<p>snoopy: i assumed girl. why? because few guys i know are willing to admit that snoopy is the shizznit.</p>
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I've started using more smilies because I was spending too much time arguing about insignificant things online and clarifying what I really meant by something. I guess I write more formally than most people would on a message board, and sometimes I come off as harsh, confrontational, or overly serious (none of which is true in RL). Adding smilies seems to take care of that, for the most part.</p>
<p>^^^And that shows that you're female. Males never worry about this.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say it was "worrying" so much as "figuring out a way to stop getting into fights all the damn time." :cool:</p>
<p>lol :hugs cameliasinensis: we need love in this thread. i, as a fellow female, appreciate your attempts at the pacification of internet communication!</p>
<p>i think i made a rhyme!</p>
<p>@ Mr Payne -- Because my posts really emphasize that facet of my character, non? =P</p>
<p>I'm a girl, for the record's sake. I don't really care if people mistake me for a guy.</p>
<p>morangotango - Very true. I've never understood the people who post controversial threads (e.g. the woman-hating ones) with the obvious intent of starting an argument. Honestly, don't they have anything better to do with their lives than writing essay-length diatribes against someone they've never met? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Which is why I stay out of the political threads, and the religious ones, and the ones about Affirmative Action... sooner or later, everything degenerates into stereotypes and personal attacks. I don't see the appeal.</p>
<p>I apologize for posting at exactly the wrong time-frame.</p>
<p>Haha, and I find feminists typically annoying.</p>
<p>I did, now I tolerate them. Probably because I'm a bit of a feminist myself.</p>
<p>At least I'm not a feminazi.</p>
<p>Feminists annoy me less than male chauvinists, but both groups seem to sort of miss the point, really. Why isn't there a name for people who acknowledge that "different" doesn't mean "better" and think gender equality should be a non-issue?</p>
<p>My mom can be a bit of a man-hater, though. It's bad. :(</p>
<p>It's only those feminists that think women are more equal than men that annoy me.</p>
<p>All humans are equal...but some are more equal than others</p>
<p>animal faaaarm!</p>
<p>My teacher loves to quote that line. ^</p>
<p>"I've started using more smilies because I was spending too much time arguing about insignificant things online and clarifying what I really meant by something. I guess I write more formally than most people would on a message board, and sometimes I come off as harsh, confrontational, or overly serious (none of which is true in RL). Adding smilies seems to take care of that, for the most part."</p>
<p>I use smilies for the same reason. I have an enormous fear of coming off as pompous, harsh, or as some other less-than-attractive adjective. Sooo, I use smilies to say, "Hey, I'm just joking around here! Look, notice how my smilies reflect my true light-hearted and goofy character!" =) <--- haha.</p>
<p>I personally think that gender is usually really obvious. Males and females just have different tones.</p>
<p>But, who knows? I don't really know how I come off. Any guesses? =)
Ah! I really overuse those smilies.</p>
<p>LesOs is a FEMALE. =D</p>
<p>Correct! +100 points for buttery =)</p>
<p>Wow. I think that I seriously have an addiction to using smilies. They're just so... cute! I can't resist them!</p>
<p>indeed. resistance to cuteness is not a dominant trait in the girl species ^_^
i think it might actually be en evolutionary trait. we're biologically meant to be moms so we like cute things :p</p>
<p>morangotango is a female!</p>
<p>cause those ^_^</p>