Idaho bar celebrates "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month" with free beer for straight men

Someone's feewings got hurt. I would probably go grab a free beer though.

Grab a beer, kiss a dude and then shout "this fucking bar made me gay!"
Then leave a bunch of positive online reviews and make videos about how this bar makes people gay and you've never been happier.
- You need to wear tear-away clothes with the (pardon the phrase) gayest possible outfit on underneath. It needs to be a show! Make it loud and fabulous! 🏳️‍🌈
"Hi, I am a very straight man who... loves looking at red meat and eating... hooters. AT Hooters, where the straight men are. I would like my free beer now, dollface."
Yep, grab the free beer so they have to absorb a loss, avoid the place like the plague the rest of the year.

I think this was the invitation flyer:

Every once in a while it looks like a bicept. I know the joke is penis, but I don't see penis. I see chicken leg.
Does anyone else see chicken leg?
- I see an elephant. What does that mean, Dr. Rorschach?
- I thought it was a poorly drawn air pod for a second there.
- I think we all see what we want to see in it. I also think you may be hungry?
- I think it looks more like a bicep.
Freud is spinning in his grave.

Two men come in: "Hi, I'm straight, give me my free beer and one for my buddy here who's also straight."

Bartender: "Here are your free beers."

Man: "Thank you, and now here is our beer celebration"

The two men proceed to make out.

I’m tempted to go in there as a trans woman & try to convince them to give me free beer because they think I’m a dude. Given that I like women, by their logic, that just makes me a straight guy dressed like a woman, ergo… FREE BEER!!!
- Please never imply temptation to go to Idaho again. I live in the deep south and even I'm afraid of that hellhole
- I would just generally avoid Idaho if I were in your no doubt chic shoes.
Would be utterly hilarious.

And how exactly do they determine if someone is straight? Do they have them jack off to a woman before they enter?

“Get out back & motorboat Doris. If you’re not at least at half mast, no beer.”
- I picture gay men coming in like Straight Holt to get free beer.
  https://youtu.be/KGmr2W-ADSU

Oh we about to bankrupt this fucker.

How is this legal? Is bro gonna throw up a "No Darkies" sign next?

Charging different prices for different people isn't illegal. It's the basis of ladies night.
What I want to know is how can you tell if someone is gay or not. People think I'm gay. I'm not. But there are people who keep telling me I should be true to myself. And I should. And I AM. Which is why boobs are just great. They just brighten your day. Just like "TA-DA!!! IT'S TITTIES!!!" and you make that public domain sound of the asian girl in amazement. WOWWWW!!!!!!
- I think some cities/states have determined Ladies Nights to be illegal... after lawsuits from the exact same types of dudes who think a heterosexual awareness month are a good idea.
- I’m right there with ya pal. Everyone thought I was gay growing up, but I liked boobs enough, I had a pair installed.
  You should try it, they’re great!
- It's okay, just accept it man, seize the gay!
- I imagine they just take your word for it. Not some science-y thing.

sounds kind of gay to me

As a straight, I don't get the "men only" part.
I'd be down with a "free beer for straights" night as long as the crowd doesn't get all homophobic (I'm in San Francisco so even the straights are allies). But no women?
That does sound pretty gay.

I hope the campaign goes so well that literally thousands of straight men go there to have a free beer

"Yes I am straight."

"Prove it."

"sigh"
(Unzips pants while looking at a nekkid lady)
Kiss that amazing guy over there without getting a boner! (Filters out bisexuals too).

"Finally, a place for us straight men. Do you have a jukebox, because somebody plans to put on Bob Srgar's greatest hits.

All right, fellow-cis people. We have a duty to drink this bar out of business. I recently quit drinking, but I can take a night off for the team. Let's go!

I made the mistake of looking through some of the IG comments and I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.

I already don't want to live on this planet, but the universe is federated. Problem is, Earth is the only planet with a userbase.
- The others defederated us after we killed their admin's son

!nottheonion@lemmy.world material?

Friday Nights All June! It's "Definitely Heterosexual Mens' Night" at the Old State Saloon!

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Yeah, but seriously, fuck these snowflake clowns:

"South California"

Tell me you don't know SoCal without telling me you don't know SoCal

I believe that was written by the outlet. Not a quote.
If I ever hear someone call us "South California" id probably be stuck between laughing at them and wanting to showing them Southern Californian niceness "well moreso Inland Imperial" and convert them from rear drive to front drive.

Apart from the fact that this counter celebration is cringey and time-deaf, that's also a really long-winded and uncatchy name for it. Why didn't they call it Straight Joy Month, or something more succinct.

Joy is gay.
- Straight Gay Month! We're taking the word back™
- That would add a funny side to it.
Oh come on! Let them be!
Straight Dave's Man Slamming Action

“An all-male Monday sounds pretty gay to me.”

Holy cow, how do they lead the article with this? It's literally homophobic to claim that a bunch of men together is gay, and men are already suffering for social pressure to not show platonic affection to one another, and they're fanning that flame.

This is bar owner is a stupid shithead, but every time I open a link to this website I'm reminded how absolutely garbage it is. This is like tops tho and honestly leads me to believe they're no better than the bar owner.

men are already suffering for social pressure to not show platonic affection to one another, and they're fanning that flame.
By who? The only people I hear endorsing that old timey John Wayne bull shit are men's rights "activist". Who constantly whine about men being suppressed, but also embrace the conservative stoic beliefs of the past.
I show platonic affection to my friends all the time, no one has ever given me shit about it.
- By who?
  You kind of answer your own question. But ignore the fact that the author of this article and whoever they quote are doing it too, by suggesting men getting together "sounds pretty gay."
  It's great for you that you can show physical affection with your straight male friends, but let's not pretend this isn't a problem in our society.
When you're so terminally offended that even calling out homophobia is now also homophobia
- Calling out homophobia is fine. Claiming a bunch of men getting together is gay is homophobia. I'm calling it out.

Who cares? Lol, why does this make people so upset?

I care because just like all lives matter, this is a dog whistle for discrimination and repression of minorities.
- Is it though?
  All lives matter yes. But I need to see more about hetero day. I can get on board
- How? I'm genuinely curious; I don't really have a horse in this race.
I think it was designed to make profit off of making people upset.
But more specifically, you almost have to respect it. Target the same audience that still refuses to admit that James O'Keefe stole their money and watch the money roll in.
Right wingers love shit like this and will invent a backlash just to donate even more money to the business owner.
- Yeah, I could see that.
I have no problem with people feeling pride about their immutable characteristics. Scottish and proud? Excellent, go put on a kilt and throw one of those giant poles; looks fun! I have a problem when "pride" is used to organize people against a vulnerable minority. So sure, enjoy your super straight free beer with a bar full of other totally straight cis men and talk about... Idk sports or something. However, given the current political climate it seems to me like this is likely a way to gather people resentful of LGBT pride's efforts to claim equal rights. So it isn't a gathering of proud straight men, it is likely a gathering of bitter hateful men.
LGBT pride exists to fight for equal rights and representation that cis-hetero people enjoy by default; it isn't meant to gain an upper hand or displace cis-hetero people. Far-right extremists like to paint the movement's goals as a way to erase white straight cis culture, but this is just reactionary propaganda to mobilize people against this minority group.
I agree. Honestly happy for them. I mean us.