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It's just a thin veneer, actually. For instance, there are quite often threads with dudes dressed as women, and they receive a lot of attention and praise. There's also a decent number of gay threads, too. Even the furries have Fridays...

The culture isn't genuinely hateful, they're just trying to get a rise out of people. Besides, 'fag' is an affectionate term to a /b/tard...




>Besides, 'fag' is an affectionate term to a /b/tard...

Case in point: at the bottom of the page the survey author says to contact him at "resultsfag@yahoo.com" :-)




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