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MeTa post:
Misandry and Ask Metafilter.
AskMe allows a disturbing amount of misandry to go unchecked.
Maybe so, but you haven't provided even one good example yet.
AskMe appears to routinely reinforce the notion that misandry is fine, that men are by and large misogynists and that their feelings in relationships matter little to not at all when compared to those of their women.
No, I don't believe that. I believe AskMeta... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 7:26 AM on August 6, 2008
The attitude is overwhelmingly, "you failed to support your argument's central idea with examples of genuine misandry."
Agreed. Lest the poster get discouraged, I think it's important to say that misandry is not something we wish to tolerate here, and I for one will be on the lookout for this behavior going forward. I despise when it is assumed that men as a group are lazy, uncaring, stupid, sloppy, or any other negative thing.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 10:38 AM on August 6, 2008
Your favourite football team sucks.
Who cares about football? Me, I'm currently taking bets on the Puppy Games.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 8:09 PM on August 6, 2008
His competitor down the block does allow people to negotiate, thereby reaching a better balance of interests than the first employer and becoming a better place to work.
How is a place that would pay a man and a woman different starting rates for the same work a better place to work? That's the institutionalized sexism Miko is talking about- the willingness to do so.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 8:47 AM on August 7, 2008
If you just say $10 an hour take it or leave it, then you are unwilling to pay those whose education and experience make their labor worth $12.50 an hour what they are worth.
So pay everybody $12.50 right off the bat. How can you tell from interviews how much workers are going to be worth, anyway? If you're paying more for good interview and negotiation skills, how does that make sense if the job is to build widgets? Wouldn't it make more sense to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 9:10 AM on August 7, 2008
That doesn't make sense if one person has no widget making skills and the other person has ten years of widget making skills.
Does the position call for ten years of experience or not? If the job could be filled by someone with no experience, why would someone with ten years experience doing it even want it? That would make me question what the person with ten years experience is after- a position where they can slack off all the time? Career... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 9:32 AM on August 7, 2008
I wouldn't believe that it's even mostly true outside of retail
What's not true, that workers aren't replaceable? I think you're wrong about that. I think that's pretty much true across the board, at the industry or experience level.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 9:50 AM on August 7, 2008
Ok, I'm not sure that made sense, so let me try again without all the double negatives: I believe workers are generally replaceable, in most industries and at most experience levels.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 9:51 AM on August 7, 2008
I got the job at my specifications, at almost double minimum wage at the time. How could the firm possibly make that offer to everybody else that was applying for the job?
They couldn't, because they hired you for a different job than the one they had planned to hire for. That's a different situation than having two gophers, a male and a female, and paying one more to do the same job just because they asked.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 10:01 AM on August 7, 2008
I believe most jobs value that type of person, and that (while some industries and jobs are the exception) most jobs require that type of person to work best.
Right- and there are a lot of people out there like that (skilled, dedicated, hard working), making no one person irreplaceable.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 10:03 AM on August 7, 2008
Sure, in the sense that my position can be filled by SOMEONE I'm replaceable, but in the sense that the workplace could replace me without any detriment to the end product? not remotely.
I disagree. You, and I, could be replaced, and ultimately, the bottom line of the companies we work for would not suffer greatly. As much as you don't want to hear it, there are other video editors who could do your job just as well as you. There are people who... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 10:21 AM on August 7, 2008
MeTa post:
Following in someone's good footsteps ...
I'm hoping, and intending, for my future behavior on this site to contribute to the level of already fine discourse, and not to insult or mock those who I disagree with.
This is lovely, and a motto by which we should all abide.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 9:42 AM on August 7, 2008
MeTa post:
Misogyny Filter (?)
I have to agree with onlyconnect here, Afroblanco- it wouldn't kill you to stay out of these threads (or would it? If so, don't be a stranger).
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 7:25 PM on August 3, 2008
MeTa post:
"... The Bronx is up and the Battery's down ..."
If the circle around the Great Lawn is the fence, I'm pretty sure we were between fields 3 and 5.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 10:03 AM on July 11, 2008
You will all want to be there when Help, I can't stop talking! leaps the fence. It's one of the cooler things I've ever seen.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 2:34 PM on July 21, 2008
If anyone arrives late to the party and wants to know where we are, call me- 727.475.4373. I think the party will run late but I doubt we will stay at the park forever, so I would definitely call if you plan on showing up, say, after 5.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 9:51 AM on July 26, 2008
Fun time, all! Brainy, so sorry we never were able to touch base.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 9:30 PM on July 26, 2008
MeTa post:
Your solitary compulsion becomes a shared experience.
AskMeta has many time validated for me that I am not alone in being crazy. Questions like this one remind me that there are all sorts of crazy I am not (this, and that one on whether your teeth hurt when you really have to go to the bathroom).
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 11:32 PM on July 22, 2008
Do I need a new AskMe to find out how many other people have elaborate imaginary conversations that, if strict control is not exercised, are conducted out loud?
::timidly raises hand::
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 8:52 PM on July 23, 2008
MeTa post:
Musings
What was that movie where Sharon Stone played somebody's muse?
The Muse. Man, I had forgotten all about that movie.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 7:16 PM on July 21, 2008
MeTa post:
Please don't ask
According to SurfControl's test-a-site page, AskMe is blocked because it's in the Blogs & Forums category.
Is that a category libraries generally block?
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 1:38 PM on July 19, 2008
MeTa post:
Why deleted?
I think I flagged that answer- or I meant to. Came off more snarky then pithy, as most two word answers do. Try using more words next time.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 11:43 AM on July 17, 2008
MeTa post:
A SHIT OBIT
Rimshot!
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 6:09 PM on July 12, 2008
MeTa threads bitching about obit threads is one of those things that needs to be turned into a drinking game
And the best thing about a Metatalk drinking game is that it will lead to- more Metatalk threads! Everybody wins!
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 6:24 PM on July 12, 2008
MeTa post:
monkey king
If you go to college and then get a tattoo, does it cancel out the college? All the stuff you learned just runs out your ears?
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 10:02 PM on July 11, 2008
MeTa post:
I c*nt stop saying twat.
Tonight at Shea Stadium, I looked across the field and saw a sign that said "cunt cunt cunt cunt". What? Oh, it was an advertisement for the CW11, in a loopy curly font.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 8:10 PM on July 11, 2008
MeTa post:
"Wow, look at the Boobies!"
But if your reaction to back-and-forths within the marketplace of ideas is to close down your stall, really, that's a move worthy of nothing but contempt.
That is bullshit. Under that notion, the winner of any fight is whoever can drone on (or stand to engage with nasty idiots, not exactly a rare occurence here in Metatalk) the longest. People can step back whenever they want, and it doesn't render their opinion invalid.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 10:57 AM on July 11, 2008
I've got no admiration for the message of, "You guys suck, I'm taking my ball and going home."
A message of "You guys suck, here's why, and that's why I'm taking my ball home" deserves just as much consideration as any other comment, particularly coming from reasonable people. And why bother sticking around if people are going to react to you in the way you reacted to Danila? As taz, it was unfairly nasty, and didn't even address... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 11:05 AM on July 11, 2008
Ok, then put my example aside and look at Danila's comment.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 11:13 AM on July 11, 2008
Have people finally gotten sick of these threads?
You certainly haven't, so I don't see why the rest of us are supposed to.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 12:05 PM on July 11, 2008
TPS - You're right, I am still here. But really only for the purposes of entertainment. I could give a crap if anyone agrees with me anymore. MeTa in general has cured me of that.
I wouldn't want you to leave! It's one of those unreliable constants in life, things that will come around if you wait long enough- the subway, library holds, and you popping into these threads to wonder why anybody cares.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 1:27 PM on July 11, 2008
(I also think of people getting down on all fours and pretending to be horses. that's amusing, as well.)
Just so you know, in 6 months when I read about Williamsburg "horseplay" parties in the NYTimes Style section, I am blaming you.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 1:50 PM on July 11, 2008
MeTa post:
MetaFilter: It is what it is
I'm curious as to what the membership (and particularly the MODS) thinks of the sentiment of this comment.
Well, I don't read all the "blogs of increasingly greater readership"; in fact, I probably hardly read any of them. And then there's, what, several thousand of us making FPPs and many more thousands reading FPPs? I think it's safe to say that for every post, there are going to be people who have seen it and people who haven't.
posted to MetaTalk by ThePinkSuperhero
at 8:02 AM on July 11, 2008
