Whats the craic re boys v girls here?!

Seraphina

the problem is that every so often boards gets an influx of new female members, who like to talk about the fact that they're female alot. most of them, like a number of you on the thread, are very attention seeking 'ooh look at me i'm a girl on the internet'. you'll post a bunch of random not very thought provoking threads, about men, sex, or cosmetics trying to draw attention to the fact that your female and then disappear after being laughed at while trying to make a decent arguement or any point on one of the more serious boards. there is no boys vs girls thing, boards is a complex community, and while you're not expected to prove yourself, being able to hold an intelligent conversation once in a while without shouting about your sex drive or something else irrelevent would be a reasonable request if you're looking to be respected around here.

CathyMoran

Try going to an elec eng lecture, then you will see the battle of the sexes...as a slightly off topic, any girls feel akward telling dirty jokes in front of guys? I have a really filthy dark sense of humor but am being accused of being less feminine as a result, which is certainly not the case.

dubhthach

CathyMoran wrote:

Try going to an elec eng lecture, then you will see the battle of the sexes...as a slightly off topic, any girls feel akward telling dirty jokes in front of guys? I have a really filthy dark sense of humor but am being accused of being less feminine as a result, which is certainly not the case.

Them elec. engineers were in with us abit for some of our programming courses (IT in galway) it was kinda funny cause IT was close to 50/50 gender spilt while there was hardly any women at all in elec. eng

As for been told that you were less feminine because ye tell dirty jokes, ye got to wonder bout some of stuff people say :rolleyes:

tba

climaxer wrote:

Whats the craic re boys v girls here?!

It appears that there is in fact, no craic at all. How unfortunate.

Zulu

dubhthach wrote:

Them elec. engineers were in with us abit for some of our programming courses (IT in galway) it was kinda funny cause IT was close to 50/50 gender spilt while there was hardly any women at all in elec. eng

Interesting! When did you graduate? We shared some of your classes too, CS & Maths.

Jim

Seraphina wrote:

the problem is that every so often boards gets an influx of new female members, who like to talk about the fact that they're female alot. most of them, like a number of you on the thread, are very attention seeking 'ooh look at me i'm a girl on the internet'. you'll post a bunch of random not very thought provoking threads, about men, sex, or cosmetics trying to draw attention to the fact that your female and then disappear after being laughed at while trying to make a decent arguement or any point on one of the more serious boards. there is no boys vs girls thing, boards is a complex community, and while you're not expected to prove yourself, being able to hold an intelligent conversation once in a while without shouting about your sex drive or something else irrelevent would be a reasonable request if you're looking to be respected around here.

Say it sister.

up wit boyz
nit wit girlz

Dr. Loon

Seraphina wrote:

the problem is that every so often boards gets an influx of new female members, who like to talk about the fact that they're female alot. most of them, like a number of you on the thread, are very attention seeking 'ooh look at me i'm a girl on the internet'. you'll post a bunch of random not very thought provoking threads, about men, sex, or cosmetics trying to draw attention to the fact that your female and then disappear after being laughed at while trying to make a decent arguement or any point on one of the more serious boards. there is no boys vs girls thing, boards is a complex community, and while you're not expected to prove yourself, being able to hold an intelligent conversation once in a while without shouting about your sex drive or something else irrelevent would be a reasonable request if you're looking to be respected around here.

Hammer. Nail. Head. Or however that saying goes. Spot on.

Paladin

Damn this is a funny thread. Reminds me of a "friend" in the navy who is writing a book about "battling feminism on the seven seas".

Anyway, gotta have women on the boards, otherwise you will have to close the fashion and travel pages! Then how will I know what to wear??!?

[Ooh Seraphina, your incitefulness...is.....umm......inciteful.]

Anyway, wanted to get my sexist jokes in before this dies (postcount+1)

koneko

I'M A GIRL AND I HAVE A HOUSE AND PORN AND A REALLY BIG BOAT AND STUFF
AND I DID AN IQ TEST ON THE INTERNAT AND I AM SMARTER THAN YOU

BOYS ARE STUPID, YOU'RE ALL STUPIDHEADS

Ah no I can't do it, it makes me sad to write like that

lisa.c

so basically men can post what they want about there opinions and its accepted, whereas when a women posts her opinions its laughed at...

Jim

Most of everything everyone posts is laughed at.

Sleepy

lisa.c are you even reading other people's posts? Seraphina's a girl, she just posted an opinion and I haven't seen anyone laughing at her opinion. In fact, most posters have agreed with it.

Remember, feminism is supposed to be about equality, not female superiority. If guys come on here with an attention seeking attitude they get just as much of a slagging, probably more so.

Women are more than welcome on this board, in fact it's nice to see the gender balance evening out a little. Your posts are getting you grief because a lot of them are attention seeking and dizzier than Carrie from SATC.

penguinbloke

lisa.c wrote:

so basically men can post what they want about there opinions and its accepted, whereas when a women posts her opinions its laughed at...

No but sweeping generalisations are usually followed by, how many is it now? 6 pages like this. :rolleyes:

whosurpaddy

Seraphina wrote:

the problem is that every so often boards gets an influx of new female members, who like to talk about the fact that they're female alot. most of them, like a number of you on the thread, are very attention seeking 'ooh look at me i'm a girl on the internet'. you'll post a bunch of random not very thought provoking threads, about men, sex, or cosmetics trying to draw attention to the fact that your female and then disappear after being laughed at while trying to make a decent arguement or any point on one of the more serious boards. there is no boys vs girls thing, boards is a complex community, and while you're not expected to prove yourself, being able to hold an intelligent conversation once in a while without shouting about your sex drive or something else irrelevent would be a reasonable request if you're looking to be respected around here.

absolutely spot on.

lisa.c

yes i do read the posts sleepy and i could'nt agree more with seraphina.

but im being put down because i dont agree with what everything the fellas say. if i posted in agreement with every thing ye posted this wouldnt happen..

if everyone had the same opinion the world would be pretty boring.

sleepy ive read through alot of your posts and i agree with alot of what you say, im just pissed off that we get slated for not agreeing with the men in here.

GuanYin

lisa.c wrote:

so basically men can post what they want about there opinions and its accepted, whereas when a women posts her opinions its laughed at...

I think the phenomenon is localised specifically to your posts.

No seriously, get off your high horse anr perhaps actually read what people are saying here.

You seem to have this one idea in yoru head that you won't let go of and are defending to the last.

You're giving your opinions fine, but if people disagree they will challenge those opinions and its up to you to defend them or not.

All you've done so far is post sweeping gneralised nonsense, which is why you're getting laughed at.

Tips to posting successfully:

1. Be clear in your own head what you want to say before you post.

2. Read the topic and other posts properly so you actually know who and what you are responding to.

3. Don't change your stance halfway through an arguement.

4. Making generalised statements usually just highlights your own ignorance.

5. Don't take anything anyone says seriously.

ChipZilla

Jesus, Lisa C. Are you still going on about this? Let it go.

There's being pig-headed, and then there's being pig-headed.... :rolleyes:

Jim

lisa.c is a man.

whosurpaddy

lisa.c wrote:

yes i do read the posts sleepy and i could'nt agree more with seraphina.

but im being put down because i dont agree with what everything the fellas say. if i posted in agreement with every thing ye posted this wouldnt happen..

if everyone had the same opinion the world would be pretty boring.

sleepy ive read through alot of your posts and i agree with alot of what you say, im just pissed off that we get slated for not agreeing with the men in here.

your not being put down for expressing your opinions or disagreeing with certain people or even for disagreeing with the majority, plenty of people manage to successfully argue against the majority in here quite regularly. and pull it off because they have well thought out, lucid arguements. if your "being put down" as you put it, its for ignoring peoples posts rebuffing your arguements and also for that generalistic crap about pussy cats you posted a couple pages back, which pretty much "put down" the entire male boards populous.

lisa.c

come on!!!! i posted like 3 times on this thread. i give up ye win.

from now on i promise to post in agrement with you boys.

whosurpaddy

lisa.c wrote:

come on!!!! i posted like 3 times on this thread. i give up ye win.

from now on i promise to post in agrement with you boys.

perfect example. have you read the posts in between this post and your last one? you havent acknowledged anythind said in any of them, in fact you've ignored all of them and kept up your pathetic arguement. this is why people are getting exasperated with you at this stage.

Jim

Your still not listening.

No one is saying you should agree with the boys (or anyone else for that matter). Its just that no one will take you seriously if you post generalisations.

Besides, whos really cares if no one takes you seriously. Tis only the intornet tbh.

Paladin

Yessssssssssssssssssss (*whoot*):D


In all total goddamn honesty I dont think anyone could give a crap whether a post came from a man or a woman cause its all like, size 12 arial font or whatever.

People do care whether its stupid though...

jay567

I think i have just wasted my time reading through 7 pages of *****

About Climaxer talking about her wealth, status and sex, so what leave her alone and let her. I do the same in real life too sometimes. Im not looking to impress u or anything like it, i just like talkin about it. So for all those ppl slating others just leave it out. If u wanna post do so, but dont be under the impression that u will change ppls minds by goin on and on and on.

And on and on and on and on (go on, smile ppl)

GuanYin

lisa.c wrote:

come on!!!! i posted like 3 times on this thread. i give up ye win.

from now on i promise to post in agrement with you boys.

So you've neither quality nor quantity then??

dubhthach

Zulu wrote:

Interesting! When did you graduate? We shared some of your classes too, CS & Maths.

i graduated in 2003, of all the computer courses in Ireland IT in galway has the highest female % averaging about 40% as oppose to 30-33% nationally. As for my year when i went into IT in 1999 it was initially 55% female

Dr. Loon

jay567 wrote:

About Climaxer talking about her wealth, status and sex, so what leave her alone and let her. I do the same in real life too sometimes. Im not looking to impress u or anything like it, i just like talkin about it.

In that case if I met you in Real LifeTM I'd immediately write you off as a twat. You honestly go around telling people how wealthy you are?! Twat.

koneko

jay567 wrote:

About Climaxer talking about her wealth, status and sex, so what leave her alone and let her. I do the same in real life too sometimes. Im not looking to impress u or anything like it, i just like talkin about it.

You don't think it's irrelevant to the conversation, and just comes across as pointless bragging? This is the internet, you could be lying, and tbh I don't give a rats ass how much someone makes or what they do for a living, they're just text on a screen. There's some people here I really admire, that make some really good points in arguements, but for all I know they make 10k a year working in a factory.

If it validates you as a person to have someone be impressed by stats like that, good for you. I have plenty to brag about, but don't, because it's pointless. Also, it makes me mysterious, muhahah

blondie83

CathyMoran wrote:

Try going to an elec eng lecture, then you will see the battle of the sexes...as a slightly off topic, any girls feel akward telling dirty jokes in front of guys? I have a really filthy dark sense of humor but am being accused of being less feminine as a result, which is certainly not the case.

I do elec eng in UCD, and the ratio of men to women in my class is 6:1. Never really bothered me, or any of the other girls though. We don't have any battles of the sexes in our class, we all just kind of get on with each other. The guys would slag us off a bit sometimes, but everyone knows they're only joking - and the same for the blonde jokes! Anyway I think guys generally slag each other off just as much as they slag off the girls. From what I've seen its much the same in boards - most people just want to have a laugh, but a small minority take it all a bit too seriously! :cool:

Zulu

lisa.c wrote:

so basically men can post what they want about there opinions and its accepted, whereas when a women posts her opinions its laughed at...

LMAO - exactly!

Zulu

dubhthach wrote:

i graduated in 2003, of all the computer courses in Ireland IT in galway has the highest female % averaging about 40% as oppose to 30-33% nationally. As for my year when i went into IT in 1999 it was initially 55% female

I graduated in 2000 - had a lot of friends in IT then. Great looking chicks - and sound too. That class always seemed to have a high percentage of girls.

jay567

Dr. Loon wrote:

In that case if I met you in Real LifeTM I'd immediately write you off as a twat. You honestly go around telling people how wealthy you are?! Twat.

U seem very angry? And no i didnt say i go around telling ppl this that or the other.

I relation to u writting me off as a "Twat" well maybe its a blessing, who knows? Tbh, if u are as judgemental as u are coming across i dont think we would click anyway.

jay567

koneko wrote:

You don't think it's irrelevant to the conversation, and just comes across as pointless bragging?

Yes of course i do, it wasnt very discret.

koneko wrote:

There's some people here I really admire, that make some really good points in arguements, but for all I know they make 10k a year working in a factory.

To the above, i 2nd that,

koneko wrote:

If it validates you as a person to have someone be impressed by stats like that, good for you. I have plenty to brag about, but don't, because it's pointless. Also, it makes me mysterious, muhahah

You dont ever talk about urself to ur mates? I do and its not bragging, its that they would be happy for me, and its normal to do so.

I will agree with u on the mystery thing too

Jim

Maybe if you bought him some pretty dresses.

Sarky

I held hand with a girl once and I got Cooties. Never again.

keu

how about a feminazi forum, where women can talk about their breasts and stuff?

Zulu

A femnazi fourm - now there's an idea!

mycroft

A femnazi fourm - now there's an idea!

No a fem-puter forum, woman could talk about feelings and womans basketball, which has strong fundamentals.

whosurpaddy

why not have a look at me forum where people can get it all off their chests about their porn fixations and their 5 mercs and fabulous houses etc.

Sleepy

Don't you mean an "assh0les" forum?

whosurpaddy

i thought thats what i said

dubhthach

keu wrote:

how about a feminazi forum, where women can talk about their breasts and stuff?

Can we have a "chauvinist" forum in return?

keu

you know you want a forum where women can talk about their breasts more.

think of the imagary.