Gender Poll on People of PF: Who Are You?

[tim_lou]

are you a male or female? let's do a poll on the people that visit PF.

 

[marlon]

I voted female although i am a shemale.

Anyways, ...

marlon

 

[mattmns]

You should never give an extra (silly) option in a poll on PF

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

I voted male. Anyway that's the result of my latest operation. I've been back and forth so many times that I can't remember what I started out as.

 

[neutrino]

PF members: Experts in their respective fields, uncertain about their gender.

 

[Smurf]

crap, I clicked male. Can a moderator fix that for me?

 

[Archon]

Is there a difference?

Just kidding. I'm male. Or I was, last time I checked.

 

[blackcat]

I'm a straight male.

 

[humanino]

Can you please elaborate on the options ?

 

[Danger]

You didn't include my category, so I voted 'male'.

 

[Surrealist]

sausage party

 

[tim_lou]

You should never give an extra (silly) option in a poll on PF

yes... I regretted having done that. Can't believe 6 people voted for that option .

 

[tim_lou]

crap, I clicked male. Can a moderator fix that for me?

just make two new PF accounts and vote for female for each of them. Just kidding.

 

[Kurdt]

crap, I clicked male. Can a moderator fix that for me?

I voted female so its even now

 

[Smacal1072]

wait, i thought most physicists were women

 

[Smurf]

yeah but women physicists have lives, men are the only ones that spend their lives on the internet

 

[tim_lou]

wait, i thought most physicists were women

hmm... What?

are you serious?

 

[arunma]

wait, i thought most physicists were women

Ha, if only!

Interestingly, some fellow grad students and I discussed this yesterday at the bar. Apparently we could count on two hands the number of female grad students in the physics department. We also more or less concured that we probably wouldn't want to date non-physicists. If that's how most physics people are, I'm quite surprised any of them get married at all.

Maybe we should consult the biologists and figure out how they've managed to get so many women.

 

[humanino]

Maybe we should consult the biologists and figure out how they've managed to get so many women.

You are out of your mind.
1) Do not date a physicist if you already are one. Only troubles can get out of that. Nobody will ever visit you or come for dinner at your house. Your kids will be insane. You will constantly argue about things nobody (accept you two) cares about.
2) Do not consult biologists. Date them. They are the best (since... they know biology !)

 

[arunma]

You are out of your mind.
1) Do not date a physicist if you already are one. Only troubles can get out of that. Nobody will ever visit you or come for dinner at your house. Your kids will be insane. You will constantly argue about things nobody (accept you two) cares about.
2) Do not consult biologists. Date them. They are the best (since... they know biology !)

Humanino, I do appreciate your suggestions. But I have to admit, number 1 seems like a good motivation for dating a physicist. I assume that when you say no one will ever visit me, you mean to say that only physicists will. And seeing as how I like physics, it seems like this might actually be a good thing. As for arguing about things that nobody else cares about, it seems like the physicist's version of flirting.

But as for dating biologists, that doesn't sound like a bad idea either.

 

[Moonbear]

Yep, physicists and engineers dating biologists works very well.

Biology gets more women because it's a much cooler field to study.

 

[tim_lou]

hmm, interesting, seems like there are more "hmm... What?" than females...

 

[Erzsabet4]

I would first like to state that I am not a physicist. However, I stumbled upon this thread and wanted to share an outsiders opinion. My cousin is an astrophysicist and he married a wonderful woman who is a musician. They of course met online playing a text based RPG game but the relationship is as wonderful as any marital relationship can be. I think the mixture of fact-based and creative could be beneficial to both parties. The two children they have together will more than likely turn out just as crazy as if it were two physicists having children, but that will just make them more interesting when they grow up. You know after they get beat up all through high school. As a musician myself I am always seeking mates who are overly intelligent, have a few crazy points, but are probably more responsible and slightly less flighty than I can be. Of course I may be biased because I have a physicist in my family and he happens to be one of my best friends.
Oh yes and for the record I am female.

 

[BobG]

I would first like to state that I am not a physicist. However, I stumbled upon this thread and wanted to share an outsiders opinion. My cousin is an astrophysicist and he married a wonderful woman who is a musician. They of course met online playing a text based RPG game but the relationship is as wonderful as any marital relationship can be. I think the mixture of fact-based and creative could be beneficial to both parties. The two children they have together will more than likely turn out just as crazy as if it were two physicists having children, but that will just make them more interesting when they grow up. You know after they get beat up all through high school. As a musician myself I am always seeking mates who are overly intelligent, have a few crazy points, but are probably more responsible and slightly less flighty than I can be. Of course I may be biased because I have a physicist in my family and he happens to be one of my best friends.
Oh yes and for the record I am female.

And the answer is:

Spoiler

You married your cousin.

(That was a brain teaser, right?)

 

[Erzsabet4]

Cute. While I do reside in one of the Virginia's I did not marry my cousin. I am still single currently. Though I do appreciate your humor. I got a nice chuckle out of it.

 

[Astronuc]

. . . . I am always seeking mates . . .

Hmmm - just wondering. Of course, one could be using the Australian term for friends.

 

[Erzsabet4]

Let me see if I can stop the confusion. I am 26, live in Virginia, I am single and have no children. My cousin is married to a girl from Europe, lives in Europe, and they have 2 beautiful children. One of whom does happen to be God child but NOT my actual child. I meant mates in the american form a.k.a. boyfriend, husband, sexual partner etc...
So seeing as I am not, and not planning on, following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin or Marcus Aurelius maybe we can move on from the "I married my cousin" humor.

 

[lisab]

I would first like to state that I am not a physicist. However, I stumbled upon this thread and wanted to share an outsiders opinion. My cousin is an astrophysicist and he married a wonderful woman who is a musician. They of course met online playing a text based RPG game but the relationship is as wonderful as any marital relationship can be. I think the mixture of fact-based and creative could be beneficial to both parties. The two children they have together will more than likely turn out just as crazy as if it were two physicists having children, but that will just make them more interesting when they grow up. You know after they get beat up all through high school. As a musician myself I am always seeking mates who are overly intelligent, have a few crazy points, but are probably more responsible and slightly less flighty than I can be. Of course I may be biased because I have a physicist in my family and he happens to be one of my best friends.
Oh yes and for the record I am female.

If that's so, I think you found a very nice little corner of the innerwebs...you're going to like it here . Welcome to PF, Erzsabet4!

 

[Erzsabet4]

If that's so, I think you found a very nice little corner of the innerwebs...you're going to like it here . Welcome to PF, Erzsabet4!

Thank You, I can already see that belonging to this forum will be interesting.

 

[FrancisZ]

*notices poll results; kind of get's depressed*