I think I knew he was gay from here, but I always got the impression he wasn't officially out. Whatever that means.

I thought we knew he was gay: possibly because I'm on his twitter feed and read regularly about his kids.

I was trying to decide if Sean Maher being in the show means that I need to try The Playboy Club.

Right? That was the more newsy aspect of the article to me. I didn't know he was in it.

I think there are probably a lot of people who assume everyone is straight unless one explicitly state otherwise.

I always think people must think Kristen and I are a couple, but they don't.

I had teachers who said that to me all the time. Obviously, I took that shit to heart.

Or maybe "out" only means in the media, officially?

This, I think. "Officially" celebrities are only out if they announce it at a press conference, apparently. Just going about your life as if your sexual preferences were not newsworthy doesn't seem to count.

I always think people must think Kristen and I are a couple, but they don't.

I do! Or, I mean, I figure until told otherwise that any adult pair living in the same home are doing it like bunnies. It's just...simpler. Also, irrelevant.

Poverty simulation game.

I've played that. Never make it very far. Would like to make it mandatory for all politicians, especially Tea Partiers.

"Officially" celebrities are only out if they announce it at a press conference, apparently. Just going about your life as if your sexual preferences were not newsworthy doesn't seem to count.

See also, Matt Bomer. I don't think I knew about Sean M, though.

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I've played that. Never make it very far. Would like to make it mandatory for all politicians, especially Tea Partiers.

Tons of people would rationalize their way out of it.

I couldn't pass a typing test, and yet I spend a great deal of my work and leisure time typing, but I assume my degree and years of experience would save me, and I'd have better options than the ones listed. But is that really true?

I also have my parents, who wouldn't allow me or my imaginary child to live in my car. I have safety nets. Not everyone does.

For some people, it's difficult to put themselves in another's shoes. Also, it's a rationalization to say, "those other people must have done something wrong to end up in that place." This happens often in rape trials as well. "Well, that couldn't happen to me" is a way your mind protects itself from something icky, uncomfortable, terrifying. Trying to walk people back from that thinking is difficult to impossible.

I mean, think of a belief you hold to be rock solid, undeniably true. Imagine I walk up to you with proof that you're wrong. The world is, in fact, flat. Or whatever it is. It's difficult for any of us to get the needle off the grooves in our minds. It's frustrating.