-ed in the ass. They feel the need to laugh about vaginas and penises and bodily fluids and functions and weird ways that people have sex. They've probably even made a rape joke or two. :bang::bang::bang: There's a gay guy I know in that class and he's a lot less obnoxious than them.
     
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    I've only heard it one time and pretended that I hadn't heard properly so that the person had to repeat it. I then said: sorry, I don't understand, what does 'no homo' mean?

    It is interesting watching someone bluster.
     
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    It doesn't really offend or bother me (depending on the situation and how it's used). In most cases, it just makes me feel sorry that the person using the term feels so uncomfortable and insecure in their gender/sexuality that they feel the need to use that phrase.
     
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    It's just for primal minds and stupid males that are uncomfy saying things... they wouldn't say it if they were secure enough of themselves, it's a joke...
     
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    It doesn't bother me at all, it's just a guy clarifying that he's not doing something in a date-y way. Like when you casually say like "I really like her" and then you're like "but not like that", it's just a particular phrasing. As a joke, I don't really find it funny because it's kind of overused, and it's usually just making fun of guys who are masculine, but to each their own.