I have NEVER had anything say diary me! as loudly as this, and it's really just a posting (h/t Queerty.com) from Rafi D'angelo's blog, So let's talk about . . .. There's no "about" link on his page, but it seems that he pays a significant amount of attention to the world around him. The headline for this post is "Heard on the Subway: Talking about your gay son." Below the great orange headband, and I hope this is actually fair use.
He says he got on at Penn Station (not sure which train, but it really doesn't matter) and set near two construction-type guys, and this, without any further ado, is what he taped, and thankfully transcribed:
Guy #1 said “My wife wants me to get fixed like a dog but I don’t see why she can’t just keep taking the pill.”
Guy #2: No more kids for you two?
Guy #1: No, she figures we’re both getting too old for a baby.
Guy #2: How is your boy anyway? Haven’t seen him in awhile.
Guy #1: Oh John’s good, pitching this year varsity.
Guy #2: He’ll definitely have the girls hanging around him now.
Guy #1: Yeah if he had any time for them.
Guy #2: Focused on baseball?
Guy #1: Focused on boys.
Guy #2: You’re shittin me!
Guy #1: I kid you not. Came out to me and Mary Ann bold as daylight last year.
Guy #2: Well I’ll be damned! I’m not supposed to know it but I overheard Patrick Junior tell his sister he might be gay not two months ago.
Guy #1: We all saw that coming though.
Guy #2: You’re the second person to say that. How’d everybody see it but me?
Guy #1: It was just a feelin Pat. He was always a little soft, ya know?
Guy #2: I guess you’re right. But damn Charlie, we both have gay kids. What do we do now? Both our sons are gay.
Guy #1: We don’t do anything. We let em be gay and if some kid calls em a faggot we go to their house and raise hell with the parents like normal.
Guy #2: Well I guess John and Lucinda won’t be getting together like we thought awhile ago.
Guy #1: Guess not.
*long pause*
Guy #2: Hey Charlie, you thinkin what I’m thinkin?
Guy #1: I was for about half a second then it got weird and I started thinkin about somethin else instead.
I really have nothing to add to this, except
THIS IS WHY WE'RE WINNING.
UPDATE, 6:36 pm PST: It's called "willing suspension of disbelief." I don't think it matters if it's true or not, I'm taking it as an authentic representation of the zeitgeist. Google it.