Straight dudes have it really tough. It’s like, they want to be able to show support for their bros, but how can they when someone might get the wrong idea and think they’re acting all gay?
And now that Twitter has replaced its “star” icon with a “heart,” life just got even harder for them.
Whereas before they might have “starred” a friend’s gym selfie (because damn man, you’re getting totally ripped we gotta lift together sometime), now they’re stuck “hearting” it. Which is totally gay, or something.
If the above sentences made you throw up a little in your mouth, just wait until you see what actual human men have been posting on the topic:
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Craig Dunkerton
Haha
Luis Collazo
Lol
Bill Seiber
I’m queer, confident, & educated–& I hate heart icons, & emoticons in general. It a’int just straight guys.
Glücklich
Congratulations guys, you’ve finally figured out how to make yourselves sound like high school sophomores for the rest of your lives.
Honestly, why do people even do this dumb fucking twitter bullshit?
Don Dodge
Can’t even.
Patrick Crawford
Very insecure. And uneducated
Desert Boy
I like emojis.
Captain Obvious
I want to heart their tweets but Twitter is so dumb I don’t care to sign up.
Masc Pride
Remember all those Hilary Duff PSAs? “When you say ‘that’s so gay’, do you realize what you say? Knock it off!”. Looks like they didn’t quite work. lol
These guys also look very young though, probably mid to late teens. These are really typical tweets for that age group.
BJ McFrisky
Yes, because everyone who doesn’t dot their I’s with a heart is a closet homo.
/sarc
Gotta love that liberal logic.
/super-sarc
Justin Weeks
If you’re that insecure with your sexuality there’s something wrong
Ian Watson
Extremely sad,
Roan
I’m gay and I don’t like the Hello Kitty exploding hearts. Yes, they explode into adorable, tiny hearts when you click them. Twitter can’t fix the troll, racism, homophobia, violence and other problems on the platform, but they have time for this.
Marky
I think if they all got together they could manage to make one normal sized dick out of their collective birth defects… I would /totally/ ‘heart’ the tweet reporting /that/ event.
Tracy Pope
@Roan: You went in an odd direction with that. Nobody before you or the article commented about that. Why are you? ICYMI: The article was about straight guys freaking out and posting homophobic tweets over a heart instead of a star for favorite-ing a tweet. Not about closet cases. Are you trying to tell us something about yourself?
Tracy Pope
WTF??? Sorry @Roan:
That was meant for @BJ McFrisky:
nickvanallen
WTF PEOPLE ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO INSECURE IT AIN’T FUNNY SMMFH TFOH
DarkZephyr
@BJ McFrisky: what are you talking about? Its the straight guys who all seem pretty homophobic in these tweets, some even bitching about giving “gays rights” who are making that claim. PLEASE explain to me how that is “liberal logic”. Thanks in advance!
DarkZephyr
@BJ McFrisky: And who said you’re gay if you DON’T use hearts? Where is this claim anywhere in the article or among the comments? Dude, you didn’t even SHARE your thoughts on the “conservative logic” that if you DO use hearts you’re gay. Do you “gotta love that conservative logic” as much as you “gotta love that liberal logic” that you seem to have pulled out of your hat?
@Bill Seiber: Fine, don’t like hearts, but these guys are tweeting about it, claiming that using hearts is gay and they are using homophobic slurs in doing so. Got anything to say about that?
Michael Feather
#masculinitysofragile
Michael Lucewicz
Maybe they just prefer Little Twin Stars
Paul
@Michael Feather: Thank you! I will share this hashtag with other friends!
captainburrito
They are so bad that you couldn’t criticize them to make them look bad as they really speak for themselves and showcase their insecurity and homophobia.
Louis
I always enjoy reading the uneducated and illiterate comments a bigot always makes.
These people should be more concerned with learning how to write properly and stop misspelling words and less about us and our overall existences on this planet.
Morons.
Louis
@Masc Pride: Your comment is hilarious considering you have gotten your jollies plenty of times on this site from discriminating and bullying other gay men .
So please cut the crap already acting like you are above when you have consistently proven yourself to be no different then these men are.
Your attitude is essentially the same as theirs is the only difference is you mask it with a macho and insensitive attitude acting like you are better then they are.
No im afraid to tell you you’re not dude.
Your comment was hypocritical actually considering how you speak to people.