I thought it was the Turn-Your-Head-And-Cough Club?

That's for hernias, not body cavity searches.

So that's why there're weight limits on luggage.

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Originally posted by Pauline:
Mrs.K: aside from you and Meru, you know that there are other women out here, y'know. It just kinda seems, dunno, misogynist, and hating on women is never cool.

Sorry - I was joking around. Must remember not to joke around.. I forget that sarcasm doesn't always leave the British shores too well.

In the future, a good hint to the fact I am joking around with someone, is when I leave an emoticon such as a wink. I have been online more than long enough to understand that its easy to misconstrue typed words, hence my use of emoticons etc. a generally gives a strong indication I am having a laugh with someone.

But that aside, I still cannot helped but be clouded by my own, personal observations that 90% of women have an evil, inner bitch.. Especially when not getting their own way. I've never been royally screwed over by a male - whether friend, boyfriend, lover, whatever.. but I have been, many times, by women. *shrugs* Your mileage may vary, but it doesn't stop mine from being this way.

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Originally posted by theminx:
Had a semi-crappy day at work.

Dropped my baby off at the airport.

Sigh. It was a fuckin awesome visit while it lasted.

Don't worry, he'll be back before you know it!

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Originally posted by Pauline:
Mrs.K: aside from you and Meru, you know that there are other women out here, y'know. It just kinda seems, dunno, misogynist, and hating on women is never cool.

Oh, I was just screwin' around! I'm an equal-opportunity hater.

Okay, okay, in all seriousness, I don't hate anyone. Except for those people who don't pick up after their dogs when they're on a poo-time walk. I really hate finding a big pile of dog crap outside of my front door.

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

I fucking hate moles.

Woot!

Got notified that I will be interviewed for a job I really want!

And in other good news the injury to my left wrist seems to have been very minor.

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Originally posted by Meru:

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Originally posted by theminx:
Had a semi-crappy day at work.

Dropped my baby off at the airport.

Sigh. It was a fuckin awesome visit while it lasted.

Don't worry, he'll be back before you know it!

indeed. and i know how you feel. *sigh*

Cheers, all.

And yay! Fashion!

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Originally posted by MrsK:
But that aside, I still cannot helped but be clouded by my own, personal observations that 90% of women have an evil, inner bitch.. Especially when not getting their own way. I've never been royally screwed over by a male - whether friend, boyfriend, lover, whatever..

The winky somehow isn't very effective. It kinda negates the self-deprecating aspect if you've already stated that you don't trust people based on their sex. I think that's pretty weird to say about your own sex, since that means that you believe that you yourself are evil and untrustworthy. Either that or that through some mental gymnastics, you believe that you are an exception to the rule.

Sorry you've been mistreated by women. Being screwed over happens to everyone at some point, and everyone ends up wronging someone else from time to time. It's not really sex-linked; it depends on who you have close enough to hurt you.

Spent the afternoon with Dad, who I haven't seen in a coupla years.

Old bastard hasn't changed much.

We had dinner with a mate of his, a man who looks like Alan Alda. I'd cut myself shaving in preparation for said dinner, as mentioned in the above post. It started bleeding again mid-meal, so I went to the bathroom to try to fix it.

I ripped some toilet paper from the holder, to stem the bleeding, Norman Gunston style, and in the process managed to rip my second knuckle on my thumb open with the serrations on the toilet paper holder. Kinda deep, too, as I could see blood beneath the flap of skin.

So I ended up bleeding more than before, from a entirely different place.

Typical night.

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Originally posted by Pauline:

The winky somehow isn't very effective...

If you really couldn't tell we were joking, and I notice you didn't correct my comment about men being lying and thoughtless as a rule, maybe this has more to do with you than us?

I don't believe I stated I trust men either!! I'm quite co-ed about this all.. I don't, really, trust anyone until they have shown they deserve my trust.. And that generally takes years.. and I include Krad in that.

And I have already stated I was joking about the evil bit.. but being a bitch? Yeah, I have an inner bitch, like everyone I have ever know. And I mean everyone by that. No one is 100% nice.

If you read back, theres been an ongoing jokey thing going on with edit about the women in his life, and whether they are "normal" or not. So, replying with the "its just a gender" comment was a continuation on that. Thats all. It wasn't serious. It was a joke. It wasnt self depreciating. It was a joke. No more. No less. Nothing more than the fact it was a joke needed to be read into it.

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Originally posted by Pauline:

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Originally posted by MrsK:
But that aside, I still cannot helped but be clouded by my own, personal observations that 90% of women have an evil, inner bitch.. Especially when not getting their own way. I've never been royally screwed over by a male - whether friend, boyfriend, lover, whatever..

The winky somehow isn't very effective. It kinda negates the self-deprecating aspect if you've already stated that you don't trust people based on their sex. I think that's pretty weird to say about your own sex, since that means that you believe that you yourself are evil and untrustworthy. Either that or that through some mental gymnastics, you believe that you are an exception to the rule.

Maybe MrsK's just a 10%er! *LOL*

Editengine: MrsK has stated earlier that she doesn't trust women, which is why I responded. It's twice that I've noticed, and I think it's wrong. I consider WGB to be "my" space, too, and to have someone say that their ability to trust women (including me, and by definition, herself) because of sex is pretty mean. I know that I'm trustworthy, and that for all I know, so are all the other women on the board. It's hard enough to be taken seriously as a woman sometimes-- don't need women being down on themselves!

Also, I think women are AWESOME. It's weird that I'm the one saying I like and trust women as much as men, and *I'm* the one with issues?

EDIT: I get that it's jokey; just that it's not that funny.

I agree with Pauline that to trust that people remember what you wrote in the past and the use of smileys (I do not know about others, but I am blind to them. I recognise letters but filter the gremlins out) is no excuse for writing offensive phrases if they are not what you intend, except in designated areas (which is why they are designated areas, such as pointless, or even random).

Of course, if you really intend to offend someone (or everyone), go ahead wherever you want, as long as you take any subsequent heat.

Now, in what happened today, I finished a 4000 word Nintendo DS game translation, but I have passed it to a Nintendo player to check if it is at least understandable.

If I could just find where I left a doctoral thesis I was expected to revise during the holidays and that I have misplaced, things would be perfect.

As for the discussion, I trust and mistrust individuals, not groups. I am giving strangers less and less the benefit of doubt, but that is a general phenomena and related more to my own unreliability than any fault of them.

And fortunately, it is Friday.

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Originally posted by Psychophant:
I agree with Pauline that to trust that people remember what you wrote in the past and the use of smileys (I do not know about others, but I am blind to them. I recognise letters but filter the gremlins out) is no excuse for writing offensive phrases if they are not what you intend, except in designated areas

I wrote nothing offensive. If you found what Edit said offensive, take that up with him. I made a jokey comment on the back of his. End of!

Pauline - I' not going to bother with this any more. I have stated each time that I do not include ALL females in this. I also clearly stated in my previous post that I trust VERY few people, and the people I do trust have earned it. Do I have issues? Yeah, I probably do.. but I have yet to meet anyone that doesn't have issues of some form or another.

I don't care for feminism, I don't care for "sticking up for females just because I am one" any more than I stick up for everyone with brown hair, or size 6 feet.

Personally, I have never had any problem being taken seriously because of my sex, and I have spent the vast majority of my career thus far working in very male dominated areas.

I have my reasons for finding women alot harder to trust then men (and again, I will say, there are exceptions.. as I have said time and again, its not ALL women), and this isn't really the place for me to start listing them all.. Just as you probably have reasons for feeling strongly that women aren't taken seriously simply due to their gender.

Our mileage varies, but I have as much right to my feelings as anyone. I just promise not to joke about them anymore. OK?

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