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[-] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

It's a long held stereotype that gay men walk faster than straight men

Is it though? This is the first I've heard of it

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago
[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I've heard it before. We now have a n=2 of data!

[-] chunes@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Is it really unexpected that getting more exercise makes you healthier

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago

The faster walking speed is so that I can be a bottom sooner and for a longer time.

[-] Miaou@jlai.lu 10 points 15 hours ago

USians really can't stop thinking about (homo) sexuality, episode n+1

[-] 1D10@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago

That's not true, I've always been told I walk too fast and I'm straight, Ish.

[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Buddy, I got news for ya

[-] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

If you're over 6' , it could be your stride. If not, or if you hear this from other skyscrapers...

sis, maybe your ish is more swish than you wish🫂

[-] Beangut@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

Can confirm, am bisexual. Regularly stuck behind slow walkers but not fast enough to overtake fast walkers.

[-] gnu@lemmy.zip 9 points 16 hours ago

Got to commit to being gay instead so you can have the extra speed for the overtakes.

[-] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Go Go! Gay Gay! >>>>>>>>BOOST!>>>>>>>>

[-] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago
[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago
[-] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago

the best tl;dr ever

[-] Talentlesssculptor@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

English or Spanish, walking speed?

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago

It’s a long held belief or stereotype that gay men walk faster than straight men

It is? Is this some commonly known stereotype that I just missed hearing about?

[-] welfare_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago

Source: some middle school kid

[-] Talentlesssculptor@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Guurl, we have got places to be! Hello?!

[-] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

TIL I might be gay, couldn't possibly be adhd or anxiety. Kind of a weird way to find out but alright

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Yeah I think this is an AI hallucination. I've heard or seen this. And I've been a very fast walker, I blame mine on ADHD or autism.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 12 hours ago

I've never heard about this either. It's probably much more regional or something?

[-] enphurgen@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

I guess I'm gay when I'm angry?

[-] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

"Make me angry. You would like me very much when I'm angry!" -pink hulk

[-] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

But only when angry. Would that make you straight or ace when you're not angry?

[-] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

It’s unexpected that exercising with higher cardiovascular output is associated with health benefits?

[-] dellish@lemmy.world 123 points 1 day ago

It's gay to walk quickly. It's gay to take your own bags to the shops. It's gay to have empathy.

Holy shit there are a lot of people out there who are very insecure with themselves.

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

things people have took me I'm gay for:

reading
cooking
cleaning
being decently dressed (not even well-dressed)
having skin care products
using conditioner on my hair
driving a sedan/compact car
playing nintendo or jrpg games
enjoying classic music/opera/theater/ art & foreign films owning a cat
drinking cocktails/lattes/milkshakes
riding/racing bicycles
not playing team ballsports

the definition of straight man is very very narrow for some folks, basically drive a giant truck, be unable to take care of yourself, and be into sports and action pop cuture, rock and roll/rap, and only ever do 'basic' things.

if you do anything outside of the box, you're gay. because 'normal straight men' don't do those things, and if they do, they only do it to impress women or something. like I can go to the opera with my girlfriend and hate it, but if i go myself and enjoy it I'm gay.

[-] 1D10@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I'm an old man who looks like a Sheppard, I love when other old guys think I'm one of them and say stupid shit.

"Girl, please" as a response kinda breaks them.

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According to this I'm Gay... can't wait to tell my wife.

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[-] Zink@programming.dev 21 points 1 day ago

Unexpected?

I appreciate all the funny comments about the gay tie-in, but the "unexpected health benefits" of WALKING is the dumbest attempt at clickbaitizing a headline that I've seen in a while.

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 101 points 1 day ago

lol what? I’ve never heard this stereotype.

[-] Foreigner@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

It's been a stereotype for a while. There are a few articles/memes out there about it, at least since the late 2010's:

https://www.gq.com/story/move-im-gay

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/06/stereotype-lgbtq-walk-faster-straights-unexpected-benefit/

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago

Pythagoras claim that walking in a straight line is the fastest way has been debunked. Walking in a gay line is faster.

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I guess “city walking” makes me gay? Is this what they mean by “metrosexual”? Idfk anymore lol

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[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

fellas, is it gay to walk quickly?

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