• tetris11@feddit.uk
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      3 days ago

      When two straight couples become two gay couples. Tale as old as time.

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        Two males have any sort of positive interaction with each other
        Weirdos: Wow so GAY

        Saying it in a positive way doesn’t really make it better. Normalize men being able to enjoy each other’s company without assuming they’re falling in love or lusting after each other, sheesh.

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          But see, every human social interaction these days is viewed through the lense of “must have sexual undertones.”

          That’s why it’s hard to go in public/make eye contact with strangers without someone glaring at you and accusing you of something nasty…

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          Don’t have time for too much complex thought right now but just wanted to say THANK YOU.

          I feel like pop culture has really fed into this nonsense, where every scene between anybody is written/filmed as “ship-bait”.

          This idea people can’t be friends without underlying sexual tension feels a lot like “you can’t just enjoy something without putting it online and side-hustling it.” And it sucks.

          It feels like another extension of how everyone sees every single human interaction as transactional anymore.

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          it is normal, I just think its funny to suggest a romantic plot between the women to setup their husbands with each other