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Thank you so much for this. I'm moved to tears by this vote.

YouTube video by Shizzle 'Hot Beef Injection' - Bender (The Breakfast Club)

To be fair I think one could read this character as an overcompensating closet case www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HZ1...

It's kind of disappointing! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Photo of a page from a book: Not precisely a language, but a private argot that has its own cynical humor. Curiously the majority of expressions relate to food. The list reads like a menu. Here are a few: FISH: woman (contemptuously) FISHWIFE: a male homosexual's real wife SEAFOOD: a homosexual sailor CHICKEN: young homosexual MEAT: penis BUNS: buttocks

It's so dumb. Everyone says "buns"!

Screengrab of text from a catalog: ARTIFICIAL VAGINA & RECTUM The Male Marital Aid to end all Marital Aids! A life-size replica of Both the Female Vagina And the Female Rectum!!! In One Happy Package!!! Variety is the Spice of Life and this unique new item is sure to Spice Up any man's life! Twice the advantages of every other artificial vagina available! So, double your pleasure and double your fun, we've got two, so why use just one?!!! Only $34. 95

Adjusted for inflation, about $260 today!!! But can you put a price on pleasure? (yes)

"In this trend piece, I will explain ..."

They work hard and they play hard

A shockingly graphic 70s-era ad for sex toys

A mail order form: FAR OUT ENTERPRISES, P.O. BOX 83, BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11215 Dept. J Dear Sirs: I can't wait. I must have these new and unique rubber items right now! have have enclosed $____ for the items indicated below: ( ) Mary the Mouth ( ) Tony the Tongue ( ) Artificial Vagina & Rectum ( ) Rover's Reamer ( ) The Cultured Hand Name____ Address____ City, State, Zip ____ SIGN ____ (I am at least 21)

From Far Out Enterprises, of course! (The "dear sirs" is killing me)

screengrab of a NYT sidebar: Lexicon of Grunge: Breaking the Code All subcultures speak in code; grunge is no exception. Megan Jasper, a 25-year-old sales representative at Caroline Records in Seattle, provided this lexicon of grunge-speak, coming soon to a high school or mall near you: WACK SLACKS: Old ripped jeans FUZZ: Heavy wool sweaters PLATS: Platform shoes KICKERS: Heavy boots SWINGIN' ON THE FLIPPITY-FLOP: Hanging out BOUND-AND-HAGGED: Staying home on Friday or Saturday night SCORE: Great HARSH REALM: Bummer COB NOBBLER: Loser DISH: Desirable guy BLOATED, BIG BAG OF BLOATATION: Drunk LAMESTAIN: Uncool person TOM-TOM CLUB: Uncool outsiders ROCK ON: A happy goodbye

Oh this is 100% a New York Times grungespeak scenario

screengrab of a book page: Recently, the gay guys have been leaning toward costumes. A good example is engineers' pants. White denim trousers with vertical blue stripes have long been worn by locomotive engineers and firemen and hardly anyone else. Homosexuals decided that this line of work was very butch and appropriated the uniform-tight striped pants with a bright red bandanna around the neck. This trend has been picked up by homosexual designers and others and now has a place in men's fashions.

Benoit Blanc, poolside, in a white and blue bathing costume and a yellow bandana

Hahaha this description of how he thinks gay men dress, have you ever read something so ridicul ... wait a minute

screengrab of a book page: ... is known. Butches lean heavily toward masculine trappings such as leather motorcycle jackets, tight pants of coarse material, super-masculine shirts, heavy boots, and other exaggerations of men's wear. In most large cities there are shops catering to the sartorial requirements of butches. For rural homosexuals, several mail order operations supply their needs.

Delightfully there are many full copies available on the internet archive! archive.org/details/ever...

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Anyway, at one point in the 1970s a gay activist angrily confronted the author about all the bonkers claims in this book. On camera! The argument was broadcast on a Chicago talk show, and I talk about it in a Patreon video here: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...

I do have a feeling he asked, like, one priest about any gay rumors he might've heard & then just called it a day

Bella from Twilight talking to a (presumably homosexual) vampire

Photo from a book: What about down below? They even have something going there. Carefully molded female genitalia of pliable rubber are very popular with those who strive for authenticity. They are complete in every detail. If function is desired, an artificial vagina is available. An artificial vagina? This is a mail order item. It runs twenty dollars postpaid and arrives (obviously) in a plain brown wrapper. The catalog describes it this way: "No. 237. Artificial vagina. Flesh colored, soft pliable plastic. Designed to reproduce the female sex organs in every detail. Feels identical to the real thing. Can be inflated to depict the labia majora and labia minora as enlarged by sexual desire. Sanitary, reusable." The artificial vagina is built into a pair of flesh-colored nylon stretch panties-one size fits everyone. Actually the market for this deceiver is rather limited-most homosexuals prefer other ways. What about masculine homosexuals? Homosexuals have a tendency to overdo this sort of thing. There never was a man more manly than a butch, as the queen's alter-ego...

This is the same book that says drag queens walk around with inflatable rubber labia, so I wouldn't exactly call it a scientifically rigorous publication

Photo from a book: Why do so many homosexual expressions refer to food? Food seems to have a mysterious fascination for homosexuals. Many of the world's greatest chefs have been homosexuals. Some of the country's best restaurants are run by homosexuals. Some of the fattest people are homosexuals.

Happy Fat Tuesday from this (incredibly, real) paragraph in the book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)

I had to go check this out today. How did they even do it? There are so many objects in the way! A farmers market truck backing up too much??

(Ollie is watching for tiny monsters)

Caspian has generously volunteered for first watch so the party can get a long rest

That's a mummenschanz

New bonus video on Patreon! Why is HEATED RIVALRY become such a huge hit? Has anything like it every happened on TV before? And is it a ... good thing? Watch now: www.patreon.com/c/mattbaume

Oh my God are these supposed to be the Sphynx Gate from Neverending Story???????

We have liftoff

That scene in the fish market that sounds like a cat trapped in a piano haunts my dreams

Our month of murder-twinks continues! Today we're watching & discussing The Talented Mr. Ripley, side-by-side with the screenplay -- going live now! twitch.tv/mattbaume

Zeus sees what you’re up to

an old jewelry ad that says "chain him with love"

What I like about this ad is its subtlety

Haha sure, here's the original bsky.app/profile/matt...

lol