Discussion: Overuse of the word Gay

[Phantom]

Hey all, I've noticed that weither I'm looking on a webpage, or playing on FFXI, the word Gay comes up in almost every sentence. People just use the word for almost anything that doesn't go right for them. Me being Gay I find it kind of offensive. I mean, why does everyone use the word "Gay" for everything? For example: OMG, this is so Gay, That was the Gayest thing I've ever heard, That's gay dude, This is f***ing Gay, He's a Fag, That Fight was so Gay. Those are just a few examples of what I see either on the forum, FFXI, or most webpages I visit everyday. Why do people constantly use Gay as a word when things don't go their way? Is this the latest fad teens and probarly young adults are getting into? Why are people using the word Gay in that kind of way at all? I see it everywhere on the internet and it makes me wonder why people can't use some other word? Why are people using the word in the first place? And from where did this stim from? What are your throughts and opinons on this everyone?