Gender debate
Lilo has provided the only good argument I've ever
seen for not talking about gender issues. I'll have to think about it.
I do think that he's wrong (ahem) in characterising the debate as "'you're wrong' 'no you're wrong'". But perhaps it
is. I try to make it 'hmm. I hear what you're saying, but my experience is X'.. which, I guess, maybe does boil down
to 'my experiences are a counter-example to your argument'. I don't like telling people they're wrong, but I do feel
that counter-examples are good.
But from outside my skull, maybe it comes across as 'you're wrong'. So lilo may be right. :/
I discuss gender not to highlight differences (as lilo's last paragraph implies), but to attempt to ensure that people
are aware of subconscious cultural tendancies towards each other. (and that's male-male and female-female, as
well as female-male)
BTW: it's NOT a linguistics issue. It's a culture issue. It's the cognitive dissonance that matters, not the origin of the
word.
Tea
jwalther, I love scones, either with or without jam, but I can't
imagine what possesses anyone to drink tea. Under any circumstances. It's awful stuff.
Spam
I'm getting ticked off with places I've never heard of telling me 'you are receiving this email because you have
requested information from us in the past'. Sigh.
My day
Gee, thanks Bryce. You summed up a large part of my life
here:
"unfortunately there isn't much you can say about a day which is composed of waking up, coughing lots, going to
work, writing documentation, then going home."
I guess that's what I get for being a CFS-recovering documenter. :)
Hm. Y'know, Bryce really did sum up my day. Dammit.