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Hello, I'm Blue and I'm a 29 year old female macrumorer. I'm devastatingly hot too
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The ratio of men to woman on MR?
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yup!
Hello, I'm Blue and I'm a 29 year old female macrumorer. I'm devastatingly hot too
(but taken, sorry) 
what's saddening is that your rant is not unlike the rants other women in cs/it and tech/science/math and related fields in general rant about when you get them started about men.
although you're vastly older than i am, welcome to the world of disgusting appaling misogyny on the part of men who don't even realize it?
it's probably the biggest pain in the &*^$ing ass to being a cs major for me, dealing with that kind of bull*$%# with all men both irl and on irc/forums/online is not what i had in mind.oh wait, maybe it's US society in general being stupidly male-oriented.
If a girl in the "real world" came to me with that complaint, I think we'd become good friends.
Sorry, I did not mean to offend you Cindy, or you Janey. My baby brother spends all his time in front of the computer and insists that those people he meets online are his "friends." And I see more and more people his age doing that and they really do believe it. It disturbs me. The idea that one can meet a girlfriend or boyfriend here also disturbs me slightly. Whatever happened to hanging out? Going to bars? Movies, playing sports in the community and whatever to meet people.
I liked Sean's (sc68cal's) comment above. I guess I have a very skewed view living in Boston, where it's great to be single.
As for women looking for other geeks and partners, I think it's important to have shared interests, but geekiness isn't something really important in my opinion.
I liked Sean's (sc68cal's) comment above. I guess I have a very skewed view living in Boston, where it's great to be single.
As for women looking for other geeks and partners, I think it's important to have shared interests, but geekiness isn't something really important in my opinion.
People meet people in all sorts of weird places, why is the internet any different? It's where you go from there that actually matters. I've met several people from this very forum and consider many of them friends. Talking to people online is one thing, where it goes after that (in person) is another, and it depends entirely on the people.
I see what you're saying but I'm encouraging you to look for a grey area, a middle ground, because there is one.
And you insist that they aren't? Why is that? Why can't someone have a friend online?jng said:
How old are you? If something like this disturbs you, you must have grown up before the internet was around.jng said:
The girl in the other room about 30 feet from me grew up hundreds of miles away. She is now my girlfriend of ~2.5 years, and before that we were friends online since we were 12 years old. We are now both 21. Does that disturb you?jng said:
Those are all good too, but I think you need to learn to accept that the internet is still a great place to meet people. Half of my "real life" friends started out as just internet friends, the other half came from school, work, etc. I think one thing that makes the internet such a great place to meet people is that people are almost always brought together because of similar interests. Look at all us Mac people, for instance.jng said:
And sure, there are loonies lurking all over the net, but you know what? There are loonies that hang out at bars, movie theaters, and just about anywhere else human beings exist. That may disturb you, and rightfully so, but you shouldn't be so put off just becuase your brother makes friends online. It's really nothing to worry about as long as he is socializing with good people (which is, of course, a concern in "real life" as well).
Geekiness is just another term for "really into tech stuff" which is as valid a hobby as anything else.jng said:
You seem rather closed-minded. Perhaps you should get out less.
Male: 170
Female: 27
86.29% Male- it's just like the ratio when I went to college! ......
Man your college was better than mine. We always figured it was about 12:1 guys:girls. There was a reason I drank a lot in college...
Of course now I'm outnumbered at home, wife and 2 daughters. I'm trying to frame all issues as brown eyed vs other eye colors rather than gender sided since the oldest is definitely with me there and all signs point to the youngest having brown eyes as well...
Thanks everyone for dealing with that rant last night. It was pretty shocking to me at least to see such general idea about about myself. I will also say thanks to jng for making me think about my "online-life" and my "real world" life. There is not much difference in the 2 for me, just when it comes to my obsession with everything apple. No one i know has the same adoration as i do for apple as i do. Also a huge thanks to all the other women on here who posted their feelings and letting me know i wasn't the feeling this way.
where i went to college was 70% female, and of the 30% of males i would say a solid third to half were gay.
thems some good odds. gotta love art school.
thems some good odds. gotta love art school.
It could be worse.
You could always live in the Far East or Middle East which are much more male dominated than the US.
what about all us chickies that use avatars of psychokillers (Quest que cest)?
*slowly raises eyebrow*
You're venturing into dangerous territory there, sir.
I'm interested in Macs and a very high-quality woman, if I may say so myself.
Oh, I'm sure someone will be along to agree with you soon....
*whistles whilst looking around*
Oh all right, you're a classy bird for sure
That's what I thought you said.
You said you'd have to lower your bar for women to be able to find one that liked Macs. I read that as saying that women that are interested in Mac are not as of high a quality as a woman that is not interested in the Mac.
Now I'm confused.
So far what I'm getting from this thread is that a lot less chicks sit at their computers typing away on MacRumors than guys, or maybe not as many answer polls. The world may never know.
Ah, I guess I did say that. Well I am looking for a women that likes macs, thats for sure.That's what I thought you said.
You said you'd have to lower your bar for women to be able to find one that liked Macs. I read that as saying that women that are interested in Mac are not as of high a quality as a woman that is not interested in the Mac.
Now I'm confused.