View Full Version : US military considered building 'gay bomb'
HellCat
06-12-2007, 09:19 AM
http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_159222541.html
Fabulous!
GWOtaku
06-12-2007, 09:31 AM
LOL, that has to be a competitor for worst idea ever. At least it was disregarded quickly after it was brought up, I'd love to know who specifically within the Air Force thought this up way back. Rather curious whether he managed to keep his job...
SirLemming
06-12-2007, 09:57 AM
Once again we see something so ridiculous that South Park would have trouble actually making fun of it.
Although it's really not so much about "turning them gay" as it is about instigating the chemical aspects of sexual attraction... so it's a little less ridiculous than it sounds at first.
Wow.
I can't wait for this to show up on Family Guy, or Robot Chicken or something.:D
Zeonic Freak
06-12-2007, 02:18 PM
That sounds more like what a terrorist group would use on a city thats not gay, im getting chills just thinking about it...
Weatherman
06-12-2007, 02:23 PM
Ummm..............wow. Did they actually think something that stupid would work? I realize that the school of thought on human sexuality was a bit different in 1994, but they can not have been that dumb as to think this would have worked at all.
Kurokawa41
06-12-2007, 02:24 PM
Well...
...I'm actually, probably because I'm still a young teenager, really afraid of my sexuality being changed. I would not want to be gay, no offense to those who are. And to think they have the technology to change peoples' sexualities just scares the crap out of me.
HellCat
06-12-2007, 02:27 PM
Just wanna nip this in the bud- please don't let this topic become homophobic. My intent behind this thread was to point out a silly abandoned idea, not open the door for bigotry.
Captain Highwind
06-12-2007, 02:38 PM
I stopped at the first paragraph.
This feels like some cliched Justice League/Austin Powers plot.
But still, I'm laughing very hard right now.
Kurokawa41
06-12-2007, 02:54 PM
I was just speaking my mind. I would not want to be gay. Does that mean I hate gay people? No, I have a gay stepbrother, and he's cool. It just means I wouldn't want to be gay myself.
HellCat
06-12-2007, 02:57 PM
I was just speaking my mind. I would not want to be gay. Does that mean I hate gay people? No, I have a gay stepbrother, and he's cool. It just means I wouldn't want to be gay myself.
I wasn't highlighting anyone. However, one or two recent replies were slightly questionable and as I said I wanted to nip it in the bud before anyone got the wrong idea and thought this thread was anti-gay.
Kurokawa41
06-12-2007, 03:04 PM
Right-O.
Moving along, then... Do they really have the power to change peoples' sexualities?
Gatomon41
06-12-2007, 03:08 PM
As silly as it sounds, you can't say they wern't creative. :p
Romanesque
06-12-2007, 03:08 PM
Moving along, then... Do they really have the power to change peoples' sexualities?At the moment, in humans? No. However, I wouldn't be surprised if it were possible within, say, another decade.
--Romey
Gatomon41
06-12-2007, 03:10 PM
At the moment? No. However, I wouldn't be surprised if it were possible within, say, another decade.
--Romey
If it were possible, I'm sure alot of nations would have issues with such a technological application. I wonder how the Geneva Convention would have classifed it?
Mr. Pedro
06-12-2007, 03:11 PM
This sounds like either the plotline for the next Austin Powers movie or the title of a lost Electric Six song.
Romanesque
06-12-2007, 03:19 PM
If it were possible, I'm sure alot of nations would have issues with such a technological application. I wonder how the Geneva Convention would have classifed it?It'd probably be on an individual basis, if it could be done. The whole idea of dropping a "gay bomb" is, of course, absurd. Some day, maybe, but human sexuality isn't something so simple to be dramatically changed by a dose of inhaled chemicals.
On the other hand, some other form of "hormone bomb" may not be so far out there. Ethical questions still apply. How about a hormone exposure that merely ramps up existing sexuality? Yeah, that'd be bad. You could even potentially engineer something to make the entire next generation gay... that'd be a scandal.
--Romey
Weatherman
06-12-2007, 04:26 PM
Right-O.
Moving along, then... Do they really have the power to change peoples' sexualities?
No. Being that we really don't know what the root causes of sexuality are, it really can't be changed like that. Someone really doesn't "become" anything. You are what you are, be it from birth or chmical exposure or whatever, it's not something that just changes instantly.
Juu-kuchi
06-12-2007, 04:58 PM
Oooh. I've always wanted to get immolated by a bomb with contents that can make me fabulous.
PRdude
06-12-2007, 05:11 PM
This sounds almost like some strange weapon you'd be able to use in a video game.
I can easily imagine if someone found out how to change peoples sexuality via chemical means that it would be used by certain groups to "un-gay" people :ack:
Of course as others pointed out there would be a huge outcry about it...
XTAP - your sexuality cant change. At least for now ;). You might be more honest with yourself one day and find out your true leanings, but it would of been there since birth. :)
Frozen
06-12-2007, 06:48 PM
I despair. Haven't the American military got enough stuff to spend their budget on?
Body armour'd be good right now...
SirLemming
06-12-2007, 07:04 PM
Moving along, then... Do they really have the power to change peoples' sexualities?
Doing it permanently seems pretty far-fetched. But honestly, what they were talking about here, I wouldn't be totally totally shocked about it, though it's hard to imagine it actually stopping soldiers from fighting. If they dump enough pheremones all over the place maybe they could temporarily make that happen... who knows. Still a pretty bad idea for a military weapon, though.
Dr.Pepper
06-12-2007, 07:29 PM
I don't know if something like this would even work. And just out of couriosity what would it do to gay people? Would it make them straight?
Kurokawa41
06-12-2007, 08:37 PM
XTAP - your sexuality cant change. At least for now ;). You might be more honest with yourself one day and find out your true leanings, but it would of been there since birth. :)
I'm already well aware of my sexuality, but thanks...?
Gatomon41
06-12-2007, 10:01 PM
I despair. Haven't the American military got enough stuff to spend their budget on?
This is the Air Force were talking about, the branch were all the geeks and eccentric geniuses join up. They think up of the coolest,state of the art stuff. Sometimes, a few poor ideas show up, but hey, that's the process of brainstorming!
Well...that's certainly be an interesting spectacle to behold on the battlefield, I'd say...
EinBebop
06-12-2007, 11:17 PM
I was going to post a joke about this not being as threatening as The Nude Bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nude_Bomb)...
but for some weird reason there's actually a link to Wiki's article on the Gay Bomb down at the bottom.
Rolling Cloud
06-12-2007, 11:42 PM
O_o, I think whatever faith I had in the military that I was hanging onto just left the building.
Gatomon41
06-12-2007, 11:46 PM
O_o, I think whatever faith I had in the military that I was hanging onto just left the building.
So one poorly thought out idea does that? Does light brezzes make you fall over? :p
Hey, the Air Force is human as well. Sometimes some really dumb ideas get passsed. It's happened alot of times in history.
Harvey Two Face
06-13-2007, 01:02 AM
That has got to be the most tstupid and most ridiculous idea I have ever heard of.
Kaoru
06-13-2007, 02:12 AM
They either got the idea from the lost episode of Tom Goes to the Mayor or from watching Codename Kids Next Door - Girlifyer Ray from episode FUTURE. Or they are hopeful to be hired as writers on Southpark.
picture this:
[US jet flying abovehand]
- Abdoul Ahmed AhhhhbahalahaaaaaahhhHH!
[get zapped and transformed to extreme homosexuals, high heels and everything, holding each other]
- Honey you look Gorge MY god!
That's about as strange as this commercial. http://youtube.com/watch?v=TtQDpfiuBTI
Megaman X
06-13-2007, 02:19 AM
http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_159222541.html
Fabulous!
Wow a gay bomb? Uh.. thats odd.. even if they did make that I am sure it would back fire somehow :sweat:
SirLemming
06-13-2007, 09:03 AM
I don't know if something like this would even work. And just out of couriosity what would it do to gay people? Would it make them straight?
The bomb apparently would boost the soldiers' attraction to each other regardless of their sexual orientation, so I guess the gay would remain gay.
In theory.
Sinister Wave
06-13-2007, 09:50 AM
That's strange...to say the least.
Hanshotfirst113
06-13-2007, 09:54 AM
This...is not...a joke, is it?
Freedom Fighter
06-14-2007, 02:35 AM
Wow, that does sound as if it's straight out of a cartoon...
But realistically, there's no way a 'gay bomb' could effect people in such a way directly. Now indirectly's another story... via taking a bomb and using it to blow up a target, resulting in said target being completely cut off from the outside world and all the inhabitants of one gender dying either from the bomb's explosion or from the fallout. Then again, these days the first condition is very unlikely to happen unless said target is in the midst of wide open land OR is an island in the middle of the ocean.
Sadly enough, someone might be crazy enough to pitch that idea as a primetime drama.
Stuckey
06-14-2007, 01:33 PM
I don't know if something like this would even work. And just out of couriosity what would it do to gay people? Would it make them straight?
It would make them super duper mega gay.
Seriously though, I'd be more suprised if someone hadn't thought of trying to develop a gay bomb.
Gatomon41
06-14-2007, 11:54 PM
It would make them super duper mega gay.
Seriously though, I'd be more suprised if someone hadn't thought of trying to develop a gay bomb.
Chance are, it probably been thought up in some fanfic. If it hasn't, this news probably will inspire many new ones :p
Antiyonder
06-22-2007, 05:29 AM
Another fourm on the topic made a good point. It adds a whole new meaning to the saying "Make Love, Not War".
Sketch
06-22-2007, 06:30 AM
Another fourm on the topic made a good point. It adds a whole new meaning to the saying "Make Love, Not War".
Priceless ^
Well our military sure had some uh... interesting ideas. I don't imagine such a thing would work though. Yeah you can tinker with chemicals but I'm of the opinion that it's not so much chemical even in the sense that chemicals effect our moods and feelings. But I'll leave it at that.
Looking at it it doesn't make you gay.
It makes you extra super horny, so horny youd do it with anyone.
Think about any innocent bystanders who happen to be in the area if it went off?
EinBebop
06-23-2007, 04:19 PM
Think about any innocent bystanders who happen to be in the area if it went off?Well, they'd be affected by the bomb, too, so there really would be no 'innocent' people.
HellCat
06-23-2007, 06:32 PM
Looking at it it doesn't make you gay.
It makes you extra super horny, so horny youd do it with anyone.
Think about any innocent bystanders who happen to be in the area if it went off?
So it's the work of Torchwood then? *ducks*
Don_East
06-23-2007, 10:03 PM
Why exactly does it have to be a gay bomb? Couldn't just be some explosive afrodisiac?
EinBebop
06-23-2007, 10:12 PM
Couldn't just be some explosive afrodisiac?That misspelling created many funny ideas in my head. I won't go into them here; I just wanted to say thank you. :)
JustJack
06-24-2007, 01:42 AM
That misspelling created many funny ideas in my head. I won't go into them here; I just wanted to say thank you. :)
...a bomb that gives you an afro so thick and curly, it either falls over your eye's -thus blinding you, or get's caught in a tree -thus inhibiting your ability to move?
DBZNarutoWarrior
06-24-2007, 11:57 AM
THAT'S HILLARIOUS! Oh we are truly in the golden age of technology and GREAT ideas.:p ;) :p What a horrible idea.
Harlan_Phoenix
06-24-2007, 12:46 PM
Why exactly does it have to be a gay bomb? Couldn't just be some explosive afrodisiac?
No, it has to be a gay bomb. It's just another step in the gay agenda. Today your children, tomorrow your soldiers, and then...THE WORLD! GAHAHAHA! YOU CAN'T STOP US NOW!
JustJack
06-24-2007, 10:54 PM
No, it has to be a gay bomb. It's just another step in the gay agenda. Today your children, tomorrow your soldiers, and then...THE WORLD! GAHAHAHA! YOU CAN'T STOP US NOW!
So, you're saying the Airforce is actually run by the "Homosexual Underground", who've attempted to trick America into funding a "gay bomb" as a weapon. The truth behind it, though, was that they'd end up using it on the entire world, thus turning us all into gay's...thereby eliminating procreation, and ending the world as we know it?
...I didn't know the gay community was intent on destroying the world, I was always under the impression that they were just about free love n' stuff.
purplehairedwonder
06-25-2007, 02:02 AM
I see this topic taking a very bad direction and very quickly, so let's chill with the gay jokes. It's a very touchy subject for some people.
And now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
Personally, after the initial disgust at the pure offensive nature this thing had worn off, I was more amused than anything. It's a very interesting idea though the fact that anyone ever thought of it in the first place disturbs me.
Bubblegum Girl
06-26-2007, 03:25 PM
OMG, that's so funny. :p This something I would expect to see on South Park...
TyUnlimited
06-26-2007, 09:39 PM
I give up on the US if they approve this.The world is insane.Yet this is funny as hell!
cross blues
07-04-2007, 10:21 PM
Why exactly does it have to be a gay bomb? Couldn't just be some explosive afrodisiac?
isn't there enough trouble already with soldiers taking advantage of civilian women? if people didn't have such a problem with homosexuality or even bisexuality, i think this idea would be embraced. in fact, i wouldn't be surprised if it is still being researched. looking at how things like alcohol and ecstasy can dramatically affect behavior, i don't think it's a stretch to believe that something in the mix can be tweaked to result in irresistible sexual urges (no matter what the sexual orientation/preference). it is crazy to think that our egos are that fragile, but i believe they are.
but why this and not a sleep bomb? probably because they already have those. and then i have to wonder why we wouldn't just love bomb everything and have a huge party instead of killing each other. or maybe they could just put it in the water supply.
overall, this sounds to me like something out of a philip k. dick novel. fun to think about.
Harlan_Phoenix
07-06-2007, 05:58 PM
So, you're saying the Airforce is actually run by the "Homosexual Underground", who've attempted to trick America into funding a "gay bomb" as a weapon. The truth behind it, though, was that they'd end up using it on the entire world, thus turning us all into gay's...thereby eliminating procreation, and ending the world as we know it?
...I didn't know the gay community was intent on destroying the world, I was always under the impression that they were just about free love n' stuff.
Nah. T'was just havin' a little fun is all. I'm gay myself. I just found the idea of a "gay bomb" to be the single most ridiculously hilarious thing ever.
Or, unless you're replying as satirically as I was posting...then yes, we are intent on destroying the world. Fashionably.
Def Leppard fan
07-06-2007, 11:04 PM
am I the only one creeped out about this? We already have enough gay soldiers out there,we don't need any more. I'm not a homophobe,but this is seriously scary,and the retard who came up with this plan should be taken out of office indefinately.
EinBebop
07-06-2007, 11:11 PM
I'm not a homophobe,but this is seriously scary...Someone get this man a dictionary!
Kurokawa41
07-07-2007, 12:03 AM
Someone get this man a dictionary!
Actually, being afraid of the government having such power is not the same thing as being a homophobe.
Of course, that might not have been his intention, but it's entirely possible. I'm not quite sure here if he's the one who needs a dictionary.
Def Leppard fan
07-07-2007, 12:05 AM
Actually, being afraid of the government having such power is not the same thing as being a homophobe.
Of course, that might not have been his intention, but it's entirely possible. I'm not quite sure here if he's the one who needs a dictionary.
I'm not scared of the gays that will eventually come out,I'm afraid of the decision if they actually consider doing this.
Kurokawa41
07-07-2007, 12:07 AM
I'm not scared of the gays that will eventually come out,I'm afraid of the decision if they actually consider doing this.
Hence, my point.
Def Leppard fan
07-07-2007, 12:10 AM
Hence, my point.
like another guy said,this is pure south park parody fodder.
EinBebop
07-07-2007, 12:14 AM
Actually, being afraid of the government having such power is not the same thing as being a homophobe.
Of course, that might not have been his intention, but it's entirely possible. I'm not quite sure here if he's the one who needs a dictionary.I must have been misled by the part where he said we don't need anymore gay soldiers. :p
purplehairedwonder
07-07-2007, 12:15 AM
I must have been misled by the part where he said we don't need anymore gay soldiers. :p
We already have enough gay soldiers out there,we don't need any more.Yeah, that's the part I'm catching on too.
JustJack
07-07-2007, 12:19 AM
Nah. T'was just havin' a little fun is all. I'm gay myself. I just found the idea of a "gay bomb" to be the single most ridiculously hilarious thing ever.
Or, unless you're replying as satirically as I was posting...then yes, we are intent on destroying the world. Fashionably.
As long as we're Fashionable. I could die fashionable...;)
Or, unless you're replying as satirically as I was posting...then yes, we are intent on destroying the world. Fashionably.
Now thats a way to die! ;)
Desensitized
07-07-2007, 05:13 PM
Let's set this bastard off!
:p
Timmay
07-07-2007, 08:31 PM
spoilers: the bomb dropped tapes of queer eye for the straight guy and television sets (w/ vcr of course).
So, what's the logic behind this, exactly? If they're hit, they become so horny that they drop everything and start having sex? Is it even possible for someone's hormone levels to be elevated to "forget about war and mate" levels?
EinBebop
07-08-2007, 10:40 PM
Is it even possible for someone's hormone levels to be elevated to "forget about war and mate" levels?And if such technology is possible, how can such technology be used to enhance my dating life? Right now, the only thing licensed for civilian use is "Axe" body spray, and it doesn't seem to work as well as the commercials would suggest.
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