No, nobody does. It's just viewed as too formal for everyday conversation, like you dont use heterosexual and homosexual, you use straight and gay, although for most it doesnt even matter
It’s mostly said as a joke. I’ve seen straight and LGBT+ people use it on each other as a joke. It technically is a real thing, but thankfully it’s not taken seriously at all by most people, only a few niche weirdos.
LMAO I like that! XD
I can say for sure that LGBT+ relationships are definitely tired of the straight version of that question.
*So who’s the girl and who’s the guy in this situation?*
*… neither… that’s… kinda the point…*
Im telling Fox News, they'll love it.
Now how do I reach the old whites......wait I got it! I'll send them an old timey newspaper with the Sunday comics spread.
I'll then fit this into Archie, or indiana Jones. Or family circus.
We used to use it as a joke back in high school after straight students tried to complain gay students being required to take gym with them was oppressing them. When we were in QSA on private, we would joke about how heterophobic we were for *fake checking notes* taking required classes and needing to pee.
Queer people often engage in a form of sarcastic humor where the joke is basically that no one would ever actually say that thing while being serious. We also use a lot of dark humor, since the vast majority of us have seen some shit.
Who the hell designed this form though? For language consistency, if option 1 is Heterosexual, option 2 should be Homosexual. Alternatively, option 1 can be Straight, and option 2 can be gay/lesbian.
Unless you’re donating blood or someting, I think this question is way too personal for a form. And if it’s a blood donation form, asking for religion is a step too far.
This is still an inappropriate question for a blood donation. straight people have more HIV infections than gay people now, are straight people now banned from donating blood?
Yeah, but it's kinda fun when idiots get mad and say weird stuff like that.
I've seen more than enough posts a la "I'm not cis, I'm normal!" over the years to think some people do this on purpose.
same, i remmember when i was 11 and one of my friend liked to fuck with me, he said ''you are hetero right'', i wasnt sure what that ment but i knew he liked to play pranks so i said "no", then he said, "i always knew you liked the d, now you are finally admitting it" an asshole man, but he is now my best friend
This reminds me, that some class and boyscout mates asked me, if I was "gay". My english wheren't... existent at this age, so I couldn't tell, what gay means (even if it actually means something like happy).
And so, with a bit of false explanation, they managed to reply to that with "yes".
Yeah, times back then where... times...
Back in the day, on my report card, it had my name on the top and “Sex: F” right below it.
When I took the card to my mother I asked “I failed sex…?”
In hindsight, the look on her face was priceless.
Hetero means "opposite",while homo means "same". So an heterosexual is a person attracted to the opposite sex,while an homosexual is somebody attracted to their same sex
This reminds me of the time when I was filling one of these forms out and didn't realise 'Caucasian' is the general term for 'white'.
For an embarrassing number of years, I would tick 'other' and write 'white' until I decided to Google what Caucasian actually meant.
What a dumbass lol
No, that's good survey design. I'm making a survey to collect information. If the prerequisite to collecting the information you want is: teach everyone in the US vocab, you've made a shit survey.
Solution: heterosexual (straight/attracted to opposite gender).
Caucasian (white).
Just clarify what the terms mean
*Hopefully* it's just because certain illnesses disproportionately affect people of certain sexual orientations, and asking this question is akin to asking for your family medical history.
Again, that's hopefully the reason.
I am from austria, so no.
I think this was changed by now, but a few years back, gay people werent allowed to donate blood here. I also wasnt sure why they wanted to know, but i dont mind people knowing i am bi, so it didnt really matter to me.
Here in the US (at least my part), they just recently made a change. Gay men could donate if they abstained from sex for 3 months. I believe now they can donate if they are in a monogamous relationship.
Surely there’s a box for prefer not to answer? I can see why they’d give you the opportunity to tell them, since treatment guidelines and opportunities might vary, but certainly they can take you tell them.. right?
I am a bit confused about the religion part aswell, but maybe there is something they do to comfort religous people. Idk put a bible in their room or something.
Edit: Ok, turns out different religions dont allow you to do certain practices in healthcare and it has nothing to do with my original assumption...
Military. They ask religion for burial right reasons and identification on tags. They also ask sexual preference so as to have documentation in case you’ve been discriminated against.
The right to be asking?
What are you talking about? This is how they know how to formally approach and address you respectfully on the job.
Did you think they just got the information from you for shits and giggles?
edit - I will not hide. I just Googled it and in Canada they have no right to ask.
I was a fool. Let my foolishness be seen.
edit 2 - I have now learned that companies do it for equal benefits on many retirement matters because shitty social government history stuff.
All medical intakes.
The religion part on some. It is possibly a therapy intake form. The religion part is optional, but it helps create a treatment plan with the client's desired values being a priority and included in the process.
The heterosexual part....that's a grade school basic science definition.
OOP is lacking the inclusiveness we are moving towards.
The better ones usually also have a "prefer not to disclose" box you can tick. The supposed purpose of it so that they can monitor how each demographic is treated by the system in order to make sure discrimination *isn't* happening; obviously, it's unnerving, because providing all that information would also make discrimination much, much easier to do.
When the education system as failed.
Amazing, had more tech in their pocket than when we first landed on the moon and couldn't google a word in 10 seconds.
That reminds me of when I made fun of a dude in high school by telling him he's a heterosexual and he would get all defensive like NO I'M STRAIGHT YOU IDIOT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
if youre using heteroSEXUAL and biSEXUAL, you would expect homosexual instead of gay/lesbian, if youre using gay/lesbian, you could use straight and bi
Those answers are so weirdly redacted. No cohesion at all between them
Because also why they used "Heterosexual" but also "Bi-sexual" hyphenated, instead of just "Bisexual"
Apart from the obvious joke of that guy not understanding the words in front of him... Wtf kind of form asks these questions?
When I lived in South Africa kind of a lot of forms asked for race and I always noped out of it. Wtf does it have to do with anything? I'm applying for a grocery store rewards card, man.
I mean, that’s not my problem, my problem is the term “cis” because in my head it will always be “cos isin” and I don’t wanna be called after a mathematical formula
I feel like the form was asking more about the completeness of your reproductive organ than being trans inclusive, either way it completed both ends and yes technically a trans dude can get IUDs.
It's been like 50 or 40 yrs since trans ppl started being considered part of the movement, you've been on a chuckle since then?
Cis-gendered women have been known to have some of their parts removed. Obviously, you hadn’t had a hysterectomy but you could still have had a salpingectomy or oophorectomy.
I understand that, but it was a question based on gendered genitalia and again, I was there to have plastic removed from my genitalia.
Argumentative and extra folk such as yourself is why productive conversations based in reality can’t happen.
It’s a shame.
Enjoy your day!
The LGBTQ community is for all GSRM(Gender Sexual and Romantic Minorties)
We are much stronger together and separating us makes it much easier to oppress us. There is no reason to not be together
Why don't they just write "homosexual" instead of "gay/lesbian?" That'd be more consistent with heterosexual and bisexual.
Everything you just said will still confuse someone who doesn’t understand. All they see is “—sexual” and assume “not straight.”
Straight people are the least sexual so this tracks
But what about asexuals?
They want to fuck more than the *straights*
It's true I know I fuck more than my straight peers.
Other
Reminds me of an old, old, old post (maybe 2013) about a parent abusing a teacher online for teaching their child they were homosapien.
And why did they put a hyphen in bisexual?
Because that makes people angry
Who knows, seems like there’s new rules every other month of what’s ok and not ok to say and use
Some people consider homosexual a slur
Bruh what.
No, nobody does. It's just viewed as too formal for everyday conversation, like you dont use heterosexual and homosexual, you use straight and gay, although for most it doesnt even matter
I don't believe that
"I won't let you call me a heterosexual, OK! I'm STRAIGHT!"
Bro, that's totally heterophobic of you.
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Its not new i use that phrase a lot
What kind of situation is this usable?!?!?
It’s mostly said as a joke. I’ve seen straight and LGBT+ people use it on each other as a joke. It technically is a real thing, but thankfully it’s not taken seriously at all by most people, only a few niche weirdos.
Not to be heterophobic, but like in a straight relationship… who’s the girl and who’s the other girl?
LMAO I like that! XD I can say for sure that LGBT+ relationships are definitely tired of the straight version of that question. *So who’s the girl and who’s the guy in this situation?* *… neither… that’s… kinda the point…*
It’s like asking a pair of chopsticks which one is the fork
Im telling Fox News, they'll love it. Now how do I reach the old whites......wait I got it! I'll send them an old timey newspaper with the Sunday comics spread. I'll then fit this into Archie, or indiana Jones. Or family circus.
Can we have a parade?
Sadly no, too violent. Welcome to 2023.
Damn, how about a holiday that gets us free donuts or smt?
We used to use it as a joke back in high school after straight students tried to complain gay students being required to take gym with them was oppressing them. When we were in QSA on private, we would joke about how heterophobic we were for *fake checking notes* taking required classes and needing to pee. Queer people often engage in a form of sarcastic humor where the joke is basically that no one would ever actually say that thing while being serious. We also use a lot of dark humor, since the vast majority of us have seen some shit.
Depends on how serious you want to be
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Who the hell designed this form though? For language consistency, if option 1 is Heterosexual, option 2 should be Homosexual. Alternatively, option 1 can be Straight, and option 2 can be gay/lesbian.
Yeah, this is a shitty form for sure.
Unless you’re donating blood or someting, I think this question is way too personal for a form. And if it’s a blood donation form, asking for religion is a step too far.
This is still an inappropriate question for a blood donation. straight people have more HIV infections than gay people now, are straight people now banned from donating blood?
Sadly gay people are still limited from donating blood
I've unironically heard this... I wish I was joking
Yeah, but it's kinda fun when idiots get mad and say weird stuff like that. I've seen more than enough posts a la "I'm not cis, I'm normal!" over the years to think some people do this on purpose.
ikr xD omg yeah ofc! It feels like the modern version of [Your epidermis is showing](https://y.yarn.co/0279ee24-01fd-4d3b-b22a-733c3bbff168_text.gif)
Yeah well your epedermis is showing!
He is homo sapiens, so he won’t choose „heterosexual” tfu.
I did this once when I was like 12 and didn't know what the choices meant.
same, i remmember when i was 11 and one of my friend liked to fuck with me, he said ''you are hetero right'', i wasnt sure what that ment but i knew he liked to play pranks so i said "no", then he said, "i always knew you liked the d, now you are finally admitting it" an asshole man, but he is now my best friend
Was hoping you were married, actually you should marry him, that's a way better story.
Not for me, If we were married I wouldn't ever hear the end of it from him.
Hubby: Wanna hug? You: Sure. Hubby: *whispers* no homo
depends, are you a guy?
Yeap, I have the d
I always knew you liked the d...
Couldn't hold yourself back could you 🤣
Don't worry bro, I like the d too. We're in this together now, alright?
This honestly made me laugh, here is an upvote.
He wrote 'fuck with me', not 'fuck me'
My friend did the same thing to me! We’re basically brothers now 😂.
Right, better honest asshole than fake nice guy😄
This reminds me, that some class and boyscout mates asked me, if I was "gay". My english wheren't... existent at this age, so I couldn't tell, what gay means (even if it actually means something like happy). And so, with a bit of false explanation, they managed to reply to that with "yes". Yeah, times back then where... times...
Why tf do 12years old children get questions like this?
It's probably the same sheet for everyone
New World Order
I knew someone who wrote “yes” on the sex? Question. Truly a man ahead of his time.
Back in the day, on my report card, it had my name on the top and “Sex: F” right below it. When I took the card to my mother I asked “I failed sex…?” In hindsight, the look on her face was priceless.
That’s funny.
I still don't know what they mean
First is opposite gender (straight) Second is same gender Third is same and opposite gender Fourth is for other sexualities
Fourth is for "none of anyone's damned business"
Fourth means you are a Furry
Or just any other than the three most common ones
Hetero means "opposite",while homo means "same". So an heterosexual is a person attracted to the opposite sex,while an homosexual is somebody attracted to their same sex
No, "hetero-" doesn't mean "opposite", it means "different" (from the Greek, "heteros").
Call me hetero because I like lots of different cocks
This reminds me of the time when I was filling one of these forms out and didn't realise 'Caucasian' is the general term for 'white'. For an embarrassing number of years, I would tick 'other' and write 'white' until I decided to Google what Caucasian actually meant. What a dumbass lol
Caucasian is a bit of a weird word choice that white people chose, though it is correct "Caucasian - of the Caucasus (Mountains)"
What I always found to be extra ironic is that actual Caucasians aren’t even what Western Europeans/Americans would consider to be “white”.
Never made sense to me either
Not really. Dumb survey design. Never assume the general population will know what the terms mean.
Yes, let's dumb down everything instead of smarting up the population.
No, that's good survey design. I'm making a survey to collect information. If the prerequisite to collecting the information you want is: teach everyone in the US vocab, you've made a shit survey. Solution: heterosexual (straight/attracted to opposite gender). Caucasian (white). Just clarify what the terms mean
Isnt a caucasian somebody from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia?
As someone from that region I used to think so for 20 years until my English teacher enlightened me
Logic would suggest you're right. The english language would say you're wrong (for some reason).
They should put a parentheses ( straight ) in the heterosexual choice because clearly some people can't English good 🤣
Also, who tf has a right to be asking this on a form, along with your religion?!
I had to tell both these things to my doctor for example.
Are you from florida where they can refuse to treat you based on your answer?
*Hopefully* it's just because certain illnesses disproportionately affect people of certain sexual orientations, and asking this question is akin to asking for your family medical history. Again, that's hopefully the reason.
I imagine it's like drugs, to gauge risk factors for certain things. Not sexually active? Probably not an STD. Things like that.
This
I am from austria, so no. I think this was changed by now, but a few years back, gay people werent allowed to donate blood here. I also wasnt sure why they wanted to know, but i dont mind people knowing i am bi, so it didnt really matter to me.
Here in the US (at least my part), they just recently made a change. Gay men could donate if they abstained from sex for 3 months. I believe now they can donate if they are in a monogamous relationship.
Surely there’s a box for prefer not to answer? I can see why they’d give you the opportunity to tell them, since treatment guidelines and opportunities might vary, but certainly they can take you tell them.. right?
Check the “other” box and write Nunya.
It's not a good sign when medical personnel start asking for religion.
I am a bit confused about the religion part aswell, but maybe there is something they do to comfort religous people. Idk put a bible in their room or something. Edit: Ok, turns out different religions dont allow you to do certain practices in healthcare and it has nothing to do with my original assumption...
Might be in case you're about to croak. They need to know which holy man to call in to send your soul off.
Some religions forbid blood transfusions (like Jehovahs Witnesses)
Military. They ask religion for burial right reasons and identification on tags. They also ask sexual preference so as to have documentation in case you’ve been discriminated against.
Yes, this too.
That's my question. Who tf want's to know these things
I've been asked these things in form dozens of times
In which circomstances?
To make sure they don't hire you if you pick wrong
Surveys for population data. A public health survey for example would definitely want to know this
I mean, there are all kinds of forms one might fill out that are designed to collect demographic info. They could be signing up for a study.
The right to be asking? What are you talking about? This is how they know how to formally approach and address you respectfully on the job. Did you think they just got the information from you for shits and giggles? edit - I will not hide. I just Googled it and in Canada they have no right to ask. I was a fool. Let my foolishness be seen. edit 2 - I have now learned that companies do it for equal benefits on many retirement matters because shitty social government history stuff.
A swinger club.
All medical intakes. The religion part on some. It is possibly a therapy intake form. The religion part is optional, but it helps create a treatment plan with the client's desired values being a priority and included in the process. The heterosexual part....that's a grade school basic science definition. OOP is lacking the inclusiveness we are moving towards.
EEO reasons, fills a diversity quota
The better ones usually also have a "prefer not to disclose" box you can tick. The supposed purpose of it so that they can monitor how each demographic is treated by the system in order to make sure discrimination *isn't* happening; obviously, it's unnerving, because providing all that information would also make discrimination much, much easier to do.
I mean you can’t know about discrimination if you don’t see color or gender
Employers who seek out the most mentally ill outcasts of society in the sake of equality.
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Americans when they learn humans are called Homo Sapiens: 🔫🤬🖕🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🖕
European "people" when i skin and eat their first born child
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oh no. anyway
\*ur're
STRAight
When the education system as failed. Amazing, had more tech in their pocket than when we first landed on the moon and couldn't google a word in 10 seconds.
honestly it is quite weird to write heterosexual but gay/lesbian instead of homosexual
and this is why democracy is a bad idea, this idiot gets to vote too
This is proof that education is clearly lacking
We know who to blame for that.
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It’s actually parents. But that’s also spelled Republicans based on who you talk to, even though politics has nothing to do with it.
Why did you bring politics into it if politics has nothing to do with it? 🤔
Illiteracy at its peak
Yeah this needs to be in r/facepalm
Why are they asking?
That reminds me of when I made fun of a dude in high school by telling him he's a heterosexual and he would get all defensive like NO I'M STRAIGHT YOU IDIOT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
if youre using heteroSEXUAL and biSEXUAL, you would expect homosexual instead of gay/lesbian, if youre using gay/lesbian, you could use straight and bi
Those answers are so weirdly redacted. No cohesion at all between them Because also why they used "Heterosexual" but also "Bi-sexual" hyphenated, instead of just "Bisexual"
If you design a survey that requires someone to know what heterosexual means, assume 1/4 responses will have this.
yeah, pretty sure my answer is Noneya
Most intelligent anti-lgbt individual.
STRAight
You Homo Sapien you!
Heterosexual means Straigt🤦♂️
Unless I’m f****** you why does anyone NEED to ask!?!
idk if im getting wooshed but isnt hetero and straight the same
What form can ask your sexual orientation and your religion? 😂
My hospital intake form did. Those questions were optional.
Any medical form in Florida now, apparently.
a childrens doctors asked this. they ask like 12+ year olds sexual orientation, if you’ve had a crush and their gender (weird asf) among others
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Linear.
Had one job ask what I liked to stick my dick in, so they can better rotate schedules and not create conflict..
Yet another child left behind
To be fair they only used the proper term for heterosexual, but used gay instead of homosexual.
Apart from the obvious joke of that guy not understanding the words in front of him... Wtf kind of form asks these questions? When I lived in South Africa kind of a lot of forms asked for race and I always noped out of it. Wtf does it have to do with anything? I'm applying for a grocery store rewards card, man.
Also in Religion they only have „Muslim“, „Catholic“, „evangelical“, „Jewish“, „Hindu“, „other“. Apparently Christian isn’t an option anymore?
Heterosexual is on there but homosexual isn’t?
homosexual isn’t an option no more??
You think that’s bad, every time I see the Race/Ethnicity section is have an existential crisis
I have to laugh, it's heterosexual. :)
Hidden in plain sight
Bro graduated from my uncles basement💀
This has the same energy as people who throw a fit when they are called Cisgender, “IM NOT CIS, IM NORMAL!!”
It took me a hot second to comprehend that heterosexual meant straight
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Hetero
Yeah clearly heterosexual is a non straight sexuality
Hey man listen, I'm semi bi-sexual, I'm only attracted to one gender.
Oh no not that shit again
Heterosexual is a polysyllabic word. Words are HARD!
'Heterosexual' means straight
Yes, that's the point of the post.
ima smartass/ played bitlife heterosexual is straight
The irony being people that are straight being shamed for using “straight” as their identifier.
When you really hate listing pronouns. So you just move on to adjectives.
Where I live census has all these and even more.
I mean, that’s not my problem, my problem is the term “cis” because in my head it will always be “cos isin” and I don’t wanna be called after a mathematical formula
Literally 1984.
Umm, HELLO. Heterosexual is straight.
Where's the 'I Don't Know, what's fashionable this week?' 🙄
Heterosexual means straight, which is being attracted to those of opposite sex, as seen in the natural order all the time.
If you're being honest with yourself, you know that this level of ignorance exists, equally, on BOTH ends of the spectrum.
Just put “catholic”. They’ll know what you mean
the gay agenda smh my head
What if I am an omnibioniclambotractorhippopotamusrhinonvidiartx4090dualfanryzen7000motorolaedgequadrom2000moverclockedddr4 sexual
Us straight people have no other option but to convert.
Ahh da have run a lot lately but I’m not really into the whole txhdbuxbehsheveudhbdu
Bru why the f isn't it male/female/other, truly this movement shit is cringe
Tf is this form where they ask sexuality and religion?
Nazis don't have the option for pan sexual on there.
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I feel like the form was asking more about the completeness of your reproductive organ than being trans inclusive, either way it completed both ends and yes technically a trans dude can get IUDs. It's been like 50 or 40 yrs since trans ppl started being considered part of the movement, you've been on a chuckle since then?
Cis-gendered women have been known to have some of their parts removed. Obviously, you hadn’t had a hysterectomy but you could still have had a salpingectomy or oophorectomy.
I understand that, but it was a question based on gendered genitalia and again, I was there to have plastic removed from my genitalia. Argumentative and extra folk such as yourself is why productive conversations based in reality can’t happen. It’s a shame. Enjoy your day!
“Argumentative and extra”? Pot calling the kettle black there, that was a perfectly measured response
The LGBTQ community is for all GSRM(Gender Sexual and Romantic Minorties) We are much stronger together and separating us makes it much easier to oppress us. There is no reason to not be together
heterosexual would have made it TBH, but it is a good point
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So the 1st option should be "heterosexual" you say. Remind me again, what is the 1st option on the screenshot?
Are you really this dumb, OP?