Lesbians Voted Cutest Yearbook Couple, Category Eliminated

[Fifthfiend]

Like debating over abortion with a hardcore Bible-thumper.

Okay seriously tophat just don't go there ever at all, if you absolutely must then there's a thread for just this kind of thing.

Anyone else who might feel obliged to take exception to this remark I've done it for you and that's the last I want to hear of it.

[Lord of Joshelplex]

This O'Reilly strikes me as a homophobe.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Slightly related article...

Which takes the opinion that O'Reilly picks up stories like this, and various salacious stories, instead of focusing in on actually important things that are happening in the news.

SWB

[TopHatAssassin]

Okay seriously tophat just don't go there ever at all, if you absolutely must then there's a thread for just this kind of thing.

Just drawing a comparison fifth, no need to get all excited.

That being said, what was written in that article makes some sense. I mean, he's a relatively old man, so it would make sense he'd be more interested in... arousing pieces of news, shall we say. :p

Anything for more airtime, I suppose. In all seriousness though, the whole lesbian yearbook thing does make for some interesting news, if not headline. It seems (to me) to show a shift in attitudes toward the whole same-sex thing.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Khael!

You know what? I'm pretty sure it was that group running student council at my high school. Almost sure of it. That's gonna screw up a lot of people's votes right there.

Yeah, admittedly my high school was run by the same folks. As it turns out, the reason those people often tend to end up in those roles is because they aren't challenged by the rest of the populace. I ran for Senior Class President, won in a landslide, and was credited by many for inspiring a number of the underclassmen to run (and win) for similar positions the following year.

Originally Posted by Demetrius

As for the "High School Sadists," I have been on the receiving end of that in HS and it hurt badly. I was well adjusted, but not part of the popular crowd, in fact many of them hated me because of my scholastic and artistic capabilities and were holding grudges from elementary school. I didn't have the "you're popular" bit. In class while the teacher was out the girl who hated me the most, stood up and said to the whole class, "Who would want to be *Demetrius? I don't know of anyone who should ever like him." Needless to say her friends in the class laughed uproariously and added in their own bits. The only thing that kept me from jumping out of my desk and beating her to death (I was getting ready for my blackbelt testing in MMA and was wrestling) was entrenched gender roles and the fact that the majority of the class stood up in my defense.

See that? Yeah, that last part at the end there? This is what I'm talking about. Those people who picked on you are not popular. Obviously, the majority of the people in your class liked you more than that little group and completely disproved her point, as it appears there are plenty of reasons why people should like you.

All it takes is one good comeback in those situations and you'll have the whole crowd laughing at them. Then who's "popular"?

[Khael!]

Aw crap. Your post inspired me to try for class co-pres, but now I'm no longer in school to attempt it. Boo.

Still, I've never heard of anybody actually challenging those "popular guys". Or winning. I swear some people just vote for them because of their "popular" label, and not because they actually care to think about their vote.

[POS Industries]

Eh, I actually ran for shits and giggles because I met all the qualifications and it was an excuse to put up a bunch of weirdass posters with my name on it all over the place.

Who would've thought using "Resistance is futile" as a campaign slogan would work?

[katiuska]

One of the geeky kids ran for student council my last year of HS. He won because his campaign was hilarious. He was one of those "They can't laugh at me if they laugh with me" types; people still laughed at him, of course, and nobody stopped thinking of him as a loser, but that kind of chutzpah demands a little respect.

Popularity is a strange thing. I think there's a distinction to be made between "socially dominant" and "well-liked," which may be correlated but not the same.

I don't know. Most of HS is pretty meaningless to me now; I only take out my memorabilia if I feel like marveling at how lame we all were and how much has changed. Then again, I don't see why these girls shouldn't have the same privilege.

[shiney]

We received a reported post on this thread, and the person who reported that post knows who he is and what he reported.

That is not blatant trolling, or even trolling in the slightest. It is an observation, not any particularily inflammatory or otherwise derogative one at that.

Kindly refrain from using the report post button in the future until you can discren the difference between a troll and just someone who irks you.

[bluestarultor]

I can get along with anyone you throw at me, provided they're not devoid of redeeming features. I've known gay people who were totally great, football players who wrote some killer poetry, and some of the hottest girls in school were some of the smartest, nicest people I've met.

People are people and should be treated as such.