I find this story hard to believe. Either he was gay all along and decided after a health threatening event that it was either now or never to be open about who he is, or he's one big bullshiatter.

There are other gay rugby players, by the way. Ones that don't wish to be hair dressers.

If this story is true (which I doubt), with his permission he should be studied.

Accidents don't turn you into a stereotype.

Diogenes: Accidents don't turn you into a stereotype.

So you are saying this was intentional. It's a case of Premeditated Homosexualism?

I_C_Weener: Diogenes: Accidents don't turn you into a stereotype.

So you are saying this was intentional. It's a case of Premeditated Homosexualism?

All kidding aside, I almost think so.

Cythraul: Either he was gay all along and decided after a health threatening event that it was either now or never to be open about who he is, or he's one big bullshiatter.

I'm voting for this.

Now he gets to be out and his rugby buddies think that it was all some kind of freak accident and that they never got his gay all over them or stared at their dongs.

I'd bet a paycheck he was a gay-basher big time. The stroke just knocked some denial loose.

RING RING it's the Bullshiat phone.

I'm somewhat conflicted on this one. On the one hand, there are documented cases of people who've had strokes undergoing dramatic personality shifts, speaking perfectly accented foreign languages for which they've had no prior formal training (and occasionally completely forgetting their mother tongue), and displaying savant-like skillsets that were dormant, latent, or nonexistent prior. I'm entirely willing to believe your brain can rewire you to have homosexual tendencies, or derive enjoyment from behaviors associated with homosexuality.

On the other hand,
Diogenes: Accidents don't turn you into a stereotype.
The likelihood of your brain rewiring your behavior and personality through To Wong Foo and Bruno is infinitesimally small. Could be a combination of new gender attraction with overcompensation. New converts are typically the most zealous. There could also have been some latent homosexuality in the background that he was repressing until the ol' bonk on the noggin acted as a reset. The rugby jock exterior could've been his coping mechanism, which he no longer needed.

On the gripping hand, this is the Fail. They could very well be taking a kernel of truth and blowing it up into a fluffy popcorn page-filler.

I believe it. First thing Phineas Gage asked when he came to was for the doctor to "fark the hole."

Cythraul: I find this stroke story hard to believe. Either he was gay all along and decided after a health threatening event that it was either now or never to be open about who he is, or he's one big bullshiatter.

There are other gay rugby players, by the way. Ones that don't wish to be hair dressers.

If this story is true (which I doubt), with his permission he should be studied.

/ftfy

stuhayes2010: Why is his weight relavent to the story?

Real gay men are all thin and neat. NTTAWT

cgraves67: In the "choice" vs. "born this way" arguement, where would this fall if true?

In the "most of a time a stroke will damage or kill you, but sometimes wacky things happen" section.

He chose to do a backflip, had a stroke, and his brain rewired itself gay. Sounds like a little of column A and a little of column B, like the vast majority of human sexuality.

This was a cliffhanger for In Living Color's. Men on Film skit. But it was in reverse. Uh, I mean only backwards. NTTATWWT

cgraves67: In the "choice" vs. "born this way" arguement, where would this fall if true?

the "born this way" argument is based on some physiological/biological/some-other-logical component that directs the brain towards being attracted to whatever it's attracted to. They say "born this way" as shorthand for, it wasn't a conscious choice, it was some biologically material event that precluded this choice. It isn't a matter of birth or timing, it's a matter of conscious choice vs. corporeal influence.

A stroke can significantly alter the brain's chemistry. Such that it may re-wire anew. Thus, it preserves the argument of "born this way" because the "born this way" is a misnomer. It doesn't actually have anything to do with birth, but with internal chemistry/biology/physiology.

/ kind of like how, people in the media say global warming, but it should be climate change. we can still use the term despite it's being inaccurate, because it's the term people use.

Diogenes: stuhayes2010: Why is his weight relavent to the story?

Real gay men are all thin and neat. NTTAWT

I really need to improve my gayness.

Cythraul: Diogenes: stuhayes2010: Why is his weight relavent to the story?

Real gay men are all thin and neat. NTTAWT

I really need to improve my gayness.

I'm a good 20lbs less gay than I want to be.

Aren't we all (that identify as straight) just a little gay? This gray area, eeet is huge. Maybe the stroke killed his hetero brainmeats. All that's left is the homosexual stuff.

NuttierThanEver: RING RING it's the Bullshiat phone.

Aphoticamy: Aren't we all (that identify as straight) just a little gay?

Maybe for women. For men, I know plenty of straight guys that find even the remote idea of having sex or physical intimacy with another man absolutely revolting.

LonMead: [4funz.com image 640x444]

FTW, this is. I loved this show, and especially Ian McShane.

JohnnyShotMe: For example:

www.chicagonow.com

vs

squareeyes.files.wordpress.com

If you would say that one of these two looks better (or at least less disgusting) than the other, wouldn't that be a little gay?

Jack does have a nice set of motorboatable moobs.

JohnnyShotMe: Cythraul: Aphoticamy: Aren't we all (that identify as straight) just a little gay?

Maybe for women. For men, I know plenty of straight guys that find even the remote idea of having sex or physical intimacy with another man absolutely revolting.

Theoretically, if you can even look at two pictures of men and say one is better looking than the other you at least have a concept of what traits in men you like. This could be considered a minor symptom of "teh ghey".

For example:

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vs

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If you would say that one of these two looks better (or at least less disgusting) than the other, wouldn't that be a little gay?

Umm, I don't agree with that. The better looking specimens in a species implies better genes. And when it comes to the mating pecking order, knowing which males are higher in that order is important in a particular species, especially if that species is a social one such as ours. Also, finding members of the same sex more pleasant to look at than another doesn't necessarily have anything to do with sex. I often have opinions on whether one woman is more attractive than another, that doesn't mean I want to have sex with either of them.

He chose to have that stroke! Lifestyle!

"But if I got a knock in the head . . ."