Posted on 04/07/2013 7:56:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It’s a snowy Saturday night in Boston, and the bros are moving in pack formation. As we trudge through the fresh powder toward South End, the 10 or so guys I’m walking with jostle and joke their way forward through the frigid air, bouncing with that particular surge of giddy energy you sometimes get when you’re hanging out with people you have never met in real life.
As members of Gaybros—a Reddit-based community for gay guys with traditionally manly interests like sports, hunting, and beer—the large majority of their bonding takes place through comment threads under topics like “Ron Swanson vs. James Bond” and “My Gay Card Has Been Revoked.” But in cities like Boston, New York, L.A., Toronto, and even London, they try to regularly “meet-up” at a local restaurant or bar, exchanging Reddit’s upvotes and downvotes for proper handshakes and side-hugs. These “IRL” encounters can, understandably, feel awkward at first, as this one did when we had all gathered for dinner earlier in the evening at a crowded Italian cafeteria. Much of the conversation revolved around how the so-called bartender had asked if seltzer was a spirit. But bros being bros, the group made the best of their over-salted pasta and soda-fountain tap water, and we were quickly on our way to a more dependable source of alcohol.
“Where are we going again?” I ask, dodging drifts and shivering from under-preparedness. “ToFritz!” someone I’m too cold to look toward explains, referencing the city’s premiere gay sports bar. Once past the middle-aged bouncer’s baritone “evening, gentlemen,” I could see why. If the Gaybro’s mission statement is “a place for guys to get together and talk about, well, guy stuff. Sports, video games, military issues, grilling, gear, working out, gadgets, tech, TV, movies, and more,” Fritz is their ideal arena.
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“Beer makes you queer”
So glad I have no idea what “twink” or “bear” means.
Gaybros only get together on rear occasions.
“May I push in your stool?” No, you may not.
What tipped me off? I had a chance to see the inside of his home, and while his appearance is like a regular schmo (slob), his home decor is impeccable, that and he has a little Yorkie named "Bear".. LOL
Lol, I had a friend with the same peculiarity. He was a minor Hollywood producer.
He was a pretty regular ‘dude.’ He drove a Porshe, and looked like any normal heterosexual guy. The tell-tale sign? A roomful collection of Disney animation cels.
They are still perverts.
Next, they will be coaching at Penn State.
OK, now you’ve really done it. The Franciscans are gonna have your head on a plate! ;^{)
““May I push in your stool?” No, you may not.”
Best line of the night!
Bravo
...but, also come to think of it....yuk!
I was quite surprised.
Yes there are "bears" out there who like other "bears".
A pervert by any other name is still a pervert!
I think I know that guy too!
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