Comments on: Reuters headline: "Tired Gay succumbs to Dix" http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 12:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: LovelyAndroid http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829954 LovelyAndroid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829954 I laughed. I am 11 years old. I laughed. I am 11 years old.

]]> By: theLadyfingers http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829961 theLadyfingers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829961 It reminds of the classic cricket commentator gaffe: "the bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willy." It reminds of the classic cricket commentator gaffe: “the bowler’s Holding, the batsman’s Willy.”

]]> By: dagfooyo http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829962 dagfooyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829962 http://www.dagfooyo.com/images/cat-headline-bb.jpg You're welcome. http://www.dagfooyo.com/images/cat-headline-bb.jpg

You’re welcome.

]]> By: beejamin http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830226 beejamin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830226 Jesus people - it's a smutty headline. It's funny, even if only for 5 seconds. You don't have to spend longer than that on it if it's not your style. I think people play the 'not funny' card because they see this particular joke as borderline-homophobic. Making smutty gags about gay sex is not homophobic - it's probably one of the best indicators of the fact that society is trying to get over homophobia-by-default. For instance, if Mr Gay's last name was Hooker, the joke would still be funny in the same way. How many people here would be 'insulted' or feel it to be 'inappropriate'? Jesus people – it’s a smutty headline. It’s funny, even if only for 5 seconds. You don’t have to spend longer than that on it if it’s not your style.

I think people play the ‘not funny’ card because they see this particular joke as borderline-homophobic. Making smutty gags about gay sex is not homophobic – it’s probably one of the best indicators of the fact that society is trying to get over homophobia-by-default.

For instance, if Mr Gay’s last name was Hooker, the joke would still be funny in the same way. How many people here would be ‘insulted’ or feel it to be ‘inappropriate’?

]]> By: I have no mouth and I must scream http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830745 I have no mouth and I must scream Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830745 "What are we made of? Our fathers came across the prairies, fought Indians, fought drought, fought locusts, fought Dix... remember when Richard Dix came in here and tried to take over this town? Well, we didn't give up then... and by gum, we're not going to give up now!" “What are we made of? Our fathers came across the prairies, fought Indians, fought drought, fought locusts, fought Dix… remember when Richard Dix came in here and tried to take over this town? Well, we didn’t give up then… and by gum, we’re not going to give up now!”

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830749 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830749 <blockquote>NJ judge to rule on nude beach</blockquote> Ok, that just made me laugh. Thanks for that one.

NJ judge to rule on nude beach

Ok, that just made me laugh. Thanks for that one.

]]> By: johnocomedy http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830766 johnocomedy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830766 even "succumbs" is funny even “succumbs” is funny

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830549 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830549 If it weren't for making fun of heterosexuals, the entire genre of comedy from <i>Lysistrata</i> to <i>Married With Children</i> would never have existed. If it weren’t for making fun of heterosexuals, the entire genre of comedy from Lysistrata to Married With Children would never have existed.

]]> By: A Nonny Moose http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830809 A Nonny Moose Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830809 You know, that means something entirely different now than it did fifty years ago... You know, that means something entirely different now than it did fifty years ago…

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830044 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830044 I vote for Bread and Cheese Hollow Road in Northport, NY. Not only does it have a cool name, but it's very picturesque. I vote for Bread and Cheese Hollow Road in Northport, NY. Not only does it have a cool name, but it’s very picturesque.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830055 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830055 I'd say it'd be difficult to do better than this without Photoshop. I’d say it’d be difficult to do better than this without Photoshop.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830074 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830074 Hello, do you have Prince Albert, in the can? . . . Hello, do you have Prince Albert, in the can? . . .

]]> By: robrobroach http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830077 robrobroach Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830077 no worse than a bit of cricket commentary a while back... "the bowler Holding, the batsman Willy" its age old stuff! no worse than a bit of cricket commentary a while back…
“the bowler Holding, the batsman Willy”
its age old stuff!

]]> By: Mo_Vengeance http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-831116 Mo_Vengeance Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831116 Yeah, and while you at it, you can write up your whole Fun Police Point System there. Christ, what an asshole! Yeah, and while you at it, you can write up your whole Fun Police Point System there.

Christ, what an asshole!

]]> By: Notary Sojac http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830097 Notary Sojac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830097 I grew up in a heavily Catholic region, with dozens of Catholic schools, in a more innocent age. When headlines like "Blessed Virgin pounded by St. Eustatius in 4th Quarter" would occasionally make the sports pages without editing. I grew up in a heavily Catholic region, with dozens of Catholic schools, in a more innocent age.

When headlines like “Blessed Virgin pounded by St. Eustatius in 4th Quarter” would occasionally make the sports pages without editing.

]]> By: p96 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830353 p96 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830353 Awww man, I had money on Gay to take Dix in that heat. Awww man, I had money on Gay to take Dix in that heat.

]]> By: Birdseed http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830609 Birdseed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830609 Nothing, ever, is going to come close to this classic: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=337901&cc=5739 Nothing, ever, is going to come close to this classic:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=337901&cc=5739

]]> By: cjp http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830103 cjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830103 A California newspaper in '94 ran a good one about a Congressman - "Dick Swett Surges." A California newspaper in ’94 ran a good one about a Congressman – “Dick Swett Surges.”

]]> By: fnc http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-830634 fnc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-830634 I expect Dix to be beat at some future point. I expect Dix to be beat at some future point.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829868 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829868 Jeez. I'm tired all the time. What am I doing wrong? Jeez. I’m tired all the time. What am I doing wrong?

]]> By: ArghMonkey http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829872 ArghMonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829872 How is this appropriate? Crude humour is one thing, this is borderline insulting. -1 for a stupid post, boingboing can do better. How is this appropriate?

Crude humour is one thing, this is borderline insulting.

-1 for a stupid post, boingboing can do better.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829873 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829873 Dix said his race experience had helped, "but I'm a little beat up, too." Lulz. --- @___@ Best double meaning in news title. Ever. Dix said his race experience had helped, “but I’m a little beat up, too.” Lulz.
—
@___@ Best double meaning in news title. Ever.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829874 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829874 It's appropriate because I found it funny, and fortunately that's the only filter I need here. It’s appropriate because I found it funny, and fortunately that’s the only filter I need here.

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829879 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829879 "Not tonight honey, I'm tired." “Not tonight honey, I’m tired.”

]]> By: doingsitups http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829882 doingsitups Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829882 Good one :D Good one :D

]]> By: Suds http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829884 Suds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829884 How is it inappropriate? (Don't go to other peoples blogs and try and take away internetz from them for blogging) How is it inappropriate?

(Don’t go to other peoples blogs and try and take away internetz from them for blogging)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829885 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829885 But you forgot this 'Previously'. http://boingboing.net/2008/06/30/homophobic-news-site.html But you forgot this ‘Previously’.

http://boingboing.net/2008/06/30/homophobic-news-site.html

]]> By: Lady Katey http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829891 Lady Katey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829891 Rarely do I see something posted on Dlisted AND BoingBoing. This clearly must be REALLY AWESOME, because it was. Rarely do I see something posted on Dlisted AND BoingBoing. This clearly must be REALLY AWESOME, because it was.

]]> By: Zadaz http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829893 Zadaz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829893 I feel that it needs a stunned cat face overlaying the headline. I feel that it needs a stunned cat face overlaying the headline.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2010/07/08/tired-gay-succumbs-t.html#comment-829897 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-829897 That's great!!! If only it said 'submit'. That’s great!!!

If only it said ‘submit’.

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