Serious problems with their gender

[Lisa!]

Lisa!

Joind Date: May 2005
Location: In your dreams?
Posts: 450

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What do you think if those of us who have no serious problems with their gender, could specify that?
Personally I think these things aren't notable esp. in a science forum ( I tend to choose other UNs in other forum that my gender couldn't be known by them, but since we get to know each other in personal levels, I choose this 1 here), but sometimes members PM me and ask whether I'm female or not! (Note my name is a name of a girl as far as I know )
I myself thought Moonbear is a male before seeing her photo! Member photo thread couldn't help all the time since 1. all members don't post their picture. 2. Sometimes you can't recognize someone's gender by the picture

Advantage:
1. Statistics of the forum.
2. Gettig rid of s/he, wo/man

Disadvantage:
1. you know how wo/man are like!
2. we can't have fun like past ( that's funny when you called a man "she" and he got angry)
3. It could cause a big mess in the forum!

PS I don't think it would be a good suggestion, but hey who cares?:zzz:

 

[Moonbear]

PS I don't think it would be a good suggestion, but hey who cares?:zzz:

Then why did you suggest it?

 

[Lisa!]

Then why did you suggest it?

Peraps it's only me who thinks it's not good suggestion. Let's get other people ideas anyway.

 

[quantumdude]

I'm a man. Yes I am, and I can't help but love you so.

(Sorry, couldn't resist, it's such a great song)

 

[Lisa!]

I'm a man. Yes I am, and I can't help but love you so.
(Sorry, couldn't resist, it's such a great song)

Super 400?

 

[quantumdude]

Nah, Spencer Davis Group

 

[Tide]

I can imagine seeing a registration form like this:

Check all that apply

__ Male

__ Female

__ Neither

__ None of the above

and watching the philosophers implode! ;)

 

[ZapperZ]

Nah, Spencer Davis Group

You're dating yourself, Tom!

:)

Zz.

 

[quantumdude]

Ha Ha

I'm really not though, because Spencer Davis was doing their thing before I was born. I think that 60's music is the best, despite the fact that I was born in 72.

 

[Moonbear]

I can imagine seeing a registration form like this:
Check all that apply
__ Male
__ Female
__ Neither
__ None of the above
and watching the philosophers implode! ;)

It's not nice teasing the philosophers like that. And you forgot "both." We can't discriminate against the hermaphrodites.

 

[Integral]

Nah, Spencer Davis Group

AT the cost of dating myself... I could have swore Chicago did that first...I could be wrong...

Ahhh 1972... I was touring the Mediterranean at Uncle Sam's expense.

 

[JamesU]

I like the suggestion. people are confused, and sometimes think I'm either a woman or an @$$
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I like tide's poll

 

[Tide]

Moonbear,

And you forgot "both."

That's covered by "check ALL that apply!" :)

 

[Lisa!]

It seems that most of people around here have serious problems with their gender!

AT the cost of dating myself... I could have swore Chicago did that first...I could be wrong...
Ahhh 1972... I was touring the Mediterranean at Uncle Sam's expense.

I was -10 years old in 1972! Anyway Tom is going to sing this great song in PF chicago meeting!

 

[Lapin Dormant]

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[Danger]

I was -10 years old in 1972!

I thought you're 23. Take much math in school?

 

[Lisa!]

I thought you're 23. Take much math in school?

Are you drunk or just kidding?

2005 -1972 = 33

-10 +33 = 23

 

[Diane_]

Are you drunk or just kidding?
2005 -1972 = 33
-10 +33 = 23

Obviously, she's taken a great deal of math.

Since I'm here - like you, Lisa, my name pretty much communicates my gender, and people still sometimes don't get it. I don't really care one way or the other. If someone asks, I tell them. It's a little irritating when they decide not to believe me, because Heaven knows women don't know math or science or ever use the Internet, but it's low on my list of things to worry about.

 

[loseyourname]

Hey, a lot of people seemed to think I was a woman back when I had a female avatar.

 

[Moonbear]

Hey, a lot of people seemed to think I was a woman back when I had a female avatar.

It doesn't help when they abbreviate your nickname to LYN either!

 

[Lisa!]

Obviously, she's taken a great deal of math.
Since I'm here - like you, Lisa, my name pretty much communicates my gender, and people still sometimes don't get it. I don't really care one way or the other. If someone asks, I tell them.

Sometimes I think I shouldn't have chosen this username.

It's a little irritating when they decide not to believe me, because Heaven knows women don't know math or science or ever use the Internet, but it's low on my list of things to worry about.

 

[Danger]

Are you drunk or just kidding?
2005 -1972 = 33
-10 +33 = 23

I can't wait to see how you fill out a tax return.

Actually, until I pulled up the quote again, I didn't see the '-' sign. My eyes aren't that great sometimes.

 

[George Jones]

AT the cost of dating myself... I could have swore Chicago did that first...I could be wrong...

I'm pretty sure that it's a Spencer Davis original with Steve Winwood as lead vocalist.

Regards,
George

 

[Lisa!]

I can't wait to see how you fill out a tax return.
Actually, until I pulled up the quote again, I didn't see the '-' sign. My eyes aren't that great sometimes.

No, your eyes are only great for evil!

Again, nobody is going to tell me what s/he thinks of this suggestion?

 

[Diane_]

I'm sorry, Lisa, I thought I'd answered that, but I guess I didn't. I don't see anything wrong with your suggestion, but it's just not something I would care that much about. If I were in charge of the board, I'd probably implement it on your request, but I doubt I'd use it. *sorry*

 

[Danger]

I'm on personal terms (ie: PM's) with a couple of people who deliberately use ambiguous usernames to avoid the whole issue. This includes Lisa! who, while masquerading as a 23 year-old woman, is in fact a 37 year-old Lithuanian midget with a particular penchant for trampolines and juggling chainsaws.

 

[Diane_]

a particular penchant for trampolines and juggling chainsaws.

Simultaneously? I'd pay a quarter to see that!

 

[Danger]

I didn't mention the koalas and Silly Putty. It's worth a lot more than a quarter.

 

[Lisa!]

Thanks Diane! But I think it could help some people to know women use internet, they know science , and last but not least 'if PF is such a great and strange site, that's because of them!

I'm on personal terms (ie: PM's) with a couple of people who deliberately use ambiguous usernames to avoid the whole issue. This includes Lisa! who, while masquerading as a 23 year-old woman, is in fact a 37 year-old Lithuanian midget with a particular penchant for trampolines and juggling chainsaws.

Buuut.. you had promised me not to...

 

[Smurf]

It doesn't help when they abbreviate your nickname to LYN either!

Hmmm...
I always thought I'd pronounce "LYN" as actually L. Y. N. not Lyn.

 

[Danger]

Buuut.. you had promised me not to...

I'm sorry. It just kind of slipped out. You know how it goes when I'm drinking.

 

[Evo]

Again, nobody is going to tell me what s/he thinks of this suggestion?

If you want to state gender, you may do so in your personal profile, or in the location description if you want it to appear in every post.

 

[loseyourname]

Or if we had custom titles.

 

[Nereid]

[snip]
Since I'm here - like you, Lisa, my name pretty much communicates my gender, [snip]

Doesn't always work (remind me, who is, or was, Nereid?)

 

[Tide]

Any of the 50 sea nymph daughters of sea god Nereus?

 

[Diane_]

Any of the 50 sea nymph daughters of sea god Nereus?

It figures a guy named "Tide" would know that.

 

[Tide]

Naturally - LoL! :)

 

[Danger]

Never looked at it that way. I always figured that he's an expert on washing machines.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Or if we had custom titles.

I miss the old "wave" titles - microwave, visible light wave, and so on. PF had those when I first started.

 

[Knavish]

..microwave, visible light wave, and so on..

Haha, that's so corny. Thank God that's gone.

 

[Lisa!]

Doesn't always work (remind me, who is, or was, Nereid?)

The person who was in charge of General Astronomy & Cosmology forum for a while. Don't worry, I get what you mean.

Someone said you're a she, but from what you're saying you must be a he!

 

[Nereid]

Someone said you're a she, but from what you're saying you must be a he!

Just the opposite, count the number of times Nereid has been referred to as 'he', until I (or someone else) pointed out the origin of the name:

Any of the 50 sea nymph daughters of sea god Nereus

The name is unambiguous, many people said 'he'; maybe people just didn't know?
Anyway, it's all ancient history now. But here's the rest of what Diane_ said (my bold):

and people still sometimes don't get it. I don't really care one way or the other. If someone asks, I tell them. It's a little irritating when they decide not to believe me, because Heaven knows women don't know math or science or ever use the Internet, but it's low on my list of things to worry about.

And Nereid was never 'in charge' of GA&C (it's been Phobos and Janus from Day 1).

 

[Lisa!]

Just the opposite, count the number of times Nereid has been referred to as 'he', until I (or someone else) pointed out the origin of the name:The name is unambiguous, many people said 'he'; maybe people just didn't know?

Anyway that's a great UN:

1. 1 of the daughters of Nereus.
2. 1 of the satellites of Neptune. (Astronomy)

And Nereid was never 'in charge' of GA&C (it's been Phobos and Janus from Day 1).

Oops, How sure I was!

 

[Smurf]

Someone said you're a she, but from what you're saying you must be a he!

Some people are both, Lisa. (actually if you want to be politically correct, some people are neither)

 

[JamesU]

I didn'tknow Lisa! was capable of creating such a crappy thrread that it gets moved to GD!

 

[Diane_]

Actually, I think it was the direction we took the thread in after she created it. Off-topic R Us.

 

[Evo]

Hah! Looks like we sucked Diane into GD!

 

[JamesU]

get the net!

 

[Math Is Hard]

Hah! Looks like we sucked Diane into GD!

muuuwahahhahaha! Welcome to the Hotel California, Diane.

 

[Diane_]

I understand checkout time is different from departure time?