Just trying to hold down the fort for my buddy CaptainChaos who has taken a mysterious and unexplained absence from the Org. I was thinking about it the other night and I was wondering if bars that service mostly gay clientele are as fun as they appear to be on TV. Like the Captain, I'm straight but whenever I see a scene in a gay bar in a movie or on TV it likes like the patrons are having a blast. Constant non-stop dancing, loud rave music, friendly and shirtless bartender offering sage advice. Is this really how all gay bars are because if so they look more fun then the boring ass straight bars I frequent.

Besides the "dancing with dudes" part (which I am 87% sure I am not into), is the old Admiral just going to the wrong bars?
[Edited 4/18/06 9:53am]

Vito was having a great time in that episode of the Sopranos.

I assume that it's because since it's full of men, whom we all know that, straight or gay, never so no to sex, everyone there knows that they're gonna get laid. Once you remove the chances of rejection, you can't help but have a good time.

Illustrator said:

That is a solid point. Lately whenever I walk into a bar, I no beyond a shadow of a doubt I'm not going to get any. Never in a million years. No chance in a world. Not if my life depended on it. So I guess that is valid.

AdmiralDisorder said:

But that's just negative thinking. The dude you're dancing with might be digging you, but ya gave up before even trying.

Illustrator said:

Wait, I was talking about the straight bars I go to. No I very seldom dance with other guys. Almost never. Which is to say not at all frequently. I mean just a couple of times. I mean last week was a busy week for that but that's just because I was really really drunk a lot.

I think I cleared that up.

If I'm out of town and don't know where to go out for a good time, I look for a gay bar/club. In general, I know I'll feel confortable, and I know I'll have fun.

AdmiralDisorder said:

I'm not sure you're being completely straight with yourself.

I would probably crap myself if i walked into something resembling "The Blue Oyster".

because they are!

Are there gay clubs which are primarily for either lesbians or gay guys? Folk music vs. house. Everybody loses in that case. I'd probably have more fun with Abba playing.

most gay men and lesibians do go to differnt bars...

and gay men tend to be a bit freer in their forms of expression so therefore there is more going on in the bar.

muirdo said:

I can hear the familiar refrain right now!

I hear really cool things about lesbian bars. I wonder if they are true.

(Not: Full disclosure, I mostly hear the cool things from Penthouse Forum.)