Re: [issues] YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article)

[Dakota Surmonde]

On 20 Feb 2000, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:

> 1. blank incomprehension (you mean you're not a student, a waitress, 
>    a social worker, a drug dealer, or unemployed? uhh...)

yup
of course, a lot of this might be my age...

> 2. political outrage (Computers are tools of the heteropatriarchy!)

been there. done that. still hate it :)

> 3. fear and avoidance (Oh. Computers. I don't understand them. Bye.)

uh-huh

> To put it mildly: this annoys me.
> capital gains tax and its effect on the Australia stock market, or the
> cashflow forecasts for next financial year, let alone the difficulties 
> I'm having abstracting the presentation layer in my web log analysis
> tool?  I didn't think so.)

Yeah...I find myself ending computer rants with some simplified
explanation, and if I'm still getting blank looks it's 'It's computer
stuff, never mind'
<grin>

> Has anyone else experienced this?  Any advice?

Yup. Um...not really. I'm sure deirdre will tell me to move to SF :P

> *sigh*  I need a life.

ditto :P

Vinnie
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