Yet another example of society trying to obsessively categorize everything. Skin color, body size, and gender. You're either black, white, skinny, fat, male or female.
Then please, would you be so kind as to explain to me why there are so many shotgun weddings, 48-hour trysts (ala Miss Britney Spears) and individuals with ten divorces under their belts?
Yes, I sort of agree. I feel bad for women who think it is their duty to shit a few children out because they think that's what women are for.
Although, it is nice to see that women these days, as many statistics have shown, are staying in the workforce despite their kids, and are having them much later in life when the workload isn't as heavy.
I'll bite.
1. When clothes are the most important things in life, then this will be a relevant question.
2. Media is the biggest source of the female stereotypes today.
3. Feminism aims to change tradition. If you don't like traditional women, don't date them. I always go dutch on my dates and compromise with my partner, and some people are just so shocked by that. What women are you dating anyway? Getting pissed off about having to lay down some money for a date is pretty damn shallow, in my mind.
4. See number three. Also, I hold doors for guys, too. That's just courtesy. You must not be a very polite person if you don't hold the door for the person walking in front of you. And what, mind you, does this have anything to do with women in the workplace? You're just reinforcing negative stereotypes about women. Methinks you don't date much.
5. I don't even understand what you're saying here. Try rephrasing this.
So let's see. You believe strongly in the stereotypes of women. I feel sorry for you. Perhaps if you stopped being so misogynistic and looked around and realized that women are just people, maybe you wouldn't have such adherence to tradition. The world is changing, as is the role of women.
And I'm very sorry that you feel your karma is so threatened. Poor you.
It makes you wonder what would happen if there were a game that does not base its characters on appearance, but rather on personality and actul character. (Oh wait, that's the Sims, and that's called a chick game too.)
What would you guys say about Metroid Prime? I'm not a game geek by any means--but I didn't Samus Aran was female. What does that say about traditional female game characters? I know it genuinely confused my fellow game-illiterate friends and me.
Sweetheart, take a sociology course. Even a basic one. There are structural boundaries for women in the workplace that often limit them to the 'traditional' feminine jobs--nursing, schoolteaching, etc. Glass escalators put men who would like to teach straight into administration; apparently women are not leaders. Glass walls stop women from moving out of customer service jobs, because apparently women have an innate caring side to them. Glass ceilings, of course, do not permit women to enter high management jobs, whereas men are injected into them daily.
If it weren't for people like you, what with your arrogant bitching about how women choose to be exploited, feminism wouldn't exist. If there was complete gender equality, you'd be bitching about how blacks choose to be exploited because they choose to live in drug-infested urban areas.
No, I know RSS isn't unique to Livejournal. I collect RSS feeds on other stuff too. I'm a newb to that, and Livejournal makes it easy. I have a feed running from my linkblog on one of my old domains and I have that set up as a 'friend' on Livejournal too so my other friends can read that. I suppose it's more about doing what makes it easiest to stay in touch with my tech-impaired friends--and keep it easy for my tech-impaired self. I enjoy the interactions between communities, other users and myself.
Eh, I worded my original post weird and I can't change it; apologies.
I tried getting my journal back on my domain for good, but I just cannot leave a couple of Livejournal's features.
One, I keep a tightly-knit friends-list, and sadly enough, those people would not read my journal regularly if it were not on Livejournal. On LJ, it's just a matter of opening up the "friends page" and seeing all of your friends' entries at once. Handy and keeps you and your buddies close, even if you rarely have the chance to really chat or talk.
Two, I adore the communities. When I need information on some subject, there's always a community. Not only that, but it's usually active. I prefer having a human helping hand rather than that of a search engine; both at once are even better (ha.) For example, I trust the ladies at the VaginaPagina community to relate experiences and help--especially since everyone is there to do just that.
I used to scoff at LJ, but now that I'm there, I just can't leave.
Be careful with Archos. Every product I've ever bought from them has developed a messed up display within two to three months and has had to be sent back. Their tech support is awful and it took them over a month to send me a new Gmini 120 MP3 player when both the display and the battery went. Has Archos kicked up their support at all lately, or am I just alone?
OT: Here, a statutory rape law will not take serious effect unless one party is a minor, and the other party is at least five years his/her senior. Sixteen and eighteen will get you a slap on the wrist.
Wisconsin for example already has this. You can enter a ZIP code to locate all sex offenders in your area. Actually, a sex offender recently moved into our otherwise quiet neighborhood. I found this out first through the website above, and a week later a town meeting was held about the very same person.
I agree, that HijackThis program did wonders for my parents' messed up computer. Not only did the search page mysteriously get changed after every reboot, we had the misfortune of answering questions from my little sister about the porn popups the BHO caused when she accessed Neopets. However, one or two clicks with HijackThis and all was right again. Adaware and S&D don't catch everything, looks like I had to add ANOTHER program to my arsenal.
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Yet another example of society trying to obsessively categorize everything. Skin color, body size, and gender. You're either black, white, skinny, fat, male or female.
Very frightening.
[Marriage is] not a toy.
Then please, would you be so kind as to explain to me why there are so many shotgun weddings, 48-hour trysts (ala Miss Britney Spears) and individuals with ten divorces under their belts?
Yes, I sort of agree. I feel bad for women who think it is their duty to shit a few children out because they think that's what women are for. Although, it is nice to see that women these days, as many statistics have shown, are staying in the workforce despite their kids, and are having them much later in life when the workload isn't as heavy.
Oops, I forgot about the line breaks. Apologies in advance.
I'll bite. 1. When clothes are the most important things in life, then this will be a relevant question. 2. Media is the biggest source of the female stereotypes today. 3. Feminism aims to change tradition. If you don't like traditional women, don't date them. I always go dutch on my dates and compromise with my partner, and some people are just so shocked by that. What women are you dating anyway? Getting pissed off about having to lay down some money for a date is pretty damn shallow, in my mind. 4. See number three. Also, I hold doors for guys, too. That's just courtesy. You must not be a very polite person if you don't hold the door for the person walking in front of you. And what, mind you, does this have anything to do with women in the workplace? You're just reinforcing negative stereotypes about women. Methinks you don't date much. 5. I don't even understand what you're saying here. Try rephrasing this. So let's see. You believe strongly in the stereotypes of women. I feel sorry for you. Perhaps if you stopped being so misogynistic and looked around and realized that women are just people, maybe you wouldn't have such adherence to tradition. The world is changing, as is the role of women. And I'm very sorry that you feel your karma is so threatened. Poor you.
Sure, that's your department and individuals you know. I am talking about on the whole, as statistics and culture shows.
I think that everyone, like me, has at one point or another played a tetris game on a public bathroom's tile floor. No magazine? No problem!
It makes you wonder what would happen if there were a game that does not base its characters on appearance, but rather on personality and actul character. (Oh wait, that's the Sims, and that's called a chick game too.) What would you guys say about Metroid Prime? I'm not a game geek by any means--but I didn't Samus Aran was female. What does that say about traditional female game characters? I know it genuinely confused my fellow game-illiterate friends and me.
Sweetheart, take a sociology course. Even a basic one. There are structural boundaries for women in the workplace that often limit them to the 'traditional' feminine jobs--nursing, schoolteaching, etc. Glass escalators put men who would like to teach straight into administration; apparently women are not leaders. Glass walls stop women from moving out of customer service jobs, because apparently women have an innate caring side to them. Glass ceilings, of course, do not permit women to enter high management jobs, whereas men are injected into them daily. If it weren't for people like you, what with your arrogant bitching about how women choose to be exploited, feminism wouldn't exist. If there was complete gender equality, you'd be bitching about how blacks choose to be exploited because they choose to live in drug-infested urban areas.
No, I know RSS isn't unique to Livejournal. I collect RSS feeds on other stuff too. I'm a newb to that, and Livejournal makes it easy. I have a feed running from my linkblog on one of my old domains and I have that set up as a 'friend' on Livejournal too so my other friends can read that. I suppose it's more about doing what makes it easiest to stay in touch with my tech-impaired friends--and keep it easy for my tech-impaired self. I enjoy the interactions between communities, other users and myself. Eh, I worded my original post weird and I can't change it; apologies.
One, I keep a tightly-knit friends-list, and sadly enough, those people would not read my journal regularly if it were not on Livejournal. On LJ, it's just a matter of opening up the "friends page" and seeing all of your friends' entries at once. Handy and keeps you and your buddies close, even if you rarely have the chance to really chat or talk.
Two, I adore the communities. When I need information on some subject, there's always a community. Not only that, but it's usually active. I prefer having a human helping hand rather than that of a search engine; both at once are even better (ha.) For example, I trust the ladies at the VaginaPagina community to relate experiences and help--especially since everyone is there to do just that.
I used to scoff at LJ, but now that I'm there, I just can't leave.
Spam... Comes in a small can, and tastes great. As a good long-term food source, it's great--just ask me. The poor university student. :(
Be careful with Archos. Every product I've ever bought from them has developed a messed up display within two to three months and has had to be sent back. Their tech support is awful and it took them over a month to send me a new Gmini 120 MP3 player when both the display and the battery went. Has Archos kicked up their support at all lately, or am I just alone?
Go to http://www.dict.cc/ and type in "Mist". Yes, it means "shit" in German.
PSYCH!
the bottom line is that people are still going to say whatever they please, regardless of how little jimmy will interpret it.
and what about those of us using older computers?
not everyone is on the edge of technology like yourself.
and Wikipedia for the most part has the most updated info available. Lots of places are outdated, dead, et cetera.
Sounds creepily like the beginning of a Robin Cook novel...
OT: Here, a statutory rape law will not take serious effect unless one party is a minor, and the other party is at least five years his/her senior. Sixteen and eighteen will get you a slap on the wrist.
In a town of 3,000, sometimes we do. Especially when the grass is particularly long.
Wisconsin for example already has this. You can enter a ZIP code to locate all sex offenders in your area. Actually, a sex offender recently moved into our otherwise quiet neighborhood. I found this out first through the website above, and a week later a town meeting was held about the very same person.
Definetely that one(s) with Scott Stapp singing the vocals.
I agree, that HijackThis program did wonders for my parents' messed up computer. Not only did the search page mysteriously get changed after every reboot, we had the misfortune of answering questions from my little sister about the porn popups the BHO caused when she accessed Neopets. However, one or two clicks with HijackThis and all was right again. Adaware and S&D don't catch everything, looks like I had to add ANOTHER program to my arsenal.
Seems as if that Nigerian king DID give him the money to buy all that nice stuff, because you know no one actually clicks on spam ads.