[Noisebridge-discuss] XY Combinator

[travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org]

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 04:40:08AM +0000, Jason Dusek wrote:
>   'Man drought' afflicts Australian cities
>   http://www.inewsone.com/2011/05/28/man-drought-afflicts-australian-cities/53620
>   A 29-year-old Sydney woman, Bianca Wignall, one of Petersen's
>   clients, says it is a matter of quality, as well as quantity.
>   'Country men are more gentlemanly, they hold the door open for
>   you and if they see you with an empty glass they will be the
>   first to offer to get you a drink, they are more attentive.'

I, for one, am offended by this.

Why is it a man's job to open doors?  Or for that matter, to pay for
drinks?  We are not door-opening wallets.  There's more to us than
that... like what programming language we prefer, how often we make
other people feel stupid versus how many times we get pwned, whether
we have an android or an iphone, and how many Gs it has.

Nor are men objects with quantifiable amounts of quality which may be
compared in some ordering, be it partial or full.  We are beautiful
and unique snowflakes, though many of us may lack beauty, and it's too
warm here to have snow, but otherwise my point stands, whatever it may
have been.

Kidding on the square,
T
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