• Re: My son will never embarrass me more than he did today

    From BTR1701@21:1/5 to moviePig on Tue Apr 1 04:55:36 2025
    XPost: alt.tv.game-shows, alt.tv.game-shows.price-is-right

    On Mar 31, 2025 at 2:54:50 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 3/31/2025 5:01 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 31, 2025 at 12:25:27 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]> wrote: >>
    On 3/31/2025 1:22 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 31, 2025 at 9:16:57 AM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 3/30/2025 11:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 30, 2025 at 7:48:51 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote:

    On 3/30/2025 7:00 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 30, 2025 at 3:19:48 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On 3/30/2025 5:39 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 30, 2025 at 2:05:26 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On 3/30/2025 3:06 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 30, 2025 at 1:31:02 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" >>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAntcKymE4 >>>>>>>>>>>>
    That just screams Bud Light, doesn't it?

    I think I'll never understand how anyone could watch that and
    argue that
    effeminate homosexuality is a *choice*.

    Making that the face of your brand, however, *is* a choice. >>>>>>>>>>
    KNIGHT TEMPLAR: They chose... poorly.

    I didn't follow the Bud Light gay saga, but a youTube video suggests
    that the company did no more than express "welcome" to the LGBTQ
    beer-drinking community. If that's a fair characterization, >>>>>>>>> then their
    subsequent sales-drop seems surprisingly homophobic.

    Or maybe, instead of branding everyone who doesn't like that >>>>>>>> lifestyle as
    irrationally afraid of it, you could just recognize that people >>>>>>>> found it
    distasteful and voted with their wallets.

    Contrary to what all the "phobe"-labelers want you to believe, it is
    possible
    to merely dislike a thing without being irrationally afraid of that
    thing.
    For
    example, I don't much like broccoli but that doesn't mean I'm >>>>>>>> afraid of
    it.
    I'm not broccoli-phobic.

    I think you'll find that most all definitions of 'phobic' and >>>>>>> 'homophobic' denote not only 'fear of' but also 'aversion to'. >>>>>>
    I think you'll find that they also include 'irrational' in those >>>>>> definitions.

    Google's top offering:

    adjective: homophobic

    having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against gay people. >>>>> "homophobic remarks"

    Or we could go with something that's actually authoritative: the DSM-5-TR
    (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

    "A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by a marked,
    persistent,
    and irrational fear of a specific object, situation, or activity that is
    generally considered excessive or unreasonable relative to the actual >>>> danger
    posed."

    Now look up 'homophobic'. When *does* common usage enter your language? >>
    If people are trying to denigrate me, they better at least us the words
    correctly.

    When *does* common usage become your correct usage?

    The fact that a lot of people are stupid does not impose upon me a requirement to join in with the dumb-assery.

    And, when did this become about denigrating *you* or anyone else?

    LOL! There's moviePig, playing cute again, pretending he doesn't know how the Left wields its accusation of "--phobes" and "--ists" as weapons.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 1 11:00:31 2025
    XPost: alt.tv.game-shows, alt.tv.game-shows.price-is-right

    On 4/1/2025 12:55 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 31, 2025 at 2:54:50 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 3/31/2025 5:01 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 31, 2025 at 12:25:27 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 3/31/2025 1:22 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 31, 2025 at 9:16:57 AM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 3/30/2025 11:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 30, 2025 at 7:48:51 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On 3/30/2025 7:00 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 30, 2025 at 3:19:48 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On 3/30/2025 5:39 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 30, 2025 at 2:05:26 PM PDT, "moviePig" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On 3/30/2025 3:06 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Mar 30, 2025 at 1:31:02 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" >>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAntcKymE4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    That just screams Bud Light, doesn't it? >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    I think I'll never understand how anyone could watch that and
    argue that
    effeminate homosexuality is a *choice*.

    Making that the face of your brand, however, *is* a choice.

    KNIGHT TEMPLAR: They chose... poorly.

    I didn't follow the Bud Light gay saga, but a youTube video suggests
    that the company did no more than express "welcome" to the LGBTQ
    beer-drinking community. If that's a fair characterization, >>>>>>>>>> then their
    subsequent sales-drop seems surprisingly homophobic. >>>>>>>>>
    Or maybe, instead of branding everyone who doesn't like that >>>>>>>>> lifestyle as
    irrationally afraid of it, you could just recognize that people
    found it
    distasteful and voted with their wallets.

    Contrary to what all the "phobe"-labelers want you to believe, it is
    possible
    to merely dislike a thing without being irrationally afraid of that
    thing.
    For
    example, I don't much like broccoli but that doesn't mean I'm >>>>>>>>> afraid of
    it.
    I'm not broccoli-phobic.

    I think you'll find that most all definitions of 'phobic' and >>>>>>>> 'homophobic' denote not only 'fear of' but also 'aversion to'. >>>>>>>
    I think you'll find that they also include 'irrational' in those >>>>>>> definitions.

    Google's top offering:

    adjective: homophobic

    having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against gay people.
    "homophobic remarks"

    Or we could go with something that's actually authoritative: the DSM-5-TR
    (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

    "A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by a marked, >>>>> persistent,
    and irrational fear of a specific object, situation, or activity that is
    generally considered excessive or unreasonable relative to the actual >>>>> danger
    posed."

    Now look up 'homophobic'. When *does* common usage enter your language? >>>
    If people are trying to denigrate me, they better at least us the words >>> correctly.

    When *does* common usage become your correct usage?

    The fact that a lot of people are stupid does not impose upon me a requirement
    to join in with the dumb-assery.

    Most of us, at some point, accede to society's ever-changing vocabulary.


    And, when did this become about denigrating *you* or anyone else?

    LOL! There's moviePig, playing cute again, pretending he doesn't know how the Left wields its accusation of "--phobes" and "--ists" as weapons.

    No, I *don't* know what "the Left" does. In this instance, I know only
    that 'homophobic' has come to be understood as strongly 'anti-gay'
    ...which is how I used it. I trust no one was injured...

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to moviepig on Tue Apr 1 15:22:36 2025
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    moviepig wrote:
    On 3/30/2025 3:06 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    "Ubiquitous" <[email protected]> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAntcKymE4

    That just screams Bud Light, doesn't it?

    I think I'll never understand how anyone could watch that and argue that >effeminate homosexuality is a *choice*.

    Are you claiming that homosexuals are naturally effeminate?

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to Rhino on Fri Apr 18 04:30:52 2025
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    Rhino wrote:
    On 2025-03-30 4:31 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAntcKymE4

    Now that is some serious clickbait!

    Is it clickbait if it's true? :-)

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