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Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by bartvk » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:48 PM UTC

I'm not a native speaker; does gay unequivocally relates to romantic preference? Or can it also simply mean "joyful"?

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

#12

Post by peteretep » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:49 PM UTC

bartvk wrote: post #11

I'm not a native speaker; does gay unequivocally relates to romantic preference? Or can it also simply mean "joyful"?

It can also be a given name and a surname. However, 99.9% of usage in English these days is sexual orientation related.

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by messe » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:49 PM UTC

tuxxy wrote: post #10

I preordered https://areyou.gay a while ago. I don't know what to put on it, but I would like to host a FAQ or something for people who are questioning their sexuality and make it v wholesome.

As a temporary placeholder, I suggest either putting a big Yes, or maybe have it be No dependent on an RNG. In the same vein as http://arethebritsatitagain.com/

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by pixelpoet » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:51 PM UTC

nvidia.gay is up for grabs at 2k euros. I wonder if they'd buy it off you.

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:52 PM UTC

tuxxy wrote: post #10

I preordered https://areyou.gay a while ago. I don't know what to put on it, but I would like to host a FAQ or something for people who are questioning their sexuality and make it v wholesome.

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Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by ffpip » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:52 PM UTC

tuxxy wrote: post #10

I preordered https://areyou.gay a while ago. I don't know what to put on it, but I would like to host a FAQ or something for people who are questioning their sexuality and make it v wholesome.

Or make a huge profit selling subdomains.

person-name.areyou.gay ?

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by segfaultbuserr » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:52 PM UTC

ffpip wrote: post #7

I want to see whether Google will register google.gay Will they sue me for registering it?

Yes. Google can enforce its trademark and take over the domain name.

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by mmm_grayons » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:53 PM UTC

bartvk wrote: post #11

I'm not a native speaker; does gay unequivocally relates to romantic preference? Or can it also simply mean "joyful"?

There's still a distinct meani g of happy. For some reason, though, people are trying to stamp it out; I hardly hear it used in new writing.

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by shultays » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:54 PM UTC

bartvk wrote: post #11

I'm not a native speaker; does gay unequivocally relates to romantic preference? Or can it also simply mean "joyful"?

It meant joyful at some point but now it mostly evolved into sexual orientation

Re: .gay Generic Top Level Domain(gTLD.) is now open for public

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Post by 3pt14159 » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:54 PM UTC

bartvk wrote: post #11

I'm not a native speaker; does gay unequivocally relates to romantic preference? Or can it also simply mean "joyful"?

Sometimes people will say "I'm having a gay ol' time" to mean "I'm having a good time" with a bit of a subversive tint to it, since they know that everyone knows that gay to mean happy is completely outdated. The vast majority of the time it means homosexual, even for women.