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> 'gay' had a completely different meaning to what it does these days. And as for the subject itself, being completely taboo it was never discussed > If one lo

> 'gay' had a completely different meaning to what it does these days. And as for the subject itself, being completely taboo it was never discussed > If one looks at the problem globally, speaking one's mind in public nowadays is fraught with dangers. No wonder that so few actually do so. You don’t see any irony?

lazyasciiart 6y ago
No?
- feverfew 6y ago
  Second chance :P > being completely taboo it was never discussed > speaking one's mind in public nowadays is fraught with dangers.
  - lazyasciiart 6y ago
    There is a tremendous difference between "never discussed" and "not brought up in public". Examples of topics that are discussed but not brought up in public are your child's struggle with potty training, whether you will provide them with birth control, whether anal sex is safe, when you and your partner like to have sex, when you intend to conceive, that weird discharge that sometimes comes out your nose, and what you will leave in your will.
    - mr_toad 6y ago
      Funny that you should make a leap from gay to sex and bodily functions. I’m pretty sure that being gay is not just about sex. What about dating, relationships, marriage, and having a family? These things are commonly discussed at work. Fifty or sixty years ago being known to be in a gay relationship could be very professionally damaging.
      - lazyasciiart 6y ago
        Yes, and?
hilbert42 6y ago
"You don’t see any irony?" If any, it's not indented. My once lecturer in logic would have delighted in giving this text to the class as an exercise, the students would have then set about analyzing what I'd written. He then have said 'this is what you actually wrote, but is it what you actually meant to say?' Answering 'no', I may have been given a c-grade pass if he'd been feeling generous on the day. ;-) Your implication is absolutely correct, it's crappy writing written in a hurry. My question now is did you get the overall gist of what I'd said? (It would also be interesting to know what good AI would have made of it.)

lazyasciiart 6y ago

No?

feverfew 6y ago
Second chance :P > being completely taboo it was never discussed > speaking one's mind in public nowadays is fraught with dangers.
- lazyasciiart 6y ago
  There is a tremendous difference between "never discussed" and "not brought up in public". Examples of topics that are discussed but not brought up in public are your child's struggle with potty training, whether you will provide them with birth control, whether anal sex is safe, when you and your partner like to have sex, when you intend to conceive, that weird discharge that sometimes comes out your nose, and what you will leave in your will.
  - mr_toad 6y ago
    Funny that you should make a leap from gay to sex and bodily functions. I’m pretty sure that being gay is not just about sex. What about dating, relationships, marriage, and having a family? These things are commonly discussed at work. Fifty or sixty years ago being known to be in a gay relationship could be very professionally damaging.
    - lazyasciiart 6y ago
      Yes, and?

hilbert42 6y ago

"You don’t see any irony?" If any, it's not indented. My once lecturer in logic would have delighted in giving this text to the class as an exercise, the students would have then set about analyzing what I'd written. He then have said 'this is what you actually wrote, but is it what you actually meant to say?' Answering 'no', I may have been given a c-grade pass if he'd been feeling generous on the day. ;-) Your implication is absolutely correct, it's crappy writing written in a hurry. My question now is did you get the overall gist of what I'd said? (It would also be interesting to know what good AI would have made of it.)