I was going to say that Nature should win
because she can destroy man made objects in seconds with earthquakes, typhoons and floods, but then we've been destroying nature ever since we learned how to dig.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:17, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Nature doesn't have a gender.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:19, Reply)

bloody androgyne freak

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:20, Reply)

Of course nature has a gender.

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:21, Reply)

that's ridiculous
you can have an opinion on it, but saying of course when there is no evidence of anything like that is just silly
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:25, Reply)

Don't argue semantics with me young man.
Every body THINKS of nature as female.
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:28, Reply)

I don't in the slightest
it is gender free. Like a table.

there's no need to go round anthropomorphising everything
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:29, Reply)

Well you would be different for different sakes.
AND EVERYBODY KNOWS TABLES ARE MALE.
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:33, Reply)

They are females in Spanish
They feel female to me.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 9:34, Reply)

I always think of tables being dull and stupid.

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:36, Reply)

why not resort to tired generalisations based on sex?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:37, Reply)

Ok I'll give it a go.

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:40, Reply)

www.threadbombing.com/data/media/54/facepalm_statue.jpg
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:43, Reply)

Haha!
I was being sarcastic.
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:46, Reply)

really?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:50, Reply)

Yup!

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:52, Reply)

Wow!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I know!

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:54, Reply)

I'm not being different for differences sake
I honestly don't think that nature is a he or she. Nor is a table

The word may have a gender, depending on language, but not the thing.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:37, Reply)

I suppose you've never ever heard of the term Mother Nature.
I guess I do have Pagan tendancies which colour my view.
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:39, Reply)

I have heard of it
that doesn't mean it is so

just because a certain group of people refer to something in a way doesn't mean it is true.

Nothing wrong with pagan tendencies.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:41, Reply)

You fucking druid

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Innit!
I love a bit of naked dancing round a fire.
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:47, Reply)

Tales of the Unexpected?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:47, Reply)

I used to love that programme.
Gave me the willies.
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:49, Reply)

unexpected tails here too ;-)

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:50, Reply)

unexpected tails

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:49, Reply)

Dirty Ticket

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:54, Reply)

No they don't. I don't, Vipros doesn't.
That's two without trying desperately hard, isn't it?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:42, Reply)

That's hardly a random section of the populace.
Two arguementative bastards.
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:50, Reply)

it is actually my opinion
I'm not just being argumentative. You'd be surprised at how infrequently I'll argue something just for the sake of it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:51, Reply)

Not with me it seems.

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:53, Reply)

that may be how you see it
but I wouldn't argue if I didn't believe what I was saying. What's the point?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:54, Reply)

Your overwhelming desire to be right?

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:57, Reply)

in this particular instance I'm not arguing that you shouldn't say she about nature
I'm saying that not everyone thinks that.

it's not a question of being right
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Okay you win. I'm bored now.
What shall we argue about next?
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:01, Reply)

I don't argue just for the sake of it
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post725456

interesting debates are fine, but the rapid recourse to discussing the nature of arguments each time kind of gets in the way
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:04, Reply)

You're no fun : (

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:06, Reply)

I am, but I see little point in arguing for the sake of it
or arguing with someone who is arguing for the sake of it.

:-P

now I really need to actually do some work!

see you later
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:07, Reply)

Verbal banter FTW!

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:08, Reply)

better when it is complete nonsense or there is a point to it
anything in between is a waste of time!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:11, Reply)

Again!
Okay you win.
( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:16, Reply)

Please support your preposterous notion with evidence.
Thank you.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:27, Reply)

See above.

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:28, Reply)

Nature has periods

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 9:29, Reply)

ha!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:49, Reply)

Yes, the boys don't reply to that one, eh?

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 9:57, Reply)

depending on how you refer to it
so does a school day.

so does a piece of writing.

didn't reply because it is an argumental non-sequitur
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:59, Reply)

Yeah, yeah, excuses
You know we've won!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 10:01, Reply)

won what?
I'm saying that not everyone thinks nature is female and that there is no evidence that supports that it is.

I haven't read anything that changes that
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Oh, well
You want to win? There you have your prize.

(Sorry, it's difficult, I always get confused on the internet about what's real and what's a joke. From my comment about the periods I'm just joking, obviously Nature doesn't menstruate. I'm not sure if you're going with the joke or getting upset with me and thinking I'm silly)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 10:07, Reply)

not upset at all :-)
what I meant was that I don't see it as a competition to win or lose. (not this time anyway)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Oh, no, me neither
I find it very funny when people think they're winning about an argument you can't care less about.

I used to get very upset with them, stupid girls at my school grrrr
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 10:09, Reply)

Well of course it does.
Cretaceous, Jurassic etc - you don't mean to say that the natural world menstruates, do you? That would be idiotic.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:00, Reply)

Nature is male, because it likes to fuck people

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:00, Reply)

Yeah, we women don't like to fuck people
Are you single?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Engaged.
I think more of women being fucked due to the penetrative nature of copulation.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:03, Reply)

We can fuck you well and trully
But I kind of see your point.

In that case, Nature gives birth to new live, therefore, a woman.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 10:08, Reply)

I think that was the idea behind 'Mother' nature
because nature is supposed to have all the nurturing and giving aspects that a woman has. Plus one hell of a temper.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:11, Reply)

I like to think of it as a she
Boats are always referred to as 'she', although to me cars are always boys.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:50, Reply)

And what names have you given your cars?

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 18 May 2010, 9:55, Reply)

Well the first one was Zippy. He died though (my fault)
Then there was Chester. He died. (not my fault)
Then there was Leicester. He died after only 7 hours. (definitely not my fault)
And now we have Cecil. He's not mine though and Wiggy refuses to refer to him by name.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:13, Reply)

We need a thread on this - car names/ names for inanimate objects.
Not today though, because I'm busy. Should be busy - damn you b3ta!
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 18 May 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Agreed
I have some impressive pictures of the sinking of the deepwater horizon, and a long explanation on how it works and what might have happened, but I don't know how to post them
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 9:26, Reply)