#if J B
> I know that I, as a geek boy, prefer geek chix to "norms". It is so hard to
> have an intelligent conversation with your average, stereotypical female,
> whereas the geeks can and will talk about everything. Includung, but not
> limited to computers, movies, books, etc.
Same here.
#if Jenn V.
> In my experience, though, if females attempt to change male
> behaviour - the male behaviour gets worse. So I'm inclined to let
> the males who /are/ sympathetic//equalist take charge of the male
> change.
Hmm. I'd say that left to their own devices men will just start
getting wors
#if Sunnanvind
> Just saw something odd on http://www.windowmaker.org that I though we
> might be interested in...
> "In light of a recent article about geek chicks which was posted on
> Freshmeat, I felt it was a good time to renew our call for volunteers.
> The current core Window Maker team is
Rik Hemsley wrote:
>
> #if Jenn V.
> > In my experience, though, if females attempt to change male
> > behaviour - the male behaviour gets worse. So I'm inclined to let
> > the males who /are/ sympathetic//equalist take charge of the male
> > change.
>
> Hmm. I'd say that left to their own devic
Rik Hemsley wrote:
>
> #if Jenn V.
> > In my experience, though, if females attempt to change male
> > behaviour - the male behaviour gets worse. So I'm inclined to let
> > the males who /are/ sympathetic//equalist take charge of the male
> > change.
>
> Hmm. I'd say that left to their own devic
#if Jenn V.
> > Hmm. I'd say that left to their own devices men will just start
> > getting worse again. They certainly need some prompting.
>
> *grin* is that an admission of guilt? :)
Hehe, don't look at me. I've been training my brain. I'm a real
human being these days. Woops, I found myself
#if Shad Young
> > Hmm. I'd say that left to their own devices men will just start
> > getting worse again. They certainly need some prompting.
>
> As a man I resent that statement. Men are not "Neanderthals". We have a
> brain. We have morals. We know the differece between right and wrong. We
>
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> Just hit another interesting dilemma (how the fsck do you spell that)
> in my post-adolescent-ideological-phase. People are encouraging me
> to learn to drive. I don't like cars. I don't like roads. I'm a
> fscking hippie. Do I undo all the good work I did
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> Ok, I take it back. I was talking about 'other men', which doesn't
> include you, me, and plenty of others. I don't know if your optimism
> about the state of the male gender is a little premature, but hey, I'm
> an optimist, so let's say that men have cha
Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:
> Wow...
Indeed. I, personally, think this is _great_. Kirrily, you are to be
commended for having the courage to put yourself and your ideas on the
line like that. I honestly think we are seeing a bit of a turnaround in
geek culture these days, and it's because o
Rik Hemsley wrote:
> > Enlightenment happens to both sexes.
>
> Ok, I take it back. I was talking about 'other men', which doesn't
> include you, me, and plenty of others. I don't know if your optimism
> about the state of the male gender is a little premature, but hey, I'm
> an optimist, so let
#if Shad Young
> Sorry, Rik. Reading that back to myself I realize the inappropriateness
> of the choice of the word "resent". Please accept my apologies.
No problem :) I'm still working on being bothered enough to
write things like 'obviously there are plenty of cases where
this doesn't apply' j
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Jenn V. wrote:
> > Sunnan (geek chicks really politically correct? Oh well..)
>
> Works for me - so long as its meant to indicate 'geek which happens
> to have XX chromosomes'.
I'd like just geek.
A chick is a bird.
Oh, well. I don't really mind. If the thought counts, the
> I'd like just geek.
>
> A chick is a bird.
> Oh, well. I don't really mind. If the thought counts, then the Window Maker
> team is trying and I like that.
The home of these lists is after all 'linuxchix' :o)
I think the WindowMaker team's intentions are good, it's great that they
decided to m
Rik Hemsley wrote:
>
> Just hit another interesting dilemma (how the fsck do you spell that)
> in my post-adolescent-ideological-phase. People are encouraging me
> to learn to drive. I don't like cars. I don't like roads. I'm a
> fscking hippie. Do I undo all the good work I did to my conscience
#if coder
> get a new volkswagon bug. Paint it weird colors. play your music
> loud. Driving will be tolerable. ;)
That's two people who've recommended a Beetle. Perhaps I will :)
Ah.. no the best thing about driving is probably hollering at the
top of your voice to the music. Until you get f
On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> That's two people who've recommended a Beetle. Perhaps I will :)
> Ah.. no the best thing about driving is probably hollering at the
> top of your voice to the music. Until you get funny looks at traffic
> lights...
If you can drive a beetle, and sing lou
>If you have ideas for things women CAN do, though.. I'd love to
>know them. Other than 'be present and visible and competent', I'm
>fresh out
Hmmm, take those too-many women who are perpetuating the
negative female stereotype and beat them to a pulp?
... or would that not be drastic enough?
Rik asks:
> Just hit another interesting dilemma (how the fsck do you spell
> that) in my post-adolescent-ideological-phase. People are
> encouraging me to learn to drive. I don't like cars. I don't like
> roads. I'm a fscking hippie. Do I undo all the good work I did
> to my conscience or do I gi
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> Rik Hemsley wrote:
> >
> > Hmm. I'd say that left to their own devices men will just start
> > getting wor
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> #if coder
> > get a new volkswagon bug. Paint it weird colors. play your music
> > loud. Driving wil
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