The Gay Discussion (Spudz, Core and Shox, make yourself at home)

Your gay?

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The town I grew up in has a population of 1200 rednecks

Did everyone sleep with everyone?

Yes, I am.

That would have been funny...but no, it wasn\'t that backwoods.  Perhaps rednecks was the wrong term.  What I was implying is that the town is devoid of anything but tradition.  You go to school, you play sports, you go hunting/fishing, you go to Sunday church, blah, blah, blah.  

I lived a very sheltered childhood so getting me to buy the whole "I am what I am because of my surroundings" is a bit far fetched.  I believe it\'s something one is born with...whether is be a birth "defect" or whatever.  It\'s probably passed down through genes and I find that to be entirely possible.  I was adopted and have no clue as to who my biological parents are.

May I ask a 2 questions? 1

Why did you choose to be gay? 2

Im not making fun of you, but rather wondering why.

I\'m guessing you understood nothing of my posts except I am gay.

Had you comprehended it, you should have gotten the idea that it was not a choice.  Had it been, I would have chosen to be straight.  Life would be so easy for me...but I\'m tired of feeling sorry for myself.

Are you the one dead set on the idea that it is a lifestyle or a choice?  Honestly, I don\'t know anyone who would choose this.  It\'s been a huge obstacle in my life that I still can\'t overcome.

I\'ll ask a question now.  

Where did you get the impression that it is a choice?  Do you simply set it in your mind so that you think you understand it?

Originally posted by Spudz
May I ask a 2 questions? 1

Why did you choose to be gay? 2

Im not making fun of you, but rather wondering why.

Originally posted by Rikku

I\'m guessing you understood nothing of my posts except I am gay.

FUNNIEST THING EVAAAAR!

Oh my gosh, how can you be born with personal preferences? I guess I was born to like the Lakers, asian girls, and play RPGs.

When you\'re born, your just a lump of clay, its your environment that sculpts you.

Well the whole born gay thing was covered in my Abnormal Psych class (that\'s gotta feel great, if your sexual preferance is covered in Ab Psych) and the basic jist of it is that it\'s a combonation of hormonal imbalence and enviroment.  A combonation of Nature and Nurture.  But you also have to take into consideration that most of todays psychological theories will be avoided like the black death in a decade or so.  I mean look at how Freud is considered a major quack now, but was the mac daddy of psych back in the day.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Originally posted by theomen
Well the whole born gay thing was covered in my Abnormal Psych class (that\'s gotta feel great, if your sexual preferance is covered in Ab Psych) and the basic jist of it is that it\'s a combonation of hormonal imbalence and enviroment.  A combonation of Nature and Nurture.

 

That\'s a combination that I\'d most agree with.  As the same environment could have completely different effects on the same person.

Though, your environment is made up of more than simply what \'surrounds you\', rather what you see, what you do, what you hear about, etc. etc.  Every little detail that is absorbed by the brain.

Socialization.

Thanks for chiming in Rikku, it\'s always nice to hear from someone with experience. And your comment to Spudz was hillarious. (no offense Spudz ).

Besides, Bob is making sense! :eek:

I think I see blood falling from the skies.

[videoholic]

Heh, Spudz got Owned.  Gotta love that.

Originally posted by Vapor Snake

When you\'re born, your just a lump of clay, its your environment that sculpts you.

Vapour, I totally, 100% agree, BUT when your born, are you going to have blonde hair or brown hair, are you going to have blue eyes or green eyes, are you going to have a introverted personality or are you going to be an extrovert? These things have already been implated into your life from DAY ONE, and I believe sexual preference would be the same. Sure, environment can have a baring (like how your gonna cut your hair, social trends etc) but the main blocks are still there.

I dunno, thats how I see it anyway.

[Bobs_Hardware]

are you going to have a introverted personality or are you going to be an extrovert? These things have already been implated into your life from DAY ONE

No, that\'s environmental.

Color of your hair is genetic, color of your eyes are genetic, your personality is environmental.

Personality is environmental...but how is it that a human can go from gay to straight?

How could one change their sexual preference before knowing they have one?

[Bobs_Hardware]

Because they never had a preference.