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Straight men, what's the weirdest thing you've been told you can't do because it's gay? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] aimizo@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

As a kid I was told if you eat scrambled eggs for dinner you are gay. It affected me longer than I care to admit.

[–] Pissmidget@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Remember to stay away from goat cheese too, it will give you saggy balls! I have this on good authority from a kid back in first grade and have since had a restrained relationship with goat cheese.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What possibly was the logic here?

[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

In the 90s, "gay" had become a catch-all term for "thing I think is stupid". I've heard LGBTQ people intentionally unironically use the term in this manner.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

You know sometimes when I eat eggs after noon I start to wonder....