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I've never, ever heard anything about bidets manifesting homeosexuality, and I've known some pretty homophobic people in the past. Can you elaborate more on wh

I've never, ever heard anything about bidets manifesting homeosexuality, and I've known some pretty homophobic people in the past. Can you elaborate more on what that connection is and/or how it works, because I'm genuinely intrigued. > I honestly think anyone who believes that shouldn't be welcome on HN. Why? It seems absurd and laughable to you and me, but I'm certain we also have beliefs that others on HN would find absurd. Why should the conversation be stifled? If you have absurd beliefs currently and others try to exclude you, how are you ever supposed to correct (or even challenge) your beliefs if you can never talk about it?

seattle_spring 3y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists/comments/m6q6be/dad_called_me_gay_because_i_installed_a_bidet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists/comments/m6q6be... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ui6t76/straight_men_of_reddit_whats_your_opinion_on_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ui6t76/straight_... https://www.reddit.com/r/amiwrong/comments/18tcqu6/am_i_wrong_for_not_wanting_to_see_a_guy_anymore/ https://www.reddit.com/r/amiwrong/comments/18tcqu6/am_i_wron... https://www.reddit.com/r/pointlesslygendered/comments/kj74ml/guys_think_bidets_are_gay_what_if_we_made_one/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pointlesslygendered/comments/kj74ml... I've also had several discussions in real life where people have told me that bidets are "gay", most recently by both my realtor and then my home inspector. The topic was prompted because the house I bought had a plug installed right next to each toilet in the house for bidet attachments.
- freedomben 3y ago
  Thanks, although (I didn't read every single comment but did read a lot of them) those just seem to be about people complaining about other people thinking they are gay, not somebody actually trying to defend that position. There is that one female who OPs a post about it, but I didn't see any actual argument from her other than "water in your ass is gay" but somehow not when it's in the shower? Anyway, you have convinced me that it is "a thing" but I'd (seriously) really love to understand why. I hate making conclusions like this, but in this case it might just be this simple, that it is just a shallow emotional response to something unfamiliar that makes no logical/rational sense but is accepted by people who operate on emotion and don't make much use of the powerful Prefrontal Cortext that nature has gifted them, and happen to be from a cultural background that has weird superstitions about assholes :-) Still though, if anybody knows anybody who feels this way who could explain it, I'd really love to hear a steelman defense.

seattle_spring 3y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists/comments/m6q6be/dad_called_me_gay_because_i_installed_a_bidet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists/comments/m6q6be... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ui6t76/straight_men_of_reddit_whats_your_opinion_on_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ui6t76/straight_... https://www.reddit.com/r/amiwrong/comments/18tcqu6/am_i_wrong_for_not_wanting_to_see_a_guy_anymore/ https://www.reddit.com/r/amiwrong/comments/18tcqu6/am_i_wron... https://www.reddit.com/r/pointlesslygendered/comments/kj74ml/guys_think_bidets_are_gay_what_if_we_made_one/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pointlesslygendered/comments/kj74ml... I've also had several discussions in real life where people have told me that bidets are "gay", most recently by both my realtor and then my home inspector. The topic was prompted because the house I bought had a plug installed right next to each toilet in the house for bidet attachments.

freedomben 3y ago
Thanks, although (I didn't read every single comment but did read a lot of them) those just seem to be about people complaining about other people thinking they are gay, not somebody actually trying to defend that position. There is that one female who OPs a post about it, but I didn't see any actual argument from her other than "water in your ass is gay" but somehow not when it's in the shower? Anyway, you have convinced me that it is "a thing" but I'd (seriously) really love to understand why. I hate making conclusions like this, but in this case it might just be this simple, that it is just a shallow emotional response to something unfamiliar that makes no logical/rational sense but is accepted by people who operate on emotion and don't make much use of the powerful Prefrontal Cortext that nature has gifted them, and happen to be from a cultural background that has weird superstitions about assholes :-) Still though, if anybody knows anybody who feels this way who could explain it, I'd really love to hear a steelman defense.