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minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoGo figure the context is important ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIt’s really funny when you read books from back in the day when ‘gay’ meant ‘rowdy.’ “The cowboys rode into town, got drunk and got gay with the citizens.” That line can have two wildly different meanings.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days ago When you’re with the Flintstones Have a yabba-dabba-doo time A dabba-doo time We’ll have a gay old time
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI always thought that Barney walked a little funny…
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoBrokeback Mountain was just about two rough and rowdy cowpokes. Nothing to see here
Go figure the context is important
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It’s really funny when you read books from back in the day when ‘gay’ meant ‘rowdy.’
“The cowboys rode into town, got drunk and got gay with the citizens.”
That line can have two wildly different meanings.
I always thought that Barney walked a little funny…
Brokeback Mountain was just about two rough and rowdy cowpokes. Nothing to see here