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Tarrant64

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Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: Platypus
FYI: gay guys don't try to look at your junk in the bathroom...

FYI: absolutes are never absolutes. Hell, there are even straight guys who look at each others' junks.

:thumbsup:

That and I know a lot of guys who are big into working out that check each other out.
 

SSSnail

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Originally posted by: R Nilla
Originally posted by: SSSnail
You go to the restroom and there's a guy in there, but you know for a fact that he's openly gay. He's using the same restroom as you do, do you feel awkward?

What would you do in that situation, walk out?

I'm confused, is the "openly gay guy" wearing a name tag that says "Hi, I'm Gay"? How would you even know? I don't know about everyone else, but people don't go running around my office announcing their sexual preference. It's a business setting and the "PC" thing to do is MYOGDB.

You'd be surprised. How about bringing their "partner" to company Christmas party? Suffice?
 

Platypus

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Originally posted by: Tarrant64
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: Platypus
FYI: gay guys don't try to look at your junk in the bathroom...

FYI: absolutes are never absolutes. Hell, there are even straight guys who look at each others' junks.

:thumbsup:

Fair enough, perhaps 'MOST' would be better :)
 

Tarrant64

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Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: R Nilla
Originally posted by: SSSnail
You go to the restroom and there's a guy in there, but you know for a fact that he's openly gay. He's using the same restroom as you do, do you feel awkward?

What would you do in that situation, walk out?

I'm confused, is the "openly gay guy" wearing a name tag that says "Hi, I'm Gay"? How would you even know? I don't know about everyone else, but people don't go running around my office announcing their sexual preference. It's a business setting and the "PC" thing to do is MYOGDB.

You'd be surprised. How about bringing their "partner" to company Christmas party? Suffice?


And that has what to do with doing your 15 seconds of business in the bathroom?

 

glutenberg

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I wonder what's the historical reason for having split bathrooms between men and women. I know that UCLA had co-ed bathrooms in the dorms but why is it that once you're out of college that co-ed bathrooms become more and more taboo? Is the split up due to men being attracted to women or is it due to men and women having different bathroom needs?
 

R Nilla

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Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: R Nilla
Originally posted by: SSSnail
You go to the restroom and there's a guy in there, but you know for a fact that he's openly gay. He's using the same restroom as you do, do you feel awkward?

What would you do in that situation, walk out?

I'm confused, is the "openly gay guy" wearing a name tag that says "Hi, I'm Gay"? How would you even know? I don't know about everyone else, but people don't go running around my office announcing their sexual preference. It's a business setting and the "PC" thing to do is MYOGDB.

You'd be surprised. How about bringing their "partner" to company Christmas party? Suffice?

OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.
 

waggy

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SSSnail are you gay?

seems you are pretty damn worried about this. you afraid of getting in trouble?
 

SSSnail

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Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

I think you and tarrant64 missed a few of my posts, this has NOTHING to do with me. Rather I'm asking what would YOU do, that's all.

Edit: Waggy, go back and read my posts on page 5, then come back and ask the question again.
 

R Nilla

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Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

I think you and tarrant64 missed a few of my posts, this has NOTHING to do with me. Rather I'm asking what would YOU do, that's all.

OK then I wouldn't do anything except proceed with business as usual. But my point was that I would never know if someone is gay or not as they don't parade around my office. That, and I don't pay particular attention to who else is in the bathroom and what their sexual preference is. And if I did know, I still wouldn't care/be bothered/act differently/feel awkward.
 

Tarrant64

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Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

I think you and tarrant64 missed a few of my posts, this has NOTHING to do with me. Rather I'm asking what would YOU do, that's all.

Edit: Waggy, go back and read my posts on page 5, then come back and ask the question again.

I haven't missed anything. I did unfortunately miss my ride on the way out of this thread.

You must've missed mine because by my posts you could have put it together all by yourself, like a grown up. MYOGDB applies no matter how you look at it.
 

glutenberg

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Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

Out of curiousity, would you say a woman is just having insecurity issues if they disliked the idea of men being in the same bathroom as them?
 

R Nilla

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Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

Out of curiousity, would you say a woman is just having insecurity issues if they disliked the idea of men being in the same bathroom as them?

Irrelevant. We're talking about a same sex bathroom. Would you say a man is having insecurity issues if they disliked a giraffe being in the same bathroom as them?
 

SSSnail

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Originally posted by: Tarrant64
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

I think you and tarrant64 missed a few of my posts, this has NOTHING to do with me. Rather I'm asking what would YOU do, that's all.

Edit: Waggy, go back and read my posts on page 5, then come back and ask the question again.

I haven't missed anything. I did unfortunately miss my ride on the way out of this thread.

You must've missed mine because by my posts you could have put it together all by yourself, like a grown up. MYOGDB applies no matter how you look at it.

So by asking what you would do in a situation, you would know what I would do? :roll: Are you Ms Cleo? I did MMOGDB, I peed, I even shook a few times. You missed my points completely.

If people do MTOGDB, then we wouldn't have as many lawyers running around.
 

Tarrant64

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Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: Tarrant64
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

I think you and tarrant64 missed a few of my posts, this has NOTHING to do with me. Rather I'm asking what would YOU do, that's all.

Edit: Waggy, go back and read my posts on page 5, then come back and ask the question again.

I haven't missed anything. I did unfortunately miss my ride on the way out of this thread.

You must've missed mine because by my posts you could have put it together all by yourself, like a grown up. MYOGDB applies no matter how you look at it.

So by asking what you would do in a situation, you would know what I would do? :roll: Are you Ms Cleo? I did MMOGDB, I peed, I even shook a few times. You missed my points completely.

If people do MTOGDB, then we wouldn't have as many lawyers running around.

Thanks for the detail.


WTF does MTOGDB have to do with LAWYERS?

 

KoolAidKid

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Originally posted by: glutenberg
I wonder what's the historical reason for having split bathrooms between men and women. I know that UCLA had co-ed bathrooms in the dorms but why is it that once you're out of college that co-ed bathrooms become more and more taboo? Is the split up due to men being attracted to women or is it due to men and women having different bathroom needs?

I was wondering about his myself. Possibilities:

1) I don't know about you, but a woman would lose some of her sex appeal in my eyes if I sat next to her in the bathroom when she was taking a big crap. We can call this the "preserving the mystique" option. I like this option, most women I know (with a few entertaining exceptions) like to pretend that they never poop at all.
2) Historically, any thoughts about the genitals of the opposite sex were discouraged. Genital-related things happen in bathrooms. Therefore, separate bathrooms were necessary.
 

glutenberg

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Originally posted by: R Nilla
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

Out of curiousity, would you say a woman is just having insecurity issues if they disliked the idea of men being in the same bathroom as them?

Irrelevant. We're talking about a same sex bathroom. Would you say a man is having insecurity issues if they disliked a giraffe being in the same bathroom as them?

Hence the question of whether bathrooms are split due to the mutual attraction that men and women generally have for each other or is it just a cultural occurrence or if neither of those, what's the reason? Are giraffe's sexually attracted to men? Are men sexually attracted to women? Are gay men sexually attracted to men?
 

Tarrant64

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Originally posted by: KoolAidKid
Originally posted by: glutenberg
I wonder what's the historical reason for having split bathrooms between men and women. I know that UCLA had co-ed bathrooms in the dorms but why is it that once you're out of college that co-ed bathrooms become more and more taboo? Is the split up due to men being attracted to women or is it due to men and women having different bathroom needs?

I was wondering about his myself. Possibilities:

1) I don't know about you, but a woman would lose some of her sex appeal in my eyes if I sat next to her in the bathroom when she was taking a big crap. We can call this the "preserving the mystique" option. I like this option, most women I know (with a few entertaining exceptions) like to pretend that they never poop at all.
2) Historically, any thoughts about the genitals of the opposite sex were discouraged. Genital-related things happen in bathrooms. Therefore, separate bathrooms were necessary.

1) I can agree with that.
2) Same here...
 

glutenberg

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Originally posted by: KoolAidKid
Originally posted by: glutenberg
I wonder what's the historical reason for having split bathrooms between men and women. I know that UCLA had co-ed bathrooms in the dorms but why is it that once you're out of college that co-ed bathrooms become more and more taboo? Is the split up due to men being attracted to women or is it due to men and women having different bathroom needs?

I was wondering about his myself. Possibilities:

1) I don't know about you, but a woman would lose some of her sex appeal in my eyes if I sat next to her in the bathroom when she was taking a big crap. We can call this the "preserving the mystique" option. I like this option, most women I know (with a few entertaining exceptions) like to pretend that they never poop at all.
2) Historically, any thoughts about the genitals of the opposite sex were discouraged. Genital-related things happen in bathrooms. Therefore, separate bathrooms were necessary.

I'm guessing that the reason for having separate bathrooms has little to do with "preserving the mystique" option but I know what you mean. Hell, most guys probably would like to think that women poop cherries and fart perfume.
 

pontifex

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we're not going to get any real answers from the guy who made a post stating that he hates something he's never seen. Anyone remember that thread?

he then kept making up stupid excuses and reasons and only made himself look even more dumb
 

R Nilla

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Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: R Nilla
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

Out of curiousity, would you say a woman is just having insecurity issues if they disliked the idea of men being in the same bathroom as them?

Irrelevant. We're talking about a same sex bathroom. Would you say a man is having insecurity issues if they disliked a giraffe being in the same bathroom as them?

Hence the question of whether bathrooms are split due to the mutual attraction that men and women generally have for each other or is it just a cultural occurrence or if neither of those, what's the reason? Are giraffe's sexually attracted to men? Are men sexually attracted to women? Are gay men sexually attracted to men?

I am not participating in this tangent, I have merely been responding to the question in the OP, which involves a man being in a men's room. I understand what you're getting at, but it's a Men's Room, not an "Attracted to Women" room.
 

Tarrant64

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Originally posted by: R Nilla
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: R Nilla
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: R Nilla
OK, but I think MYOGDB still applies. I don't see the issue other than the possibility of insecurity on your part. If it's that big of a deal then use the stall.

Out of curiousity, would you say a woman is just having insecurity issues if they disliked the idea of men being in the same bathroom as them?

Irrelevant. We're talking about a same sex bathroom. Would you say a man is having insecurity issues if they disliked a giraffe being in the same bathroom as them?

Hence the question of whether bathrooms are split due to the mutual attraction that men and women generally have for each other or is it just a cultural occurrence or if neither of those, what's the reason? Are giraffe's sexually attracted to men? Are men sexually attracted to women? Are gay men sexually attracted to men?

I am not participating in this tangent, I have merely been responding to the question in the OP, which involves a man being in a men's room. I understand what you're getting at, but it's a Men's Room, not an "Attracted to Women" room.


Point.
 

glutenberg

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Originally posted by: Tarrant64
Originally posted by: KoolAidKid
Originally posted by: glutenberg
I wonder what's the historical reason for having split bathrooms between men and women. I know that UCLA had co-ed bathrooms in the dorms but why is it that once you're out of college that co-ed bathrooms become more and more taboo? Is the split up due to men being attracted to women or is it due to men and women having different bathroom needs?

I was wondering about his myself. Possibilities:

1) I don't know about you, but a woman would lose some of her sex appeal in my eyes if I sat next to her in the bathroom when she was taking a big crap. We can call this the "preserving the mystique" option. I like this option, most women I know (with a few entertaining exceptions) like to pretend that they never poop at all.
2) Historically, any thoughts about the genitals of the opposite sex were discouraged. Genital-related things happen in bathrooms. Therefore, separate bathrooms were necessary.

1) I can agree with that.
2) Same here...

For reason number 2, it would seem that the reason for discouraging thoughts of the genitalia of the opposite sex would be to discourage sexual thoughts from manifesting rampantly. Would this not apply to a gay man whose sexual preference is towards men? All of this is theoretical, by the way, I'm just curious to understand where our standards come from whether they're legitimate or not.
 

SSSnail

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Originally posted by: pontifex
we're not going to get any real answers from the guy who made a post stating that he hates something he's never seen. Anyone remember that thread?

he then kept making up stupid excuses and reasons and only made himself look even more dumb

Dude, quit already, if you can dig up that thread I did say I saw bits and pieces of it, enough to know the storyline, the characters, etc... That constitutes seeing enough to hate it. Quit trolling already.