Benjamin Stringer vs gruffysnuggles
Round 3 of 3
Choosing any other chair type makes you gay
If you don't choose to sit in this type of chair, does it make you gay or homophobic?
This chair has no implications whatsoever for one's sexuality. It is simply a large, pink, fluffy bunch of bananas. What it does speak to, is one's general ignorance of horticulture. In fact, on the tree, the correct orientation of the banana is opposite to what is shown here.1 In fact, the stem of the banana should be the base of the chair, and the tapered end should be at the head. If you're going to have a banana-motif chair, please do some basic research to avoid embarrassing yourself in the future.
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For one, the banana chair clearly does not aim to be a realistic. It simply aims to be comfortable while adding a flair of fun to a particular room where it will be sitting in. Avant garde even. Who could have even imagined adding a banana in said room. If it's aims were to be realistic than it would fail at being comfortable, and therefore be a poor piece of furniture to add to your living space. Your initial duolog comment does not answer my question of whether or not adding a big, pink, fuzzy bunch of bananas would make someone gay or not and you've been entirely dismissive of queer fashion and cultural norms. I'd even argue you're being homophobic with such a dismissive attitude. Please check yourself. 1 Perfectly explains current queer fashion trends.
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Round 2
Benjamin Stringer
Benjamin StringerThere is a long history of novelty furniture in Western societies, from the hamburger-shaped ottoman to the classic racecar bed. Any successful contribution to this legacy must respect the natural form of the object it portrays. Would we accept an upsidedown racecar-bed? How about a rocketship bookcase pointed in some cockamamie direction? Clearly, we expect our novelty furniture to be functional and comfortable without sacrificing aesthetics.
Nor do homosexuals have a monopoly on novelty furniture. If a straight man wishes to rest upon a fuzzy pink banana, or any other fruit, it is perfectly consistent with his sexuality and masculinity to do so. Real gays would take one look at your banana and say "ew, tacky." Then they would go buy an art deco suede recliner instead. All we straight people ask is that the banana be facing the right way. Every year there are dozens of deaths from improperly configured novelty furniture, and it is reckless and irresponsible to give so little thought to the design.
Are you gay yourself to be able to speak so specifically as to what a gay man might want broadly relating to this topic? If design deaths were truly your concern, you would be appalled to witness this monument in Washington, DC, USA. 1 The country is literally glorifying bad design to the point of potentially killing someone if they were skydiving and hitting it only be skewered like a shish-kabab! This is the western design philosophy that you speak of as if it's something to be replicated everywhere as the peak of design itself.
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Round 3Benjamin Stringer
Benjamin StringerThe Washington monument was completed in 1884 -- almost 20 years before the Wright brothers' first powered flight. So of course it wasn't built with skydiving in mind, you silly goose, you. Go sit on your banana and think about what you've done.
You dunce, man could fly far before the advent of airplanes. Think hot air balloons and gliders. So the point still stands as to someone potentially dying on that monstrosity. And yes, I WILL go sit on my giant, fuzzy, pink banana with glee knowing that the stem won't be shoved up my a$$ and I'll have a comfortable neck rest instead.