Gay people walk faster than everyone else, says internet

My legs are too short to walk really fast, but I do move them pretty quick. It helps me to build up leg muscles by having them in the air a lot.

Ok this is hilarious.

I spent most of my childhood running away from bullies and being scared of people and places. So I think on some level I still want to run away from everyplace and everyone.

I walk really fast because I don't want to drive my car but I also don't want to spend all day on transportation. Usually I do about 4mph along the road into town - takes me 35 minutes each way for a journey that's a bit over two miles - I've got very long legs and I know how to use them!

Don’t all New Yorkers walk quickly? I don’t think it’s just gay people.

So will gay face and gay voice be put on the back burner for gay walk? "Look how fast he walks girl, my gaydar is pinging!".

I sometimes hyper-nelly-swish down Terminal B at the airport.....I don't know why tho.

Not me. I'm a fairly slow walker and almost all the other walkers pass me.

Gay men are in a HURRY. I'm not sure why....maybe they're afraid they'll MISS something (= a man).

"We're marching to a faster pace...'

Men actually walk faster than women

So this is one thing where gay men have it common with straight men

Fraus walk slow as fuck. Ever been stuck behind a HUGE fat ass Frau at Target?

Fucking move!

It's true. I noticed this like 10 years ago. Straight men move much slower. It must be anxiety or something.

R12 but men, ALL men, walk faster than women

It's not a gay/straight thing, it's a male/female thing

^^^NOPE. Not true. Gay men have a problem. I know what I've observed.

E14 Google, "Men walk faster than women" and it's common knowledge that they do

It's actually be a masculine trait because men's legs are naturally stronger and longer than women's and it creates "doiminance'

In fact, studies show that when men are with their girlfriends or wives , they purposely slow down, because women walk a lot slower

This might be true. I don't know any other (straight) man who walks as fast as I do. Until a few years ago, I even just sprinted everywhere, but then it was politely relayed to me that that's weird for an adult man to do.

R15 nope

Damn, that's true! Everyone my entire life has bitched about how fast I walk! I have more straight men friends than gay ones, and they're always telling me to slow the fuck down.

R16 my straight best friend walks ridiculosy fast, I have to tell him to slow down when we walk somewhere

R15 yes, again Google, "Men walk faster than women"

I walk very fast. And I walk so fast that I suppose I even look a bit odd doing it. But I'm gay, I'm a little odd, so I continue to walk fast. I think gay guys just give less fucks how macho they look.

R20 I don't need to Google. I have a brain. I know what I've seen.

Slow walkers are so obnoxious. The worst is when they walk in groups and obstruct my ability to get past them. Sometimes I will see them ahead of me and purposefully slow down, but I still overtake the slow tortoise fucks.

R23 basically ALL women when they're in groups

And a lot of them are fat too, which makes it worse

The zombies in the mall are slow.

I walk so fast, I’ve been asked to slow down. I just want to get out of/away from wherever I am as quick as possible.

I have places to go and things to do, so get the fuck out of my way! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💨

R23 The absolute worst is when you're walking on the sidewalk towards a pair and one of them lacks the decency to walk behind their friend or spouse when we pass each other. Until we start creating one-way traffic sidewalks please learn to share with your fellow pedestrians.

Is this why Pete Butt got rid of one-way streets?

You bitches are too damn slow. I've got places to be!

Damn, I do this and thought it made more look more masc and aggressive! Does it help if want to shove the slow people out of my way?

We’re trying to get away from the phobes.

It’s generally true. I noticed a gaggle of suspected gay dudes in the gym today. The thing that distinguished them is they walk in a sort of chirpy, zesty manner that other dudes do not. Their fast was very fast relative to how other guys walk. Other guys walk in a much slower pace and don’t seem bothered by any agenda. A lot of Gay guys walk as if they are rushed, uneasy, or plain stressed. They lack the Chill, masculine swag and assurance most men Have.

Walking fast is a way predators find targets Because shows a lack of confidence and willingness to fight back

What on earth is this silly article? Here is an internet meme you see occasionally, let's write an article about it.

There is no actual evidence there is any truth to this.

Fear of missing out ... on a sale at Macy's.

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I noticed gay guys are generally more hurried than nongay guys

Some of it is a regional city vs suburb thing too. New Yorkers walk fast and purposefully while suburbanites walk incredibly slowly like they are in some sort of retarded fucking daze.

Bullshit. I walk fast but some of the straight assholes at work walk much faster.

Pink does one of these """reporting""" Twitters latest gay meme every other week

Yes, it is a well-known phenomenon that people in highly populated cities walk faster. The research showing this dates all the way back to 1976.

gays walk fast because they are on the way to get picked.

gays walk fast because they are burning off large iced coffees.

even worse than slow walking fraud? the fraus waiting for an elevator - the door opens and they just stare at the open door until it's almost ready to close and then slowly waddle in. MOVE YOUR BODY FRAU!

I have ZERO patience for fat fraus lumbering along. Move your large ass, I ain't got all day.

And don't get me started on people who walk dead center down the aisles of the parking lot. Move to one side mother fucker, some of us don't have all day to wait for you to walk to your car.

And they sure know how to work those hips !

I'm a gay woman and I walk fast, faster than most men and women. My mom was tall so as a kid I had to walk fast to keep up with her normal pace.

MOVE IT ALONG, TOOTS!

I had a very high metabolism rate when I was younger and it didn't slow down any until I was 25. I had a very fast pace at everything when I was young, and now 50 years older, I still walk fast. Could this have something to do with it? Those of you who walk fast, did you have high metabolism rates when you were younger?

Do black New York dudes also walk fast?

It drives me insane in New York. You can always tell the tourists from the real New Yorkers. I feel quite at home there until I go anywhere near Times Square and everything is suddenly like a Golden Coral ice cream station in Huntsville, Alabama.

Bruh, why are you in such a hurry?

Definitely guilty of this. I tend to be very wired and have lots of energy. My straight friends move slower, more methodically.

I do not read anything in the article that shows that it has actually be proven that gay people walk faster. It's all a bunch of copypasta anecdotes from other websites.

I’m walking here bitch!

[quote] Golden Coral

What a lovely color choice.

That’s because gay men don’t walk, we flit.

R28 - “The absolute worst is when you're walking on the sidewalk towards a pair and one of them lacks the decency to walk behind their friend or spouse when we pass each other. Until we start creating one-way traffic sidewalks please learn to share with your fellow pedestrians.”

I take that a step further, and beyond. When I see a pair approaching me, and neither of them display courtesy by moving to the rear of the other, I stand my ground, and if it be, go body to body with the offending party, until the inconsiderate dizzy-dweeb wilts from embarrassment. Young women are the worst offenders. Oblivious, giddy, and insufferable. Guys are more aware/ agile on the sidewalk.

I’ll admit, I’m 6’ 3” tall, so that helps.

I walk fast to get where I'm going quicker. Fast walking is an indicator that you're body is working well.

R57, you actually take a step "farther", the correct word to describe distance. East to remember, begins with Far,

A straight friend says gays swing our arms when we walk, I took notice, he's right.

Sometimes there's just a lot to do in a day.

is this what DL'ers refer to as "flounce" ?

You bitches know it's because we are LATE!

I've always been a very fast walker, except when I injured my knee badly and it took nearly 2 years to get my fast walk back. I didn't feel like myself walking at a normal pace.

Sashaying

Of course gay people walk faster, they're light in the loafers.

It's everyone else who walks slow.

I am surprised people can make such observations in a time where pretty much everybody is busy with their smartphones.

Gay men have ZIP.

R60 No arm swingin' for Molly Shannon.

Gay guys often have some type of chirpy zest that makes them seem unable to chill

I resemble that remark. 🎩

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Like all things branded "gay", it's only bottoms who do this.

R67 flutters like a hummingbird.

R3 nailed it.

There's some sort of troll who used to always post on Datalounge how furious he was that out-of-towners would come to NYC and walk slowly while gawking at things, because he was always BUSY, BUSY, BUSY and in a big hurry to move!