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[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 215 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Be strong and gay. Got it.

[–] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 37 points 6 months ago (4 children)
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 47 points 6 months ago (11 children)

If you're pan you've got to be either cast iron or stainless steel. We don't have any averages in the pan community. We're all superb.

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

I'd be cast iron, I'm heavy enough

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Carbon steel, baby.

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 28 points 6 months ago

or be weak or gay, but not both!

[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 18 points 6 months ago

The lgbt can't be harmed if the gays are armed

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Be the strong gay Billy Herrington always knew you could be.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months ago
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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 158 points 6 months ago (2 children)

"Stay fucking hard."

I CANT TAKE THESE MIXED SIGNALS

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 80 points 6 months ago

“In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay. Stay fucking hard,” Gomez instructs viewers in the video, delivering one of the most unintentionally homoerotic lines of the 21st century so far.

Great writing.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I am also deeply confused... this hateful message is coming from someone in paisley leggings.

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[–] GeekyOnion@lemmy.world 81 points 6 months ago (3 children)

What's the current over/under on her being outed in the next six months with an underage cheerleader, and having to apologize deeply to her family and constituents while continuing on her mission to destroy our country?

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 30 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The ones who piss and moan the loudest are often times themselves the biggest offenders, I.e projection, after all

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

piss and moan the loudest

It’s not nice to kink shame.

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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

Always a confession. So I'm at 85%

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[–] dudinax@programming.dev 71 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are we at the "anyone who doesn't vote for me is gay" stage?

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Time is cyclical. Welcome to the 90's.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 63 points 6 months ago (7 children)

I have no doubt whatsoever this woman eats pussy like an absolute carnivore.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 12 points 6 months ago

You have to establish dominance. She already said you can't be weak and gay. One or the other, but not both.

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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 61 points 6 months ago (3 children)

In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay.

So, you can't be anything you want? It's incredible that she doesn't hear the irony.

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[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 55 points 6 months ago (3 children)
[–] myusernameis@lemmy.ca 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm flexible and trans, does that work too?

[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago

You flirting with me?

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[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago (3 children)

The one wearing a bulletproof vest telling others not to be weak. She's not strong enough to stop bullets on her own?

I wonder what her secret girlfriend has to say about that.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago (5 children)

To be fair, that’s a weighted vest that a lot of (mostly ~~Crossfitters~~ functional fitness types (I don’t want to get sued)) wear to make their workouts harder.

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[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago (3 children)

"In America, you can be anything you want, so don't be weak and gay."

... What if I want to be those things?

Why doesn't she choose not to be fucking stupid and not an asshole?

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago

Oh I refuse to be weak and gay. I insist on being strong and gay

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I know plenty of gay people that would beat the piss out of this bitch.

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[–] nifty@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I am not sure how anyone can be “weak” when they constantly face so much discrimination, bullying and harassment and choose to spread a message that is essentially love is love. That’s heroic, not weak. You know who else persisted with a message of love under duress and hardship? Jesus.

Edit to say that I agree with the other commenters about being Strong and Gay 💪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 32 points 6 months ago (5 children)

What's with all the conservatives wearing soft armor with no plates in them? Fashion?

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They're cosplaying as strong people, but really they're just stupid.

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

“In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay."

So in the US I can be anything I want... except if I want to be weak and gay.

Any other exceptions I should know off?

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[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 27 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like "Republican" is its own derogatory category now.

"Don't be a Republican, care about your neighbor" or "Don't be a Republican, check the facts" feel like completely reasonable things to say because Republicans have basically stereotyped themselves.

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[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is the same shithead who burned some books w/ a flame thrower a few months back.

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 6 months ago

be strong and trans*

we're progressive now, smh.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

She is so hard that she needs a bulletproof vest protecting her from the hard society she enjoys so much

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

Be strong and gay? Weak and straight? Moderately fit and bisexual? What exactly is she asking of her constituents?

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

She clearly isn't aware of the sexuality makeup found in the average gym.

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago (1 children)

She's a republican, she isn't aware of much of anything...

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

If you take into account past republican behavior, it’s quite probable that she’s either bi or a closeted homosexual, and is simply projecting her shame onto other people so she doesn’t have to acknowledge her tingly bits every time she sees another woman.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

I'm sorry, all I heard was Gay Hard Fucking.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So be strong and gay? Be a power bottom, is that what you're saying?

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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The march towards making idiocracy a documentary is ahead of schedule I see.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is more straight up fascism.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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