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tinyE: The Jets Suck!
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OneFiercePuppy: Jets blow more than they suck. But physics is a pretty boring sport to watch.

[url= It's really the turbine that sucks, iirc, but it's been a few years, and that article makes it look like the new generation of jets actually sucks more. Dammit. Well, I'll leave the post intact anyway so someone can make fun of me. ][/url]
Hmmmm....

The Oilers suck?
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itchy01ca01: Well... they're not working where I am employed. So you come tell your boss to give that female more money. See what happens ;)
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WBGhiro: Right. so apart from the business you work at being illegal. Why doesn't your boss fire you and hires a woman (who is smarter, works harder and gets paid less).
as a guy, I think I'd try to start a mostly female business if those were true but sadly it's been debunked
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itchy01ca01: Well... they're not working where I am employed. So you come tell your boss to give that female more money. See what happens ;)
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WBGhiro: Right. so apart from the business you work at being illegal. Why doesn't your boss fire you and hires a woman (who is smarter, works harder and gets paid less).
That's the thing. Back when women were being paid less that's what happened. Right now there's perhaps a 5% pay differential between men and women in general. So, they had to move the goalposts to demand that women be paid the same as men, even if what the women are doing is less valuable and safer.

It's disgusting and parasitic.
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OneFiercePuppy: Jets blow more than they suck. But physics is a pretty boring sport to watch.

[url= It's really the turbine that sucks, iirc, but it's been a few years, and that article makes it look like the new generation of jets actually sucks more. Dammit. Well, I'll leave the post intact anyway so someone can make fun of me. ][/url]
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tinyE: Hmmmm....

The Oilers suck?
Which oilers?
Post edited August 09, 2015 by hedwards
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WBGhiro: Right. so apart from the business you work at being illegal. Why doesn't your boss fire you and hires a woman (who is smarter, works harder and gets paid less).
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hedwards: That's the thing. Back when women were being paid less that's what happened. Right now there's perhaps a 5% pay differential between men and women in general. So, they had to move the goalposts to demand that women be paid the same as men, even if what the women are doing is less valuable and safer.

It's disgusting and parasitic.
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tinyE: Hmmmm....

The Oilers suck?
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hedwards: Which oilers?
There is only one now since Houston moved. Besides, this has become a 'rip Canada' thread for me, so that only leaves the one Oilers anyway.
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WBGhiro: Right. so apart from the business you work at being illegal. Why doesn't your boss fire you and hires a woman (who is smarter, works harder and gets paid less).
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Rusty_Gunn: as a guy, I think I'd try to start a mostly female business if those were true but sadly it's been debunked
Apparently they aren't the most fun to work in, either.

Catfights over handbags and tears in the toilets. When this producer launched a women-only TV company she thought she'd kissed goodbye to conflict...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1168182/Catfights-handbags-tears-toilets-When-producer-launched-women-TV-company-thought-shed-kissed-goodbye-conflict-.html
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tinyE: Besides, this has become a 'rip Canada' thread for me, so that only leaves the one Oilers anyway.
Blame Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR38552MJA
Post edited August 09, 2015 by lepke1979
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Rusty_Gunn: as a guy, I think I'd try to start a mostly female business if those were true but sadly it's been debunked
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lepke1979: Apparently they aren't the most fun to work in, either.

Catfights over handbags and tears in the toilets. When this producer launched a women-only TV company she thought she'd kissed goodbye to conflict...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1168182/Catfights-handbags-tears-toilets-When-producer-launched-women-TV-company-thought-shed-kissed-goodbye-conflict-.html
thank you for that reminder. I forgot about that one for a bit.
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Breja: I'm getting concerned there might be some kind of virus around or something.
I WARNED YOU!
Now we're doomed.
Female gamers and developers are a great thing for gaming. I just know a troll thread when I see one. :P
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227: Don't listen to people who were disappointed by it not living up to its promised eerieness/scariness. The Happening is one of the greatest comedies ever released:
It really was hilarious. "I'm talking to a rubber plant...I'm still talking to a rubber plant". XD

As a female in gaming, I do get a lot of "pull the other one" when I say I'm a girl. Not so much on here, but other places I frequent. It comes off a little condescending, but then there are others that are like "oooh, a girl" and are extra nice. And then there's times when I'm just ignored like any other gamer. I don't mind, we're not such a rare breed anymore and I like feeling a bit special. ;) It's also cool to be geeky now.
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HEY GUYS, WHAT'S GOIN' ON IN THIS THRE-

Oh. *backs out slowly*
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Fantasysci5: It really was hilarious. "I'm talking to a rubber plant...I'm still talking to a rubber plant". XD
RIght? Even the parts where everyone's killing themselves manage to be absurdly hilarious. One of my favorite parts is when it starts raining construction workers.

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Fantasysci5: As a female in gaming, I do get a lot of "pull the other one" when I say I'm a girl.
Had to look that one up. It means that they don't believe you, right?

And I can't pass up the opportunity to ask whether it bothers you when other people use the term "females" like in the thread that inspired this one. Seems to me that it'd be like calling someone a biped—technically true, but a little too weirdly clinical for everyday conversation. Then again, I'm but a lowly meat skeleton who knows little of such things!
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itchy01ca01: <snip about women taking it in the shorts because of gender>
Thank you misogynists. Thank you! I just won my bet :D
How did you win? Your experience is that of one person. I've seen supremely competent men and women excel, and I've seen slack-ass men and women gain promotion.

Your perception is that women get screwed over simply because they're women. My experiences tell me that it's nowhere near as cut-and-dried as you want it to be.
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tinyE: The Jets Suck!

Sorry but sports is as political as I get. :D
Hey now, as a Jets fan ..... ouch. Sometimes the truth hurts :(
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OneFiercePuppy: Jets blow more than they suck. But physics is a pretty boring sport to watch.

[url= It's really the turbine that sucks, iirc, but it's been a few years, and that article makes it look like the new generation of jets actually sucks more. Dammit. Well, I'll leave the post intact anyway so someone can make fun of me. ][/url]
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tinyE: Hmmmm....

The Oilers suck?
Now that is something I can agree with. The Oilers have been all kinds of terrible!
Post edited August 09, 2015 by hummer010
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itchy01ca01: If me posting something about accepting female gamers gets a ton of downvotes.
Just saying ;)
The whole gamergate incident should teach us that most male gamers hate female gamers. This little social experiment I did just proves my theory as well.
Or maybe it's just you...

Let's see.

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/females_should_feel_welcome_gaming