[Noisebridge-discuss] XY Combinator

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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:45 AM,
<travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org>wrote:

> 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
>

I've experienced the exact opposite of this, actually.

I have seriously offended men [in the United States, in the 21st century] by
opening the door for them; I hurt, nay, WOUNDED their masculinity (which
felt awesome, btw). Apparently you need a penis to hold open doors for an
extended time -- they're used as doorstops or something.

Not kidding in the least,
S

P.S.

So, I say fight the established culture and instead of holding doors open
for anyone, let them SLAM in their #%$@#! faces. FACE, meet the DOOR of
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY! You can open it yourself.
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