tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post7965109033958169154..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: What's the gayest state in the Union?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48936748461823593902013-02-19T06:43:24.617-08:002013-02-19T06:43:24.617-08:00Anon 154:
That makes some sense. A straight man ...Anon 154:<br /><br />That makes some sense. A straight man in a town of 10,000 people probably has 500-1000 potential mates, women who aren't married and are close enough to the same age as he is to be worth pursuing. Looks and shared interests and religion and such may narrow that down quite a bit. If we assme 5% of men are gay, then a gay man in that town starts out with 25-50 potential mates, who then also need to be narrowed down for shared interests and such. Even assuming no hostility to gays in that town, he almost has to go to a bigger city to find a mate. (Oddly, I suspect the same logic applies for Jews who care about marrying another Jew.). That logic must draw gays to bigger cities and to concentrations of gays in smaller cities, just for reasons dictated by arithmetic.NOTAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87934385772275992142013-02-18T21:13:52.172-08:002013-02-18T21:13:52.172-08:00"Building a brain, for instance, is really co...<i>"Building a brain, for instance, is really complicated and it sometimes doesn't get built right."</i><br /><br />I don't know anything about genetics, but I don't see how homosexuality is necessarily a brain not built right. Just like in social insects, it may have been built right, it just was built to optimize survival of the genome (that is, the group), not the reproductivity of the individual with the brain. Why homosexuality in the case of mammals does this is still open to question. But if evolution and genetics always optimized reproduction of the single individual, why would you have ants or bees that can't reproduce, but do contribute to the survival of the group? <br /><br />(I think the epi-genetics stuff is saying that it's worth sacrificing the sexual orientation of 4% of your population to strongly and unerringly shape the sexuality of the other 96%. Presumably a fetus is in a rather dynamically changing environment.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20407060058668294502013-02-18T20:59:51.417-08:002013-02-18T20:59:51.417-08:00There seems to be a similar thing going on in the ...<i>There seems to be a similar thing going on in the South. Most of those states are very low on the state list, and yet Little Rock, Knoxville, and Atlanta all make the cities list. Judging from HIV rates, Atlanta seems to be the most over-run by gay corruption.</i><br /><br />urban Atlanta -- Africkan.<br /><br />Little Rock -- Dunno.<br /><br />Knoxville -- College town, main campus of distinguished and prestigious U. of TN. Eminent alumni include D. Davenport. <br /><br />Hole-in-wall club adjacent to back ot UTN law school was considered to be hottest or coolest night club in East Tennessee. Can't remember the name of the place.<br /><br />However, K-town is not nearly depraved as Kentucky metropolises Lexington or Louisville or maybe Bowling Green. Things just not wholesome up there.David Davenporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03315090179595817174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56082949079620614612013-02-18T13:54:03.100-08:002013-02-18T13:54:03.100-08:00Would it be fair to think the gay population would...Would it be fair to think the gay population would be much more urban then rural or small town? Imagine you are the only gay guy living in a small town. Even if your fellow townsfolk had no problem with it, or with you, you are still very isolated. Wouldn't you be much more inclined, then your hetero counterparts, to leave and go to a big city where you could presumably network and contact with other gays? Perhaps we should look at the urbanization of states for clues as to the size of the LGBT community? More urban=more gay, more rural=less gay. Any thoughts anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34264220077133418852013-02-18T11:41:57.140-08:002013-02-18T11:41:57.140-08:00People who are gay in North Dakota usually head to...People who are gay in North Dakota usually head to the Twin Cities or Seattle as soon as they graduate or stay in the closet. Hence the 1 percent who reported being gay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61048644002096449632013-02-18T11:35:09.446-08:002013-02-18T11:35:09.446-08:00As near as I could make out, it is what American I...<i>As near as I could make out, it is what American Indians call gay people so you have to include their term to be culturally sensitive. </i><br /><br />You mean that the American Indians survived for thousands of years without burning them at the stake or drowning them in peat bogs?<br /><br />Will wonders never cease!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17989413851654697632013-02-18T10:44:59.797-08:002013-02-18T10:44:59.797-08:00Re: Maine. Gays in Massachusetts are just like t...Re: Maine. Gays in Massachusetts are just like the straights; if you live south of the city your vacation/retirement destination is Cape Cod, specifically Provincetown for gays. If you live north of Boston, your orientation is the beaches of NH and southern Maine, where you find the new gay Mecca of Ogunquit. Gay friends say that P-Town and Ogunquit actually plan their "events" around each other's schedules.<br /><br />Vermont is a landing spot for New Yorkers of all stripes, but it's more the lesbian destination. It seems to have evolved from the lesbian scene around Western Massachusetts, just across the border, where two of Seven Sisters are located.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8332042745725484492013-02-18T10:34:41.759-08:002013-02-18T10:34:41.759-08:00My issue looking at this is it doesn't jive wi...My issue looking at this is it doesn't jive with the estimated 15% of the female population who is bisexual.<br /><br />This could ultimately go down to having a large population of bisexual women who identify as straight women.<br /><br />Also, seeing DC as 10% abberant, just goes to show exactly how big and important the gay lobby is to the Democratic party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87496101409347378812013-02-18T08:41:38.324-08:002013-02-18T08:41:38.324-08:00Countenance;
You need to throw the digit "2&q...Countenance;<br />You need to throw the digit "2" into your acronym. The chancellor at my nephew's graduation commencement included "2 spirited" in the LBGTbladablada. As near as I could make out, it is what American Indians call gay people so you have to include their term to be culturally sensitive. Alfa158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14926355220541623442013-02-18T08:05:18.400-08:002013-02-18T08:05:18.400-08:00Countenance;
You need to throw the digit "2&q...Countenance;<br />You need to throw the digit "2" into your acronym. The chancellor at my nephew's graduation commencement included "2 spirited" in the LBGTbladablada. As near as I could make out, it is what American Indians call gay people so you have to include their term to be culturally sensitive. Alfa158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91671682004888581232013-02-18T07:28:04.151-08:002013-02-18T07:28:04.151-08:00"Building a brain, for instance, is really co..."Building a brain, for instance, is really complicated and it sometimes doesn't get built right." <br /><br />I'm dying to use this line in some way, shape, or form.FWGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19453309301676377682013-02-18T05:51:58.029-08:002013-02-18T05:51:58.029-08:00Ninety three comments as I write this and not one ...Ninety three comments as I write this and not one Palmetto Princess joke; that's what sets the Steveosphere apart. (Or maybe it's just Komment Kontrol.)Hunsdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12486269638612231262013-02-18T05:35:43.677-08:002013-02-18T05:35:43.677-08:00"One important question for these kind of sur..."One important question for these kind of surveys where the goal is to come up with precise estimates of quite small percentages is how large the random error rate is in answering questions. I wouldn't be surprised if, say, one percent of respondents mishear or misunderstand the question, which would tend to falsely narrow the spread among states."<br /><br />-Yeah, if the surveyor has a lisp, that would do it...YippeeKiYaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87968400712716345112013-02-18T03:03:12.287-08:002013-02-18T03:03:12.287-08:00Maybe gays are now more comfortable sitting in the...<i>Maybe gays are now more comfortable sitting in the quiet, non-competitive exurbs satisfying their urges by quietly satisfying their appetites with porn and onanism</i><br /><br />Interesting observation. The arrival of terabytes of free porn at the click of a mouse must surely have modified the need for gays in the boondocks to relocate to more exciting sexual environments.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11660829078214201152013-02-18T01:26:36.539-08:002013-02-18T01:26:36.539-08:00DC has always had a large visible gay population -...DC has always had a large visible gay population - even back in the 1970s and probably before. Politics is just Hollywood for ugly people, as they say, so it's not surprising the same skill sets and interests that make gays succesful in the other theatrical arts work well in the lobbying, PR and image management worlds.Peter the Sharknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77021196436533406372013-02-18T00:47:55.192-08:002013-02-18T00:47:55.192-08:00Look at those top states again. They're all qu...Look at those top states again. They're all quite small. It wouldn't take much migration to shift their needle. If one-half of one percent of New York City moved to Vermont, that'd be five percent of their new home.<br /><br />The South produces just as many homos as anywhere else, but most pack up and go, e.g. Truman Capote, Rex Reed, Way Bandy. They're certainly more open. (Of the true-blue Yankees I've known, even the straight ones haven't come out of the closet!) Janice Dickinson recalled how her high-school BFF claimed he gave the best head south of the Mason-Dixon Line. All I could think was, that makes you National Champion.Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40442774238587800032013-02-18T00:22:22.150-08:002013-02-18T00:22:22.150-08:00North Dakotans named their capital city "Bism...North Dakotans named their capital city "Bismarck". South Dakotans named theirs "Pierre". What else do you need to know?<br /><br />Ironically, NoDak's <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/45670123/is-the-north-dakota-capitol-building-ugly" rel="nofollow">Capitol </a> challenged Nebraska's as the most phallic in the land. <br /><br />Then Florida beat them both by <a href="http://www.flheritage.com/images/facts/capitol_1977.jpg" rel="nofollow"> erecting the whole package.</a>Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76090618102058134642013-02-18T00:22:03.072-08:002013-02-18T00:22:03.072-08:00I guess the 19th hole has a whole other meaning at...I guess the 19th hole has a whole other meaning at Indian Canyons.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021896242550645042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-7724711554074046252013-02-18T00:16:35.209-08:002013-02-18T00:16:35.209-08:00I'd say the rate of those who've had some ...<em>I'd say the rate of those who've had some homosexual contact at some point is much higher than 10%.</em><br /><br />Perhaps, if that's an average of men and women, with women being much higher (counting every college or slumber party experimentation) and men being much, much lower.<br /><br />As Steve pointed out years ago, homosexuals and lesbians are very different, and don't even like each other very much despite being political allies. So yes, this poll would have been much more interesting had they separated the men and women. You'd probably see some states much higher in one or the other.Cail Corishevhttp://cailcorishev.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59681374358646621422013-02-18T00:03:36.223-08:002013-02-18T00:03:36.223-08:00http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-m...http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-kass-0217-20130217,0,5004796.column<br /><br />Old black elite going down like ole wasp elite. <br /><br />Jews, gays, mulattos, and conquis on the up and up. <br /><br />White cons and old bblack establishment on the down and down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30242755284383529062013-02-17T23:45:14.772-08:002013-02-17T23:45:14.772-08:00lgbt
pronounced
'legbit'?lgbt<br /><br />pronounced<br /><br />'legbit'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74890272024218459182013-02-17T23:12:02.313-08:002013-02-17T23:12:02.313-08:00The survey could be skewed to the LBGT side. A cer...The survey could be skewed to the LBGT side. A certan percentage did not answer either way. I wonder how many faked the answer or said either "yes" or "no" to make the pollster hang up. Random answers favor the smaller camp.<br /><br />The margin of error is to large to make the ranking of states significant, it seems:<br /><br />"For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the margin of sampling error is ±1 percentage point. The margin of sampling error for each state varies depending on the number of interviews conducted in that state.<br /><br />Margins of error for individual states are no greater than ±6 percentage points, and are ±3 percentage points in most states. The margin of error for the District of Columbia is ±6 percentage points."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76199047367933497162013-02-17T22:44:34.562-08:002013-02-17T22:44:34.562-08:00http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/charlotte-g...http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/charlotte-gainsbourg-gets-in-the-middle-of-a-man-sandwich-in-new-pic-from-lars-von-triers-nymphomaniac-20130209Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29663854311211198752013-02-17T22:38:40.898-08:002013-02-17T22:38:40.898-08:00I wonder what the break down is between men and wo...I wonder what the break down is between men and women. Are some of these states' homosexual populations mostly men or are some mostly women? I lived in Vermont for many years. I hardly remember any men who were homosexuals, but I knew quite a few women who were in their 40s or 50s, wore flannel, played golf, and had a similar female friend with whom they attended most social functions. Maybe the homosexual men made more effort to hide it, or maybe there just weren't as many of them.Saint Louisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77443685094741368262013-02-17T22:22:13.121-08:002013-02-17T22:22:13.121-08:00Kinsey claim of 10% is obviously always such bulls...Kinsey claim of 10% is obviously always such bullshit, but was that the rate supposed to refer to those who identify as gay/whatever or those who've had some homosexual contact? I'd say the rate of those who've had some homosexual contact at some point is much higher than 10%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com