MetaChat - An olide but a goodie.

MetaChat is an informal place for MeFites to touch base and post, discuss and chatter about topics that may not belong on MetaFilter. Questions? Check the FAQ. Please note: This is important.

18 January 2007

An olide but a goodie. Test Your gaydar. I got 50%. Companion test: The Gay-O-Meter. (23%) What does it all mean? A way to kill a lunch hour.

post by: jonmc at: 13:46 | 22 comments

55% on the first one, which is statistically insignificant from guessing.

posted by muddgirl 18 January | 14:03

100% gay (which results seem a little suspect to me since that's pretty much the first question the quiz asks). As for gaydar 70%: "You personally got 14 of the 20 people correct and were better at recognizing guys than girls."

This explains a lot about my love life.

posted by mudpuppie 18 January | 14:04

Heh, I got 50% as well, did better with guys than gals.

And I'm 50% on the Meter. Which, since I'm bi, makes perfect sense.

posted by deborah 18 January | 14:05

it took forever to load each frame on my connexion then it crapped out halfway through. meh.

anyhow I know that irl my gaydar works quite fine. I didn't think much of okcupid's ~~stereotypes~~ choices but that's about what I'd expected.

posted by lonefrontranger 18 January | 14:06

I was better at recognizing the guys, too. Oddly, I found myself looking for 'cues,' to try to up my score and occasionally picked the person who seemed to embody the opposite of the stereotypes.

I had a point, but I don't remember what it was.

posted by jonmc 18 January | 14:07

Ha, I got 60% on the gaydar (better at detecting women) and also 60% gay.

posted by gaspode 18 January | 14:15

You personally got 14 of the 20 people correct and were better at recognizing girls than guys. Overall, you guessed better than 60% of all test takers.
I'm not all that surprised at this. I don't have the plug in to do the gay-o-meter at work, but I always seem to score high on those things.

posted by pieisexactlythree 18 January | 14:30

You personally got 16 of the 20 people correct and were better at recognizing guys than girls. Overall, you guessed better than 87% of all test takers.

I guess hanging out with my gay best friend has sharpened my gaydar skills. I'll have to take the Gay-o-Meter later.

posted by phoenixc 18 January | 14:34

I do not claim to have gaydar. My wife thinks that she does but I see hers at about 10% Daughter and I roll our eyes sometimes, but it can be a touchy subject. I'll take the tests and report back. (Don't go anywhere.)

posted by danf 18 January | 14:36

15 out of 20 on the Gaydar test (75%). Wooo.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 January | 14:39

70%. In some cases, I had no clue and guessed.

posted by danf 18 January | 14:40

You scored 65%
I'm apparently better at guessing the girls.
Idk how accurate this is (although its great for wasting time!), I need to interact with or observe the person in order to get my gaydar functioning properly.

Christ, the loading screen for the results of the second one scared the shit out of me. I kept waiting for to stop and it never did! 33% gay.

Best thing about the loading screen for the results: The ad for the test to find out if I'm gayer than my pet.

posted by CitrusFreak12 18 January | 14:42

You personally got 16 of the 20 people correct and were better at recognizing girls than guys.

But one of the pictures wasn't even a photograph, it was a drawing! Lame.

And I'm 50% gay.

posted by Specklet 18 January | 14:43

65%, girls better.

I couldn't take the gay-o-meter ... the flash was all wonky on my box.

posted by danostuporstar 18 January | 14:44

It told me I was 23% gay. But what 23% percent? My left shin? My lymph nodes? my bile duct? what?

posted by jonmc 18 January | 14:48

"...my bile duct? what?"
posted by jonmc 18 January

I've read stuff you've written, and can say authoritatively that your bile duct is not gay, jonmc.

posted by paulsc 18 January | 14:55

I got a 70%, which means I've somehow improved my gaydar an addition 20% points since the last time I took it.

The longer I live in San Francisco, I guess.

posted by gucky 18 January | 15:42

50% on the meter; the other is blocked from work. Which seems about right, on both counts.

posted by tr33hggr 18 January | 16:12

You personally got 10 of the 20 people correct and were better at recognizing guys than girls.

I can't believe so many people here did better on it than I did. In my defense, most of those guys were way too young for me.

posted by BoringPostcards 18 January | 16:45

I'm 36% gay :)

You're a straight-laced girlie-girl with just a hint of your butch side sometimes popping out!

posted by phoenixc 18 January | 17:22

I am also 36% gay. Apparently I need to loosen up a bit, because girls these days like some soft edges to hold on to.

I've already got plenty of soft edges to hold on to, dammit.

posted by chrismear 18 January | 18:08

I recognized 13 out of 20 people as "gay", better at picking women than men. I got a 65%.

posted by redvixen 19 January | 18:41

← Portland meetup bump! || I love you guys so much I sent you this whole album (YSI) →

HOME || REGISTER || LOGIN