beastie wrote:Whenever I use a gender-neutral screen name, like "beastie", people who don't know me always assume I am male, too. The funniest thing is that even when I used a name that was female - "seven of niine" - there were some who still assumed I was male. Cdowis, up till I quit MAD for good, still assumed I was a male, despite knowing I was once "seven of niine".
I wonder why that is?
I don't know beastie! It's such a strange thing that it happens so often. I wonder if this is the norm for the net? We all need to change our usernames to things like "sexyladyhot4u".
mentalgymnast wrote: You're an intelligent fellow.
Regards, MG
She's not a fellow.
Priceless!
Zoidberg? Sounded masculine to me at first glance. Zoidbergess would be better, don't you think? Sorry about that Zoidwhatever.
Regards, MG
I already talked about how everyone always thinks I'm a guy in the eight-cow thread. This is yet another example. Zoidberg is a cartoon character from Futurama; he does happen to be male (and also a giant lobster; let me also assure those who base their conclusions about a poster on their monikers that I'm not a giant lobster, either). But Zoidberg is his last name, so I suppose that there could be a female named Zoidberg.
I guess maleness is considered a default setting, even though it's not true in the biological sense.
by the way, thanks for considering me intelligent. I guess I was projecting when I assumed you were being sarcastic.
"reason and religion are friends and allies" - Mitt Romney
mentalgymnast wrote: You're an intelligent fellow.
Regards, MG
She's not a fellow.
Priceless!
Zoidberg? Sounded masculine to me at first glance. Zoidbergess would be better, don't you think? Sorry about that Zoidwhatever.
Regards, MG
I already talked about how everyone always thinks I'm a guy in the eight-cow thread. This is yet another example. Zoidberg is a cartoon character from Futurama; he does happen to be male (and also a giant lobster; let me also assure those who base their conclusions about a poster on their monikers that I'm not a giant lobster, either). But Zoidberg is his last name, so I suppose that there could be a female named Zoidberg.
I guess maleness is considered a default setting, even though it's not true in the biological sense.
by the way, thanks for considering me intelligent. I guess I was projecting when I assumed you were being sarcastic.
skippy the dead wrote:Runtu, you have seriously irritated someone over there. I just saw this:
We got it the first three times and you haven't added another thing except more disgust. Get out the thread or you will be taking a long sabbatical. There won't be any more warnings for people who want to use this board to throw tomatoes instead of substance. ~ Mods
And that was just in a good hearted exchange you had with Will Schryver. Your "warning" seems to have come from nowhere.
mentalgymnast wrote: Your modus operandi is to shoot the messenger or resort to name calling.
And yours isn't?
No. The closest I've come, at least according to my recollection, is yesterday when I called out Tommy and said something like "it's fun to pretend, isn't it Tommy?" And, "Imposter!". Maybe that wasn't very nice. But whoever the kid is that's playing Tommy and the other two GA's is...well, he/she is pretending. So I'm not sure that this would really considered shooting the messenger or name calling. Although to be honest with you, anyone who would choose to impersonate someone with the motivation of mocking them behind their back ought to be subject to Chinese Water Torture.
mentalgymnast wrote: Your modus operandi is to shoot the messenger or resort to name calling.
And yours isn't?
No. The closest I've come, at least according to my recollection, is yesterday when I called out Tommy and said something like "it's fun to pretend, isn't it Tommy?" And, "Imposter!". Maybe that wasn't very nice. But whoever the kid is that's playing Tommy and the other two GA's is...well, he/she is pretending. So I'm not sure that this would really considered shooting the messenger or name calling. Although to be honest with you, anyone who would choose to impersonate someone with the motivation of mocking them behind their back ought to be subject to Chinese Water Torture.
Regards, MG
I see it now. I said that because I was assuming you had called my intelligence into question, which has now been resolved. As for the "apostles" and "God", the mods have something to do with it, if I understand correctly, because the posters are identified as "apostle" or "God" below their monikers despite having made very few posts. So it's clearly intended to be a joke. I guess some people might consider it disrespectful of religious leaders, but that's what you get with freedom of speech. I like freedom of speech. I think it's an awesome board because there is no censorship here and the mods don't harass anyone for their opinions, like on MAD. Hopefully, you'll like it here enough to stay.
"reason and religion are friends and allies" - Mitt Romney
CaliforniaKid wrote:I'm not afraid to say it: Juliann is an idiot.
...If I die, make sure to investigate my death.
-CK
LOL....that made my day CK... and I'll prepare the usual safehouse. You'll recognize it through the usual signs.
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07