friskykillface said:whoa never knew we had a WNBA thread, lol awesome, Lauren Jackson > all players , dat aussie
speaking of sports, what are your favorite sports teams/ sports in general girl gaf? though i might assume some of you dont like sports, i'd say half of the forum doesn't like sports , some guys too.
friskykillface said:whoa never knew we had a WNBA thread, lol awesome, Lauren Jackson > all players , dat aussie
speaking of sports, what are your favorite sports teams/ sports in general girl gaf? though i might assume some of you dont like sports, i'd say half of the forum doesn't like sports , some guys too.
friskykillface said:whoa never knew we had a WNBA thread, lol awesome, Lauren Jackson > all players , dat aussie
speaking of sports, what are your favorite sports teams/ sports in general girl gaf? though i might assume some of you dont like sports, i'd say half of the forum doesn't like sports , some guys too.
shanshan310 said:
Please tell me no-one got this tattoo...
They should've gone all the way and put "grrl gamer"Devolution said:Eww no. Just no.
Football! And while it pains me to say this but American women's team is way better than England's team. It was such a surprise to see them go down like that against Japan in FIFA, though. Wambach and Morgan are amazing!friskykillface said:whoa never knew we had a WNBA thread, lol awesome, Lauren Jackson > all players , dat aussie
speaking of sports, what are your favorite sports teams/ sports in general girl gaf? though i might assume some of you dont like sports, i'd say half of the forum doesn't like sports , some guys too.
Inanna said:I don't get why some girls make such a huge fuss about them being a "girl" gamer. Why not just be a gamer? Gamer first girl second!
Football! And while it pains me to say this but American women's team is way better than England's team. It was such a surprise to see them go down like that against Japan in FIFA.
It's that whole "part of the boy's club" mentality. It's bizarre, but I know a lot of girls that thrive off of "being that only girl that [insert nerdy thing here]" in a group of people.Inanna said:I don't get why some girls make such a huge fuss about them being a "girl" gamer. Why not just be a gamer? Gamer first girl second!
I think it's just because people like feeling special and sticking out in some way.Inanna said:I don't get why some girls make such a huge fuss about them being a "girl" gamer. Why not just be a gamer? Gamer first girl second!
Football! And while it pains me to say this but American women's team is way better than England's team. It was such a surprise to see them go down like that against Japan in FIFA, though. Wambach and Morgan are amazing!
Definitely, I was rooting for Japanese because I like rooting for the underdogs. Still was surprising considering USA had been consistently great throughout the tournament while Japan were above average.ikkemenx said:That was an epic match. I was so glad Japan won. The nation is going through some tough times right now so it seems like a nice thing to be able to cheer about; sporting events can really bring people together.
Prax said:I think it's just because people like feeling special and sticking out in some way.
But it is kind of stupid in a "Teehee, I am one of the guys but I'm a girl~!" kind of way.
Being a girl IS pretty awesome, but attaching it to a hobby and advertising it as a marker of pride goes into the realm of lame.
When I was younger I felt like I understood boys better than I did girls, but as I got older that changed. Currently I still have more guy friends than girls, but that has more to do with being involved with the gaming industry as a whole. Girls that can't seem to maintain close friendships with other women are definitely missing out. There's a big difference between a guy and girl being friends vs being friends with someone of the same gender. I will never understand how the friendship between my boyfriend and a good friend of his worked. There was a weird loyalty there that I've never seen a guy have with a female friend. This is the same way with girls though. The friendship I have with a close girl friend will never be something I can recreate with a guy.Inanna said:Somebody needs to tell these girls that gaming isn't a "boys club" any more.
I also don't get girls that despise their own gender and say all women are nasty bitches (except them of course :|) and all men are loyal and caring when it comes to friendship. I am highly skeptical of women like that who cant get along with their own gender. Its a huge character red flag for me. I have friends of both genders and I have had bad experiences with both maybe more with male friends but I'm not going to write them all off just because I have had a few bad experiences in the past.
Inanna said:Somebody needs to tell these girls that gaming isn't a "boys club" any more.
I also don't get girls that despise their own gender and say all women are nasty bitches (except them of course :|) and all men are loyal and caring when it comes to friendship. I am highly skeptical of women like that who cant get along with their own gender. Its a huge character red flag for me. I have friends of both genders and I have had bad experiences with both maybe more with male friends but I'm not going to write them all off just because I have had a few bad experiences in the past.
Can an analogy be made here with race? For example, what about white people who hate other white people, or black people who hate other black people?Inanna said:I also don't get girls that despise their own gender and say all women are nasty bitches (except them of course :|) and all men are loyal and caring when it comes to friendship. I am highly skeptical of women like that who cant get along with their own gender. Its a huge character red flag for me. I have friends of both genders and I have had bad experiences with both maybe more with male friends but I'm not going to write them all off just because I have had a few bad experiences in the past.
Reminds me of a scene from the Simpsons.Fetts_Jets said:It's that whole "part of the boy's club" mentality. It's bizarre, but I know a lot of girls that thrive off of "being that only girl that [insert nerdy thing here]" in a group of people.
cooljeanius said:Can an analogy be made here with race? For example, what about white people who hate other white people, or black people who hate other black people?
This!Inanna said:Somebody needs to tell these girls that gaming isn't a "boys club" any more.
I also don't get girls that despise their own gender and say all women are nasty bitches (except them of course :|) and all men are loyal and caring when it comes to friendship. I am highly skeptical of women like that who cant get along with their own gender. Its a huge character red flag for me. I have friends of both genders and I have had bad experiences with both maybe more with male friends but I'm not going to write them all off just because I have had a few bad experiences in the past.
kisaya said:I really hate this especially. I understand maybe disliking your race's stereotype, but to just hate on your race as a whole is so stupid. Specifically when people wish they could change their race to another and thus hang out with only said race.
Fetts_Jets said:When I was younger I felt like I understood boys better than I did girls, but as I got older that changed. Currently I still have more guy friends than girls, but that has more to do with being involved with the gaming industry as a whole. Girls that can't seem to maintain close friendships with other women are definitely missing out. There's a big difference between a guy and girl being friends vs being friends with someone of the same gender. I will never understand how the friendship between my boyfriend and a good friend of his worked. There was a weird loyalty there that I've never seen a guy have with a female friend. This is the same way with girls though. The friendship I have with a close girl friend will never be something I can recreate with a guy.
Kitsunebaby said:I completely agree. I can laugh and joke along with guys pretty damn well, but I don't think I could ever become as close with any of them as I can with my girlfriends. I think it's because I can be affectionate with my girlfriends without worrying about someone taking it the wrong way or being seen as a "tease" or whatever. I also feel like girls might be more sympathetic to my problems than guys will be.
Prax said:I interpret this as: Yes. Faking an orgasm during intercourse is to end it faster. Ladies be getting bored.
Also on skinny jeans on guys:
Depends if you have the look that works with them and the kind of girl you want to be attracting.
What's with this turning into a "ask girls for advice about girls" thread? xD Dang it dudes, I am not sure I necessarily want to help you by bearing all our trade secrets!
BUT I FELT COMPELLED TO ANSWER. IT WOULD ONLY BE POLITE TO DO SO!B!TCH said:You could also not reply if you don't want to answer.
I don't understand why that would upset you. I'm within the posting guidelines for the thread, I asked something I was curious about and explained my reasoning and opinion of the subject, it wasn't being condescending or cynical/trollish in nature and other people in this thread thought it was compelling enough to chime in with their opinion - maybe you didn't think it was a good question which is fine but others replied with insightful replies without the need to resort to cynicism like you did. What else would men talk to girls about that couldn't just be discussed in other threads about that specific topic? What exactly is and isn't okay with you? Unless you are just flat out saying that men shouldn't or can't post in this thread because it upsets you.
It seems like all these "community" threads on GAF are the same type of nonsense with a different title. Don't post unless you are "one of us." Why is it such a big problem if I want to ask a question to a specific group/community on NeoGAF in a thread about that group/community if I am within the posting guidelines for the forum and the specific thread? If you don't want men to post in a this thread then don't dither and dance around the subject and just make it a specific rule and make it clear that your agenda is to segregate the forum by sex/race/religion. If you side closer with the opinion that I should just start a thread about it if I want to address a specific group with a question, then maybe these race/sex/religion community threads shouldn't exist in the first place. I am fully of the belief that if someone wants to make their race/sex/religion or sexual preference or whatever an issue then they can do that by posting that information in their "about me" on their forum profile. I am against these "community" threads because the people in those communities clearly don't want people outside that community to post in those threads (why would they exist otherwise?) and if it takes me being banned or having this post censored/deleted or whatever for pointing out the hypocrisy and latent discriminatory nature of these types of threads then so be it.
Thanks for all the non-troll replies though.
cloudwalking said:i 100% agree with B!TCH that the segregation in some of these community threads is ridiculous, and i hope his post doesn't get deleted.
personally, i think that as long as you aren't being hateful/trolling and are adding to discussion you should be allowed to post whatever you like in any thread. if people reply, good for you. as for me, it's just as easy to ignore posts i don't feel like replying to.
ikkemenx said:I feel like GirlGAF was being very accepting of the guys though, it was sort of the strict moderation that made things weird.
cloudwalking said:yeah... i get the idea of the thread and i'm glad the mods have an eye on it, but it should be more laid back!
i don't care who comes in this thread, man, woman, animal, klingon, i'm only replying to the posts i feel are worth my time either way same as i would do in any other thread!
And Digimon too, right?cloudwalking said:yeah... i get the idea of the thread and i'm glad the mods have an eye on it, but it should be more laid back!
i don't care who comes in this thread, man, woman, animal, klingon, i'm only replying to the posts i feel are worth my time either way same as i would do in any other thread!
Ducky_McGee said:I agree with most of this. Except I'd rather be dead than have to talk to a no good stinking klingon.
Inanna said:I'm all for guys coming in here and participating, but at the start of this topic we had a few guys trolling hard and asking questions just to get people mad or react to their moronic posts. I also don't really like asnwering dear abbey type of questions, either. Why girls do the things they do? Why are they so complicated, oh god whyyy? I don't have a clue, man! I can't possibly speak for all the women out there, everybody is different. I didn't mind that though, I only really have a problem with trolls.
cloudwalking said:
why the klingon hate?
Seriously, look at all the girl-age topics. A lot of people give the topic creator good advice but what do they end up doing? They ignore all the great advice and do whatever they want to do or were going to do before they created the topic. I used to give advice myself but got fed up with OP almost always screwing it up for themselves.lennedsay said:Thanks for making the separate thread for relationship advice for guys. Every time an abundance of women get together on the interwebs, a much larger abundance of men get together to either 1) OH YEA GIRLS YEA! or 2) I'm a REALLY nice guy but I can't meet/meat a girl - why are you all so mean?!!? And halfway through helping them, you realize they probably won't listen to your advice anyway, god love em
Oh yeah, I don't have a problem with those type of questions either.Devolution said:I totally agree. I think questions of a relationship nature should just stay out, but like Plywood asking us about who we consider to be good female characters, stuff like that, I think can be in here without issue.
Yes, this! It's almost never "girl-problems" as it is "OP problems." Will they ever get to that point where they step back and realize they have the exact same problem with every girl they meet and date, and maybe that means it's not a problem of those girls or all girls collectively - maybe it's their own problem?Inanna said:Seriously, look at all the girl-age topics. A lot of people give the topic creator good advice but what do they end up doing? They ignore all the great advice and do whatever they want to do or were going to do before they created the topic. I used to give advice myself but got fed up with OP almost always screwing it up for themselves.
And I also hate the, "OMG girls!!" or there aren't any girls or 0.001 girls on GAF thing as well.
lennedsay said:Yes, this! It's almost never "girl-problems" as it is "OP problems." Will they ever get to that point where they step back and realize they have the exact same problem with every girl they meet and date, and maybe that means it's not a problem of those girls or all girls collectively - maybe it's their own problem?
You can't tell people that though, so why bother. I mean you can, but they won't listen because they don't want to hear it and they don't want to change. They'd rather live in some delusional state of being where everyone they date strives to ruin their life or something completely overly dramatic.
Many girls do the same thing too. Not just a guy-thing.
lennedsay said:Thanks for making the separate thread for relationship advice for guys. Every time an abundance of women get together on the interwebs, a much larger abundance of men get together to either 1) OH YEA GIRLS YEA! or 2) I'm a REALLY nice guy but I can't meet/meat a girl - why are you all so mean?!!? And halfway through helping them, you realize they probably won't listen to your advice anyway, god love em.
Edit: With that said, I don't mind guys in girl-threads as long as they don't turn it into an all-about-me thread of trolling or girl-problems.
I just beat my record on Wii Fit for 10 min hula hoop while browsing GAF and Amazon for spice containers. Talk a Frankenstein of gender stereotypes.
That is pretty much how I feel. Whenever a girl-age question comes up I just don't respond and read over it.Prax said:I feel so guilty.
All I want to do with my Wii Fit these days if I turn it on is play the marble game. >_>
I AM PRETTY GOOD THOUGH!
And I was fine with answering questions relating to girl characters and stuff in general. Just didn't want to deal with guys trying to land a girl in this thread. I mean.. come on.. enough of that already! So many Girl-Age, and dating-age topics out there! I don't think they will get a one-up just by having a larger girl audience to get answers from, as if one of the girls will give them the right magical answer to landing the girl of their dreams... :l
Inanna said:I can't decide between Batman Arkham City and Battlefield 3. I'm already getting Dark Souls early next month, and I can't justify spending money on 3 games in a month! Might have to push Batman till November AFTER I get Uncharted 3 because my guy really wants Battlefield 3 especially after seeing those jawdropingly awesome jet gameplay. Going to be really busy gaming next few months!
I'm trying to pick between the new Batman and Uncharted 3Inanna said:I can't decide between Batman Arkham City and Battlefield 3. I'm already getting Dark Souls early next month, and I can't justify spending money on 3 games in a month! Might have to push Batman till November AFTER I get Uncharted 3 because my guy really wants Battlefield 3 especially after seeing those jawdropingly awesome jet gameplay. Going to be really busy gaming next few months!