Slog - Comments on Gay Chicken http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken It's just like the classic game of chicken, only instead of cars, guys use their faces. It's a cross-cultural phenomenon. A common variant is the "nervous game," which is less about kissing and more about fondling. (Sometimes it gets out of hand.) Will "gay chicken" eventually be recognized as an Olympic sport? Or will it be just another YouTube phenomenon that complicates the adult lives and political careers of a generation? Who knows, but drunk shirtless men love it. (Thank you, Slog tipper Jake.)... Copyright 2008 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:49:13 -0800 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:22:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe I would fucking rule at that game.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940673 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940673 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:53:59 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV That's because you'd play to lose.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940681 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940681 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:05:12 -0800 Comment by TheMisanthrope Is it losing if you don't move out of the way, or if you do?

]]> TheMisanthrope http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940689 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:12:16 -0800 Comment by Christin @3, in our high school's version of the "nervous game," you lost if you pulled away first, and won if the other person pulled away. If you ended up with a handful of cock (or a kiss, in this case), it was a stalemate.

I played to lose too. At least one person in any game inevitably does, including the guys in those videos above.

]]> Christin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940700 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:31:48 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I guess I should have said "play to stalemate"

...I stand corrected. ;)

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940703 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:35:05 -0800 Comment by drrtygrrl Am I the only one getting hot here?

]]> drrtygrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940709 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940709 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:44:22 -0800 Comment by Cat in Chicago Evidence of how it's going to look when the genie is all the way out of the bottle. When the stigma against homosexuality is dead and gone, straight guys will be so busy getting it on with each other that civilization will collaspe. On the upside, female dominence will reign supreme.

]]> Cat in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940716 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:58:15 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO So, what happens if by some random coincidence two (closetted) gay boys are pitted against each other? Do they just keep going until someone is penetrated anally?

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940725 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:06:37 -0800 Comment by My penis Ladies, you better start getting more competitive, because your monopoly will soon be over.

]]> My penis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940731 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940731 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:15:31 -0800 Comment by KELLY O Youtube is getting so gay. And GANGSTA!

]]> KELLY O http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940732 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:16:09 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes I first heard about this on Scrubs a few years ago. If you've ever wanted to see Brendan Fraser and John C. McGinley almost kiss, this is your lucky day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8G7BlzBZI

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940733 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940733 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:18:12 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Well, the next logical step after this is "Gay Chicken: the Salad Tossing Edition"

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940744 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:26:37 -0800 Comment by Christin @5, Heh, yes indeed. I suppose you're right--it's play-to-stalemate rather than play-to-lose, the way one does with drinking games. Well-spotted.

]]> Christin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940746 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940746 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:28:12 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV We've come a long way.

The dominant game when I was a growing up was "Smear the Queer".

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940749 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940749 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:32:02 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Dave Schmader posits: [W]ill it be just another YouTube phenomenon that complicates the adult lives and political careers of a generation?

I will now predict a "Yes, I played gay chicken back in college, but I never used my tongue" moment in the 2020 presidential debate.

Mark my words....

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940777 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:58:03 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Leave it up to dumb-ass str8 guys to develop a dumb-ass game of chicken like that. Frankly from the looks of all of them they'd probably be inclined to play the game with a dog, anything to maybe get a kiss.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940791 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940791 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:12:19 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Smear the Queer is the best name for any game ever!

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940812 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940812 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:52:20 -0800 Comment by Andrew I cann't wait for the x rated version to come out! And I don't think I need to go into details how that will work but it involves a penis in a rubber, some lube and a butt hole in the air. Now THAT is called Gay Chicken!!

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940813 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940813 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:54:22 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray Whatever happened to "Hump the Hostess"?

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940836 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:45:54 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV The problem with the game (as shown by youtube) is that someone always gets too damned squeamish.

There needs to be a gay chicken tournament, where winners advance to subsequent, ever more "demanding" rounds.

Whooh--I think I just made my heart race, some.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940864 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c940864 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:36:43 -0800 Comment by booji boy Shouldn't it be called "Exploring your sexuality with a prefabbed excuse?"

]]> booji boy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941041 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941041 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:51:49 -0800 Comment by Andy So can we post handjobs on YouTube now?

]]> Andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941079 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941079 Sports Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:52:14 -0800 Comment by Joe from Oz @8
Hahahahahahaha. Love it.

Also, the guy on the left in the first video looked like he wanted it. You go girlfriend.

]]> Joe from Oz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941182 Sports Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:34:42 -0800 Comment by Vince Oh, just kiss and get it over with already. You know you want to.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941216 Sports Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:16:57 -0800 Comment by yourleastfavorite At my high school, "gay chicken" caught on because of Scrubs. I don't know if it existed before the TV show...

Also, I can't open the youtube links for some reason, but if the Nervous Game is what I think it is, kids out here on the East Coast call it the Awkward Game, and it happens during pretty much every class period. I always win ;-)

]]> yourleastfavorite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941533 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941533 Sports Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:56:40 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me When I was a deeply closeted lad in the very early 90s (or was it the very late 80s?), one of the guys in the group I would hang out with played no holds barred gay chicken. I had a huge crush on him… I regret to this day that I would always eventually pull back (or push him off me as often as not), usually when I became too terrified that my raging hard-on was becoming too evident… Youth really is wasted on the young…

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941549 Sports Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:12:44 -0800 Comment by Sara The two gay dudes in my office and I engaged in a semester long prolonged version of "straight chicken", wherein we all pretended to be attracted to one another, almost kissing, seductively caressing, laying on one another in beds, feeding each other food and licking each other's hands.

They're dating now.

I'm alone a lot.


I also engaged in a 3 year long session of straight chicken with my ex-fiance. We'll see if he ever comes out.

]]> Sara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gay_chicken#c941638 Sports Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:43:31 -0800 Comment by old OLD

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