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[–]TurtleFuzz 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I saw a lot of support for just calling them straight/gay/lesbian/bi.

They can keep that term, because the meaning has changed to include trans people. Which is totally fine,everyoneis free to date and have sex with whoever they want.

I say just leave them aloneand maybe they will leave us alone.

[–]Britishbulldog 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Second this. I thought of a few alternatives but it just convoluted things

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's already convoluted because of the trans issue. I mean, you guys are calling yourself supers.

[–]Britishbulldog 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Valid. I don’t like the use of ‘super’, but it’s useful to have a term for us- it’s not what I would have chosen! Tbh, I still use ‘bi’ as it still somewhat has retained its original meaning- pan refers to gender.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There is already a term for straight and gay people.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The opposite of superior is inferior.
The opposite of super is infernal.
The opposite of superstraight is infernalcrooked.
I think.

[–]ElectricSheep 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Superscript, subscript

super, sub.

Or, just let them have the normal terms, since they're so caught up in it.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The politically correct term is B. B people are bisexual. It highlights their infernal inferiority in a more polite, subtle way.

Sub is usually used to describe the relative position. "Super" and "infernal" are reserved for those who are close to the apex.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Been at the thesaurus. I think we should follow their logic and just pick a random opposite word for super just like they did for cis/trans.

So here's a few

Nominally straight

Tolerably straight

Inferior straight

Vulgar straight

Alt straight

Low straight

Infra straight

But, yeah, I think substraight is the best.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Vulgar straight

I like that one.

[–]fschmidt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Am I SuperMan? I don't think so. Actually I don't understand what this whole SuperX thing is all about. I haven't seen any "super" people in a long time.

[–]grixit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

no