Why do people here think that I’m a guy?

[TheStatutoryApe]

I'm confused by this comment.

I believe that Loren is male.

 

[GeorginaS]

I believe that Loren is male.

All right then. Now I understand. Wow, see?

Loren is a more female oriented name than male, no? Not that that means anything. And how does one know when one's been "hit on" here?

 

[Moonbear]

It's interesting how we assign gender to words for things without a gender. I always was fascinated when learning foreign languages that a table might be female and a chair male, or vice versa. Yet, indeed, the word "drizzle" seemed masculine to me too, even though it should be entirely gender neutral.

But, if people are calling you sir, and it's not just that they are taking a guess at the pronouns "he" vs. "she", then it's more likely you have encountered another non-native English speaker who is just trying to be polite without fully being aware there is a different word than "sir" when addressing a female.

I used to have the same thing happen all the time when I joined up. Oddly enough, it stopped around the time I got the sniper kitty avatar. Apparently, sniper kitties are clearly female. Or maybe the kitty just takes out anyone who would dare call me "sir."

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

All right then. Now I understand. Wow, see?

Loren is a more female oriented name than male, no? Not that that means anything. And how does one know when one's been "hit on" here?

I used to think Loren was female too. Then I read things that made me wonder if Loren was male or lesbian.

I'm pretty sure that spelling "Loren" is supposed to be a male name. I knew a Loren a while back and still didn't think of it.

 

[Chinieba]

Loren in my language is a foundry!

 

[Lisa!]

I wanted to solve these sort of problems https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=94797" but nobody was eager to help!

 

[Vanadium 50]

I just got the same pitcher hangin' in ma bat'room. I got to go, and then...there's Evo.

Or Wee-vo.

 

[tiny-tim]

Loren in my language is a foundry!

oh … it's a ghetto name!

 

[Loren Booda]

I used to think Loren was female too. Then I read things that made me wonder if Loren was male or lesbian.

I'm pretty sure that spelling "Loren" is supposed to be a male name. I knew a Loren a while back and still didn't think of it.

How about Loren Eiseley, scientists?

Would "Fanny" be a lesbian name?

 

[Count Iblis]

Here is how I see it. Before I saw this thread, the universe was in a state of the form:

|Whatever I was aware of>[a |Universe in which drizzle is female> + b|Universe in which drizzle is male>]


So, while drizzle's gender is entangled with the rest of the universe, my consciousness was not entangled with drizzle's gender, otherwise I could have sensed her gender without even performing a measurement.

 

[drizzle]

He/she never claimed to be a girl. He only complained about everyone assuming he is a boy by default.

hey moonbear, do you mind if I ask for sniper’s assistance?!

 

[CompuChip]

Here is how I see it. Before I saw this thread, the universe was in a state of the form:

|Whatever I was aware of>[a |Universe in which drizzle is female> + b|Universe in which drizzle is male>]


So, while drizzle's gender is entangled with the rest of the universe, my consciousness was not entangled with drizzle's gender, otherwise I could have sensed her gender without even performing a measurement.

And
|a|² + |b|² = 1?

 

[Cyrus]

hey moonbear, do you mind if I ask for sniper’s assistance?!

Yes or No?

 

[physics girl phd]

Oddly enough, it stopped around the time I got the sniper kitty avatar. Apparently, sniper kitties are clearly female. Or maybe the kitty just takes out anyone who would dare call me "sir."

I think any avatar with a kitty make the user seem female (even when I know lots of men with cats). Birds seem more male (at least to me... I think because the only people I know currently with birds in their house are men).

 

[turbo]

I have birds, but I feed them outside. First, train the chickadees, then the nuthatches want to get in on the act. Often, there will be a tufted titmouse or two flocking with the 'dees, but they are always too shy to hand-feed and I have to watch them through a window instead.

 

[drizzle]

Yes or No?

yes master :shy: <<<<joke


no boss, I’m just trying to catch some chicks attention <<<<joke



answer >>>> neither. happy now

 

[Borek]

Now I started to wonder - why do people here think I am a guy? Is it green hair?

 

[Kurdt]

Maybe its the moustache.

 

[drizzle]

no, he knows that it's a fake mustache

 

[Proton Soup]

change it to drizzie, or dritzy

 

[jobyts]

Now I started to wonder - why do people here think I am a guy? Is it green hair?

https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2308142&postcount=18

 

[pease]

why do people here think that I’m a guy?!

should have kept it that way...now you're really going to meet sexism .. if not at the very least nerd bias . . .

simple as this>> no gurlz on interbuttzzz. ..

generally thought of as a boys club...but I'd say the internet is for androgynous avatars generally . .

edit::puh...or mebe I walked right into troll attempt? D;

 

[BobG]

Here is how I see it. Before I saw this thread, the universe was in a state of the form:

|Whatever I was aware of>[a |Universe in which drizzle is female> + b|Universe in which drizzle is male>]


So, while drizzle's gender is entangled with the rest of the universe, my consciousness was not entangled with drizzle's gender, otherwise I could have sensed her gender without even performing a measurement.

Kind of like Schrodinger's Cat. Drizzle is both male and female until you check drizzle's jeans.

I have birds, but I feed them outside. First, train the chickadees, then the nuthatches want to get in on the act. Often, there will be a tufted titmouse or two flocking with the 'dees, but they are always too shy to hand-feed and I have to watch them through a window instead.

Kind of like Schrodinger's Dog, except even stranger. Bird people are twice as strange as crazy cat ladies.

 

[physics girl phd]

Drizzle is both male and female until you check drizzle's jeans.

Maybe drizzle should glue a pink bow on her head, as seems requisite in childbirth wards to distinguish gender, even though, as moonbear's pointed out in past threads, it's a simple matter of peeking in the diaper to determine gender.

Kind of like Schrodinger's Dog, except even stranger. Bird people are twice as strange as crazy cat ladies.

My brother's a bird person... and yeah, he's missing some marbles. I think his new girlfriend is helping him find them though.

I have a cat (as evidenced by my avatar), but when I was "playing the dating game" I always made sure to say "I have a cat, but I'm NOT a crazy cat lady." Unfortunately, I think two of my better friends have become crazy cat ladies.

 

[Kurdt]

People keep thinking I'm a man too when I'm clearly female.

 

[physics girl phd]

People keep thinking I'm a man too when I'm clearly female.

You shouldn't have changed your username from Kurdtzie.

 

[Moonbear]

hey moonbear, do you mind if I ask for sniper’s assistance?!

On the way!

I think any avatar with a kitty make the user seem female (even when I know lots of men with cats). Birds seem more male (at least to me... I think because the only people I know currently with birds in their house are men).

I think of birds as female, even when they are clearly males of the species. For the longest time, I was assuming that Redbelly was female. So, see, it works both ways.

 

[Kurdt]

Birds have mixed up sex chromosomes don't they moonie?

 

[turbo]

For the most part, the more colorful and flamboyant birds are the males. Chickadees and phoebes are unisex (in dress), but many songbirds have very bland-looking females (to be less conspicuous on-nest) and very bright males to claim, defend and hold territory.

And, no, even though I hand-feed wild birds and chipmunks, I'm not as crazy as a cat-lady. I'm just being really practical. Most of my pets are wild and they fend for themselves and I don't have to clean up after them.

 

[physics girl phd]

And, no, even though I hand-feed wild birds and chipmunks, I'm not as crazy as a cat-lady. I'm just being really practical. Most of my pets are wild and they fend for themselves and I don't have to clean up after them.

I used to handfeed a squirrel that hung out on my porch. I later found out he'd been fed by a neighbor before he ran up her skirt -- putting an end to her feedings! By the time I was feeding him, he was in old age, and such antics were beyond him.

 

[turbo]

I used to handfeed a squirrel that hung out on my porch. I later found out he'd been fed by a neighbor before he ran up her skirt -- putting an end to her feedings! By the time I was feeding him, he was in old age, and such antics were beyond him.

My chipmunks have various levels of familiarity. Some of the old-timers will scale me as soon as they see me and start searching my pockets for treats.

 

[Moonbear]

I have a cat (as evidenced by my avatar), but when I was "playing the dating game" I always made sure to say "I have a cat, but I'm NOT a crazy cat lady." Unfortunately, I think two of my better friends have become crazy cat ladies.

My whole goal is to become the crazy cat lady. Though, I have a neighbor who was out walking his cat a couple weeks ago (late at night when most people wouldn't notice, except a fellow whacko like me). I'm annoyed by that. It greatly challenges my status as the crazy cat lady. I might just be the slightly nutty cat lady.

Birds have mixed up sex chromosomes don't they moonie?

They aren't mixed up for the birds.

 

[Evo]

Or Wee-vo.

Darn it, I was going to hit you with my fish slap smiley, then realized it's saved on my broken computer.

Consider yourself fish slapped.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

should have kept it that way...now you're really going to meet sexism .. if not at the very least nerd bias . . .

simple as this>> no gurlz on interbuttzzz. ..

generally thought of as a boys club...but I'd say the internet is for androgynous avatars generally . .

edit::puh...or mebe I walked right into troll attempt? D;

Its supposed to be "There are no girls on the internet" and its an old joke pretty much saying that if you are talking to a 'girl' on the internet it is probably a guy. It doesn't have anything to do with a 'boys club' or anything like that.

 

[Cyrus]

We still have not established that Dizzle is a she.

 

[BobG]

I used to handfeed a squirrel that hung out on my porch. I later found out he'd been fed by a neighbor before he ran up her skirt -- putting an end to her feedings! By the time I was feeding him, he was in old age, and such antics were beyond him.

Hand feeding squirrels is simply providing a training program for muggers. Squirrels become incredibly demanding. Thanks to the squirrels, having foxes move in next door becomes very desirable, indeed!

I have to admit presenting a challenge to competing Gray Jays and a chipmunk was an entertaining way to spend last Saturday. Gray Jays are naturally very bold. One took food from us with practically no hesitation. It didn't take long for the second to decide that was the way to go. The chipmunk became very frustrated when we stopped tossing food and started waiting for him to come take it from our hand. Eventually, he got tired of the Jays always taking the food and mustered up the courage to come get some food.

It made for some good photo opportunities for other hikers (it was a busy day on the mountain trail we picked and most dally about at the top of the trail, eating lunch, etc).

It probably didn't make for good nutrition since the only thing we had to feed the Jays and chipmunks were Garden Salsa Sun chips.

 

[Count Iblis]

And
|a|² + |b|² = 1?

That's right

 

[drizzle]

We still have not established that Dizzle is a she.

it's drizzle man


please don’t tell me that you’re drunk

 

[Math Is Hard]

Hand feeding squirrels is simply providing a training program for muggers. Squirrels become incredibly demanding.

Demanding? Demanding?

The squirrels here are a full-blown mafia. They run shakedown operations at each of the vending machine areas.

 

[turbo]

Demanding? Demanding?

The squirrels here are a full-blown mafia. They run shakedown operations at each of the vending machine areas.

At least they don't mug me like the chipmunks do. I KNOW you've got seeds, and your seeds are my seeds! Don't bother giving them to me. I'll find them myself.

 

[Andre]

I was going to hit you with my fish slap smiley, then realized it's saved on my broken computer .

Evo,

 

[tiny-tim]

erm …

no fish-abuse, please ​

 

[physics girl phd]

Darn it, I was going to hit you with my fish slap smiley, then realized it's saved on my broken computer.

Consider yourself fish slapped.

I found some online:

I think this was the original (andre beat me to it while I was doing a diaper change!):

This one's abusive!
http://gi53.photobucket.com/groups/g77/662TBKD1OM/fishslap.gif

Pretty similar to the original:
http://gs53.photobucket.com/groups/g77/662TBKD1OM/th_fishbeat.gif

 

[Astronuc]

I think this is the ofishal one.
http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-taunt006.gif

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-taunt006.gif

 

[turbo]

To accompany the icons - the original:

 

[Moonbear]

At least they don't mug me like the chipmunks do. I KNOW you've got seeds, and your seeds are my seeds! Don't bother giving them to me. I'll find them myself.

I used to hand-feed both chipmunks and squirrels when I was a teen. When the squirrels didn't get their peanut fix, they resorted to breaking and entering, which led to my mom officially banning the practice of hand-feeding squirrels. I always kept the peanut jar near the back door, and during summer when there was only the screen door closed, a squirrel decided to chew through the screen and raid the jar. I had all the squirrels and chippy's trained, even a few blue jays would play "fetch" for peanuts, catching them mid-air. Oh, to have entire summers of free time to train the backyard critters again!

 

[GeorginaS]

Oh, to have entire summers of free time to train the backyard critters again!

Oh, no kidding.

 

[dE_logics]

We have femals in 'physicsforums'?

Wow!

 

[Math Is Hard]

We have femals in 'physicsforums'?

Wow!

Yes. And some females, too.

 

[GeorginaS]

We have femals in 'physicsforums'?

Wow!

What MiH said, and, shocking, I know.