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Since voices don't change until puberty -- any kid screaming sounds the same. And in the vein of special individuals, there are little girls who love and hate

by dnewms 12y ago

Since voices don't change until puberty -- any kid screaming sounds the same. And in the vein of special individuals, there are little girls who love and hate insects, and little boys who love and hate insects. Perhaps a more original phrase or analogy would be better: I would scream like a Dryococelus australis being attacked by rats.

ars 12y ago
> Since voices don't change until puberty -- any kid screaming sounds the same. Apparently you have not met any. They don't sound anything alike, except maybe as newborns. > there are little girls who love and hate insects He just said scream like a little girl, there was no connotation of girls hating or loving insects. Just a sound.
- timv 12y ago
  They don't sound anything alike I don't know about that. My 3.5yo daughter has a 4.5yo male best friend. When they're running about squealing, it's pretty hard to tell their squeals apart.
- vacri 12y ago
  there was no connotation of girls hating or loving insects. Just a sound. There was, however, the connotation that girls are prissy and easily scared.
  - gambiting 12y ago
    Where? How? There is no such thing said anywhere - if you made such connection in your brain then well, it's your problem. It's a description of a sound, nothing more, nothing less.
    - jusben1369 12y ago
      See my additional comment above in this thread.
      - mania 12y ago
        so you say we can discriminate against children as long as they aren't girls?!
    - vacri 12y ago
      You strike me as the kind of person who literally believes in everything a politician says, and is unaware of subtexts. If you think that all that people say is only the pure literal surface meaning of their words, than that is very much your problem, not mine. Also, the trope is "run away, screaming like a little girl", not just "screaming like a little girl".
      - gambiting 12y ago
        I think this is a general problem with us programmers - we read everything incredibly literally. If you want to read into subtext then please do, but I don't see it. Fortunately I am not interested in politics.
gambiting 12y ago
>>any kid screaming sounds the same. So what is the problem then? If they sound the same, then what difference does it make if he said "scream like a little girl" or "scream like a little boy" or "scream as a child"?

by dnewms 12y ago

ars 12y ago

> Since voices don't change until puberty -- any kid screaming sounds the same. Apparently you have not met any. They don't sound anything alike, except maybe as newborns. > there are little girls who love and hate insects He just said scream like a little girl, there was no connotation of girls hating or loving insects. Just a sound.

timv 12y ago
They don't sound anything alike I don't know about that. My 3.5yo daughter has a 4.5yo male best friend. When they're running about squealing, it's pretty hard to tell their squeals apart.
vacri 12y ago
there was no connotation of girls hating or loving insects. Just a sound. There was, however, the connotation that girls are prissy and easily scared.
- gambiting 12y ago
  Where? How? There is no such thing said anywhere - if you made such connection in your brain then well, it's your problem. It's a description of a sound, nothing more, nothing less.
  - jusben1369 12y ago
    See my additional comment above in this thread.
    - mania 12y ago
      so you say we can discriminate against children as long as they aren't girls?!
  - vacri 12y ago
    You strike me as the kind of person who literally believes in everything a politician says, and is unaware of subtexts. If you think that all that people say is only the pure literal surface meaning of their words, than that is very much your problem, not mine. Also, the trope is "run away, screaming like a little girl", not just "screaming like a little girl".
    - gambiting 12y ago
      I think this is a general problem with us programmers - we read everything incredibly literally. If you want to read into subtext then please do, but I don't see it. Fortunately I am not interested in politics.

gambiting 12y ago

>>any kid screaming sounds the same. So what is the problem then? If they sound the same, then what difference does it make if he said "scream like a little girl" or "scream like a little boy" or "scream as a child"?