The saying "That's so g--" and the new commercial.

So theres a new commercial, kinda like a PSA, that is trying to get ppl not to say "thats so g--." (the last word can mean happy)

Personally, I don't say it. I used to say it every now and then but it's as if I something clicked and I just found it dumb to say. I don't think it will stop youths from saying it though it's a nice try.

In a way I kinda think they shouldn't worry about it too much. Then again, I guess it would annoy me so..........I dunno, it's a good idea.

Heres the commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS0GVOQPs0

PS: sorry if old

People who say that picked it up from their friends, and they picked it up from THEIR friends. Most teenagers are just a bunch of copycat parrots.

It just made me want to say it more. Also it is just a form of slang/ figure of speech. I stopped saying it after my teenage years was over. That commercial is just gonna provoke it more. Also OT before you explode out of anger of my comment think about it...is that commercial really necessary? All this politically correctness is getting old...real fast.MgamerBD

Don't think that's new (can't watch the video right now but I saw something similar to it like over a year ago). Wanda Sykes (UGH /shudders) telling some goofy teens in a diner to stop, right?

Meh, don't give a f*** really. People need to realize words are given meaning through context. No word is inherently offensive and worthy of being "off-limits."

However, Wanda Sykes should be considered inherently offensive, because UGH.

[QUOTE="MgamerBD"]It just made me want to say it more. Also it is just a form of slang/ figure of speech. I stopped saying it after my teenage years was over. That commercial is just gonna provoke it more. Also OT before you explode out of anger of my comment think about it...is that commercial really necessary? All this politically correctness is getting old...real fast.ice144

The problem is gay doesn't necessarily mean homosexual. It's was originally used as a subtle way to say homosexual because saying homosexual was deemed in polite.

Basically the homosexual community could of let go of the word, and it would of shifted from it's understand as homosexual to gaudy, and effeminate. Instead they seem to want to cling onto this esoteric phrase and continue to condemn future generations of homosexuals to the same ridicule they had to suffer. Blacks did the same thing w/ the n-word.

Well that statue was so gay....

Its already too far gone, can't homosexuals just move on and pick a new word?

JONO51

it's just stupid. LustForSoul

i say it all the tiem and my freinds dont care because i dont

Dear Wanda Sykes,

You are not funny.

That being said I use the word in a derogative sense from time to time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IFloXOuLgA this somes up my opinion

Gay also means other things, among them being 'Happy'.

"I have tomorrow off work and i am really really gay as a result".

"That smiling guy over there must be really gay".

The word itself is fine.

That was the "happiest" commercial ever.

words change their meanings all the time.

no group owns them.

I remember the old Hilary Duff ones. Those were just funny.

Why do people get offended so easily? It's so gay!

They made a new one of those?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IFloXOuLgAthis somes up my opinion

raiden509

i was comming to post that same video.

seriously though the first thing i thought after i first saw that commercial was "that was gay".

the kids making fun of the statue, the "do you realize what you say?" line at the end, the fact that Wanda had just come out of the closet that same year, all of it was just horrible

*watches commercial* No, I will not knock it off. I will continue to address it in that context. (obviously I won't do it here in GS though)

Now, if the commercial was addressing the word "retarded" I would then support the commercial.

I will NOT knock it off.

Maybe gay people should just come up with a new word for themselves...

I, say things are gay all the time... I don't have a problem with gay people... Not one thought of a gay person passes through my mind when I say it... In fact, I love lesbians. And the only time I dislike gay men is when they go out of their way to be as flamboyantly flaming as they can possibly be, to the point where it is annoying.

They take it too literal, same way people get offended when they see someone being called retard n-word etc. It's usually a joking matter when send, it's very obvious when it isn't a joking matter.

[QUOTE="MgamerBD"]It just made me want to say it more. Also it is just a form of slang/ figure of speech. I stopped saying it after my teenage years was over. That commercial is just gonna provoke it more. Also OT before you explode out of anger of my comment think about it...is that commercial really necessary? All this politically correctness is getting old...real fast.ice144

Wow, what a bundle of sticks.

EvenHillary Duffhad her own commercial with the exact same point!

:lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IFloXOuLgA this somes up my opinion

raiden509

Commercials like that are a waste of time and money, it doesn't really get anything accomplished, I'll now go merrily say "that's so gay around my household.