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super late on that reply, but i didn’t know about that definition of the word (straights/the straights)! that’s interesting to learn about and i’m glad i asked lol

by on January 26, 2023 at 10:14 pm
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It’s fascinating how slang and other language drifts over time, isn’t it? We grew up with our ex-hippie parents using the term “Straights” to refer to non drug users constantly.

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`”the straights” now refers exclusively to het people specifically ` wait, did anyone use “the straights” for anyone NOT straight? i thought it was about straight people who lean into heteronormativity-

by on January 20, 2023 at 2:26 pm
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Up until some time in the 80s “straights” referred on anyone who did not participate in some form of reviled counterculture. “straight edge” or “straight laced” WASPS in suits and ties who went to church every Sunday and only had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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