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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Too Early?

Posted by on Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:27 AM

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BombasticMO 1
Love it. And the only reason they winced at the end was 'cause no gay man in his right mind would have long hair. Eugh.
Posted by BombasticMO http://www.BombasticMo.com on October 6, 2009 at 9:53 AM
2
not funny for me.
Posted by happy renter on October 6, 2009 at 10:03 AM
3
And the point is - all the ifs in the world don't get anyone laid.

Is that the point?

The long haired dude is hot. The two twinks are frat boys.... who like to say fuck a lot.... what a surprise.

Thought we might see a kiss, on well, fuck the shit.
Posted by Fuck the Shit on October 6, 2009 at 10:10 AM
4
Too early? Too early for what?
Posted by Dr. Gnu on October 6, 2009 at 10:15 AM
kim in portland 5
No, not too early.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/fast-paced_video_provides_a_fu.html on October 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM
6
I love long hair on gay guys. And bi guys. And straight guys.
Posted by Dan Savage on October 6, 2009 at 10:23 AM
kim in portland 7
6: And, you love short hair on gay guys. And bi, guys. And straight guys. You're like me, Dan. A sucker for the male form, and it's part of your charm.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/fast-paced_video_provides_a_fu.html on October 6, 2009 at 10:33 AM
8
This is how every straight man feels.
Posted by steakhaus on October 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Heather 9
@ #1 It is a stereotype to say that all gay men prefer short hair. I know several gay men who have long hair or who are attracted to long haired men.
http://gay.hfxns.org/SpeakingOfLongHair
Posted by Heather on October 6, 2009 at 11:10 AM
10
And for the record... my boyfriend had shaggy, shoulder-length hair when we met.
Posted by Dan Savage on October 6, 2009 at 12:12 PM
T 11
One time a friend and I were hanging out with a lady friend. She had to leave though, and after she left, there was an awkward silence, followed by my friend saying "If we were gay we'd have something to do right now."
Posted by T on October 6, 2009 at 12:12 PM
michael strangeways 12
i was hoping the punch line was going to be them going to town on each other, so I'd have to rate this as disappointing.
Posted by michael strangeways http://www.seattlegayscene.com/ on October 6, 2009 at 12:48 PM
michael strangeways 13
as for long hair, it only looks hot (or even "good") on men with long necks...if you can rock a turtle neck, you can pull off long hair.

also, one sign to tell if you're overweight: put on a pair of overalls. If you look the slightest bit pregnant (men or women), then you need to lose the weight...and the overalls.

For more useful fashions tips, watch TYRA!!
Posted by michael strangeways http://www.seattlegayscene.com/ on October 6, 2009 at 12:52 PM
14
Dan, I'm telling your boyfriend your revealing all his secrets on teh public internets.
Posted by iLLogicaL on October 6, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Callie 15
I don't get it.
Posted by Callie http://www.facebook.com/Klosetnerd on October 6, 2009 at 1:44 PM
16
Inspired by humpday... and I think flight of the conchords did something similar to this.
Posted by Madonna on October 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM
17
I didn't get the "Too Early?" part, but I have to agree long hair is pretty nifty on men, but that long haired dude in this video just so happens to not be nifty (imho).
Posted by Bethrs on October 6, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Timmytee 18
Thanks, Dan--vid is funny as hell, man! As for the long-haired dude: it looks like a wig.
Posted by Timmytee on October 6, 2009 at 4:32 PM
19
Did you braid his long shaggy hair, Dan? I always want to braid guys' hair...

The lesbian version of this (or last week for me) is having synched menstruations with wholefoods mini chocolate cheesecake, Tarantino movies, then crying to finding nemo and cuddling on the couch. The other three weeks are Bikram Yoga, super hot lesbian sex until we need a glass of water and a cigarette. <3
Posted by Kate134 on October 6, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Uriel-238 20
If only, if only, if only the heterosexual mainstream could be so casual as to say If I were gay I'd so bone you... As things are, one guy can't profess his love, appreciation or attraction to another guy for reasons short of Wow, man, you just crossed the line of death for me. You ran into harms way and dodged enemy fire to pull my sorry ass back to the extraction. You're so my angel, man. I love you.

I yearn for an era and a community when it's not about whether or not I'm gay or het or masculine enough to own a penis, but whether I, specifically, am sexually attracted to you, specifically, and vice versa. (Or if I'm not, or you're not, but I still think you're that awesome a person, I can express my love for you in another way.)

By far, by a sickening magnitude, most gay porn is written by (virginal) tween and teenaged girls. Amidst fantastic proportions (oft the result of confusing inches for centimeters) and heroically improbable acts of sexual prowess, this literary treasure trove features an embarrassment of beautiful, angsty, long-haired men.

During my late twenties, I had shoulder- / back- / butt- length rockstar hair that I eventually gave up due to the rigorous maintenance schedule, but I'm growing it out now out of laziness and a rash of bad haircuts (some self-inflicted). If it gets to shoulder length, Dan, I'll send you a pic.
Posted by Uriel-238 on October 6, 2009 at 5:53 PM
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20 - Hey, some of us virginal girl gay porn writers did our homework! I had sexually active gay male readers who didn't believe I was female...
Posted by laurelgardner http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5877570 on October 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Shini 22
Long hair is HOT on a guy long as they take care of it. Ian Astbury from his The Cult heydays comes to mind (probably because every other long-haired guy in the scene abused the aquanet in order to obtain that right 'rat king's nest' appearance)
Posted by Shini on October 6, 2009 at 6:36 PM
23
Don't mind long hair. But dude looks like a character from The Wrestler.
Posted by Jamie in Pittsburgh http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/strawberry.limonade?ref=name on October 6, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Loveschild 24
"Walk of shame guy" that sums all three in the whole video nicely.

I wonder what their girlfriends, wives (if any?) think about this "joke"?

Get tested.
Posted by Loveschild http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/responding_to_haiti_earthquake/ on October 6, 2009 at 6:53 PM
kim in portland 25
Get a life.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/fast-paced_video_provides_a_fu.html on October 6, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Uriel-238 26
Y'know, Loveschild @24, I'm not entirely sure you and I saw the same video.

I'm don't see how Walk of Shame Guy, as you put it, sums all three in the whole video nicely, unless you're saying they're all shameful, in which case I completely disagree.

I'm not sure the relevance of the opinions of the significant others of these guys, either those of the actors, or of the characters.

And I'm not sure the significance of your safe sex message, since we don't even know if Long Haired Guy used a condom. Maybe you figured he didn't.

laurelgardner @21, I find find those rare, lovely, literary writers who actually do the research to be incredibly sexy. In fact a lot of folks do.
Posted by Uriel-238 on October 6, 2009 at 11:59 PM
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@Loveschild: Their 'girlfriends' would have thought it was HAWT but they were in the other room getting having a lesbian toy party.

You get tested. You never know when your 'husband' might be getting some on the down-low because you're such a b*tch and he's tired of looking at your thinly pressed lips while you stare at the ceiling.
Posted by Kate134 on October 7, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Loveschild 28
26 Condoms are no sure protection for the type of acts between men that they were describing. Any sane person would think that any straight men who are not ashamed to describe the homosexual acts that they were describing even if joking could have the potential of actually acting them out in their personal lives. And no woman deserves to be infected with a disease because their boyfriend or husband is living a double life as a homosexual.
Posted by Loveschild http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/responding_to_haiti_earthquake/ on October 7, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Maria in LA 29
That was incredibly hot... and incredibly disappointing, as the most physical contact in this vid was a high five.

Also, funny how @28 thinks men confident enough in their own heterosexuality are the ones who are repressed. Funny.
Posted by Maria in LA on October 7, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Uriel-238 30
Loveschild, @28, I think everyone considers acting out alien sexual scenarios just as an internal test to see if they are attractive or repulsive, the same way we may consider acts of violence against transgressors. Even if we don't acknowledge it consciously, we do so subconsciously. Most of the scenarios we consider in everyday living are not acted out, whether due to personal ethics, or social disincentives, or in favor of better choices. I suspect fewer people realize this process than don't, and I think sanity has nothing to do with it.

That said, the characters portrayed in this video I think are no more or less inclined to act on whatever homoerotic impulses they have than someone who couldn't or wouldn't openly discuss such a scenario. If they did engage in gay sex, they'd more likely do so consciously (as it's clear they're comfortable with their own sexuality), and I think that level of self awareness is a healthy thing.

In contrast, I've known plenty of folk who have found themselves in sexual scenarios of which they'd not openly approve, whether they be sex with improbable partners, sex in violation of concurrent relationship parameters (i.e. cheating) or sex in absence of safety precautions they would commonly demand. I see it as dysfunctional (though I wouldn't describe it as insane necessarily) when someone emerges from such a situation wondering how it came about, or if he or she were to freak out about it happening afterward. Evolution bred out those species that were able to resist their libidos long before we were mammals, let alone hominids or human beings.
Posted by Uriel-238 on October 7, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Uriel-238 31
Are there any conditions, Loveschild @28, in which you would believe a woman deserves to be infected with a disease? I don't. I certainly don't regard illness, whether sexually transmitted or otherwise, is some kind of righteous punishment for unjust behavior outside of the fact that things happen outside of pure causality. Indeed, commitment to abstenance, institutionalized pairings or monogamy have never once in civilization been an effective method of pathogen containment. Despite the best efforts of our strictest societies, the human species has perpetually resisted being so controlled.

Incidentally, I'd be cautious about making generalizations such as Any sane person would think... which is inherently loaded language, not only deriding by default anyone who would think otherwise, but also indulging in the commonplace stigmatization of mental disorders, i.e. insanity.

I assume you are aware that a significant population struggles daily with psychological problems, some as mild as neuroses and some as severe as autism. Most such folk are functional in society (some, highly functional), and very few of them are actually dangerous. Yes?

Incidentally, to what specific dangers were you describing when you were saying condoms are no sure protection? And what level of risk reduction do you qualify as a sure protection?
Posted by Uriel-238 on October 7, 2009 at 8:18 PM

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