so mhartz posted a facebook status message about elton john saying that he thought jesus was gay and that it's hard to be a gay man and not be crucified for it...yada yada.
so peeps keep leaving comments on it, therefore this status message keeps resurfacing to the top of my newsfeed. luckily, while randomly checking facebook, mhartz's status thing popped back up again and i read thee funniest comment i have probably ever read:
a man who shall remain somewhat anonymous (or perhaps not at all after i post this) left a comment saying: "try being a straight man that everyone thinks is gay"...which i thought was absolutely funny-as-all-hell and i totally get his point. that would suck.
but here's what really had me rolling...and, i'm sorry, i can't even blur out his face because it is too integral to the funny factor. here is the straight guy's facebook profile picture:
ummm, hilarious!!!!!! so everyone thinks this guy is gay? um, of course you do! why would anyone assume anything different? ugh, precious. and i love that this guy has a sense of humor about it all, because it is indeed humorous. i'm sure he's an awesome guy because of this one factor alone. i want to be friends with him so bad.
but let's also look at this scenario from a different perspective: so this guy knows he perpetuating the stereotype of a gay man in 2010 and has complete control of his outward appearance. complete control. i dress myself every morning, too. so, if his misinterpretation were truly a big enough day-to-day problem to the point that it negatively affected his life (and his love life), one would assume he'd handle the situation as necessary, i.e. changing his style a little to reflect something a little more...masculine, right?
well, you'd be wrong. this is what he is and he isn't apologizing for it. i love it. right on. who wants to purposely stifle their life or outward appearance just because people may make inaccurate assumptions?
i don't think anyone should have to do that.
but the bad thing is: we all are guilty of doing exactly that. we all judge! if i saw this guy walking down the street in chicago, i'd be like " oh hey gay, how you is?"
yep, guilty. so, obviously this guy is going to be, without fail, passed up by chick, after chick, after chick...all because of his own life choices.
and i love him for that.
because from the looks of it - he's not into chicks.
but he is!
oh, life.
