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It took me awhile to catch up.

In the US public school = state educated.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

It took me awhile to catch up.
In the US public school = state educated.


Yeah it's all arse about face, like lots of stuff here

I'm still busy trying to figure out what the various accents are supposed to represent.

hate the "gaydar" joke. stuff like this is what gives homophobes credit.

>> ^conan:

hate the "gaydar" joke. stuff like this is what gives homophobes credit.


But it's okay because it was made by a gay guy! Right? Right?

>> ^conan:

hate the "gaydar" joke. stuff like this is what gives homophobes credit.


I'm honestly not sure how the joke was homophobic. Obviously Fry didn't seem to think so. What's your take on it?

>> ^Deano:

>> ^conan:
hate the "gaydar" joke. stuff like this is what gives homophobes credit.

I'm honestly not sure how the joke was homophobic. Obviously Fry didn't seem to think so. What's your take on it?


I just don't think it's a good idea to make jokes about minorities whose members already find themselves constantly bullied in a "normal" (i.e. no David Chapelle or similar "rude" humor enviroment) show such as QI. The more bullies see this humor on regular TV, the more they think it's OK to make such jokes in their own daily life.

Ah well, maybe i'm oversensitive but i think homophobia definitely is a serious and pressing issue.

>> ^alien_concept:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
It took me awhile to catch up.
In the US public school = state educated.

Yeah it's all arse about face, like lots of stuff here


That used to confuse me, and I'm British. The American (and rest of the world?) way makes more sense.

It dates back to when there was no state education. You had faith schools and these new schools which were open to everyone who could afford it came along and because they were open to everyone, they were for the public (assuming you had money).

>> ^conan:

>> ^Deano:
>> ^conan:
hate the "gaydar" joke. stuff like this is what gives homophobes credit.

I'm honestly not sure how the joke was homophobic. Obviously Fry didn't seem to think so. What's your take on it?

I just don't think it's a good idea to make jokes about minorities whose members already find themselves constantly bullied in a "normal" (i.e. no David Chapelle or similar "rude" humor enviroment) show such as QI. The more bullies see this humor on regular TV, the more they think it's OK to make such jokes in their own daily life.
Ah well, maybe i'm oversensitive but i think homophobia definitely is a serious and pressing issue.


Didn't he just say something about them inventing "gaydar instead of radar"? Seemed fine to me and I wasn't aware that was a homophobic term. I've used it myself quite often along with friends and I can honestly say no one has ever sought to correct that.
I assumed it was in common usage by the gay community as well but that's only my assumption.

"Gaydar" is about gays being able to tell if a person is hetero or homo before finding out. There is nothing homophobic about it whatsoever, and it is a very useful skill to have (nothing's more annoying/frustrating than hitting on heteros when you're homo).

>> ^hpqp:

"Gaydar" is about gays being able to tell if a person is hetero or homo before finding out. There is nothing homophobic about it whatsoever, and it is a very useful skill to have (nothing's more annoying/frustrating than hitting on heteros when you're homo).


Not nearly as frustrating as accidentally hitting on homosexual men when you're a heterosexual male.

You know Stephen Fry is gay, right?

I spent the entire video hoping that Stephen would jump into the General Melchett character.

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