Gender Confusion

[TheFaithfulStone]

So, I've noticed that we have kind of a weird balance of genders on Hypography. You know like 90% male. I guess that's not that odd for the internet, but I keep mistaking posters for female when they aren't.

Now, I'm not going to name names, as to who's in the "thought-they-were-a-girl" crowd, but I just find it fascinating what the internet leads us to believe about people that informs all of our interactions - poorly.

Furthermore, how many times might we have said something to someone on the internet that we never would have said to them face to face - and not just because there aren't any real consequence for shooting your mouth off on the internet - but because you simply wouldn't talk to (men, women, children, muslims, the elderly, hot chicks, nerdy looking guys etc) like that.

Just how wrong are our opinions about who the other people on Hypography really are?

Is it a utopia when everything about you is blind text, and there aren't any pre-concieved notions, or is it the opposite - where you have no framework for interacting with other people, and people take jokes seriously.

TFS

[Mercedes Benzene]

It may be true that there is an unbalanced population of genders here on Hypography, and yes it may sometimes be difficult to distinguish...
...but... I really don't have a problem with it. I'll talk to anyone regardless of gender, race, age, and the other things you mentioned.

To me, they're just people.

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by TheFaithfulStone

So, I've noticed that we have kind of a weird balance of genders on Hypography. You know like 90% male. I guess that's not that odd for the internet, but I keep mistaking posters for female when they aren't.

Always a thought provoking problem for me whether to dispatch Brotherly or Sisterly conduct.

Originally Posted by TheFaithfulStone

Now, I'm not going to name names, as to who's in the "thought-they-were-a-girl" crowd, but I just find it fascinating what the internet leads us to believe about people that informs all of our interactions - poorly.

Unless it's germain, I prefer to keep gender out of it.

Originally Posted by TheFaithfulStone

Furthermore, how many times might we have said something to someone on the internet that we never would have said to them face to face...

99.356% of the time for me.

Originally Posted by TheFaithfulStone

Just how wrong are our opinions about who the other people on Hypography really are?

.644% wrong for me.

Originally Posted by TheFaithfulStone

Is it a utopia when everything about you is blind text, and there aren't any pre-concieved notions, or is it the opposite - where you have no framework for interacting with other people, and people take jokes seriously.

TFS

Utopia! Where the framewwork is that everbody is blind text & no preconceived notions. In Utopia, you are your words. Viva la Hypography!!!!

[TheBigDog]

I am in the rare group of people who has actually scored with another Hypographer!

I am always impressed with how well the content of everyone's opinions is taken, regardless of their age, gender, education, etc. The anonimity of the internet helps some, but the class of the people who congregate at this intellectual watering hole is the biggest part.

Bill

[Mercedes Benzene]

I am in the rare group of people who has actually scored with another Hypographer!

errrr....

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Mercedes Benzene

errrr....

He's married to one of us. He may have gone too far in presuming other pairs haven't made it though.

[TheBigDog]

Originally Posted by Mercedes Benzene

errrr....

Do I have to spell it out for you? I am too much of a gentleman.

Bill

[Mercedes Benzene]

Do I have to spell it out for you? I am too much of a gentleman.

I'm just messing with you.
I found it humorous.

[Jay-qu]

Originally Posted by Mercedes Benzene

To me, they're just people.

Exactly the way I feel, everyone is just a person I dont really think of it as girl/guy though sometimes it is obvious. I like how it works

[CraigD]

A gender disparity I noticed a while back is that there appear to be no female posters in the hyper-popular Space Voyage #1 thread.

I recall worrying that female members might be offended by the Desiree la'Tush character – female spacefight enthusiasts are often dedicated feminists. When no offense appeared to result, despite Desiree’s long and lurid adventures, I concluded that hardly any women were following the thread.