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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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What the fuck happened to OT whilst I was at lunch?Honestly, I pop out for an hour and you lot let the attention-seeking massive take over. Anyway, I'm confident you'll like this.
Having twenty minutes spare before I needed to be back at work, I popped into the Steam Packet for a pint for the simple reason that it's 30 seconds' walk from my office door. I read my copy of FHM (hey, it's funny) and drank Amstel. Bliss.
I mentioned this pasttime to my workmate upon my return to the office. He sniggered and told me to check out www.norwichgaypubs.com. It turns out I was sat in a gay bar, looking like the slightly camp and frequently-accused-of-bumdering fellow I am, reading F-H-fucking-M. On my own. I may as well have had "doth protest too much" tattooed on my forehead.
What gaps in your knowledge have led to embarrassment of late?
Alt: Star Wars or Star Trek?
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"the attention-seeking massive"That's not a very nice way to talk about BGB.
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WormuIus, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:40,
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There are reasons people might make fun out of you on the internetother than them secretly being a fan of yours.
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WormuIus, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:45,
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That's ok.Better to get a reaction than to be ignored.
Spoken like a true attention seeker eh!
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girlinthehole, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:53,
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You can't please everyone.I just happen to not like your posts.
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WormuIus, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:54,
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I think Wormy has a crush on you, BGB!I, on the other hand, have Dr. Shambolic to wind up into tooth-chattering fury. Even got him to delete a thread where I was mocking him, the poor dear.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:56,
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www.b3ta.com/questions/drunkparents/post1098017
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:00,
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Dr Shambolic can't delete wormulus's threadsIt was mod deleted. Shambles had nothing to do with it, your "victory" didn't happen.
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Quick claim my edit was because you worked me up into a rage because of your epic trolling.(, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:15, Reply)
I only realised it had been deleted then following daywhen I went back to check if anything good had happened in it.
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WormuIus, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:13,
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I'd hardly call it a victory.But he did seem to get genuinely pissed off and deleted his post, taking out everything under it.
It was a good way to pass time while waiting for paint to dry.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:16,
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I was too busy having fun to discuss the merits of neck wear with him.I did however get the measure of the man, so to speak.
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girlinthehole, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:08,
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Battered dissed him as a right fucking wanker/shitstirs
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:16,
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Is that what happened to Battered then?Did Wormulus have him "disappeared"?
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He's fucked off in a flounce anyway(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:29,
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Nah! if that was the case then non of us would be here.(
girlinthehole, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:35,
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Was your measure of me that I was a massive wanker as well?(
WormuIus, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:37,
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I'm pretty sure the last thing anyone heard him say was"It would have been okay, but he brought along a little wheely case, and it was just FULL of scarves"
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I think you were too busy looking at the young female B3tans I was with.(
girlinthehole, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:17,
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ActuallyI don't know very much about opera or classical music.
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WormuIus, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:41,
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No ideabut since its well known on here that I support Leicester I'm going with Derby or forest, probably forest.
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WormuIus, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:47,
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Forest, who beat Derby in the finalThat level of detail screams GOOGLE. However I am prepared to admit that as my own passion for Forest is well-known you could have guessed that.
I must also advise you that any hostility towards you between now and the end of May is entirely impersonal and based only on the possibility of you making a decent run for the playoffs and going up ahead of us
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No disrespect to your chosen football teambut you're going to choke and Leicester will be promoted before you.
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WormuIus, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:52,
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Oh, I knowUnless we put together a blinding run against the other promotion-seeking teams in March and April, we'll end up in the Playoffs, where we ALWAYS choke. I fancy Norwich to surprise people by winning the final, and get battered next season alongside QPR and Swansea
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Alt:GO OUTSIDE, TALK TO SOME WOMEN!
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Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:41,
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Darth must have posted, seeking attention(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:44,
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More depth to the aliens and technology.Larger universe, Sisko and Picard are better than any Star Wars character. It never had Ja Ja binks in.
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Oh DarthAs if you read FHM. *looks disapproving* That is a pretty funny story though.
I don't think I have any gaps in my knowledge that bother me, if I want to learn about something, I'll learn about it.
Alt: Neither. I still have some small part of non-geekiness left. On an entirely seperate note, I'm not sat here reading YouGov studies. Honestly.
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That reads as I don't mind being ignorant(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:49,
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Not really.If I was going to talk about something, I'd make sure I knew what I was talking about first.
However, with something like sport, I'm not interested in it, therefore I'm unlikely to talk about it, therefore I don't read things about it.
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If I was having a general conversation with someone I'd get irked by them googling the subject material on their phone(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:56,
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I'd say there's holes in your general knowledge that you could drive a bus through, invariably this would present in a general conversation. 'Looking it up' during the course of such an event wouldn't be an option.
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:04,
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No doubt there isWhich would be why I don't join in conversations I have no interest in and then talk out of my arse.
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Strewth, AA's well known as a 'lad' they fucking love that shitThe Danny Dyer of /ot
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:53,
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Really?!? I'll have to you tube thatShamefully I watched the Danny Dyer season of films the other week. He really is 'fucking shit' (tm Monty Boyce, all royalties will be paid forthwith)
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:59,
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I'd pay good money for him to have continued and turned Dyer's face into a shattered Blancmange(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:08,
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That was better in my head than it actually was.I want my minute and a half back please.
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OKask AA for a happy five minutes, you'll end up with over four minutes spare then.
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Think very, very carefully about thisDo you want to goad me into a feminist rant?
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I'd like to clarify hereI never said they were a girls band, I simply admitted I don't rate 'what I know' of theirs.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:06,
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I knowI was just adapting something you said to annoy Bella to try and get you to provoke her further. You are, sadly, too wise in the ways of women for this gambit to work.
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The alternative at my job is either The Sun or gossip/girly fashion magazinesSo yes, I'll pick FHM over them any day.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:08,
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First time I've bought it in years, as it happensNew blog in the pipeline?
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Did it end up on her blog?(
BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:07,
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Please note that I have added the full stop you appear to have missed at no extra charge.
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Stars in their eyes.Tonight Darth I'm going to be Wormulus.
*sings*
Dontcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me
Dontcha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me
Dontcha!
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girlinthehole, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:48,
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I know Wormulus is popular and all.But there's no need to be obsessive over the man.
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Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:57,
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I'm busy being obsessive about Brayndedd at the moment.I daren't stretch myself.
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girlinthehole, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:59,
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Well that's more than a little disturbing.(
BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:05,
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It's only a hobby.I'll get bored in a while, like I did with the salsa classes.
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girlinthehole, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:07,
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It's when you put peppers and tomato and line juice and onions and chilliand mix it all up and put it on your nachos.
EDIT - that wasn't how you spell tomato
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Then what the fuck have I been doing for the past six weeks.(
girlinthehole, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:19,
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If you've been attending classes where they teach Salsa,you've probably been wiggling in time to music with little concern for technique. Nothing personal, I just have no time for Salsa.
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I thought this place was specifically created for the attention-seeking massives?(
BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:53,
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This is like your greatest hits show.Now, I love it, don't get me wrong, but are you going to produce any new materials?
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Why have you ended that sentence, as if spoken by a child?(
Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:58,
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Hang on a minute, are there two of you?(
BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 14:58,
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it has actually somehow managed to reproduce itself, unless i am confusing it with someone elseor unless its missus had sex with the milkman. does that count as new material?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:00,
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Darth's a bender, Swipey. Everyone knows they have to reproduce by budding, otherwise they'd die out.(, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:02, Reply)
I know. The clue is in the it being Al. I'm going to resist the urge to Chompy my joke.
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you meanto make it poorly-spelled and semi-literate?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:08,
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haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhahaha(
Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:12,
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i'm glad somebody got thislet's face it, quite a few people on here wouldn't have noticed.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:14,
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AltWhoa, whoa which Star Wars/Star Trek are we comparing?
You can't possibly generalise like that (same is true of Blake's 7).
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anyone who has bothered to watch themnever mind have an involved opinion on the merits should be physically forced to step away from the television/internet and do something OUTSIDE.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:11,
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And they areless interesting than being keen on shoes or handbags?
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oh god yesat least there is sex in sex and the city.
when was the last time being a trekkie got anyone laid?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:22,
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But sex and the city was one of the most horrifically cringeworthy pieces of televison ever createdany woman who watched that and didn't feel degraded and offended really needs to look again, look at themselves and then realise that the reason gender equality hasn't happened yet is because of people like them. They also need to stop having sex with Agnostic Antichrist.
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She's humped him and dumped himI just wish she'd confirm the rumours concerning his microknob
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:32,
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Joking asideYou make a very good point about SATC and its ilk. The fact that women are happy to accept such base and offensive stereotyping, and even embrace it, means it is further propagated into everyday encounters.
Plus, it's really, really fucking stupid.
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it's just a comedy showanyone who watches it and takes it seriously deserves a slap.
it's fine to hate it!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:42,
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This.It's four foul harridans ticking every offensive female stereotype box they could find.
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It's basically a programme about three women who are too old/ginger/horsefaced to be prostitutes, so they give it away for freeand Kristin Davis, who really could charge for it but is obviously too stupid
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pfffffftgender inequality will never happen because there will always be sexist men at the top, and there will always be women who actively want to stay at home and spend their husband's money all day long. this seems to happen even to career women when they start pushing out the crotchfruit!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:31,
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Surely part of equality is the equality for either parent to take either role?And no, the sexiest men are not always at the top.
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i am just basing it on my friendsand their parents. certainly out of all my friends to have had kids, it is the woman who has not gone back to work. and hardly any of my friends' mothers worked when we were growing up, although mine did. this is usually because their husband earns more money, but quite a few of them have said to me that something mushy just happens inside your head when you have one child, so that all you want to do is have MOAR BABIES and MAKE THE HOUSE ALL HOMELY-LIKE.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:37,
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You're confusing wanting to look after your familywith women doing the identical job as men being paid less money purely because of their lack of a penis.
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i can only speak about the people i work with and/or know welland this is what has happened: for those with families, ambition gets replaced with home-making. for those without, the pay is equal.
anything outside my friends and colleagues, i don't know enough about it to comment. not that this usually stops me.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:40,
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Brilliant Swipey, absolutely brilliant.I bet a few minority groups wish they had you on their side too. "Look people, you're never going to stop being treated unequally, BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST DIFFERENT! Now just go back to your shit lives, there's good chaps"
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there should be no such thing as a minority groupit is this sort of thinking that causes problems in the first place. i don't give a fuck what other women want to do. i wanted a career, i worked my arse off, i got a bloody good one. anyone else who wants it can work for their own, regardless of whether they are male, female, gay, straight, black, white or sky blue pink with yellow dots on them. for the record, i have refused to join any of the female initiatives at my firm. i resent being given a leg-up just because i am female. it should be about my legal and client skills, nothing more, nothing less.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:39,
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Well done for youBut what about outside of your highly skilled bubble? A 25% pay disparity can't all be to do with child-induced lack of ambition, surely?
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NO!She doesn't know anybody paid less than her and she doesn't know any women paid less than men for the same job. Therefore it DOES NOT HAPPEN.
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i wasn't born into the bubble thoughi won a scholarship when i was 9 that paid for all my education, and then worked my arse off to get good enough grades to do what i do now.
there must be a disparity, as it seems to be a well-established fact, but it is not something that i've ever come across in practice. the only thing i have come across in real life is the fact that there are very few female partners in law, accountancy etc, primarily because a large number of them give up their careers when they have a family. a fact which everyone recognises tacitly, openly says "we must fix this", but realistically can't because you can't work the sort of hours that i work (eg 2am last night, will be post midnight tonight) if you have kids - it's not fair on them.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:49,
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Your argument is based on highly skilled careersWhat about other careers? What about the fact that women are routinely discriminated against before their employment is even commenced? What about discrimination in the law, in having interests represented or anything else like that?
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This reads as a militant lesbians postUSE SOME FUCKING DEODORANT
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:53,
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I can't imagine AA really enjoyed getting close to her unkempt pubic hair.
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Deeply matted pubic hairLevel 10 Didactic Wiccan stage has been attained !1!!
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:56,
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MOUSTACHES DON'T SUIT WOMEN OF ANY AGE(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:54,
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that's my pointi can ONLY talk about those careers. it's all i know about. i can tell you why there are very few women at the top in those careers, and i have done. more girls go into law than boys. more trainees are female than boys. but the partnership ratio is about 20:80 female:male. because the women leave the career and don't come back.
i can't talk about other careers because apart from a student stint behind the bar, i've never been involved in them.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:55,
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You are now arguing that you can make no kind of comment on the original pointbecause you know nothing about it?
We know that, it's quite clear from your posts, what we we're trying to point out is that outside of your little bubble of perfectly equal pay, there are lots of women who are paid less for doing the same job.
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okso what are YOU doing about it?
posting on an internet forum but carrying on taking more pay than a woman anyway?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:06,
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I also work in a company which pays women and men equally for doing the same job.
This started because I pointed out that SATC was profoundly offensive against women, and I will stand by that comment.
I never said you ought to be ought marching in the defence of equal pay, but I would like to think someone as well educated as you would have been at least aware of the problem, as I am.
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so you are aware of ityou're just happily doing nothing about it? shame on you, al...
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:12,
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i think you're just about the only guy on here who hasn'tin all fairness
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:21,
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life is tough as a minorityi think we agree on that
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:35,
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I can tell you a fair bit about gender discrimination in the fucking law.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:59,
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Did I say anything about the discrimination in the law always being anti-women?(, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:02, Reply)
It was implied and don't try and deny it.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:05,
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Best stick to pullin pints loveRemember the large holes in your general knowledge we were on about earlier...
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:12,
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Probably wouldn't apply to thisGiven that I've studied law, and have actually specifically studied gender discrimination in both family law and criminal law in order to contrast the two.
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Get you !!1! You've studied law, brilliant, have a biscuit, no have two.I studied GCSE maths, but that don't make me a mathmatician.
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:22,
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I'm not surprisedGiven that you have no idea how large a hole would have to be in order to drive a bus through. You probably should avoid driving buses too.
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Well yeah the hole would generally be two and half meters being a standard bus width, in your case we'll go for a doubledecker height(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:32,
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But Montywhat about women really only being good for sewing and playing with kittens?
What about THAT? These lesbians are getting me down.
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Kroney, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:08,
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i'm allergic to catswhere does that leave me?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:09,
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Sewing.You see, isn't it so much easier when you let us men do your thinking for you?
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Kroney, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:11,
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Real lesbians are never like the ones on the films.It's false fucking advertising.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:11,
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Please read that back to yourself.How can you not have "any such thing as a minority group".
If we all started off equal then yes, anyone regardless of ethnicity or sexuality could achieve anything that anyone else could.
But we don't start off equal, so to start saying "You know the problem with all those black kids from the deprived areas is that they just don't work hard enough" is just racist.
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Just because you have a really small penis and your wife APPARENTLY has wonky tits, doesn't give you the right to speak for minority groups.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:47,
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Wonky tits?Is this Al's gravitational pull or some kind of medical defect?
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:51,
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There's not point in trying to stop this one nowit's already got legs.
Monty look at this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnPJmDc0b_M
at 0.33, that's what I would look like if I was black.
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Legs with abnormally short thighs.Musky legs.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:02,
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Hahahah put your shirt back on you fat black-Al.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:57,
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i am saying that there SHOULD be no such thing as minority groupspeople should be assessed on ability and effort and no more. yes it is hard if you are born into a deprived area. but at some point you've got to take responsibility and if your parents didn't, that sucks, but you either stay in a shithole or you work your way out of it (like my dad did).
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:53,
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Your dad was a white manGrowing up at the time he did meant he had it the easiest he could possibly have had it.
You are a white middle class girl so you've had it pretty much as easy as he did.
And I say this as a white middle class man who also had it very easy to get where I am today.
There is no comparison to my nice upbringing in a big house in the country to being raised in a poor area of a large city and I wouldn't pretend to have any idea how much harder it would have been if that was the case.
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Yes but her dadis northern, Al.
A real one too - not like you.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:01,
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it might have been easiER for me, this is probably true, but i can't undo or control thathowever, i wouldn't say that getting 1 out of 25 scholarships when i was 9 (about 10,000 kids took that exam) or getting 1 place out of 150 to get into school (about 2000 kids took that exam) or slogging my guts out to get A*s and As at GCSE and A-level and a good degree or getting a training contract (about 2,000 applicants go for each training contract) was EASY!
however, it's also about what you do when you get to where you are. you and i both repay the system with taxes which helps people in poorer areas (although not in the most efficient way imho) we are both good citizens, what else can we do?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:05,
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hai have actually only ever seen about 2 episodes if that helps...
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:10,
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Al I agree with your points abovethings aren't right or fixed yet. But I have to point out that just because he was white didn't necessarily make her father's path easier. The disadvantage of class as versus colour is far more marked. It's about money and its distribution rather than skin colour.
You're also seemingly rather determined to paint the middle class with a massive brush as having had it easy. It's just not true. I'd be fucking happy right now if it was true.
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:13,
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I'm prett y sure that forty or fifty odd years agoa black person from the north of England would have had a far harder time making a lot of money than a white person.
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A black person from the north of England:Christ how unlucky can one person be?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:20,
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This is quite probably truebut that's quite a long time ago. You can't dismiss hardship but saying 'oh well some other people have had it harder'
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:20,
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I'm not trying to dismiss itI don't really see where you're coming from here.
My initial argument was that Swipey has dismissed "minority groups" as requiring any sort of extra help because all they should do is work harder.
I'm just saying that the reality of the situation is that if you don't give people opportunities then, although some people will always work to better themselves, a lot of people either can't or won't and you will end up a big group of people with no education and no prospects and simply relying on benefits.
Oh hang on, it's pretty much what has happened.
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noooooooi meant there SHOULD be no such thing. i didn't say it doesn't happen in practice!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:34,
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This is getting like your proclamationthat the middle east should just stop being nasty and just be nice instead.
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I don't think so. My best friend was ditched by her parents when she was three days old because of her disability, raised by her grandparents.Her mom went on to marry someone else and have two other kids, neither have jobs, one has a baby, the other dropped out of high school, while my best friend could have done the same thing she graduated, went to college, graduated from college and has a good job.
Pretty good for someone from a family that's considered poor white trash.
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Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:54,
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There are always people who can work their way out from hard beginingsand equally there are lots of privileged people who piss their opportunities up the wall.
But it takes a lot more effort to get where your friend from her start in life.
This is really a whole different argument to the point I started off making, which is that Sex and the City is extremely sexist and actually hampers equalty.
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shouldn't she be washing her hair right now or something?(
Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:19,
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How many times have you chatted up a woman by mentioning your favourite TGN episode(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:23,
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THE NEXT GENERATION *spews spittle everywhere*(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:33,
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i guess with chat like that it's the only way to get your audience wet
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:41,
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Now I'm no expert nerd but wouldn't that make it TNG?(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:43,
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You appear to be an expert nerd after alldon't put your nerd skillz down
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:48,
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Knowing the alphabet doesn't make me a nerd down here in the south, Sport.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:49,
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I got caught up in the excitement of my star trek post :((
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:51,
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I noticed and knew what you meantbut couldn't bring myself to disparage against someone pointing out how far superior TNG is to SATC. Even grammatically.
(, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:54, Reply)
I was hardly looking for a scientifically determined outcomeTwo epic films, two good films and two crap films plus a load of offshoot video games and books is hardly a fair comparison to the enormity of Star Trek's back catalogue
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No, I was intending to provoke debate without any specificityThe entire Trek canon is obviously incomparably gigantic
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Did you make a new friend? I don't know how to dougie. I was drunk and they were trying to teach me at my birthay party, it was embarrassing trying to learn, which was pointless anyway because it's a stupid dance.
alt: uuuuuggggghhhhhhhhh
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Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:11,
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I have the feelingit has to do with Nicktoons from the 90s.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:20,
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ooo eee ooo, killer tofu!(
The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:51,
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Darth! Read a lad's mag in a gay bar!GAY BAR! GAY BAR! GAY BAR!
(I just needed to share that ear worm. Sorry. Bye.)
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I wanna spend all your money,At the GAY BAR! GAY BAR! GAY BAR!
*Dances like one of Monty's gyppoes.*
(, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:50, Reply)
Non Darth Foxtrot Related Gay Jibe Post Of The DayBasically, Monty's strikethrough earlier is my favourite post so far, and this is technically a gay jibe, so I had to qualify it slightly further.
Bet you're glad you asked now
(, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 16:01, Reply)
Perhaps the all day management meeting I've just been atI know how to fix shit, but not how pretty much any of the rest of the business work!
Star Wars all the way
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:49,
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