Re: [issues] Slashdot on meeting women

1999-10-26 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Neil ''Fred'' Picciotto wrote: > now, the one part which i found mildly offensive was his claim that geeks > can't be supportive in a relationship. i was offended not because he was > saying this about "girl geeks", but because he was also saying it about all > geeks. and i

Re: [issues] Slashdot on meeting women

1999-10-25 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Vinnie Surmonde wrote: > On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, srl wrote: > > aha. i think you've hit on something. I kinda find it offensive for > > anyone to more-or-less openly seek someone to be hir > > maintainer-of-all-things-domestic-and-emotional. And, gender politics > > being what t

Re: [issues] Slashdot on meeting women

1999-10-25 Thread Neil ''Fred'' Picciotto
vinnie wrote: > You know what's funny -- This artical doesn't really bother me..After > reading it, I probably woudln't *date* Roblimo, but seeing as he's both > male and married, this probably wasn't a great fear anyway. yeah, it didn't bother me either, and i think the reason is that it's compl

Re: [issues] Slashdot on meeting women

1999-10-25 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, srl wrote: > aha. i think you've hit on something. I kinda find it offensive for > anyone to more-or-less openly seek someone to be hir > maintainer-of-all-things-domestic-and-emotional. And, gender politics > being what they are, it's most often men looking for this from wom

Re: [issues] Slashdot on meeting women

1999-10-25 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:48:53 -0700 (PDT), Vinnie Surmonde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >You know what's funny -- This artical doesn't really bother me..After >reading it, I probably woudln't *date* Roblimo, but seeing as he's >both male and married, this probably wasn't a great fear anyway. Maybe I

Re: [issues] Slashdot on meeting women

1999-10-25 Thread srl
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Vinnie Surmonde wrote: > > > A woman just like you wouldn't be there for you when you wanted a hug. > > > She'd be obsessively coding or posting on Slashdot herself, and would > > > brush you off when you needed her. What you really want is a woman who > > I guess I don't se

Re: [issues] Slashdot on meeting women

1999-10-25 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Steve Kudlak wrote: > > A woman just like you wouldn't be there for you when you wanted a hug. > > She'd be obsessively coding or posting on Slashdot herself, and would > > brush you off when you needed her. What you really want is a woman who You know what's funny -- This

Re: [issues] Slashdot on meeting women

1999-10-25 Thread Steve Kudlak
  srl wrote: Okay, Slashdot's getting lower and lower on my personal scale every day. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/23/202252&mode=flat A brief quote: - Don't Waste Your Time on Geek Girls Here you are, an obsessed coder and a

[issues] Slashdot on meeting women

1999-10-25 Thread srl
Okay, Slashdot's getting lower and lower on my personal scale every day. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/23/202252&mode=flat A brief quote: - Don't Waste Your Time on Geek Girls Here you are, an obsessed coder and all that, s