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Out of curiosity, why do you assume the author is male?

logicallee 11y ago
I'm not going to update my comment because it would look like I made the premature birth analogy due to the author's gender, which I literally had incorrectly assumed was male (so my comment and choice of analogy was absolutely not due to the author's gender). Sorry about the mistake/assumption. You asked why I made the mistake - no particular reason. (Though anecdotally I've heard males talk about these kinds of actions, while women business owners I know don't, in fact are principled about not buying fake reviews, likes, or twitter followers. The first paragraph also says "You might have seen a review on Yelp that said it’s perfect for a girl’s night out" which I read as a male stating it. Anyway I shouldn't have made the assumption.)
t2015_08_25 11y ago
Out of curiosity, why do you assume that because the author said 'he' that he projects that gender onto the author, as opposed to not actually knowing and choosing his own gender, as is common, or choosing a random gender, as is common? Are you one of those people who insists that everyone say "he/she" every single time they don't know? If so, then why don't you also demand that the person say "she/he" 50% of the time? With no more than a specified number of imbalances per time interval and instance interval? And no more than a specified change in number of imbalances per same? I only bring this up b/c you seem to grant yourself the title of auditor, so out of curiosity, I'd like to see if you can stand up to auditing yourself, or if you simply expect more out of others than you're able to give. My hypothesis is that you have no grounding or ability to generate introspective thought, just a little provocative scheme to grant yourself power opportunistically.
- logicallee 11y ago
  you're coming down on my side, but I think this 3-paragraph tirade is a bit over the top... the comment you're replying to was 11 words, and also correct in that, yes, I had assumed the author was male.

I'm not going to update my comment because it would look like I made the premature birth analogy due to the author's gender, which I literally had incorrectly assumed was male (so my comment and choice of analogy was absolutely not due to the author's gender). Sorry about the mistake/assumption. You asked why I made the mistake - no particular reason. (Though anecdotally I've heard males talk about these kinds of actions, while women business owners I know don't, in fact are principled about not buying fake reviews, likes, or twitter followers. The first paragraph also says "You might have seen a review on Yelp that said it’s perfect for a girl’s night out" which I read as a male stating it. Anyway I shouldn't have made the assumption.)

t2015_08_25 11y ago

Out of curiosity, why do you assume that because the author said 'he' that he projects that gender onto the author, as opposed to not actually knowing and choosing his own gender, as is common, or choosing a random gender, as is common? Are you one of those people who insists that everyone say "he/she" every single time they don't know? If so, then why don't you also demand that the person say "she/he" 50% of the time? With no more than a specified number of imbalances per time interval and instance interval? And no more than a specified change in number of imbalances per same? I only bring this up b/c you seem to grant yourself the title of auditor, so out of curiosity, I'd like to see if you can stand up to auditing yourself, or if you simply expect more out of others than you're able to give. My hypothesis is that you have no grounding or ability to generate introspective thought, just a little provocative scheme to grant yourself power opportunistically.

logicallee 11y ago
you're coming down on my side, but I think this 3-paragraph tirade is a bit over the top... the comment you're replying to was 11 words, and also correct in that, yes, I had assumed the author was male.