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

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In summary, the conversation is about the assumption that whoever is helping with homework is male. The term "racist" is brought up, but it is suggested that "sexist" may be a more appropriate term. The conversation then shifts to discussing gender-neutral names and the prevalence of males in certain fields. The idea of changing usernames to reflect gender is mentioned, and the conversation ends with a discussion on generational names.
  • #36
arildno said:
She is NOT your average shallot-lady, Chi (whatever lugubriosity that is), she is the NICE Lady of Shalott (in contrast to the b*tch-witch the poem is about).

Don't know nuthin' 'bout no poem. I just got the same pitcher hangin' in ma bat'room. I got to go, and then...there's Evo.
 
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  • #37
Chi Meson said:
Don't know nuthin' 'bout no poem. I just got the same pitcher hangin' in ma bat'room. I got to go, and then...there's Evo.
:smile:
 
  • #38
Evo said:
:smile:

EvoShallot.jpg

:eek:
 
  • #39
Chi Meson said:
EvoShallot.jpg

:eek:
:smile: Chi is getting cuter.
 
  • #40
arildno said:
She is NOT your average shallot-lady, Chi (whatever lugubriosity that is), she is the NICE Lady of Shalott (in contrast to the b*tch-witch the poem is about).

How do you figure that? She's kind of eccentric (how many people will only look at you in the mirror?), and she's obviously a lousy boatsman (she died, didn't she?), but I didn't see her as being a witch.

Of course, I guess Tennyson did write two different versions.
 
  • #41
Chi Meson said:
EvoShallot.jpg

:eek:

Isn't that a little graphic, actually showing the toilet paper you intend to use?

Are you a folder or a scruncher? I forget.
 
  • #42
BobG said:
Isn't that a little graphic, actually showing the toilet paper you intend to use?

Are you a folder or a scruncher? I forget.

I do not recall telling you. :freaked out:
 
  • #43
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  • #44
So, Dizzle, are you a girl, or are you complaining for no reason in this thread?
 
  • #45
That is a classic face Chi.
 
  • #46
BobG said:
Isn't that a little graphic, actually showing the toilet paper you intend to use?

Are you a folder or a scruncher? I forget.

You're very protective of the TP. :biggrin:
 
  • #47
A few guys have hit on me here at PF. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
 
  • #48
Loren Booda said:
A few guys have hit on me here at PF. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I'm confused by this comment.
 
  • #49
Cyrus said:
So, Dizzle, are you a girl, or are you complaining for no reason in this thread?

She's a girl. Duh.
 
  • #50
GeorginaS said:
She's a girl. Duh.

He/she never claimed to be a girl. He only complained about everyone assuming he is a boy by default.
 
  • #51


GeorginaS said:
I'm confused by this comment.

I believe that Loren is male.
 
  • #52
TheStatutoryApe said:
I believe that Loren is male.

All right then. Now I understand. :smile: 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?
 
  • #53
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." :biggrin:
 
  • #54


GeorginaS said:
All right then. Now I understand. :smile: 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.
 
  • #55
Loren in my language is a foundry! :smile:
 
  • #57
Chi Meson said:
I just got the same pitcher hangin' in ma bat'room. I got to go, and then...there's Evo.

Or Wee-vo. :devil:
 
  • #58
Chinieba said:
Loren in my language is a foundry! :smile:

oh … it's a ghetto name! :smile:
 
  • #59
TheStatutoryApe said:
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?
 
  • #60
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.
 
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  • #61
Cyrus said:
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?! :biggrin:
 
  • #62
Count Iblis said:
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?
 
  • #63
drizzle said:
hey moonbear, do you mind if I ask for sniper’s assistance?! :biggrin:

Yes or No?
 
  • #64
Moonbear said:
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." :biggrin:

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).
 
  • #65
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.
 
  • #66
Cyrus said:
Yes or No?

yes master :shy: <<<<joke


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



answer >>>> neither. happy now
 
  • #67
Now I started to wonder - why do people here think I am a guy? Is it green hair?
 
  • #68
Maybe its the moustache.
 
  • #69
no, he knows that it's a fake mustache :wink:
 
  • #70
change it to drizzie, or dritzy
 

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