I don't and don't think anyone should, but it's worrisome to see crap like that on CNN, because it sends the message that it's common and acceptable behavior among the sub-culture.
[Rant] Can we please stop this "is she a REAL geek lol" bullshit?
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Cajungal
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I love hearing my some of my male friends talk to one another. It's like having access to a 24-hour roast channel.
Necronic
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That's....that's fair actually. I've gone off the hook for this exact issue (the subculture representing itself in a way that I feel denegrates me.) So...I'll change my view on it.
Funny how Charlie's superiority complex is never as convincing as a good argument.
Necronic
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Ok,
1) Your comment of LMFAO was because you were mocking me for thinking it to be acceptable to behave in a way towards a man that is different from how I behave towards a woman.
2) The movie Super Troopers was one of the funnier movies I have ever seen and I don't think I've ever met a person who didn't like it.
3) There are about a million things that guys do to each other in that movie that are hilarious that, if done to a woman, would be borderline assault (in some cases it flat out would be assault.)
1) Your comment of LMFAO was because you were mocking me for thinking it to be acceptable to behave in a way towards a man that is different from how I behave towards a woman.
2) The movie Super Troopers was one of the funnier movies I have ever seen and I don't think I've ever met a person who didn't like it.
3) There are about a million things that guys do to each other in that movie that are hilarious that, if done to a woman, would be borderline assault (in some cases it flat out would be assault.)
my lmao was for the Watermelon joke
Care to elaborate? I find myself curious about the dangerous/illegal shit that you do to your male friends.
Unless, of course, you're trying to say that ALL women are oversensitive, thin-skinned bitches who blow harmless fun way out of proportion. But surely you can't be that much of an asshat.
I am admittedly lazy about quoting
Heh
But really I have a lot of black friends, but these N...................................CNN Article said:
Necronic
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Ultimately a lot of it flat out comes down to hormones (testosterone vs estrogen) and human nature. Men are inherently and openly competitive and aggressive with each other. Women are different. There are things that men find fun that women simply wouldn't understand, or would interpret in a different way than a man. Vice versa is true as well.
Now, in the broader sense that a woman and a man should be treated with courtesy, respect, and honesty by a friend, that holds true.
It's just that the finer details of how you do that are significantly different.
You clearly have never been to a roller derby bout. I have a few nasty bruises that prove you totally wrong.
GasBandit
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Men aren't nice to each other out of earshot of ladies.
The things I do to my guy friends I would not do to random guys on the street, or even to done of my other guy friends, because a part of human interaction is knowing that different people react differently. And the same applies to both genders.
I know which if my female friends appreciate lewd jokes, and those that don't, same as male friends. In fact, even making that distinction based on gender feels archaic. Some friends react differently than others, end of story.
biotruths itt (now I am mocking you)
Lewd jokes are only good when the person rolls their eyes first then laughs.
Necronic
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A lot of it also has to do with the fact that hetero men and women are at some level inclined (in at least 1 direction in most cases) towards mating, whereas male-male or female-female are not. This may not affect how a woman acts towards a man, but it definitely affects how a man acts towards a woman (unless it's a close relative, and seriously, I mean close).
Its not sexist to acknowledge the existence of sex.
Its not sexist to acknowledge the existence of sex.
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Magister Moonie
I am nice to all of my male friends. Maybe you are just jerks and it is not a symptom of being a man?
you and me baby
ain't nothin but mammals
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Necronic
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I'm not surprised that you don't see how your own White Knight attitude is a result of testosterone.
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Magister Moonie
Male feminists only want to get laid, it is known, Khaleesi.
I'm not exclusively sexually attracted to minorities or the poor????
Necronic
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No, but the only people that have a chance of breaking their internal programming are those that admit to it's existence. And I've never gotten the impression that you've ever gotten anywhere near breaking your programming.
I mean, come one, this is like Asimov 101 mate.
I was a young republican and libertarian and wore t-shirts with the Confederate flag in high school
GasBandit
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I know more people like me than you purport to be.
I'm not saying we beat the hell out of each other, just that we're much more... coarse and uncensored. I game with my significant other, and when I do, it's totally different than when I game with my best friend. For example, I would never in a million years dream of saying "Quit hogging the ammo you cock guzzling no-talent shit-eating buttslut, jesus christ why do you suck so bad?" to her. Him, it'd hardly be a noteworthy occurrence. Another friend, we replaced his desktop and all his browser favorites with gay porn. And his startup noise. It was hilarious. I've never drawn pictures in permanent marker on a sleeping woman, or even the tamer version of simply stacking garbage on them. And so on.
In the same vein -
GasBandit
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This explains a lot.
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Magister Moonie
oh wow I guess you edited in a rage comic, hi there rage comic. haha women are so catty!I know more people like me than you purport to be.
I'm not saying we beat the hell out of each other, just that we're much more... coarse and uncensored. I game with my significant other, and when I do, it's totally different than when I game with my best friend. For example, I would never in a million years dream of saying "Quit hogging the ammo you cock guzzling no-talent shit-eating buttslut, jesus christ why do you suck so bad?" to her. Him, it'd hardly be a noteworthy occurrence. Another friend, we replaced his desktop and all his browser favorites with gay porn. And his startup noise. It was hilarious. I've never drawn pictures in permanent marker on a sleeping woman, or even the tamer version of simply stacking garbage on them. And so on.
In the same vein -
Anyways, before I was distracted by a hilarious comic that succinctly made an argument, I was going to say I thought you were out of college, my bad. Yeah that shit happens!
ANYWAYS
Nerds and the people who supply nerds with their vices (game designers, fantasy authors, TV show creators, comic book companies, etc) need to wise the fuck up and realize that women are part of their target audience and won't be driven away despite how toxic other nerds can be. Even today, I still see comic book people arguing that the only fans are male and white. A quick trip to the comicbook store or convention will show that there are just as many minorities and women buying up Sci-Fi and comicbook shit like it is going out of style.
If anyone is worried about fake nerds taking up their precious hobby and reexamine your life because you've got your priorities all wrong.
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