Unlocking illegal!!?? - General Topics

Hey everyone. So I just read this morning on Techno Buffalo's sight that as of this Sunday it will be illegal to unlock your phone in the US!!! I'm curious to hear some feedback from people(espesially the devs) on what you may think this means for us as consumers and for XDA?? Do you think it will get to the point where you won't be able to post "how to unlock" forums and video's? Or will this just be another law on paper that doesn't really get enforced in any way?? Thoughts??
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Ibkevin said:
Hey everyone. So I just read this morning on Techno Buffalo's sight that as of this Sunday it will be illegal to unlock your phone in the US!!! I'm curious to hear some feedback from people(espesially the devs) on what you may think this means for us as consumers and for XDA?? Do you think it will get to the point where you won't be able to post "how to unlock" forums and video's? Or will this just be another law on paper that doesn't really get enforced in any way?? Thoughts??
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Can you source this? I very seriously doubt there is any merit to this claim.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115658
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Going to go ahead and close this one since there is already a thread with information on this that is pointed out by cyapalmpos.
cyapalmpos said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115658
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Bootloader Unlock Volunteers (Test 2) $50 if works!

Hello,
Today I'm going to try test two of the bootloader unlock.
I'm not responsible if this hard-bricks your device, no don't blame me.
OK, so pm me please if you want to try it.
Only ONE person with 50+ posts or 10+ thanks may try it.
So post here first so that we can tell who will test it.
Good Luck,
TCF38012
I would really like to test. But this is my only phone for a while. Lol
But I wish you good luck on this
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How did test #1 go?
What's with the posts/thanks criteria?
Edit: And you only have 3 thanks? Not too reassuring for someone to risk bricking their phone.
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Apex_Strider said:
What's with the posts/thanks criteria?
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I guess the OP wants people who know what they're getting into.
Genestealer said:
How did test #1 go?
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They' were obliterated during the attempt lol
I kid I kid - good luck guys, this is my only phone right now so I will observe from afar!
I would be interested BUT would want to see what the scripts are first ..... I do not want to use something where the line is just changed to .ns..... Has this been looked at by other devs????? Could understand with the bounty if you want to keep things as hidden as you can lol.....
hankbizzo5 said:
I would be interested BUT would want to see what the scripts are first ..... I do not want to use something where the line is just changed to .ns..... Has this been looked at by other devs????? Could understand with the bounty if you want to keep things as hidden as you can lol.....
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Concur with all.
I wouldnt mind giving it a go too almost. Got two phones un-activated. This and my Verizon Droid X2. Worse comes to worse I go back on that for a bit while I get another refurb right? lol. My question would be same as above me. Have any devs checked it out yet?
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Currently trolling this thread....
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If I had my newest phone off my upgrade I'd try it but I don't yet. I'll eagerly watch and wait, however.
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Mods, please lock this thread
tcf38012 said:
Hello,
Today I'm going to try test three of the bootloader unlock (the test two didn't work, please delete it).
I'm not responsible if this hard-bricks your device, no don't blame me.
OK, so pm me please if you want to try it.
Only ONE person with 50+ posts or 10+ thanks may try it (to make sure your not motorola).
So post here first so that we can tell who will test it.
Good Luck,
TCF38012
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Ref:
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Bootloader Unlock Volunteers (Test 3) $50 if works!​
Thank you,
Apex_Strider
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Week off?

Hi there,
Is anyROM team planning to release something significant in the next week, or can I rest my twitchy flash finger?
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Well, this thread should be interesting......
FYI, asking for ETAs is kinda the xda equivalent of crapping the bed.
As for if there will be releases this week: maybe. Sometimes the devs like to give us a little Christmas present. But don't forget that they are people too and this is one of the busiest weeks of the year for many people.
Wow, I didn't mean to actually ask for anything - certainly not ETAs. More kind of a gag.
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Is the S3 General forum now some kind of OT forum?
I'm waiting for the thread asking opinions on which hand to hold the phone with. :laugh:
xyrcncp said:
Is the S3 General forum now some kind of OT forum?
I'm waiting for the thread asking opinions on which hand to hold the phone with. :laugh:
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Love it
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Since this thread is ****ed beyond repair anyways...
Who wants one of those Samsung cameras? The ones with android. Why do you want one? I don't see the point in the thing, I don't see who would buy one from VERIZON and pay the ****ing data fee. I just don't get it. What is the appeal to own one of these?
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TheDiabolicaL1 said:
Since this thread is ****ed beyond repair anyways...
Who wants one of those Samsung cameras? The ones with android. Why do you want one? I don't see the point in the thing, I don't see who would buy one from VERIZON and pay the ****ing data fee. I just don't get it. What is the appeal to own one of these?
my tapatalk signature sucks more than yours.
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No idea, in the same boat.. I was gonna get it for a Christmas present for my gf but idk what the point is either. I do know Adam Outler rooted the thing which is pretty damn cool!
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I think the idea of the galaxy camera is that people love the convenience cellphones provide for in allowing your photos to be shared to social media platforms. The problem is even the best phone cameras are still phone cameras. The galaxy camera retains the social networking convenience and introduces a nice camera (optical zoom) onto the equation. Curious how Google+ just recently allowed for full quality photo uploads eh?
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I'm waiting for the thread asking opinions on which hand to hold the phone with. :laugh:
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I use speakerphone or a bluetooth earset most of the time. So . . .
- ooofest
I like turtles
constituent37 said:
Hi there,
Is anyROM team planning to release something significant in the next week, or can I rest my twitchy flash finger?
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This is the problem with xda. Not you. Personally i think you did nothing wrong. You were simply asking if anyone knew if a significant release for a ROM was being planned for this week. You weren't asking for someone to make a ROM, you weren't asking for an eta. Instead everyone decides to be incredibly disrespectful toward you. Maybe op didn't want to go through every single ROM thread over the past 5 or so pages looking for posts by the dev.
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NightxFall said:
This is the problem with xda. Not you. Personally i think you did nothing wrong. You were simply asking if anyone knew if a significant release for a ROM was being planned for this week. You weren't asking for someone to make a ROM, you weren't asking for an eta. Instead everyone decides to be incredibly disrespectful toward you. Maybe op didn't want to go through every single ROM thread over the past 5 or so pages looking for posts by the dev.
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I think he already explained it as more of a gag in post 3 so everyone just went with this as a holiday stress relieving thread. If it is going to turn ugly I will close it.
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kennyglass123 said:
I think he already explained it as more of a gag in post 3 so everyone just went with this as a holiday stress relieving thread. If it is going to turn ugly I will close it.
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What would be really nice is if you could bring some of your weather up here to the northern part of the US :good:
NightxFall said:
Instead everyone decides to be incredibly disrespectful toward you. Maybe op didn't want to go through every single ROM thread over the past 5 or so pages looking for posts by the dev.
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I know that this happens....but I don't think that this is the case here as no one was outright disrespectful to OP nor is a future ETA or release something you can generally look up in past threads.
Oh well, relax and drink some nog. We should try and get a forum game running over the holiday. Mafia anyone? =)
Ok, here's all I meant: I love xda and the developers. I flash like crazy and keep finding something better as one Rom leap frogs the other. So I was tongue in cheek asking for a break from flashing, to save me from myself this week, not for what to flash next.
Hold phone with my left hand, even though that's considered rude in some cultures.
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I like turtles
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I take your turtles and raise you a train. Bark bark
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[Bounty] Get EdgeHood a Nexus 4

I was talking to EdgeHood about how I will be getting a Nexus 4 soon and would love for him to develop for it. There is one problem however; he doesn't have a nexus 4. This is where we come in. Together we can get this awesome developer one of the best phones out there and possibly get some awesome ROMs too. I will be donating at least $50. This means the goal to reach is ~$350 (this includes taxes and shipping)
EdgeHood has been doing some phenomenal work on the Galaxy S III with his Vengeance ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098437)
Donations can be made to Edge's PayPal here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=SBTbfErWle9DJ0akgBcw098iFuBccE2WIpgzPISWTPuVr5iNGAT07R0NnhS&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d0b7e678a25d883d0fa72c947f193f8fd
Come on guys we can do this!
Please post the amount of your donation so that I can keep track of it.
Thanks!!
You'd be better off doing this at the nexus 4 threads since generally we don't have the intention of going to that phone.
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Youre going to have a hard time getting donations here.
you should start a thread somewhere more appropriate if you actually want to do this.
I have a thread in the nexus 4 forum as well. I just figured users of his Vengeance ROM might want to donate and will be able to see this in the S III forums more easily.
This is first and hopefully a last. A bounty for a phone that isn't even the same phone that the section it is in.
On top of it the Nexus 4 isn't even available on the same carrier we are all on.
Building Roms on the Nexus 4 will not help the S3 forum at all.
Um, yeah. I'll get right on that.
Silly OP c:
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andrewk7750 said:
Silly OP c:
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/threadwin
seriously though, the above posters are right that you are not likely to get any love here for a phone the vast majority of us have no interest in and is on a different character. A for effort, F for execution
The OP wants S3 users to donate a phone so a dev can develop on his new phone that none of us own. Doesn't sound selfish at all.
I would love a Nexus 4. Anyone want to donate one to me.
Well at least the OP won't have to worry about updating the thread with amounts. Should be easy to keep track of zero.
No offense to the great dev who is probably reading this thread saying WTF. If I was him I would post and say I do not support this message here. Lol
Edit.
We'd be paying for him to go dev on another phone??
Man get this thread outta here.
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Please donate to me I have a little scratch on my screen. I needs nexus 4
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blestsol said:
He doesn't dev on this carrier and we'd be paying for him to go dev on another phone??
Man get this stupid thread outta here.
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He does have a Rom in the dev section here. Not like that changes anything though related to this thread. Just a clarification.
[email protected] said:
He does have a Rom in the dev section here. Not like that changes anything though related to this thread. Just a clarification.
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Oh he does? I retract that part then.
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Surprise this was aloud on our s3 forum
stripped apart rebuilt with Clean Rom&XdaTechnology!!!
BAN KERRYWOOD IP ADDRESS
iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple VZW GSIII
And I didn't think it could get any worse than the last dev people tried to have us get a phone for, but that was actually 1 ROM for the GSIII more productive than this would be.
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vote ban bounty threads.
droidstyle said:
vote ban bounty threads.
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I disagree, bounty thread can be great, like when we got the htc incredible 4g community a bounty s-off tester phone (within 3 hours mind you), which did play about 99% role in getting s-off (phone wise) from a developer standpoint it was unlimited.io team 100%. but without that phone, s-off may still not be on the htc inc4....
but this thread, poorly thought out.
Worst thread ever...
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Seriously wtf is this ? Screw these type of threads. When I was on the epic touch two devs set up threads like this and ****ed the community up the ass.
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My swan song

Just righting this to say thank you to all of the developers and and helpful users in this forum for everything, will be moving on to the S4 on Verizon and hopefully I will see you in there it's been a wild 10 months people hopefully we can create the same magic in the new forums that we had here..... "It's only by your leave that I walk away" :'(
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ct_tec313 said:
Just righting this to say thank you to all of the developers and and helpful users in this forum for everything, will be moving on to the S4 on Verizon and hopefully I will see you in there it's been a wild 10 months people hopefully we can create the same magic in the new forums that we had here..... "It's only by your leave that I walk away" :'(
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Well since you're leaving.... Writing*
RCOVA said:
Well since you're leaving.... Writing*
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I guess I must be really obtuse or high.... (Well I am high) because I don't if that's a slight or a fair well.... Lol
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ct_tec313 said:
I guess I must be really obtuse or high.... (Well I am high) because I don't if that's a slight or a fair well.... Lol
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And on a similar note since you're leaving...........it's farewell not fair well.
landshark68 said:
And on a similar note since you're leaving...........it's farewell not fair well.
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Well sorry when you Swype some words don't come out right.... on a side note has anyone preordered yet.....they said today, but when I called the system wouldn't let the order go through until tomorrow...
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This why I love Samsung.

I got this bad boy in the mail. I didnt think I would actually win! I will be buying my one direction tickets asap!
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EDIT: I DO NOT LIKE 1 DIRECTION IT WAS A JOKE.
Prime said:
I got this bad boy in the mail. I didnt think I would actually win! I will be buying my one direction tickets asap!
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So im assuming your female
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So im assuming your female
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Is it that obvious? Might get some vans warped tour tickets.
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Prime said:
Is it that obvious? Might get some vans warped tour tickets.
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Well if you were a guy getting one direction tickets you'd have to be pretty queer.
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Prime said:
I got this bad boy in the mail. I didnt think I would actually win! I will be buying my one direction tickets asap!
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Your attachment is missing the code. Can you please re upload the full picture?!
daraj said:
Your attachment is missing the code. Can you please re upload the full picture?!
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Yeah sure! One sec.
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A girl.... who likes phones.... .... I have a hard enough time finding guys around here that like phone... +1 for that pic lol jk not a concert fan
btw I'm kidding I know there are a lot of girl phone lovers. Maybe one day my wife?
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A girl.... who likes phones.... .... I have a hard enough time finding guys around here that like phone... +1 for that pic lol jk not a concert fan
btw I'm kidding I know there are a lot of girl phone lovers. Maybe one day my wife?
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Sorry to burst your bubble... but I pee standing up.
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Sorry to burst your bubble... but I pee standing up.
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Still got to be a way to get my wife to love phones... lol jk
How did you enter this contest to begin with? Awesome that Samsung does this
I guess our first clue that you were joking show be that if you are cool enough to hack phones you wont be going to a one direction concert?
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I got this bad boy in the mail. I didnt think I would actually win! I will be buying my one direction tickets asap!
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EDIT: I DO NOT LIKE 1 DIRECTION IT WAS A JOKE.
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One Direction? Not The Biebs?
lol.
ian1 said:
Well if you were a guy getting one direction tickets you'd have to be pretty queer.
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im str8 n i LOVE one direction
come at be bro
ALLLLLLLL THESE LITTLE THINGS........................
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im str8 n i LOVE one direction
come at be bro
ALLLLLLLL THESE LITTLE THINGS........................
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You incorrectly assume that I'm using queer to mean gay when I'm actually using it to mean weird.
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ian1 said:
You incorrectly assume that I'm using queer to mean gay when I'm actually using it to mean weird.
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right, because this is 2013 in 'Murika, and using "queer" to imply weirdness is...normal.
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right, because this is 2013 in 'Murika, and using "queer" to imply weirdness is...normal.
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...so I should blindly follow everyone else's ideas and be "normal"? I'd much rather think for myself.
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...so I should blindly follow everyone else's ideas and be "normal"? I'd much rather think for myself.
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not at all friend, but dont think for a second a majority of the people who read your post will just assume you meant "weird" or "strange". face it, most will ASSume you meant in regards to being homosexual. even if its not what you meant, it could still be offensive, and you should think about what you say and how others may perceive it before you post that on the interwebz.
also, playing off your logic here, who are you to say a man listening to one direction is queer? i think you NOT listening is rather gay.
and by gay i meant happy. did you assume that?
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not at all friend, but dont think for a second a majority of the people who read your post will just assume you meant "weird" or "strange". face it, most will ASSume you meant in regards to being homosexual. even if its not what you meant, it could still be offensive, and you should think about what you say and how others may perceive it before you post that on the interwebz.
also, playing off your logic here, who are you to say a man listening to one direction is queer? i think you NOT listening is rather gay.
and by gay i meant happy. did you assume that?
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I am more than happy to explain my use of the word when people misunderstand it and quite honestly the word stupid is offensive, but we still use it along with many other negative terms. Lastly I don't see how, "I think you not listening is rather happy" makes sense grammatically so yes I would assume you were using the homosexual meaning.
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Wtf is this thread about?
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Yeah whata with this contest??? I never heard abiut it...please provide some more details how this worked...would love to get some more tickets to Nocturnal Wonderland so some friends could go with me
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ian1 said:
I am more than happy to explain my use of the word when people misunderstand it and quite honestly the word stupid is offensive, but we still use it along with many other negative terms. Lastly I don't see how, "I think you not listening is rather happy" makes sense grammatically so yes I would assume you were using the homosexual meaning.
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given the general societal stigma involved with men listening to whats considered to be "girl music" using the word queer with no clear or definitive meaning, and only the stigma i mentioned earlier for context, it can only lead the observer to assume you meant the opposite. dont attempt to justify your misuse of words with an analogy worth about as much as your idea its still OK to use the word "queer" when referring to a "strange" behavior. who are you to decide its queer a man listens to 1d? ok, so you personally think its queer, kewl bro. dont express that with no intentions other than to express it, bc than really your only intent was conflict, right?
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given the general societal stigma involved with men listening to whats considered to be "girl music" using the word queer with no clear or definitive meaning, and only the stigma i mentioned earlier for context, it can only lead the observer to assume you meant the opposite. dont attempt to justify your misuse of words with an analogy worth about as much as your idea its still OK to use the word "queer" when referring to a "strange" behavior. who are you to decide its queer a man listens to 1d? ok, so you personally think its queer, kewl bro. dont express that with no intentions other than to express it, bc than really your only intent was conflict, right?
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Again I don't care about the general social stigma and no I didn't mean to start a conflict. I actually just really like the original meaning of queer and the way the word even sounds like its definition. Furthermore I think this conversation has gone on long enough and we should clutter this thread up anymore.
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