Less Stephanie, Please

[alaric89]

You may be on to something there. You would think most women would only need to travel that road once though.

[Tom Foppiano]

Does that mean that they grew up in a misandrous environment?

I'm not going to over simplify, but that's a possibility. Or maybe that's how their mom's were. Maybe they have self esteem issues and feel they can't do any better. Maybe they crave attn, even negative attn. They almost certainly have some kind of self esteem issues that is probably rooted in an abusive environment.

Does that mean that they grew up in a misandrous environment?

I'm not going to over simplify, but that's a possibility. Or maybe that's how their mom's were. Maybe they have self esteem issues and feel they can't do any better. Maybe they crave attn, even negative attn. They almost certainly have some kind of self esteem issues that is probably rooted in an abusive environment.

Come to think of it. One of my buddies, who constantly dated controlling women, eventually found a beautiful, qausi-smart, fun, and very non-controlling girl. Shit, she was even from a rich family. What did he do when he found himself in a relationship where he wasn't being bossed around by a super bitch? He dumped her and quickly found a new drill sergeant.

I don't think he was raised in this manner, though. His parents seem to have a perfect, healthy relationship and his siblings don't  behave like him either. Who the fuck knows why people do the things they do? Maybe he got some weird genes? I don't know.

[alaric89]

She probably didn't shave or take it in the ass.

[Sluggers]

You can add me to the list of people who stopped listening to the Sunday show.

[Turd Ferguson]

I didn't know they had a sunday show.

[SonicThePorcupine]

http://i.imgur.com/sVKCr.jpg

[anarchir]

http://i.imgur.com/sVKCr.jpg

Hilariously true.

[Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith)]

http://i.imgur.com/sVKCr.jpg

Hilariously true.

+2.

[Cognitive Dissident]

http://i.imgur.com/sVKCr.jpg

Hilariously true.

I support this message.  It cuts right through the bullshit, doesn't it?

[alaric89]

Me too. I have to say though, few can give that woman much of a contest in brass balls.

[dalebert]

http://i.imgur.com/sVKCr.jpg

It's kind of ridiculous that because a woman isn't a super-activist the implication is that her opinions about being treated badly can be dismissed. So no, I don't actually think it's cutting through any bullshit. I think the bullshit is still fairly thick in here.

It reminds me of when some gay guys wanted to have some say about who they were roomed with in dorms because they were frequently stuck in a tight space with bigot assholes. The argument was made that they should instead take the opportunity to educate bigots about homosexuality. An excellent response was "I'm not an activist. I don't want to be an activist. Not every gay person wants to be one. I'm trying to focus on getting an education."

I keep finding myself listening to podcasts that I wouldn't otherwise have listened to because someone mentioned here how obnoxious Stephanie was, or how obsessive she was on a certain subject, and I have yet to feel it. Yeah, she's a bit knee-jerk about some things that seem minor now and then but I just... don't... get... the RAGING.

[dalebert]

http://kotaku.com/5868595/nerds-and-male-privilege

Geek society prides itself on being explicitly counter-culture; nerds will crow about how, as a society, they're better than the others who exclude them. They'll insist that they're more egalitarian; geeks hold tight to the belief that geek culture is a meritocracy, where concepts of agism, sexism and racism simply don't exist the way it does elsewhere. And yet, even a cursory examination will demonstrate that this isn't true.

And yet geeks will cling to this illusion while simultaneously refusing to address the matters that make it so unattractive to women and minorities. They will insist that they treat women exactly the same as they treat guys – all the while ignoring the fact that their behavior is what's making the women uncomfortable and feeling unwelcome in the first place. They will find one girl in their immediate community who will say that she's not offended and use her as the "proof" that nobody else is allowed to be offended.

[Turd Ferguson]

I keep finding myself listening to podcasts that I wouldn't otherwise have listened to because someone mentioned here how obnoxious Stephanie was, or how obsessive she was on a certain subject, and I have yet to feel it. Yeah, she's a bit knee-jerk about some things that seem minor now and then but I just... don't... get... the RAGING.

Whos raging?

Im not. I just think she comes off annoying with her infatuation with semantics. Not much fun to listen to her when she goes on those little tirades, just like Ian with his nitpicking of the use of the word "we". Thats just me though. I wouldn't even suggest they change. If thats how they wanna be, thats fine. Just dont expect me to like it.

This is the "Less Stephanie, please" thread, so of course its gonna seem like everyone is making a huge deal out of it. If this kind of talk about her carried over into other threads, yeah, I'd agree it would be raging, but this thread is made for this stuff.

[BonerJoe]

You might have to like girls in order to understand the rage, Dale.

[Turd Ferguson]

Wait


Dale doesn't like girls?