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 Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:06 pm
An English teacher was explaining to his students the concept of gender association in the English language.
He stated how hurricanes at one time were given feminine names and how ships and planes were usually referred to as "she". One of the students raised their hand and asked - "What gender is a computer"?
The teacher wasn't certain which it was, so he divided the class into two groups, males in one, females in the other, and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation. The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to in the masculine gender because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they ARE the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.
The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to in the feminine gender because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:35 pm
That's pretty funny, I never thought of comparing objects to genders.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:38 pm
My computer is male and is name Pezzerio, or Pez for short.
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:53 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:09 am
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:06 pm
Haha.. That's pretty good ^^
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:16 pm
I lol'd. xD
What makes it more amusing to me is the fact that my tower is a Visionman. xD
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:01 pm
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Desirable Conversationalist
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:39 am
Lol.
Now it makes me want to pick a gender for my computer. >_<
IT shall be called fluffy!
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:47 am
*snort* My computer is named Hal, so I assume that it's male. Though, the reason ships were called 'she' was because women used to be viewed as mens possessions. Yeah, there's my not-so-interesting fact for the day.
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:44 pm
omg they are soo true about men and women, no offence to you all
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:49 pm
brilliant at the meanings. that wuz extremely funny. i thought about the guys' reasons that the computer should be a girl. so true. (no offense) and im not sexist.
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 11:52 am
cpuwizz omg they are soo true about men and women, no offence to you all what are you a ..potato? Sorry just found it funny you didn't wish to offend either gender.
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:16 pm
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 12:22 pm
never thought of it that way sweatdrop
i have mine as a woman wink
no apparent reasons sweatdrop
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