Guys? Angry doesn't have to mean "gratuitiously offensive".

[conuly]

Here I am, innocently scrolling my friends list, when I see an lj-cut with a warning: "No offense to any lesbians". So I click it, thinking that this ought to be good - and it's not like I don't still have completely random bad-mood and anger to burn off anyway, right?

Dear stupid dykes that came into my work,
What the fucking hell were your problems? It was nearing the end of my shift, I was tired as all hell, I was one of two baggers at durring the busiest time on a Sunday. I'm sorry I was bagging a big order than yours. I'm only one person, I can't be in two places at once. I'm sorry but you two were the snootiest, bitchiest, cuntiest lesbians I've ever met. You'd think for being somewhat of an outcast to society, you wouldn't be so fucking stuck up.

Here's what I don't get. If not a word of that little rant has to do with the fact that these people are OMG! GAY! GAY! GAY!, why did she include it?

Well, I was bored, so I just changed every incident of "dyke" and "lesbian" to nigger. I mean, I didn't, but I said I did.

Apparently, I should "lighten up".

...

I don't think so. Why? Because this form of insult is uncreative and, frankly, boring, not to mention, as I said, completely gratuitous. (This is why I like William deWorde, by the way. How often I feel like smacking somebody who'd rather apologise for offending somebody than avoid offending people in the first place! Sometimes it's unavoidable, but you can't say that applies here. That pisses me off more than seeing random character attacks at people.)

I generally like that community, but sometimes the people in there really piss me off. I'd complain, but it seems a bit wrong to submit an angry letter about angryletters.

Comments

[fascinoma.livejournal.com]

Huh! Makes me think of moving to Dallas. I knew there was some reason to go there besides cute women wearing tight jeans and cowboy boots.

[lordalfredhenry.livejournal.com]

If you ever go, there is a Sue Ellen's and a "Lipsticks?" IIRC (one of those is next to JR's and TMC, the two hot main gay clubs in Dallas) in the Oak Lawn/Throckmorton area.

Deep Ellum is another good place for bands/music and lots of bars/venues etc. They have stores like Tower Records and a "Whole Foods" store where an "old flame" of mine works which is not far from there.

One of girls in the couple I mentioned works the men's club, JRs. Her wife, Cindy was my coworker in web software devloping. If you ever wanted more info on Dallas, I could ask and get some contacts for you there. It seems most big cities have thriving communities but Dallas is unique. Houston's is "Montrose". I haven't been there though but from what I hear, it's a bit scarier/not as interesting as Dallas. Dallas and Austin are probably the hottest cities for gay/lesbian action IMHO. Houston is definitely up there in terms of activity due to its size there but it's much more conservative feeling since the big oil is here. Dallas seems to have more of the "attitude" (locally referred to as "Dallitude" which some people kinda avoid or is more of a shorthand reference for "drama and baggage with pretense").