My girlfriend is a gamer; video type. She's done some casual social gaming but since we started dating last year, she's gotten into more complicated resource type games and role playing (she's playing an Indian in the Deadlands Reloaded game I referee).
So still 50/50 but with 6 data points
[John]
Depends on the game I guess. I avoid the mindless Tetris and Candy Crush things but play Carmageddon, Risk, Ticket to Ride, and Small World on my Tablet and Phone. I have Doom and Wolfenstein 3D on the phone but the update to the iPhone 5 broke the controls
[John]
Voyage of the Damned when almost 1,000 Jews were turned away from the US in 1939.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...
[John]
"Hey, why buy the cow when the milk is free?"
(Yea I heard that from her relatives fairly often)
[John]
Ah, so just keep on doing what I'm doing now. Perfect, thanks.
[John]
It's not the same guys. Don't attribute the bad behavior of a few sociopaths with the majority of guys who still enjoy the company of women. What's that hashtag? #notallmen
[John]
Maybe that's the difference. I ignore trolls and will even leave a thread on a forum once it starts getting too weird. Are women escalating by responding, being too defensive? It's not hard to spin up some folks. Just mention any MRA type of comment and some women will step up and respond. Depending on how far you want to troll women, you can really get them going. It can work for me too. Posting inaccurate information will likely get a response from my trying to correct it. That's the thread weirdness I mentioned above. At a certain point, sometimes quickly, it'll get too trollish/weird and I'll ignore it and back off/out.
[John]
How do you propose to fight back?
[John]
I didn't know Aspergers was a synonym for "I just don't care". There's a difference between "meh" and "difficulty interacting socially".
[John]
The problem is we have a mixed environment of Solaris, HP-UX, and even Tru64. Red Hat is newer. So we needed to use a Linux that worked with the existing infrastructure. Our software already worked with the main two we were using and even had a client for Tru64. When investigating possible Linux platforms we wanted OpenBSD first (I know, not linux but the Unix team is a fan) but no support. But of course we had to check the compatibilities of each of the agents we were using at the time. All worked with RHEL. That limits our choices quite a bit.
[John]
Relax, you have 5 more clones.
[John5]
It's the constant conversation actually. "Did you see that [some sports thing] Sunday?! Go [sports team]!" or "Looks like it might snow, good for skiing, snowboarding, etc" or even "Happy Holidays!".
There needs to be a "no talking" aisle.
Oh wait, there is one. It's called 'Self Checkout'.
[John]
Yea that too. Nothing like finding the canned goods packed in with the hotdog buns. The Wal*Mart folks actually do a much better job at bagging than the grocer weirdly enough.
[John]
I think it's more of a bulkiness limit for me. More than 4 or 5 bags will have me looking at the checkouts. And yea, if there's a line at the self checkout that's 2 or 3 people per register deep, I'll go through a checkout even if it's longer.
I don't go to Lowes. It's targeted to women shoppers with the store layout, more visual displays, and big box department store feel vs the warehouse DIY feel of Home Depot. Plus I'm not a fan of the "man playground" at the front of the Lowes. Makes me feel like I'm being dropped off by the wife while she shops.
[John]
Meh. I don't mind the self-checkout lines. The fewer people I have to talk to, the better. Walk in, get what I want, scan and pay, walk out.
[John]
And it should be the law: If you use the word `paradigm' without knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No exceptions. -- David Jones
