Is it because of Jeff Gordon? Is that why 24 is gay?

Until I'm corrected I'm gonna assume this is why

I looked it up, and allegedly it comes from a well known gambling game about animals, in which 24 is a deer, and "deer" sounds similar to a slur.

til "years" in Portuguese is spelled like "anus" in Spanish

Don't put the word anus after it then!

Me: There's no way that's true

Me, after web searching: Huh...

Context: They have a betting game called "Jogo do bicho" (Animal game, direct translation). Number 24 corresponds to deer, which is "veado" in portuguese - which is very similar to"viado", which is a slur for gay people persons.

I still doubt these candles are popular though.

I was going to say, if Portuguese is like Spanish, it's "anus" without the tilde over the n, right?

That's quite the leap. Must be a very well-known game, with a board that never changes.

They're popular enough for them to have been mass-produced, as opposed to, say, just writing the text on the cake with frosting.

Can confirm, I was gay that year.

Oh deer

A friend of mine one introduced his girlfriend to a Colombian friend. He was quite surprised.

He name was Marieke, he heard maricon (pronounced quite similar) that's a Latin slur for gay too.

Thanks for filling in the etymology!

I don’t know if it’s the same in Portuguese, but in Spanish, “anos” (without the ñ) means anuses. So… 23 + 1 anuses. Sounds pretty gay.

Why is 24 gay? 🤨

And isn't "anos" actually "anus?" Años is "years old." If it's different in Portugese, that is one hell of a coincidence. lol

Straight men have a 23+1 hr schedule every day. The extra hour is for secret gay time.

But they’re happy with an anos on their cake.

I am ashamed to be a member of a race that cannot have a floor 13 in a building in some countries, or a floor 4 (or floor with the number 4) in others just because of an outdated superstition.

But this somehow feels even dumber.

I have Salvadorian in-laws that play a similar looking game called "loteria" which is similar to bingo and played at family gatherings. I assume most Central/South American countries have a similar game.

If they are worried about seeming gay, why are they decorating their cake with 23+1 sparkly magic Spanish anuses? Seems preeeetty gay....

For those confused, in Portuguese (which they speak in Brazil), "ano" is year. But in Spanish "año" is year, and "ano" is anus. Also the blue seems speckled or glittery (unclear in the picture) and it says in the corner that it has a magic wick.

It’s an incredibly culturally impactful game, including in slang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogo_do_bicho#Cultural_impact

Anos in portuguese means years, while ânus means anus. Portuguese doesn't have a tilde over the n, only vowels can have accents in portuguese.

And 24 has a gay connotation due a false homonym in a Brazilian illegal betting game named "bicho" (animal), the number 24 belongs to a "veado" (deer), which sounds like "viado".

The word "viado" is a gay slur originating from the word "transviado" (literally means straying from a path), and the original word isn't as popular, though.

That's not the reason though. 24 (vinte e quatro) is the gay number because it sounds like "vim de quatro" which means something like "I came on all 4s"

24 is "vinte e quatro" and it sounds similar to "vim de quatro" which can be interpreted as "I came on all 4s"

That sounds hot.

I'm just jealous 23+1 year old men get their birthday celebrated there.

Portuguese doesn’t really have a tilde, but that’s what the h following an n (or an L) is there to indicate

Thanks for the explanation mate, that makes a lot more sense.

I'm portuguese and I always thought that veado was the word, just that "e" was "stressed" to sound like "i". I didn't know until today that there were actually two words

Is gay porn considered horror for heteros?

It's a very popular joke. I have no idea how many people take it seriously, since those would probably not say they do.

I imagine most people that buy a candle like that do it for somebody else's birthday to imply the other person is gay.

Doesn’t that say magico, not mango?

TIL my birthday is gay

You're right. I didnt zoom in enough apparently. I've corrected my mistake. Says "com pavio magico", meaning "with magic wick". Not helping the case honestly.

Kind of funny someone is so self conscious about looking "weak" or whatever has a birthday cake with candles

That's a lot of candle for something that's going to burn for less than a minute.

It's only the same if you ignore Portuguese pronunciation, though, this is still some rightwing snowflake shit. Veado and viado will only sound the same if you speak some ignorant, backwater version of Brazilian Portuguese, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Viado e veado não soam igual, mano, esse é coisa de homens frágeis, eu não sei de que você tá falando. Deixe essa porra pros Bolsonaristas. Nem os tugas falam assim.

At best, it sounds vaguely like marica, which is another common slur, but just like my reply ti some dumbass claiming veado and viado are the same in Portuguese, you would have to have some sort of developmental disorder to think Marieke and marica sound the same, or completely ignore Spanish orthography.

Seems like a joke.

(in Portuguese) what kind of cake do you want for your birthday?

IDGAF just don't write "24" on it

ok.... Happy birthday, enjoy your 23+1 anuses, you [insert homophobic slur here]

Oh. Thanks. I never knew any of this. Also, TIL that the last name of one of my favorite authors, Paulo Coelho, means "rabbit."

Every birthday can be gay if you're gay enough

Oh yes, my sexuality is protected 🫦

Viado es veado. Fuck this

Even if it sounded different it wouldn't make a difference, because language is flexible and undefined, or are we going to take classes on how to talk "e" or "i" as well? I'm certain we need more of those 🙄

Yes. He is a respected male now. He is 23+1, watch out! No one will mess with him as he sexuality is assured (sorry if I'm being too intense about this, I'm brazilian. I've noticed it doesn't make sense to people of other countries in the other commentary)

True

That's what she said?

It's probably more of a joke.

I dunno. That one looks a little phallic, could still be a little gay. Why not do 22+2 just to be completely safe? This isn't something you want to mess around with.

That's pretty gay