Don’t let the haters divide us against each other.

  • @disguy_ovahea
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    183 months ago

    I can’t speak for all straights, but I’m envious of your increased odds of finding love.

    • @[email protected]
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      453 months ago

      It should work that way, but somehow it works in reverse. All the gay people think you’re actually straight and confused (lol), all the straight people think you’re in the closet. And pretty much everyone thinks you want to cheat on them.

      • partial_accumen
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        123 months ago

        And pretty much everyone thinks you want to cheat on them.

        Wait, why is that? Do they think that because your possible partners is doubled (over heterosexual people) that your likelihood to cheat is also doubled? Even then, isn’t zero doubled still zero?

        • @[email protected]
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          173 months ago

          Best I can tell they either think you’re twice as horny, or they’re the kind who would have been insecure about opposite sex friends because you might be attracted to them, but you’re bisexual so everyone is effectively an option.

          And yes, 2*0=0. As soon as I came out as bi and poly, all of my prospects dried up. I was literally invited into throuples and polycules when I identified as straight and monogamous, now it’s rare enough for me to meet someone that I’m basically back the closet.

          • @PlantJam
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            13 months ago

            I’m curious, were there old invitations that turned out to not be legitimate? Or was there a stretch of time between those invitations and identifying as bi+poly?

        • Ephera
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          63 months ago

          This isn’t, like, officially a thing. No one demands this. But culturally, it is very much a thing that lots of people only really have friends to which they’re categorically not attracted.

          There’s this whole concept of certain friend group activities being gendered, like watching sports is a thing men typically do with other (hetero) men.

          Of course, it does also just make friendships less complicated, if it’s clear from the start that no one wants romance.

        • @[email protected]
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          13 months ago

          Imo it’s because those people are looking for excuses to feed their deep-seated paranoia.

    • @Beanedwizard
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      133 months ago

      I wouldn’t say the odds are increased by much if at all. We’re often perceived as too gay for the straights and too straight for the gays.

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        21 month ago

        Guess the golden mean isn’t always golden. Sorry, but keep your chin up! You will meet that special someone one day.

    • @Toneswirly
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      43 months ago

      Lol ive always been jealous of men that love other men. Like your likelihood of getting laid is 10x that of mine.

    • flicker
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      23 months ago

      This has been how I’ve described it since I was a bisexual 20 something. “Say “no” to an entire gender? And cut my pool of potential partners in half? Uh, no thanks, I’m too horny to be that particular.”

  • no banana
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    33 months ago

    That meme is fantastic.