I used to look up to this guy and Lostprophets ' music as a kid . When I found out what happened , it really tore my world apart . What a disgusting man . <| sep |> I went to the NYC parade with a couple friends when we were all senior in high school . it was about as fun as any other parade . unless you ' re into the scene and know where the big afterparties are , there ' s not a whole lot to it outside of even nongay bars and restaurants having a lot of gay clientele that day . <| sep |> make it into a contest . loophole <| sep |> The newspapers and pollsters were lying , I can ' t think of another reason everyone was so wrong , data can ' t lie this much I have a PhD in engineering with a heavy focus on statistics without some fuckery .