I do not think that word means what you think it means

[dlgood]

ESPN'ss continual decline into idiocy, and ABC/Disney's sickening corporate synergy has created some amusing results.

Thank the Four Letter, and their inane series "Who's Now"

Jessica Biel:

"D-Wade, he's down-low, he's on the -- low profile. I like that about the guy."

And then today, Jessica described LaDanian Tomlinson as also being "down low".

From conversation, I take her meaning to be that both Wade and Tomlinson are low key guys, who do not try to maintain a high profile public image. And as such, they are less "now" than Tiger or Steve Nash.

Someone might encourage Ms. Biel to take some remedial slang. Unless she's seriously implying that Wade and Tomlinson pose as straight, but secretly like to go to gay clubs and have sex with dudes.

Although, if they came out as a couple tomorrow and said they were going to get gay married... that would certainly make them very Now.

Comments

[blackcat333-99.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious! She really said that? *snerk*

I've caught their "Who's Now" segment a couple of times, and ended up disgreeing with their commentators' assessments each time I happened to catch it. However, the idiocy is amusing. (Or perhaps my definition of "now" differs greatly from theirs - and yes, despite their explaining their stupid criteria.)

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

Maybe she knows something we don't know. Like, she's met them, and they don't want to have sex with her, and therefore they're definitely gay. I mean, that's how I know I'm gay: I don't want to have sex with Jessica Biel. (I hope their wives know they're gay, though. Otherwise that would be awkward.)

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Maybe they are gay. The 'not wanting to have sex with Jessica Biel' is a pretty good test.

I mean, that's how I know I'm gay: I don't want to have sex with Jessica Biel.

? I thought you were a lesbian. Learn something new everyday.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

"Who's Now" is really idiotic. Must be a slow News July.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

snort, this is highly amusing to me. if you don't know what slang means...

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

? I thought you were a lesbian.

I am. But I still don't want to have sex with Jessica Biel.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay. So I was confused. Do the lesbians not like Jessica Biel so much? Cause the straight guys generally do...

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

It was a joke; I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to be so confusing.

Lesbians generally don't find the same kinds of women attractive that straight men do, although according to AfterEllen.com's Hot 100 (in response to Maxim's Hot 100), Jessica Biel is one place where I am out of step with lesbiandom at large.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Ah. I feel like I should have been aware of that - obviously it's dumb to assume that just because we'd both be attracted to women that a straight man and a gay women would somehow have the same tastes.

Although, that said - hot is hot - and I've generally heard consensus about some. Like say Angeline Jolie or Eliza Dushku.