Making gay jokes is an art that is dying with my generation. I won't allow it.
The trick is to create an ambiguously gay situation, and then razz eachother endlessly over being gay by engaging in the situation, either by observing it or by one upping it.
In this way, straight friends tend to make regular borderline gay jokes because IT IS HILARIOUS. It becomes inside baseball; the language of the friendship.
As a bonus, it also keeps faggotry at bay. It's like an anti faggot force field.
Get with the program. π₯

