Comments on: Coming Out

By: frymaster

frymaster — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:41:29 +0000

funnily enough, the only person in one community I’m in that calls either events gay, or people who kills him in online games gay, is… homosexual…

the rest of us don’t because, well, we wouldn’t, would we?

for his birthday I’m going to buy him a dictionary and cut every page out other than the one with the definition of “irony” on it

By: Bugsbane

Bugsbane — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:02:07 +0000

@Jani – My comment wasn’t directed at you at all. My comment was directed at Mackenzie saying it would be good to have less “Thats so gay” type comments around the whole community.

Apologies that what I wrote looked like that.

By: Jani Mikkonen

Jani Mikkonen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:47:02 +0000

To make things easier for you to accept, besides me being straight, im also a “phobe”, antisemite, chauvenist AND sexist, fundamental protestant christian, pothead, nazi, capitalist, closed software developer and all those other things that oppose freedom. It is not my intention to make people think. Sorry for disturbance. Better if i just leave and listen to some peter tosh.

By: Bugsbane

Bugsbane — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:57:08 +0000

@Mackenzie – Good points. Heh, maybe we should start using those same kinds of phrases, but replace “gay” with “‘phobe” (as in homophobe). EG “Man, I’m so phobe at this game… Anyone could beat me!” “Emacs? Are you kidding?! Emacs is so phobe! VI is the *real* coders text editor!”
Cheesy, but it makes a point!

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:56:58 +0000

Jani:
Well seeing as Planet Ubuntu is NOT a tech-only planet, but rather (hrm forget exact wording, so paraphrasing) meant to be a window into the lives of Ubuntu Members…and since this is a part of Scott’s life… uh, yeah, sure this fits! And hey, we could always do with having a few more people being reminded that “that’s gay” and “you’re so gay” make really awful insults.

By: Jani Mikkonen

Jani Mikkonen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:37:26 +0000

Matt: with all the privilege i’ve been granted, im still straight! Kudos for coming out – thou – i still cant understand wtf this has to do in multiple f/oss planets.

By: Matt Zimmerman

Matt Zimmerman — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:25:36 +0000

The UK seems to be the odd one out on this one: the rest of us observe the 11th. Write to your elected representatives?

As for the unavoidable “but what about us straight folks?” comments above:

Stop it. You don’t need to talk about your sexuality in this way because you can be who you are, without fear or shame, every other day of the year. You are applauded for it by the people you know and by mass media. Check your privilege. This is not about you.

By: Jason Clinton: Queer Artists Worth Giving the Once-Over | Full-Linux.com

Jason Clinton: Queer Artists Worth Giving the Once-Over | Full-Linux.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:08:03 +0000

[...] missed National Coming Out Day in the U.S. (SJR reminded me). Some way that everyone can enjoy the celebration is to expand their musical horizons [...]

By: Bugsbane

Bugsbane — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:36:16 +0000

@Ciarán – No offense taken. Man, maybe I’m just getting old, but I’d rather see sexy demo’s of QT’s kinetic animation framework, hot previews of the Blender Foundations “Project Durian” and get up close and personal with a working GPL Linux video editor than having porn of any orientation thrown about in our keynotes!

Gah! Get off my lawn you lazy kids!

By: Ciarán

Ciarán — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:35:51 +0000

Yes. It was a joke, sorry if it offended you that was not my intention. And reading back I didn’t chose my words carefully. Another off-the-cuff-comment that has caused offence.

And by “porn” I mean those mildly titillating images that are prevalent in TV and roadside ads, nothing hardcore or considered indecent. (Although I imagine that, like everything else is open to valid debate)

I honestly wouldn’t bat an eyelid at whichever person put what pictures in their talk. Certainly I’d be surprised to see Linux put a gay “pornographic” picture. But I’d certainly like to see some just for varieties sake, after all it is apparently the spice of life. And seeing pouting ladies can (shock) get a bit dull!