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[–] Rustic_Fry@literature.cafe 2 points 52 minutes ago

Grinder crashes immediately

[–] apocalypticat@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Pride: "equal rights for all".

Straight pride: "all people are equal, but straights are more equal than others".

[–] Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 4 points 58 minutes ago

These things always feel like someone shouting “I have a birthday too!“ at someone else’s birthday party.

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 11 hours ago

It sounds like the most cringe thing ever. So yeah, let them do it, I wanna see it (mostly to point and laugh).

[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

He, more like hetero sausage fest

Ayooo

my wife came up with this

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 33 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Honestly, if done without any hate to LGBTQ+, I'm all for it. We need a nice hetero representation, and hetero relationships are beautiful. This does include trans people forming hetero couples, and hetero-demi-/asexuals, and many more, so it can even intersect with LGBTQ+ in some cases.

All relationships and sexualities are beautiful, and hetero ones are no exception.

But I doubt it'll be done this way.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

id be ok with it as long as they don't push it in my face

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 12 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don't want to walk past and see them holding hands or anything

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Holding hands implies they're trying to have sex. A penis, in a vagina? How do I explain that to my 4 year old?

[–] reiterationstation@lemm.ee 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Most likely no one shows up.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Or worse, the intended demo shows up

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'd say, if hetero people need an excuse to have fun and celebrate something, I'm all for it. But I have a sneaky suspicion that this is going just going to be used as a hatefest towards LGBTQ+ people instead. I would love to be proven wrong but I have a feeling that straight cis people who are open minded and accepting and not bigots, aren't the ones who feel the need to go "what about straight pride / international men's day?" whenever anyone else gets a bit of attention.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'm cis-het and fully intend to go to the pride parade with friends in a different state. It's going to be a great time! Idk why the largest groups feel like they need extra special attention.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

I don't think they do it for attention tbh

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 6 points 15 hours ago

On the other hand, the concerns themselves are real, and if they will be addressed in a way positive to everyone else, this will be great!

So, we'll see. Under current administration, the risks for it derailing into the hate fest are quite high, but fingers crossed.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 13 hours ago

is it just a bunch of white guys standing around talking about how potato's are neat

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Fyre Festival 3? They didn't even have 2 yet

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 125 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's the gayest sounding name for a festival.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yeah... Methinks the lady doth protesteth too much

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 15 hours ago

First thing that came to mind for me as well.

All the brodoser owners gonna have an orgy.

[–] Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 22 hours ago

Most closeted thing I've ever heard.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 123 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gonna be a lot of gross people that no one wants to fuck at that event.

I guarantee it.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What if they fuck each other?

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 13 hours ago

while talking about how not gay it is

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 57 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

That's... how Conservatives are made.

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 43 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Hundred bucks says the grinder app's going to get a lot of traffic that weekend. There's going to be very busy bus station bathrooms, and maybe Airport bathrooms? I don't know if they have airports in Idaho.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago

Self-loathing is a bitch

[–] Luouth@lemmy.world 27 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

This sounds like something a group of Incels would plan to get their buttocks to accidentally touch the buttocks of another young man.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 hours ago

And then like 3 people show up, because of course. They're incels. They were never going to go anywhere.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 55 points 23 hours ago

I mean, ok. Pride isn't exclusionary. Most gay people have straight parents, siblings, friends and so on. If you feel the need to celebrate being straight, that's cool. If you think you're a victim because you are straight then I might suggest some therapy.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 38 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

You know what would be the fucking best thing ever? If everyone showed up and was totally supportive. Like those hateful bigots are all marching and hollering and then here comes the pride parade with hetero banners and signs saying "Heteros Are Awesome!" and other really positive shit. And they'll be all like "We don't want your support," and we'll be like "Fuck you, pride is for all!" And maybe like one or two of them would be like, "Oh..." and then the world is a better place for a moment.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

For a moment I thought you were headed inthe direction of LGBTQ rebranding "All Lives Matter".

Like some hateful biggot is chanting "DOWN WITH QUEERS" and then the Pride Parade marches in, and starts supporting them. And the hate parade tries to resist, and then the Pride people start saying they love everybody, and ALL lives matter. And then the hateful side says "WAIT! NO! THATS OURS, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT!" And then the Pride people say "Too late! We've rebranded it now! We love you, baby!" And the hateful people are just confused like "what.....what just happened??"

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Or we can show up and convince them that there is an ongoing class war and politely let them know they've been used to fight themselves and that we have more people on our side of the class war.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 24 points 23 hours ago

I'm a straight dude and would love to socially meet more hetero women... but this sounds like the lamest and (ironically) gayest event I've ever heard of. Guaranteed it's going to be filled with ugly, un-fun, angry people counter-protesting. You know the type, critically concerned with what the fuck other consenting adults do...?

[–] Gowron_Howard@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Honestly, there’s no punchline better than this just being a thing.

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 20 points 1 day ago (15 children)

Straight people celebrating being the ones to perpetuate the human race give argument for not perpetuating the human race

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

My generation called that kind of party a “sausage fest.”

And not the fun kind.

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[–] missingno@fedia.io 11 points 22 hours ago

"No hate at all, it's a love thing."

But also LGTBQ+ people are "disgusting and criminal".

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