OMG Girlz Don't Exist On Teh Intarweb! 225
The Escapist has a brilliant article penned by a young woman who has to deal with blatant disbelief at her existence. Why? Because there are no women on the internet. From the article: "This is the story of my internet life. (I'm not quite sure if it's a good or bad thing that I have an internet life, but internet life it is.) I'm a girl, I play games and I exist on the internet. Or so you think. Time after time, I get told I'm not a girl and that I don't exist. It's happened so much that I'm beginning to think that it's true. So, I spend some time getting to know them. Who are these mysterious creatures called girls if they don't exist on the internet? What does this mean for the men of the internet?"
Re:Simple (Score:1, Insightful)
Don't worry, she complies on page 2 (4?). :facepalm:
(Hint: nice picture, but, uh, it's kinda hard to take someone seriously when they include a boobie-shot. Kinda like "yeah, my argument is weak, here are some boobs to distract you.")
eh..whatever...girls or guys it's all the same (Score:2, Insightful)
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Re:Something doesn't add up. (Score:3, Insightful)
- hyperbole
- author plays primarily with 12 yr olds
Re:Truth be told... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:I don't know what this guy is whining about... (Score:3, Insightful)
Yeah. No better place to vent your feelings and have a long, heartfelt bitch about 'highschool-style romances and betrayals and jealousy' than...eBay.
WTF?
Also, who wants a guy who spends all his time parked in a chair porking-out? Dude, that's one hell of a double-standard you've got there.
I feel for the women of the web (Score:3, Insightful)
I, thankfully, haven't freaked out too much when the person on the other side revealed themselves to be female. On the other hand, there have been a few times where people were roll playing as a female and later revealed themselves to be a guy. It wasn't quite a crying game type of situation, but it was enough of a shock for me to still remember...
And this is news? (Score:3, Insightful)
Move on.
Re:Who Cares (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:It all depends on the medium and the group (Score:1, Insightful)
Whether a guy says crude and obnoxious things and doesn't believe you, there will be, however small, a doubt in thier mind that perhaps yes, he just got his ass beaten by a woman. Really, there's no better way to get back at a guy than that (what with male pride being what it is and all).
She doesn't tend to like doing this, she thinks it's sorta mean, but everyonce and a while a guy will piss her off so bad, that she has no choice but to teach him a lesson. And of course I'm quite proud of her for that.
Re:I don't know what this guy is whining about... (Score:4, Insightful)
Testosterone-fueled game genres (Score:3, Insightful)