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Straight men, what's the weirdest thing you've been told you can't do because it's gay? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] 47 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

Use chapstick

Read a book in public

Not go to gym

Play certain more "feminine" games

Those off the top of my head. I live in a nation of backwards idiots, so there for sure are more

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  • [โ€“] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    Use chapstick

    My first exposure to Big Bang Theory was the scene where they made fun of one of their friends for "wearing lip gloss" and refusing to call it chapstick. It was so weird and toxic and I assumed it was a gay panic joke before finding out it was the nerd show I was avoiding. Fucking terrible show.

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Chapstick and lip gloss are different where I'm at. Chapstick is a thick paste stick like beeswax consistancy, and Lip Gloss is a roller tip with liquid inside.

    One goes on matte and one is Glossy

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They're different in the US where the show was written and the target audience is. Sitcoms just have terrible, toxic people in them because it's easier to write conflicts. It's Always Sunny is aware of that and takes the idea to the extreme without making the MCs likable. BBT is just lazy writing with lazy "nerd jokes"

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Whats wrong with nerd jokes?

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    BBT has terrible "jokes". Nerd jokes are fine, but this is lazy writing and the "nerd humor" is the only thing that sets this show apart from other sitcoms.

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