We had one of our trademark marathon threads on this a while back -- I don't know if you were lurking at that point.
I was not, in fact, lurking at the time. I did go read the main post, but fuck if I'm wading through 646 comments. O. M. G.
If the question is merely how to poke fun at feminine men, though, Jesus H. with a Prada bag; couldn't y'all have turned to some of us for guidance? The term you want, if you need a term that makes fun of feminine men but doesn't slander, you know, me, is the term "nelly."
Carson from Queer Eye: both gay & nelly
Richard Simmons: almost certainly gay, certainly nelly
Cowboys On Ice: definitely gay, but not at all nelly.
I think "nelly" is a fine word, but of course this discussion doesn't answer the main question, why is it okay to make fun of feminine men? I understand that in a world where it's no longer okay to make fun of unfogged posters' grammar, we must find something to laugh at, but, you know, talkity-talk gender roles talkity violation of implicit heirarchy talkity, talkity, talkity patriarchy talkity tool of oppression, what?
mcmc, I don't know if you were around for the gay thread, but many of us vociferously objected to the conclusion that it was okay to make fun of feminine men.
As apostropher quite rightly points out, it was late late late last night when I was commenting. As such, I decided to skip the next question that occurred to me, which was, why should anyone make fun of them, anyway? My goal, instead, was to stick to the matter at hand in the interest of not spending the whole night yammering.
McManlyPants, your objections are totally gay. You big homo.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 3:47 PM
I wonder how far I'd get if I started using the n-word as an insult but spelled it differently?
"spelled it differently" should be "
spelled it differently" and "n-word" should be "anti-semitic".Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 4:34 PM
McManlyPants, your objections are totally gay. You big homo.
Breeder!
Posted by Robust McManlyPants | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 1:14 AM
We had one of our trademark marathon threads on this a while back -- I don't know if you were lurking at that point.
I was not, in fact, lurking at the time. I did go read the main post, but fuck if I'm wading through 646 comments. O. M. G.
If the question is merely how to poke fun at feminine men, though, Jesus H. with a Prada bag; couldn't y'all have turned to some of us for guidance? The term you want, if you need a term that makes fun of feminine men but doesn't slander, you know, me, is the term "nelly."
Carson from Queer Eye: both gay & nelly
Richard Simmons: almost certainly gay, certainly nelly
Cowboys On Ice: definitely gay, but not at all nelly.
Does this help? I could produce graphs if needed.
Posted by Robust McManlyPants | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 1:24 AM
We ended up settling on "prissy," though some dissenters remain.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 1:31 AM
We live much too far east to still be awake, dude. I'd better call it a night.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 1:32 AM
I think "nelly" is a fine word, but of course this discussion doesn't answer the main question, why is it okay to make fun of feminine men? I understand that in a world where it's no longer okay to make fun of unfogged posters' grammar, we must find something to laugh at, but, you know, talkity-talk gender roles talkity violation of implicit heirarchy talkity, talkity, talkity patriarchy talkity tool of oppression, what?
Posted by mcmc | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 6:34 AM
why is it okay to make fun of feminine men?
Clearly we should be making fun of masculine women instead.
Posted by Stanley | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 6:57 AM
mcmc, I don't know if you were around for the gay thread, but many of us vociferously objected to the conclusion that it was okay to make fun of feminine men.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 7:12 AM
Tia, what's so "gay" about the thread, hm?
Posted by Stanley | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 7:18 AM
35: Tia, I was lurking only occasionally at that point, and didn't read the whole thread. I wholeheartedly endorse your remarks in the linked comment.
Posted by mcmc | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 7:35 AM
why is it okay to make fun of feminine men?
As apostropher quite rightly points out, it was late late late last night when I was commenting. As such, I decided to skip the next question that occurred to me, which was, why should anyone make fun of them, anyway? My goal, instead, was to stick to the matter at hand in the interest of not spending the whole night yammering.
Posted by Robust McManlyPants | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 10:47 AM
38: a better question. the impulse to make such jokes will eventually die, horribly crushed under the necessity of explaining why they're funny.
Posted by mcmc | Link to this comment | 05-10-06 11:59 AM