David MasonJun 6
Paul Tichonczuk
For pride month, you can no longer use the phrase "let me get this straight".
You have to use "just so we're queer".
Jun 3 at 9:23pmMastodon for Android
Show threadEric G.Jun 3
@paultk Out: Straight Ahead; In: Gaily Forward
Show threaddatum (n=1)Jun 3
@paultk lesbian poly folks: "just so we're on the same Paige"
Show threadMatilda LoveJun 3
@paultk quistal queer
Show threadJoanie with the Good Hair 😷Jun 3

@matildalove

Jack Nicholson: Are we queer?

Tom Cruise: Yes, sir.

Jack Nicholson: ARE WE QUEER?

Tom Cruise: Quistal.

@paultk

Show threadFire Horse 2026Jun 3
@paultk I also use “gay-ally forward” when giving directions.
Show threadAki MoranagaJun 3
@paultk This pans out, I guess.
Show threadDr Fanny Böse ◤✦◢Jun 3
@paultk and when driving the direction is not "go straight" it's "continue gayly forward"
Show threadГригорий КлюшниковJun 3
Oh things I do to the Russian language when I talk about gay stuff... And I do it year round.
Show threadZeroday Podcast (stefan)Jun 3
@paultk well, I guess I have to gay used to it then.
Show threadNumerfoltJun 4

@paultk That's a good one!

I think "Just to be queer" should work too?

Show threadInfrapink (he/his/him)Jun 4
@paultk Also, instead of "brilliant", "excellent", or "fantastic", you should say "ace".
Show threadSnoopJJun 4
@paultk @amethyst tough but fair
Show threadTito SwinefluJun 4
@paultk just like directions must say "two lefts and then forward through the light."
Show threadMenion AzaleeJun 4
@paultk So let me get this crooked! grins
Show threadFun WeirdoJun 4
@paultk just so we're queer let me get this queer, so i can no longer use "let me this straight" and should use "just so we're queer"
Show threadmillennial fulcrumJun 4
@paultk lol very clever 💯
Show threadxenia, the fediverse eepy kitty  Jun 4
@paultk my friends don't even dare to tell me "let me get this straight" anymore 
Show threadMiakoda Jun 4
@paultk Can I just use that, permanently?
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈4d ago
@hellomiakoda @paultk yes but you will have to pay the gay tax during the other 11 months of the year
Show threadMiakoda 4d ago
@thibaultmol @paultk I already pay a gay tex, and an autism tax, and an ADHD tax, and a pink tax....
Show threadDaniel ReedersJun 4
@paultk or my favourite, straight ahead becomes GAILY FORWARD
Show threadJanetJun 4
@paultk In which case instead of ‘don’t queer the pitch’ I am going to say, ‘don’t straighten the pitch’. Works well, I think.
Show threadOzzelot Jun 4
@paultk
And when leaving, always say "good bi".
Show threadMicr0byteJun 4
@paultk I prefer the overly superior "let me be queer"
Show threadMicr0byteJun 4
@paultk
Show threadgrassJun 4
@paultk [bad Obama impression] uhh, let me be queer.
Show threadBen ZaninJun 4
@paultk good lord man, this one went properly woolly, eh?
Show threadPaul TichonczukJun 4
@gnomon how do I use my new found power?
Show threadBen ZaninJun 4
@paultk immediately turn evil, of course! Boost your podcast, start hawking fitness supplements, convert to scientology, the whole nine yards!!
Show threadSlackbear Jun 4
@paultk That's actually so witty, lol.
Show threadWhichOne'sPink 🇫🇮Jun 4
@paultk Noted.
Show threadDread Pirate John Scab🚫Jun 5
@paultk is there a little dance that should accompany this?
Show threadKaty TJun 5
@pixelate @paultk hahahahahaha!!!
Show threadkookie 🇵🇸Jun 6
@paultk beautiful
Show threadReginald6d ago

@paultk Years ago there was a weekly MTB ride in our area organized by the local queer community. It was open to all, and I felt quite welcome. This is by far the least important thing about those rides, but when approaching turnoffs in the trail we were not going to take, they wouldn’t call ”straight,” they would call “gayly forward.”

Good people.