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Mobius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 07:28 PM
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Poll question: Do I write like a man?
You know, do my posts seem more masculine in anyway?
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 07:34 PM
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1. Thought you were a man
until I checked your profile! You do write very masculine for some reason I can't really explain it. Obviously you might be thinking that too or why would you have a poll on this topic.
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 07:37 PM
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2. Why do you say that?
Is it because of the NFL thread? Alot of women I know like football. It's not odd.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 08:35 PM
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3. I don't think your posts are masculine, it's your handle.
I'm no linguist, but I know that people (o.k., at least me) tend to assign gender to words. For me, Mobius is masculine (wasn't the guy who invented the strip a guy?).

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Mobius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 09:18 PM
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4. Well there is the FEMALE listed on my profile
Now i have theis titty avatar. I was hoping it would help.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 09:22 PM
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5. I don't think the avatar makes you seem more feminine
If I didn't know you were a female and I saw you with that avatar, I would assume that you were a male. It reminds me of my uncle's garage. He's got all these scantily clad women hanging all over the place.
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Mobius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 09:47 PM
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7. heres a novel concept, my real face
ill se how long i can stand looking at it.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 10:00 PM
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8. That avatar is good, it personalizes your posts, but
why are you so concerned about whether we know your sex or not? I've got a pretty ambiguous handle and my avatar doesn't give anything away. I don't mind which way people think of me on this board. I kind of like the mystery.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 09:25 PM
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6. Welll,
I've read your profile, so I know you're a woman. I still identify "Mobius" as a "male" word, though...


I think the avatar will help :)
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 10:01 PM
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9. yes
I've read the first 7 replies. "titty"? I don't think I know any women who use that word. And Mobius does conjer a masculine image, so you're handicapped from the start. Also for most of the guitar heroes thread I thought you were a male, dunno why, but something in there caused me to check your profile, so now I see you're female.

Maybe you hang with a lot of guys and picked up some of their verbiage?

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