Even at Magick Sandwich, we sometimes need a long weekend.
Since I don't want to be a total slacker, I'd like to share this fun way to start your week.
If you use Twitter to tweet your tweeps, you may want to check out this site. It's called How Hetero? and it determines the testosterone level of your Twitter feed.
Why, you may ask? Let's see what the site's organizer, Stockholm Pride 2009, has to say:
The theme for Stockholm Pride 2009 is [Hetero] were we focus on how heteronormativity effects the everyday life of homosexual, bisexual and transgender persons, the consequences it brings and how it effects the society as a whole. Part of the heteronormative environment is defined by how we connect specific words to norms en perceptions of how a "real" man och woman should be och behave. With this test we set out in a direct and funny way to show how these norms effects us by how others sees us. We have deliberately chosen to press every participant to choose their gender to show how tightly our language is connected to perceptions of both gender and sexuality. How does heteronormativity affect you? That is our topic av this years edition of Stockholm Pride. You can find more information och our website, www.stockholmpride.org/en. Welcome!
Okay, I can dig it. My Twitter feed is 63% hetero, based on the words new york, amazon, debate, gay and available being found in my tweets. I feel judged. What should I tweet to be more heterosexual? Testicles, tampons, Carrie Prejean? They could all swing both ways.
It may be politically incorrect to say something negative here, but I think the Stockholm Pride people might need a native English speaker to edit their copy. Their spelling is atrocious.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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It said I don't use cliche words. My blog feed(the only updates I have on twitter) is so hetero, the darned thing couldn't put up a percentage!
@C.B.: Wow, so cliches are gay? Everyone on Twitter is gay...except you. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, my friend. Oh, crap.
Okay... My feed is 69% Hetero based on the words "brilliant, blow, bitch, shopping, ass."
Just when you think you've seen every kind of website possible, something even dumber comes along.
Jesus...
Heh..."Not that there's anything wrong with that." Thanks for the Seinfeld reference. You made my night.
I volunteer to be the English editor! Where do I sign up?
But a question arises. (Oh grow up, that's not what I meant!) What does the fact that I don't Twitter say about my sexuality? I can guess... and I'd have to confess that it wouldn't necessarily be wrong.
Maybe I should start a movement of my own: "Autosexual Pride".
Ya'll think about it and get back to me.
@John: They're trying to say something about how language affects heteronormativity, whatever that is. They haven't thought it through and can't write about it coherently. So they should be right at home on Twitter.
@HermanTurnip: Seinfeld gave us this short hand proclamation of sexual tolerance. I say it as one word: nothatthere'sanythingwrongwiththat.Maybe it could be a new Twitter acronym: NTTAWWT.
@Mojo: If only Autosexual Pride were a movement, David Carradine could have come out of the closet. (Too..many..puns..must..stop.) Instead of hiding in shame, he could have choked himself out in public where someone could have saved him.
I don't want to be a Luddite about this, but when did simple masturbation stop being enough?
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