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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: vaskidmark on June 18, 2015, 08:59:34 AM
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I write what I want, I read what I want, I watch what I want, and I play what I want. If you can’t handle that, then leave. Feel free to take your ball and go home, because we’ll have at least as much fun without you. It’s just that simple. If you want to turn it into a fight over who gets what corner of the public space, just remember, most of the people on my side are highly trained aholes, and we enjoy our work.
I'm not sure who wee'd in his Wheaties, but I just love how he deals with it.
stay safe.
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Where is this quote from, and is it someone I should care about?
*Pro Tip: DO NOT Google "Daddybear" to try and answer the above questions. Just.......don't.
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"*Pro Tip: DO NOT Google "Daddybear" to try and answer the above questions. Just.......don't."
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: You didn't!
Couple of years ago a group of us met up, including (I think) Mark, who told us that to honor his new puppy Bear, he got a vanity license plate "BEAR CUB" and then couldn't understand why he was getting so much... attention... from other gentlemen...
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Did not think about that.
It's from http://daddybearsden.com/ which is quite SFW.
Sorry for those of you who suffered in the quest for knowledge.
stay safe.
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A couple of years back a buddy of mine, who is really into sports, got a promotion at his employer and was transferred/moved to Cleveland.
Being a huge Chicago Bears fans he googled "Bears Fans Cleveland", looking for a bar where Chicago sports fans congregated on game days.
His wife, who was looking over his shoulder, was not at all amused at the results of "I'm feeling lucky."
:rofl: [barf] :rofl: [barf] :rofl: [barf]
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I first learned about "bears" in Ptown, which apparently leans gay anyway. Had a weekend off while in MA for some work and was convinced to go there for a day trip. I got the warning on the way about what to expect, only this particular weekend included some big gayfest with among others, many hairy bikers. I several times heard people shout stuff like, "I'm here with my bear".
Once I put it all together, I made sure my shirt was buttoned up far enough not to expose my hairy chest, and I made Hot Ukrainian Coworker and the female LCDR we were with walk on either side of me as bodyguards the whole time. :laugh:
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I have learned that a 55 year old risk manager with a shaved head and goatee is often mistaken for a bear. Hmm.
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Provincetown used to be a nice place to visit, a long time ago. Now I won't even go there in the off-season.
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I have learned that a 55 year old risk manager with a shaved head and goatee is often mistaken for a bear. Hmm.
When I shot IDPA regularly one of my shooting buddies called me the Bear of Ames, because of my body hair and my cranky demeanor on early morning shoots. Finally one day I asked him too stop calling me that, then I told him what a bear was. I was quite taken back and apologized for months after that.
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Quoting just because I'm sure that pic will piss people off.
I know it did whenever I used it. =D
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When I shot IDPA regularly one of my shooting buddies called me the Bear of Ames, because of my body hair and my cranky demeanor on early morning shoots. Finally one day I asked him too stop calling me that, then I told him what a bear was. I was quite taken back and apologized for months after that.
"Bear" can have a lot of meanings, and the homosexual sense of the term is probably not even close to the most common. Seems a little odd that that would worry you. Unless it was, ya know, a gay shooting range.
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Unless it was, ya know, a gay shooting range.
Where else are the Pink Pistols going to practice?
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"Bear" can have a lot of meanings, and the homosexual sense of the term is probably not even close to the most common. Seems a little odd that that would worry you. Unless it was, ya know, a gay shooting range.
Nope. The homosexual term is probably the most common.
In fact, I only know one other subculture/counter culture that uses it.
Neither of which is typically seen discussed on APS in a wholly positive manner. Which is why I clicked this thread to begin with.
Too be honest, I'm kinda disappointed with the OP. I figured whatever Skid found on this subject would be hysterical.
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"Bear" can have a lot of meanings, and the homosexual sense of the term is probably not even close to the most common. Seems a little odd that that would worry you. Unless it was, ya know, a gay shooting range.
What Liz said.
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"Bear" can have a lot of meanings, and the homosexual sense of the term is probably not even close to the most common. Seems a little odd that that would worry you. Unless it was, ya know, a gay shooting range.
In addition to what BSL said, I can attest that Google only really knows the one meaning.
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Heh. I often refer to myself as a "bear of very little brain," a la Winnie the Pooh.
I reckon I'll quit that.
SFW:
http://www.quotehd.com/imagequotes/TopAuthors/winnie-the-pooh-quote-i-am-a-bear-of-very-little-brain-and-long-words.jpg
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In addition to what BSL said, I can attest that Google only really knows the one meaning.
Thanks being the APS Crash Test Dummy for this thread. =D :rofl: :rofl: The only reason I knew the "meaning" of the word is because my aforementioned buddy posted how he discovered the "meaning" of the term on Facefriends.
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Well, I learn something every day. I am happy than I learned it without actually stumbling on the wrong site. If I ever want info on 4 legged bears, I know to be specific in what I search for.
So is that what all the global warming polar bear stuff was really about?
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Gay p0rn santa will give me nightmares.
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Gay p0rn santa will give me nightmares.
That's pretty bad if you got nightmares from it.
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Gay p0rn santa will give me nightmares.
It's Karma, you naughty sailor.
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Gay p0rn santa will give me nightmares.
Are we sure it's nightmares and not flashbacks? =D
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That's pretty bad if you got nightmares from it.
Something eerily disturbing about the POV grinning papa bear santa
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Too be honest, I'm kinda disappointed with the OP. I figured whatever Skid found on this subject would be hysterical.
*hangs head in abject shame*
I am a failure. I have let my friends and acquaintances down - horribly.
I shall sit in the corner. I shall subsist on salad with no dressing and dry oatmeal for the next two days.
I can but hope that my penance will satisfy the blood honor I have violated.
stay safe.
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*hangs head in abject shame*
I am a failure. I have let my friends and acquaintances down - horribly.
I shall sit in the corner. I shall subsist on salad with no dressing and dry oatmeal for the next two days.
I can but hope that my penance will satisfy the blood honor I have violated.
stay safe.
I am certain that in time you will redeem yourself.
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Nope. The homosexual term is probably the most common.
In fact, I only know one other subculture/counter culture that uses it.
I wasn't talking about subcultures or countercultures. I'm saying that in the culture at large, "bear" means a big dude, a hairy dude, and so on, but w/o any sexual overtones. I'm also including phrases like "he's just a big ole teddy bear," "you're my widdle cuddley-bear," (not that I have ever, ever said that about my wife), etc.
If you want to test all this, just scratch your back against a post, or the corner of a wall. Anyone who sees you will probably compare you to a bear. I should know. And I'm not that hairy.
I don't think charby had anything to worry about.
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Something eerily disturbing familiar about the POV grinning papa bear santa
FIFY.
Chris
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I wasn't talking about subcultures or countercultures. I'm saying that in the culture at large, "bear" means a big dude, a hairy dude, and so on, but w/o any sexual overtones. I'm also including phrases like "he's just a big ole teddy bear," "you're my widdle cuddley-bear," (not that I have ever, ever said that about my wife), etc.
If you want to test all this, just scratch your back against a post, or the corner of a wall. Anyone who sees you will probably compare you to a bear. I should know. And I'm not that hairy.
I don't think charby had anything to worry about.
You are a very sheltered individual.
Trust us when you tell you that when a guy gets called a bear these days, it's not just because he's hairy or big...
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You are a very sheltered individual.
Trust us when you tell you that when a guy gets called a bear these days, it's not just because he's hairy or big...
Not so much.
I'm well versed in pretty much all internet *expletive deleted*ed-upery, and that one was a surprise.
Though I don't keep an active tally of what the sexual deviants are up to, past the popular memes.
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I must be sheltered, too. I never knew calling a big hairy dudes bears had anything to do with gay sex.
Pretty sure none of the guys I've called bears knew it either, judging by the fact that they didn't summarily pummel me.
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New to me too.
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*hangs head in abject shame*
I am a failure. I have let my friends and acquaintances down - horribly.
I shall sit in the corner. I shall subsist on salad with no dressing and dry oatmeal for the next two days.
I can but hope that my penance will satisfy the blood honor I have violated.
stay safe.
No, don't be. You have led a fellow APSer into the Google trap. Searching for innocent information or a link, he was Mentally and Visually scarred for life. That is a great achievement. Akin to pushing a squadmate forward when the Platoon Sergeant or First Sergeant asks for volunteers.
You have achieved the award of the Blue Falcon. Which, in and of itself, is punishment enough. =D =D =D
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You are a very sheltered individual.
Trust us when you tell you that when a guy gets called a bear these days, it's not just because he's hairy or big...
I may or may not be "sheltered," but I'm still right about this. When a guy gets called a bear these days, it usually has nothing to do with the argot of a tiny fraction of the population. Why would it? Most people have little to no contact with said subculture, so they still use the word the same way they were using it before gay was okay. And as we've seen (hilariously) in this very thread, there are adults with internet access who were not aware of the homosexual sense of the term. Even for those of us who already knew of that meaning, not all of us have a Beavis and Butthead reaction to every term that could be a double entendre. :P In fact, some of us don't think of that meaning at all, unless context dictates. Or that's how I roll, anyway.
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New to me as well.
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I've heard it before.
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Okay. I pulled one of my random, without context, Dad polls with "what's it mean when you call some guy a 'bear'?"
Even disoriented and confused at the completly random question, he managed to answer with "you mean the big hairy gay guys?"
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Quoting just because I'm sure that pic will piss people off.
I know it did whenever I used it. =D
In your leg modeling portfolio?
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In your leg modeling portfolio?
Yeah, he got caught out because the carpet did not match the draps.
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Okay. I pulled one of my random, without context, Dad polls with "what's it mean when you call some guy a 'bear'?"
Even disoriented and confused at the completly random question, he managed to answer with "you mean the big hairy gay guys?"
I guess I don't get out enough. For this subject, I am not unhappy about that.
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bear
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Wikipedia doesn't get out much, either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_(disambiguation)
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By the time we got into Tulsa Town,
We had eighty-five trucks in all.
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf,
And them bears was wall-to-wall.
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper;
They even had a bear in the air!
I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck.
"We about to go a-huntin' bear."
Read more: C.W. McCall - Convoy Lyrics | MetroLyrics
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By the time we got into Tulsa Town,
We had eighty-five trucks in all.
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf,
And them bears was wall-to-wall.
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper;
They even had a bear in the air!
I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck.
"We about to go a-huntin' bear."
Read more: C.W. McCall - Convoy Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Same thing right?
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By the time we got into Tulsa Town,
We had eighty-five trucks in all.
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf,
And them bears was wall-to-wall.
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper;
They even had a bear in the air!
I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck.
"We about to go a-huntin' bear."
Read more: C.W. McCall - Convoy Lyrics | MetroLyrics
That song takes on a whole new meaning now........
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Same thing right?
Yeah, pretty much. Both screw you in the a$$