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lil  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: IRC Post-Mortem: What Did You Learn?

no way!

(that is totally a badpuninjoke)

And note: anyone #newtohubski - there is no "in-crowd" or "power user" bullshit on hubski. Most anyone will explain stuff to you. (note thundara's explanation above)





kingmudsy  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I felt like I pretty much just jumped into the IRC, but you guys all do a good job of making a guy feel welcome :)

Also, pretty sure I have to mail Starship Troopers to Dendrophobe now.

(P.S., how do you tag someone's name in a comment?)

lil  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

so you're a "guy" -

no the "king" didn't give it away...

kingmudsy  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah! Sorry, maybe I should have made that clear.

lil  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No need to make it clear. We don't care if you are m, f, or in between. Part of the fun is making no gender assumptions or getting them wrong.

Of course some people want to be known and that's fine too, especially if you are showing up at a hot singles event.

Edit I would be impressed if you were royalty though.

swedishbadgergirl  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am quite fashinated by the whole "Showing gender in a username" thing. I have been mistaken for a guy many times using this username.

"Fun" story involving this username - My G-mail adress is the same as my username and I once had to quickly email a school assignment to a teacher. I used my personal mail because using the school one would involve hours of bullshit.

The teacher was the kind of guy who had backpacked a lot and thought stories about that was an accebtable substitute for teaching. He also knew way less than he thought he did.

He had mistaken badger for beaver in american slang terms. He thought this was hilarious and that I was some kind of internet escort.

I lectured him on the importance and symbolism of badgers in Wisconsin.

But without the "girl" at the end it wouldn't have sounded so weird.

lil  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    He thought this was hilarious and that I was some kind of internet escort.
oh oh -- it sounds like he sent some inappropriate email back to you.
swedishbadgergirl  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, he faced me about it the cafetery in front of anyone. With eyebrows. Like it was "our secret".

It was mostly insinuation.

One girl complimented me on what I said back to him later.

kingmudsy  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My Dad mapped out all my family's genealogy a few years back (or at least as far as he could), and I actually am a distant relative to the O'Donnell Dynasty in Ireland...What I'm saying is, we can all pretend I'm royalty if it makes you happy!

I don't care either, but I try not to make assumptions about someone's gender (even though I do it subconsciously...trying to get better at that), so sometimes it is good to know how they identify :)

Dendrophobe  ·  3354 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No need, I can get a copy at my local library.

user-inactivated  ·  3353 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yo, Arthur was my shit, tho.

I can't believe that show is still going. Last year they did an episode on /mu/.

Dendrophobe  ·  3353 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh man, new voice actor for Arthur and everything. It sounds so weird.

steve  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

@'s on both sides

kingmudsy  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you!

swedishbadgergirl  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was on IRC the first week on hubski - everyone was super helpful.

kingmudsy  ·  3355 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, for sure. Everyone in this community is very friendly, as far as I've been concerned.

Also, have you taken a look at those songs I've sent you?