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[–][deleted] 32 insightful - 4 fun32 insightful - 3 fun33 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

Why are straight people so desperate to not be seen as straight?

[–]Brynjolf-of-RiftenSkyrim gender Pronouns: It/Just/Works 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Because they want to be quirky and special, so they take some random word with an LGB or Woke connotation and label themselves with that to make themselves seem more than just another straight person.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Translation: Not Like Other StraightsTM

[–]pacmanla 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think in the social climate today, people just want to be seen as "different". I'm with you on this as well & it's like living in the twilight zone, with so many heterosexuals not wanting to be seen as such.

[–]soundsituationI myself was once a gay 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In part this is the fallout from intersectionality. When people are demonized for belonging to immutable categories, it's understandable that they would want to distance themselves from those categories. It's not the most courageous response but I do understand it. And in part it is narcissism, especially with the more vocal virtue signalers.