Yeah, it was used inflationary around that time. I remember the parents of our friend group asking us to please not use the word in that way because it was so excessive.
Or just location differences, but was absolutely a normalized thing to say when I grew up. Didn’t mean homosexual or anything, just anything that sucked was “gay”
“The 40 Year Old Virgin” came out in 2005 and one of the most memorable scenes in my opinion is two guys (Paul Rudd and somebody else) playing video games making gay jokes. “Do you know how I know you’re gay? You like Coldplay.”
If Hollywood was still doing it in the mid-00’s then you can bet it was still popular in highschools across the USA.
“Gay” as an insult was already falling out of favor around 1998. Source: I was there.
Well it was very much alive by 2008. Source: was a not straight teen in 2008.
Yeah, it was used inflationary around that time. I remember the parents of our friend group asking us to please not use the word in that way because it was so excessive.
Depends on where you were.
I was there too, it definitely wasn’t
“Wanna know how I know you’re gay?” And “gayyyyy!” from Community were like late 2000s
Guess I had a better friend group.
Guess your friend group lived under a rock lol
Or just location differences, but was absolutely a normalized thing to say when I grew up. Didn’t mean homosexual or anything, just anything that sucked was “gay”
“The 40 Year Old Virgin” came out in 2005 and one of the most memorable scenes in my opinion is two guys (Paul Rudd and somebody else) playing video games making gay jokes. “Do you know how I know you’re gay? You like Coldplay.”
If Hollywood was still doing it in the mid-00’s then you can bet it was still popular in highschools across the USA.
Friend group? Look at this guy. We used to hang around with people just because they lived in the same area.
Sadly it’s still very much used as an insult in some contexts. Source: I am here.
Maybe it was in 1998, but it’s still used as one in my queer daughter’s middle school today.
For real. I hear younger folks say “people didn’t know it wasn’t cool back then” – no, lots of people knew.