QUOTE(John Potts @ Sep 13 2008, 11:05 AM)

my friends give me crap for liking coldplay, they just refer to that famous 40 year old virgin line "You know how i know you're gay? because you like coldplay"
The last episode of Bones had a very similar joke about Coldplay. Not in a mean-spirited "Coldplay sucks" way, just joking around that the main character's boyfriend was a closeted gay guy because he was taking her to a Coldplay concert.
Obviously, liking Coldplay isn't ACTUALLY a sign that you're gay. But seriously, why does society even use this as a negative connotation? For example, when Guy A says Guy B is "dressed really gay," 9 times out of 10 Guy A is a mouth-breather in a Slayer tee-shirt and Guy B is looking smart enough to be featured on
The Sartorialist. Who cares is someone who bats for the same team started the trend. If it looks good, it looks good...and macho macho men are rarely a source of fashions that look good.