Wonder if she ever comes to this site....

[tpjunkie]

http://www.campushook.com/?pg=profile&user=13365

Anyone else see this/think its funny? I'd wager she probably has a screen name here...

[Mr. Anderson]

I'm scared to ask why you wanted to know this....that and how you found her....

D

[MoparShaha]

Wow.

[tpjunkie]

oh, i found it through one of those daily links at collegehumor.com...its iGav's links that make me wonder where he digs them up ;)

[G5orbust]

Man...Ive heard of fanaticism, but to take a professional photograph with your computers!

I bet she has at least visited MR or Spymac. Dont know about membership though.

[scem0]

Vniow is finally revealed :D

scem0

[Sun Baked]

Originally posted by scem0
Vniow is finally revealed :D

scem0 .ocsirC narF naS ni s'woinV ,yrtnuoc eht fo edis gnorW.

[rainman::|:|]

Well it's not that dorky right? i had my senior pictures taken with my iMac, and with a powerbook. Kind of embarassing in hindsight, but kids are kids. This was a blueberry iMac and a PB5300... at least it was cool equipment...

paul

[gwuMACaddict]

Originally posted by paulwhannel
Well it's not that dorky right? i had my senior pictures taken with my iMac, and with a powerbook.

uh... worse than that bad if you ask me ;)

but #$%, that girl is reallllllly pretty...

[Dippo]

Originally posted by Stelliform
But isn't she every every computer geek's dream? A female computer nerd who ,in addition to being female and a computer nerd, is pretty damn good looking! If I wasn't married.... ;)

Wow, part of me thinks that she is just joking around, my mind can't comprehend the good looking computer nerd contradiction.

[shadowfax]

well, now that you've all UTTERLY precluded her ever revealing herself here.... someone should get on her board and pm her about this site, maybe tell her "we'd love to have her..."

[krossfyter]

yeah bring her over... shes pretty... not that thats a requirement or anything.


its a sausage fest up in here... we need more women who are mac freaks.

[themadchemist]

Yeah, the only problem is that we might start seeing threads about gossip and love triangles. :eek: ;)

[krossfyter]

sausage fest


die!

[Krizoitz]

Originally posted by shadowfax
well, now that you've all UTTERLY precluded her ever revealing herself here.... someone should get on her board and pm her about this site, maybe tell her "we'd love to have her..."

Yeah, either shes going to love the attention or shes going to be appaled by how people are more interested in how pretty she is than what shes like.

[Opteron]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
I'm scared to ask why you wanted to know this....that and how you found her....

D

I second that.

[virividox]

stalker...

[Moxiemike]

shes from my town. hmmmmmmmmmmm

[eyelikeart]

hehe...go get her moxie! ;)

So she's a little hottie...who loves Macs...

it's weird to post it up on a website like that...but whatever...

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
hehe...go get her moxie! ;)

So she's a little hottie...who loves Macs...

it's weird to post it up on a website like that...but whatever...

Heh. She's been buddy listed. We'll see if she can keep up with the D100.... she's a photog too! haha!

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Heh. She's been buddy listed. We'll see if she can keep up with the D100.... she's a photog too! haha!

U should offer to take some photos of her & show her how the D100 works. :eek: ;)

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
U should offer to take some photos of her & show her how the D100 works. :eek: ;)

now now now. she could be reading this. I'd never do something like that anyway.

*whistles and looks away*

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
now now now. she could be reading this. I'd never do something like that anyway.

*whistles and looks away*

yeah...you're right...

;)

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
yeah...you're right...

;)

Dude. Don't mess this one up for me man. I think i could be feeling real feelings here.....


heheh.

;)

[D0ct0rteeth]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
shes from my town. hmmmmmmmmmmm

Kern was teaching there last I talked to him.. take him out for some guiness.. he probably knows her..

- Doc

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by D0ct0rteeth
Kern was teaching there last I talked to him.. take him out for some guiness.. he probably knows her..

- Doc

Heh.

Kern. Totally off topic... that kid was a weird one. Him and Sean and Bethany and drama all around. Whewsies.

Hah.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Dude. Don't mess this one up for me man. I think i could be feeling real feelings here.....

u don't have some salty discharge coming out of your eyes do u?

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
u don't have some salty discharge coming out of your eyes do u?

i hate you. damn you. you're like... just a big bully. leave me alone.

*sniffles*

heh. Im done. back to money making. hehe

[Mr. Anderson]

A little young for you anyway, isn't she? :p

And does everyone so soon forget Genie and her pics when she opened her G5?

D

[CmdrLaForge]

Why are you talking so much ? Just go ahead and invite her to the forum ! She will like it !

[krossfyter]

Yeah shes already got a huge following here.


Her ears are burning.

[krossfyter]

dang did i just say what i think i just said?

im buzzing sorry.

[kiwi_the_iwik]

OK OK - no need to scare her off, folks....

....this calls for some tactics.



Moxie - the ball is in YOUR court.

Weave that magic that you weave so well.

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by kiwi_the_iwik
OK OK - no need to scare her off, folks....

....this calls for some tactics.



Moxie - the ball is in YOUR court.

Weave that magic that you weave so well.

she's currently in class, but when she gets back, she's all ours. I shall bring her here and make her a macrumors regular. :)

[krossfyter]

yeah edited that crap. sorry moxie.

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by krossfyter
yeah edited that crap. sorry moxie.

it's all in good fun my man. all in good fun

[kiwi_the_iwik]

Poor thing won't know what hit her....


...She'll certainly think twice about posting her picture online.

Or (maybe) it's nothing more than a cunning ruse - it's some guy playing a joke, and the girl in question has been hired from none other than renta-babe?

:p

[Benjamin]

lol justine! she is on spymac if you wanted to know and she usually isn't on anyway but for a short time she posted there. hehe, wow, didn't think her image would end up here. time to email her, she will get a kick out of this.

[wdlove]

She is very nice looking tpjunkie. I hope that you will be able to encourage her to join our forum. It would be great to have another female. Noticed she has a G4 Graphite model just like mine, even has a nice Cinema Display.

I remember Genie well Mr. Anderson. Her pictures captured her excitement with her new G5. I wonder if she return again?

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
she's currently in class, but when she gets back, she's all ours. I shall bring her here and make her a macrumors regular. :)

show her the ways my friend...show her the ways... ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

you're all way too bored.....

and if you were all in a room together you'd all be talking to each other in hushed tones, casting glances at her across the room, trying to get one of you to get the nerve up to go over and talk to her.... :p

D

[tpjunkie]

Not if I had already drank a 12 pack and posted it on the drunk thread first! ;)

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by tpjunkie
Not if I had already drank a 12 pack and posted it on the drunk thread first! ;)


that a boy! thats what im talking about. nothing like a little alcohol to shave off them bourgeois tendencies.

[neut]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
it's all in good fun my man. all in good fun

hey moxie... get her in the photo thread. seems to be right up her alley.

when my girl gets her *new* mac (hehe... im getting a 17" and she's getting my Ti) i'll post her pic there (if she lets me). no pervs though please.


peace.


btw- that girl is too cute!

[tpjunkie]

jeez, you people are talking like you're going to hunt her down and force her to become an active member here...talk about creepy...

and i thought this thread would be wastelanded 5 minutes after i posted it :p

[vniow]

And people wonder why I won't post my pic...

[Krizoitz]

I guess she's good looking, but I always had a crush on Janie Porsche (She saved Christmas!). She just had that down to earth, wholesome look to her.

[applemacdude]

Originally posted by Sun Baked
.ocsirC narF naS ni s'woinV ,yrtnuoc eht fo edis gnorW.



.yaB yeretnoM eht raen sevil ehs yllautcA.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
and if you were all in a room together you'd all be talking to each other in hushed tones, casting glances at her across the room, trying to get one of you to get the nerve up to go over and talk to her.... :p

then let the married guy break the ice? ;)

[Awimoway]

We need a Mac way of saying howdy. Maybe we could all chip in and buy her an iSight? ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
then let the married guy break the ice? ;)

ha, well, I did it before....;)

and look where that got you....chasing ghosts around DC....

D

[gwuMACaddict]

Originally posted by Awimoway
We need a Mac way of saying howdy. Maybe we could all chip in and buy her an iSight? ;)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

i've got a quater :(

[janey]

male geeks *sigh*

what about all the women who signed up on these forums? not gonna do anything about them?

http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=39

[tpjunkie]

good, good, keep talking about this poor girl....im sure we'll all make great first impressions like this...:p

[neut]

Originally posted by übergeek
male geeks *sigh*

what about all the women who signed up on these forums? not gonna do anything about them?

http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=39

true, true...

but most seem spoken for or are rarely caught flirting (and for good reason – i think most of them have seen the guys in the 'post your pic' thread). of the twenty-three polled i only know of three off hand.

i guess it's just that this girl has what a lot of what geek guys are looking for... a website with lost of pictures of herself and her life. most guys are to scared to go beyond the life of a voyeur.

i know of a few 'hot' mac girls and i'm reluctant to post their pics in fear of threads like this one. ;)

i feel sorry for the girl as i've seen a lot of threads on this girl elsewhere too; unless of course she like attention from a bunch of perverted geeks, then more power to her. too bad though; she really is cute (if you can't tell i'm one of the perverted geeks too :D).



peace.


btw- here's hoping that threads like this don't scare away any female presence this bored has struggled to acquire. if these guys weren't mac users i would have never joined (as would most... i would think).

[Awimoway]

Originally posted by neut
true, true...

but most seem spoken for or are rarely caught flirting (and for good reason – i think most of them have seen the guys in the 'post your pic' thread). of the twenty-three polled i only know of three off hand.

i guess it's just that this girl has what a lot of what geek guys are looking for... a website with lost of pictures of herself and her life. most guys are to scared to go beyond the life of a voyeur.

i know of a few 'hot' mac girls and i'm reluctant to post their pics in fear of threads like this one. ;)

i feel sorry for the girl as i've seen a lot of threads on this girl elsewhere too; unless of course she like attention from a bunch of perverted geeks, then more power to her. too bad though; she really is cute (if you can't tell i'm one of the perverted geeks too :D).



peace.


btw- here's hoping that threads like this don't scare away any female presence this bored has struggled to acquire. if these guys weren't mac users i would have never joined (as would most... i would think).

Aww, man, I disagree completely. This is all in good fun. We are not making fun of her. If anything, we are mocking ourselves. I think that if (or when) she ever sees this, she'll have a good laugh.

Don't take it so seriously, man. :)

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by übergeek
male geeks *sigh*

what about all the women who signed up on these forums? not gonna do anything about them?

http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=39


got pics?

[janey]

um i'm a girl.
and my pics are in the MR pic thread thing.

Or you can just look on my .mac homepage
http://homepage.mac.com/jane_lee/iview/index.html

[3rdpath]

why do i have a vision of you guys all lined up against the wall at a high school dance...looking like farmer ted in " 16 candles"...;)

you'd all be whispering things like:
" i wonder if she's using panther",
" maybe she's still in OS 9.2.2",
" no way",
" way",
"usb?"
"no, positively firewire"
followed by all sorts of snickering....

[Krizoitz]

Originally posted by 3rdpath
why do i have a vision of you guys all lined up against the wall at a high school dance...looking like farmer ted in " 16 candles"...;)

you'd all be whispering things like:
" i wonder if she's using panther",
" maybe she's still in OS 9.2.2",
" no way",
" way",
"usb?"
"no, positively firewire"
followed by all sorts of snickering....

are you kidding the way these guys are acting it would be more like

"check out her dual proccesors"
"i'd like to make her kernal panic"
"i bet she has a nice slot loading drive"

[3rdpath]

i know, but i was trying to keep it clean.....;)

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by Krizoitz
are you kidding the way these guys are acting it would be more like

"check out her dual proccesors"
"i'd like to make her kernal panic"
"i bet she has a nice slot loading drive"


heh


id like to give her a real "hard drive"!

id like to operate her system.


whatever.

[janey]

chmod baby :D

[CmdrLaForge]

Guys,

just be smart and cool.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by CmdrLaForge
Guys,

just be smart and cool.

that ended long ago, maybe even before the thread started :p

If she has seen this thread, she's most likely run for the hills by now - unless she has a decent sense of humor.

D

[Mr. Anderson]

and there she goes.....

[themadchemist]

Originally posted by übergeek
um i'm a girl.
and my pics are in the MR pic thread thing.

Or you can just look on my .mac homepage
http://homepage.mac.com/jane_lee/iview/index.html

a bit young, no offense...:D I think that most of the people on this forum having such thoughts about you would likely be a violation of local, state, and federal laws, not to mention some basic principles of morality. :p

[gwuMACaddict]

haha- i love how this thread is still alive... :(

[themadchemist]

Originally posted by gwuMACaddict
haha- i love how this thread is still alive... :(

yeah, that's what I was thinking. :D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
and there she goes.....

haha...it could be her...

or someone around here playing around after seeing this thread... ;)

[krimson]

Originally posted by übergeek
um i'm a girl.
and my pics are in the MR pic thread thing.

Or you can just look on my .mac homepage
http://homepage.mac.com/jane_lee/iview/index.html

you look familiar...

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
haha...it could be her...

or someone around here playing around after seeing this thread... ;)

no pics to prove it, but at the same time as i got the one above, she was viewing this thread.....and with no response, I'm sticking with my above statement :D

D

[iindigo]

:eek: W O W :eek:

[xthree]

Haha, no.. It's really me!

[eyelikeart]

ah quiet falls over the thread...

[evoluzione]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
ah quiet falls over the thread...


hehe, too funny... where did everyone go??

so, i guess, welcome xthree :) hope you had a chuckle

[Awimoway]

Originally posted by xthree
Haha, no.. It's really me!


Well welcome! I, myself, am happily married, but I am bothered by the striking shortage of female voices at most Mac sites. So I hope you like it here and visit often. It is the place for great Mac gossip. :)

[tpjunkie]

Originally posted by xthree
Haha, no.. It's really me!

Well, I'd like to welcome you to macrumors, and at the same time, apologize for starting this thread, if it's made you uncomfortable. No classes and collegehumor.com can be a deadly combination.

I guess since you did post, you must have found this at least somewhat amusing...anyway, i think we were all little bored because a certain other thread has been closed (*exchanges knowing looks with revenuee, wdlove, eye, and a few others*)

[neut]

Originally posted by xthree
Haha, no.. It's really me!

ok... well, now im embarrassed to be a part of this whole thing.

thanks for bursting our bubbles and taking away our fantasies of a non-existant ultra-hot mac geek and making yourself a reality. now no one will know what to do with themselves and will feel ashamed for ever thinking 'that way' about you. 'cept me of course. j/k ;)

welcome. i hope your stay is longer than some. come check out the photo thread for some intelligent conversation and some really great photography: Photography IX (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59368&perpage=25&pagenumber=7)


peace.


oh yeah... and with this post i turn 500. :D

[Squire]

Originally posted by ?ergeek
um i'm a girl.
and my pics are in the MR pic thread thing.

Or you can just look on my .mac homepage
http://homepage.mac.com/jane_lee/iview/index.html

Hey, ergeek...
If it's any consolation, you don't look that young. The graduation pics (right?) look great and that package of tofu looked quite familiar. (Note my location.)

xthree,
Welcome to MacRumors. It's a pretty interesting place. tpjunkie's post above, for instance, made me fall off my chair.

Squire

<edit: Congrats, neut!>

[tpjunkie]

thanks, I try.

I almost forgot-although I'm sure you probably noticed- Post a picture in the macrumors members photo thread!

Or, then again, you may want to steer clear of it...a lot of us have pictures already there :o ;)

[agreenster]

Originally posted by xthree
Haha, no.. It's really me!

You guys are so gullible. Isnt it kinda WEIRD that this poster signed up after this thread was started and has only ever posted ONE time in THIS thread?

Ha ha. Dorks.

[xthree]

Well, it is me!! lol :) Ben sent me a link to this thread yesterday so I checked it out. I was pretty shocked, to say the least but I was humored. I never really expected any of this really, I just signed up for campus hook so my friends and I could chat during classes/work lol. Thanks for all the interesting comments though :) I enjoyed them!

[tpjunkie]

what im curious about is how you ended up on collegehumor.com in the first place

[xthree]

lol, I'm curious to know that as well! I have no idea... I wouldn't have known if didn't ask how someone got my screen name. Weird.

[krossfyter]

classic!

[Sun Baked]

It's not like the first time a thread like this has started.

[Benjamin]

Originally posted by xthree
Well, it is me!! lol :) Ben sent me a link to this thread yesterday so I checked it out. I was pretty shocked, to say the least but I was humored. I never really expected any of this really, I just signed up for campus hook so my friends and I could chat during classes/work lol. Thanks for all the interesting comments though :) I enjoyed them!

I see she is registered and on, lol, neat :)

hello justine.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by xthree
Well, it is me!! lol :) Ben sent me a link to this thread yesterday so I checked it out.

Ha, well glad you made it - so who's ben?

D

[agreenster]

Nmnnmnmm. I think in order to prove it, she'll have to post an original pic in the MacRumors Pics thread, here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38844)

Other than that, I still call bogus. Maybe a pic of her holding an "I Love MacRumors" sign?

[kiwi_the_iwik]

Goddamnit!

You turn your back for FIVE minutes, and look what happens...

Here's a rather interesting turn of events!!!

Welcome to the Clan, xthree. I hope your experience on MR is productive and informative!

(Blech! How corny...)


:p

[iindigo]

hehe lol if it's really you xthree, check your PMs ;)

[janey]

Originally posted by themadchemist
a bit young, no offense...:D I think that most of the people on this forum having such thoughts about you would likely be a violation of local, state, and federal laws, not to mention some basic principles of morality. :p
hehe.
i knew someone would say that.

squire: hehe. the tofu...thats my mom's favorite. thanks :) i didnt know you live in korea :cool:
krimson: maybe we saw each other or something, after all we live in the same city...i've met some of the los angeles macrumors forum members in real life :)

btw xthree welcome to the MR forums :)
the guys here tend to be really geeky, but you'll get used to them :) love that pic with the computer :p

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by übergeek

the guys here tend to be really geeky

dont know where you are getting that from.


;)

[Porshuh944turbo]

this is quite a funny thread... I started in late and while reading I wanted to jump ahead so bad to see if she ever came here but just waited and sure enough! lol

bad thing is.. up here at work the link for the original picture is blocked! (considered non-work related lol) somehow, they still let me come to MR! can anyone mirror the picture in this thread?

that is, if it's alright with the owner ;)

welcome xthree, from what I read, you are already like a celebrity!

[evoluzione]

so if i start a thread wondering about a truck load of cash, you think that will miraculously appear too? heh, i'm so stoopid sometimes.


seriously, there's no reason why it wouldn't be the "real" xthree right? has her aim/website etc in the profile...

and yeah, you're very cute by the way...
not that it's really that amazing that there are good looking girls that use macs out there, just wander into Apple SoHo...

[Porshuh944turbo]

Oh I'd love to! but uh... wandering from here to there would take quite a while....

[xthree]

Originally posted by evoluzione
so if i start a thread wondering about a truck load of cash, you think that will miraculously appear too? heh, i'm so stoopid sometimes.


seriously, there's no reason why it wouldn't be the "real" xthree right? has her aim/website etc in the profile...

and yeah, you're very cute by the way...
not that it's really that amazing that there are good looking girls that use macs out there, just wander into Apple SoHo...

True, but I mean anyone could have done that since it's listed on my profile thingy.

Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming though hehe :)

[iPegboy]

i rarely ever post at macrumors, but visit almost everyday, but seriously, this is a funny thread.

there has been said on xthree's message board about this situation, which makes me a bit suspcious of the actual identity of the poster.

though someone on there says:
"Dude, what's up with all the freakin new ppl?"

honestly, how many have signed up in the last day? let's see hands ...

[evoluzione]

Originally posted by xthree
True, but I mean anyone could have done that since it's listed on my profile thingy.

Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming though hehe :)

oh, it is? whoops
heh

[xthree]

Haha, I'm in the same computer lab as those people that are asking about the new people. That's pretty funny. They are very territorial to my message board lol ;)

[gwuMACaddict]

Originally posted by xthree
Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming though hehe :)

by 'welcoming', i assume you mean crazy/wierd/stalkerish/horny/out of control/bizzare welcoming...

:(

[xthree]

It was interesting ;) lol

[scem0]

http://www.xthree.net/drp_pics/12.01.03.jpg
I love the cakes.
http://www.xthree.net/drp_pics/11.03.03.jpg

Wow I just wasted a lot of time going through every single picture....

The roadkill ones were gross, especially the closeup of the squirell. The intestines one was kind of funny.

Nice site :).

scem0

[Squire]

scem0,

You must be on vacation.

Squire

[kettle]

Originally posted by übergeek
the guys here tend to be really geeky

pah!

[xthree]

haha.. I make awesome cake!!! :D

[wdlove]

Your cakes look delicious scem0. What flavor?

[eyelikeart]

dead baby?! :eek: :confused:

[xthree]

Those are my cakes!! lol.. It was a joke :P .. Sick, but the cake was awesome.

[Opteron]

This has lasted longer than expected:rolleyes:

[Benjamin]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Ha, well glad you made it - so who's ben?

D

me :)

[FightTheFuture]

um, what was thread about? and can i get one of those cakes to say "happy 51st boss?"

[janey]

Originally posted by FightTheFuture
um, what was thread about? and can i get one of those cakes to say "happy 51st boss?"
girl everyone thought was sexy because she's like a total computer geek, etc :)

read...its a funny thread.

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by übergeek
girl everyone thought was sexy because she's like a total computer geek, etc :)

read...its a funny thread.

haha.


How about this.

Any posters who ask what the thread they are replying to and posting about are automatically sent to a tourture chamber and await further instruction.

Read the threads you are posting to!



Guys... I found a Girl who a girl... and likes macs does that mean I can post a new thread about this girl?

haha, great stuff people, keep it up.

[Sun Baked]

Guess which MacRumors babe is auctioning her famous G5 (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61268) for charity?

[Moxiemike]

so much has happened since i had to work the past few. ;)

Welcome to the board xthree

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
so much has happened since i had to work the past few. ;)

Welcome to the board xthree

be careful not to let it all pass u by friend...

[virividox]

urban legend is true and the whole macrumors board will turn swimfan on her, ooo this is gonna get ugly

[xthree]

Oh my...!

[agreenster]

Well, a new day and still no proof. Ah, well. I think it makes it more funny that the pervs and hornies of the previous 3 pages have been talking to one of their own in "xthree, the new MR member."

Heh heh. I went over to her forum, and it looks like one of the macrumors people signed up over there and is chatting away....

So who is it? C'mon, fess up!

:rolleyes: This thread is wacky.

[virividox]

lets just assume its really her, woo hoo, moment over move on.

[vniow]

Holy crap some of you need to get laid. Really really bad.

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by vniow
Holy crap some of you need to get laid. Really really bad.

Nah. Some of us just have really oblique senses of humor.

Are you familiar with Satire?

[vniow]

Originally posted by Moxiemike

Are you familiar with Satire?

You have an uncle named Satire too?

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by vniow
You have an uncle named Satire too?

Satre actually

[agreenster]

You know vniow, I've always wondered:

What the heck IS that running thing on your avatar? Looks like a cross between a llama and one of those cactus critters from Super Mario Brothers 2.

[vniow]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49492

[agreenster]

Hum. Well that explains it, but it still doesnt explain it. :)

[FightTheFuture]

Originally posted by MrMacman
[B]Any posters who ask what the thread they are replying to and posting about are automatically sent to a tourture chamber and await further instruction.
Read the threads you are posting to!


i wish people understood sarcasm. the thread really floated from one topic to the other, i was just adding a sarcastic comment on how that happened. oh well. i'm bored now.

[krimson]

Originally posted by übergeek
hehe.
i knew someone would say that.

...
krimson: maybe we saw each other or something, after all we live in the same city...i've met some of the los angeles macrumors forum members in real life :)

btw xthree welcome to the MR forums :)
the guys here tend to be really geeky, but you'll get used to them :) love that pic with the computer :p

Possibly, but im pretty new to MR (haven't met anyone yet), and im an anti-social, bi-polar hermit :D

[kiwi_the_iwik]

Really?

Well I'm a schizophrenic...


....and so am I.

[krimson]

Hi to both of you :)

yeah, but it seems to only manifest itself when i haven't been sleeping well. or when something traumatic happens.

[deefer]

wow, guys, great firum here, but you really need to get out a bit more. There's girls ALL OVER the planet!!!!!

This is your confirmation, that is the real xthree, so be sure to make paypal donations at her website!

[Awimoway]

Originally posted by deefer
wow, guys, great firum here, but you really need to get out a bit more. There's girls ALL OVER the planet!!!!!

But precious few of them share our zealotry for all things Mac. I can't even convert my dear, sweet wifey. :(

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by FightTheFuture
i wish people understood sarcasm. the thread really floated from one topic to the other, i was just adding a sarcastic comment on how that happened. oh well. i'm bored now.

Its not sarcasm is the other person doesn't immediately understand what you are trying to let it come across as!

I'm so glad your bored!

yay! :p

deefer -- Why is it that there are a disproportionate amount of guys:girls on this forum?

Its just so weird.

:droning tone:
we love you xthree...
Come to us...
we love you xthree...
: pfft :

Guys, come on, let her be. :D

[themadchemist]

we are all so, so sad.

[kiwi_the_iwik]

Speak for yourself - we're both elated.

:p :p

[xthree]

Haha, thanks deefer :)

[deefer]

got yer back, rockstar!

[xthree]

lol.. rock on :)

[eyelikeart]

spam?

[deefer]

spam???? mmmmmmmmm...salty goodness!

[xthree]

spam is soo nasty..!

[scem0]

haha, I see this as potentially the next geek thread :D.

Geek virgins may click here (and I mean virgins to the geek thread if that isn't obvious enough). (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=20569)

scem0

[virividox]

Originally posted by xthree
spam is soo nasty..!

spam rocks. you just gotta slice it then fry it then place it on a piece of bred with some scrambled egg, tabasco maybe some ketchup then u got urself a tastee snack

[sethypoo]

Originally posted by krossfyter
sausage fest


die!

ROTFL:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[wdlove]

Originally posted by scem0
haha, I see this as potentially the next geek thread :D.

Geek virgins may click here (and I mean virgins to the geek thread if that isn't obvious enough). (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=20569)

scem0

Those were the days of nostalgia scem0. I remember them well.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by wdlove
Those were the days of nostalgia scem0. I remember them well.

but there was a reason that ended up in the wasteland......try not to go there again?

D

[xthree]

i didnt even say anything about it

[xthree]

Haha, that's true. I guess I just dont see why anyone would go through the trouble to fake an account hehe. .....Well, nevermind. I guess that would be kinda funny and I'd probably do the same thing if it was my message board haha.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by xthree
Haha, that's true. I guess I just dont see why anyone would go through the trouble to fake an account hehe. .....

You'd be quite surprised the number of fake or duplicate accounts that end up here. It happens all the time and I'm sure we don't know all of them either.

D

[judith]

Originally posted by themadchemist
Yeah, the only problem is that we might start seeing threads about gossip and love triangles. :eek: ;)

Yeah, instead of a bunch of boys gawking over the teenaged "hottie"

*that was rude and totally un-called-for*

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by judith
Yeah, instead of a bunch of boys gawking over the teenaged "hottie"

*that was rude and totally un-called-for*

Boy. People really seem to have a distinct lack of humor!

Any of this stuff happens in real-life too. I've seen, heard and participated in several convos like this in bars, cafés, shows, etc.

But when you write it out, people seem to immediately think the group participating is a bunch of pervs. I'd implore anyone to find a group as creative and thoughtful (and mostly harmless) and this group here.

Lighten up peoples!

[judith]

I was only trying to exemplify the generalization made in the comment quoted above, seemingly regarding women in general, as having a particular interest in gossip and three-way..(conversations?) I thought it was rude - I don't see a lot of women around here starting "Oh girl, did you see the latest Lifetime movie.." threads n' such.

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by judith
I was only trying to exemplify the generalization made in the comment quoted above, seemingly regarding women in general, as having a particular interest in gossip and three-way..(conversations?) I thought it was rude - I don't see a lot of women around here starting "Oh girl, did you see the latest Lifetime movie.." threads n' such.

Well, you women should! i've seen some lifetime movies and they really are stellar cinematic achievements.

[judith]

You women? WTF? are you intentionally trying to offend or what?
I personally don't watch that type of thing, maybe you meant somebody should?

Spare the stereotypical generalizations, jeez, some women really don't care for chick-flicks and gossip and those kindsa things believe it or not.

Now, if you wanna talk cfm, or big-block V8's or something....;)

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by judith
You women? WTF? are you intentionally trying to offend or what?
I personally don't watch that type of thing, maybe you meant somebody should?

Spare the stereotypical generalizations, jeez, some women really don't care for chick-flicks and gossip and those kindsa things believe it or not.

Now, if you wanna talk cfm, or big-block V8's or something....;)

Heh. Boy. Some people are really touchy!

And by the way, i'll take a euro-style, turbocharged 4cyl over a BB V8....

and a romantic comedy over a football game anyday.

[judith]

Really, I just found it ironic that in this particular thread, where the majority of the comments were by men and about a very pretty girl (with good taste no doubt) that a comment like that was made. "oh no, don't invite the women, they'll start gossiping ..." It really wasn't about the differences in whether it's put into writing or verbal, as much as it was just a stab for no appearent reason. (and hypocritical in context) But hey, to prove I can be a good sport, I'll just play along...

What kinda man doesn't like football?:p

[xthree]

I thought the comment was pretty funny. I'm pretty sure most of the females that would take the time to join a forum such as this probably wouldn't be talking about soap operas and their latest breakup...

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by xthree
I thought the comment was pretty funny. I'm pretty sure most of the females that would take the time to join a forum such as this probably wouldn't be talking about soap operas and their latest breakup...

Exactly.

Oh, and Judith, a man who's more into being graceful... a man that likes hockey. ;)

1000x more athletic ability shown in 5 minutes of good hockey than shown in a whole football game. ;)

I can't believe a woman would doubt a man's manliness by picking on him for not liking football!

;)

[virividox]

so moving on from the guy v girl thing

and back to the reason this thread is here...wait i forgot she is here.

so now we know that she comes to the site...there really isnt a reason for this thread to exist anymore is there

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by virividox
so moving on from the guy v girl thing

and back to the reason this thread is here...wait i forgot she is here.

so now we know that she comes to the site...there really isnt a reason for this thread to exist anymore is there

Probably. I chatted with X... she seems super nice. Always good to know another mac user/artist/music freak.. .right?

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by judith
What kinda man doesn't like football?:p

Oh this is funny - a woman that thinks all men like football? That's almost as one sided as the comments you were having an issue with above. What I think the underlying problem here is that stereotypes don't work very well in most cases, best to avoid them :D.

Personally, I'd rather play a sport than watch it (going to a stadium is different though - at least you're participating at some level). Sitting in front of a TV to watch a sport is pretty much a waste of time to me, bearable only if its a social event.

I'm not all that interested in Football, I play ultimate frisbee, a much faster and interesting sport :D

D

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Oh this is funny - a woman that thinks all men like football? That's almost as one sided as the comments you were having an issue with above. What I think the underlying problem here is that stereotypes don't work very well in most cases, best to avoid them :D.

Personally, I'd rather play a sport than watch it (going to a stadium is different though - at least you're participating at some level). Sitting in front of a TV to watch a sport is pretty much a waste of time to me, bearable only if its a social event.

I'm not all that interested in Football, I play ultimate frisbee, a much faster and interesting sport :D

D

We finally had some nice weather and we played some ultimate under the lights... intense! great way to spend a friday night!

[xthree]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Oh this is funny - a woman that thinks all men like football? That's almost as one sided as the comments you were having an issue with above. What I think the underlying problem here is that stereotypes don't work very well in most cases, best to avoid them :D.

Personally, I'd rather play a sport than watch it (going to a stadium is different though - at least you're participating at some level). Sitting in front of a TV to watch a sport is pretty much a waste of time to me, bearable only if its a social event.

I'm not all that interested in Football, I play ultimate frisbee, a much faster and interesting sport :D

D

Haha, I know a lot of guys that don't like football. It's really not that big of a deal, but I'd also rather go to a live game as well. I didn't get to go to any this year :\

[Dros]

Originally posted by judith
I was only trying to exemplify the generalization made in the comment quoted above, seemingly regarding women in general, as having a particular interest in gossip and three-way..(conversations?) I thought it was rude - I don't see a lot of women around here starting "Oh girl, did you see the latest Lifetime movie.." threads n' such.

I may be giving themadchemist the benefit of the doubt here, but I took his "there will be gossip and relationship threads" as tongue in cheek. There have been a spate of "relationship" threads in the community section recently (G30ffr3y's love triangle, jay's tumult, etc) and themadchemist has been definitely poring over those threads and asking for more.

So, either he was stereotyping women as interested in those subjects knowing full well he himself would be included, making it more of a self-deprecating joke, or he is completely unaware of his own actions!

[judith]

Originally posted by Dros
I may be giving themadchemist the benefit of the doubt here, but I took his "there will be gossip and relationship threads" as tongue in cheek.
So, either he was stereotyping women as interested in those subjects knowing full well he himself would be included, making it more of a self-deprecating joke, or he is completely unaware of his own actions!

ahhh, some much-appreciated clarification*

[wdlove]

Originally posted by judith
What kinda man doesn't like football?:p

I'm a man that doesn't care for sports of any kind.

[gwuMACaddict]

nice to see this thread is still going strong... :(

even iGav's website links are becoming more entertaining at the point ;) :p

:D

[jeffy.dee-lux]

wait a minute, when is the truckload of cash coming?

[jeffy.dee-lux]

My friend's name is justin. He's big and has a beard and he yells a lot.

[krossfyter]

^ qoute of the day


lol

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by judith

What kinda man doesn't like football?:p









Recently, I heard an ad on the radio whose basic plot was as follows:




The narrator is a lawyer, but he doesn't seem to be getting ahead in the firm. For one thing, everyone else is always talking about sports, a subject he knows little about. They are always discussing teams, games, who will win this week, that sort of thing. His passion is Flamenco dancing, which just doesn't seem to ever get brought up. Then, he starts reading so-and-so's sports column in such-and-such a magazine.




It tells him what opinions to have, and he quotes the column during the water cooler bull sessions, resulting in enthusiastic high-fives among his co-workers. A few months later, he makes partner, and finally has the courage to dance his Flamenco at the next company party.




The ad is horrible in general, telling us that we have to conform in order to get ahead, and that eccentricity is only tolerated after success. While this may be an unfortunate truth about the lame-ass culture in which we live, it still deserves criticism. The particular sort of conforming, namely our culture's obsession with sports, requires some explanation as to why it is a bad thing. First, let me frankly admit that there are a lot of different reasons why people like sports, and many of these are good. Still, I believe that the particular negative that I focus on is a strong part of the psychology, and I haven't heard it discussed before.




Lets cover some of the good reasons first. It is fun to watch people who are good at doing things, especially physical activities. There is a certain grace inherent in extreme levels of athletic ability, and it is beautiful. Athletes also stretch the limits of human ability, and as humans, we are naturally interested in seeing what is possible for members of our race to accomplish. The ability of humans to find patterns in data and to predict the future based on the past is an important one, and sports teams are a complicated and interesting place to exercise this ability. Since it is such a common forum for this, people can compare their methods with those of friends and professionals, evaluate people based on their ability, and even make a living betting, if they are good enough. Still, it should be noted that there are other places to explore prediction that are actually relevant to the world, like the stock market.




Sometimes, sports teams are allied with regions, countries, or institutions, and the people watching are members of those areas. Often, the connection is meaningless - professional athletes usually have little to do with the cities for which they play. Occasionally, however, the success or failure of a team actually indicates something about its affiliated entity. When two countries compete in the Olympics, for example, not only is the ability of those countries to find and train athletes being tested, but, for countries that are genetically homogenous (unlike the United States), the athletic prowess of their race is being measured. The results have a very real meaning to other members of that race. In high schools, the members of the team are often personal friends of their fans, and so it is natural for those fans to care about the success or failure of the team.




The particular area of misplaced enthusiasm which I am focusing on, however is the American love for professional sports (the worldwide obsession with football is probably similar, but I am not as familiar with it). These things are, I believe, mostly not motivated by the above reasons. Instead, I think there are some much worse ones.




First, an axiom. Who wins these sporting contests is irrelevant. It does not matter, except inasmuch as people choose to make it matter. It does not make the world a better or worse place. This is important, and if you don't accept it the rest of this ain't gonna work, so give some serious thought to it.




The first problem is that when people care about sports teams, they are attaching their happiness to arbitrary phenomena beyond their control. They have basically nothing to do with whether "their team" wins or loses. They are getting on an emotional roller coaster and letting someone else steer. This is not always bad - experiencing emotional swings that don't actually matter can be useful. In movies, for example, we enjoy having our emotions manipulated in an artificial context. It is fun to "practice" emotions that we do not often experience in life, without the danger of it making us unhappy for very long.




Movies, however, last for a short, well-defined period. When they are over, we go back to our real lives and our real emotions. The boundaries of sports are much fuzzier. Games occur frequently, and thus the associated emotions are a constant part of the fan's life. This gets them used to caring about things they cannot change, which I think is a bad thing. We have the power to affect our lives and the world around us, and ignoring that generally makes the world a worse place. Learning to care a lot about things that do not matter and you cannot affect is bad, especially when there are so many things that matter and you can affect to care about. When our favorite team loses, we get to bitch, moan, and complain to others, but there isn't actually anything we can do about it. This cannot but create a feeling of helplessness. And on the other side of the coin, since we can't do anything about it, we aren't expected to do anything. There is no pressure, no responsibility, no possible criticism for our actions. Sweet, huh? What a ****ing cop-out.




Much of the lure of sports lies in the illusion that they are important. It is pretty clear, when you think about it, that they aren't, but the illusion is strong. After all, an awful lot of people care about them. Our newspapers in the morning and news shows at night have a business segment, a political segment, and a sports segment, implying that these sectors are of equal value. There are magazines devoted to sports. People can gather with tens of thousands of others in order to cheer for a sports team. Random strangers will discuss sports with you. Athletes are paid vast salaries, given roles in movies, and get to pitch products in advertisements - the ultimate sign of success in our society of commercialism. It is no wonder that so many are fooled into taking them with far more seriousness than they deserve.




Many people feel that they don't have important things to care about. People like to feel important, and they like to talk about things that matter. Unfortunately, talking about things that matter tends to bring up a lot of thorny, difficult questions and issues. Often the answers are unpleasant, and people don't like things that are unpleasant. Thus the subject of sports acts as an empty, meaningless alternative to the real issues that exist in the world.




A distraction, a fluttering cape, an opiate to keep the masses down. So next sunday, instead of sitting in front of the tube while your brain slowly melts, try concentrating on something that will affect your life. Take the jog in the park you always wimp out on, do some work on the house, volunteer to help the less fortunate, even just sit around and read a book that will teach you something (lazy, restful ways of affecting your life are few, but they do exist). I, and the world, and most importantly, your life, will thank you for it.






Patri Friedman



http://home.t-online.de/home/parkerr/index2.htm




ta hell with the over exposure of sports.

[deefer]

okay, so i was gonna say I've never liked football, then I read that book of a post and see any thunder I may of had is now gone.




damn.

[krossfyter]

yeah well see there are good things and bad things about sports... pretty simple... pretty elementry.

but how many people understand that the "bad things" are out weighing its positive aspects by a long shot. how many know that there is a veil over the head of the public right now blinding us from the dangers of its over exposure... over acceptance.... the fact that its seriously overblown? dont get me wrong i dont mind sports in the sense of its someones prerference which is fine. but its the aspect of it being "seriously overblown" in which i contest.

i guess it boils down to the negative aspects of capatlism and supply and demand.

[neut]

i've always felt most typically sports cater to the guys who afraid they are homosexual and cannot bare to show affection to each other any other way than hitting each other or putting each other down in various ways ('cept for your teammates, of course, who you may smack on the ass with enthusiasm).

i mean, the wwf (or whatever it is now) seems to be the closest thing a typical male will get to homo-sex. even the women look like men. though the latest issue of Playboy may prove me wrong (though i have yet to open it ;)).



peace.