Comments on: Girls Have a Sense of Humor Too!

By: Lathere

Lathere — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:23:26 +0000

Lol thats fair enough – I was a deer caught in the headlights!!!! I couldn’t move It’s just a pity others also didn’t move lol.

By: PapaNasty

PapaNasty — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:36:43 +0000

haha don’t worry about it, that was Buff I think, his sarcasm comes out sounding sorta serious a lot of the time (Same with Jugg / Solo aswell).

Everyone gets your sarcasm I think We don’t really think you’re a ditzy blonde

Although in saying that, I’m NOT going to mark you for everyone to follow during firefighter again!!

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:26:58 +0000

I try not to let gender become an issue when I play. Like most other girl gamers I want to be respected for my game and social skills, not for having a vagina.

So, it makes me sad when those around me think I need protecting from rude jokes, or that I dont know how sarcasm work. Like someone doing a joke about young girls “if its grass on the field lets play, if not roll around and play in the mud” (admittedly not the best of jokes, but thats beside the point). And then having someone go “Its ok Kris, they dont really mean it. They wouldnt really do it”.

Like somehow being female means I dont understand what a joke is, or that I am unable to deal with it on my own if I find it offensive.
.-= Kristine’s last blog … Skill and gear: Who’s myth is really being debunked? =-.

By: Zahrah

Zahrah — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:34:24 +0000

He was being a bit of an Twit…

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:06:48 +0000

Personally I think all the guys in the guild are too worried they might offend us to actually relax and listen to the tone of voice. Doesn’t help that the other two girls in the guild are kinda scary. (Well they scare me)

By: Tam

Tam — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:33:59 +0000

Ye gods. First of all, it’s not you, and it’s not that you’re not funny.

The thing about not being able to say you’re lovely because he didn’t know what you looked like is a textbook example of male WoW player being utterly crap to a female WoW player. This doesn’t in any way make it okay, and yes, you’re right, it’s a terrible terrible thing to say, and you were right to call him on it. Obviously he’s just crass sand clueless but still. I can only guess he himself failed to understand the nature of the banter (I call our healer ‘lovely’ all the time, and he’s a zombie). All the same, definitely no HEALZ for him, not until he gets a fecking clue.

I hope you’re not too demoralised. I’m less forgiving than the poster above – I think they’re a bunch of dopes
.-= Tam’s last blog … So I Think I’ve Mentioned This Before… =-.

By: Ihra

Ihra — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:53:59 +0000

Just unperceived, I think. We’ve pretty well caught onto realising that the written word can be massively misinterpreted (in emails, etc) b/c it lacks so many of the critical components of FtF interaction. But people are a little slower to notice that voice chat without any facial expressions or body language can still have a wide possibility of misinterpretation.

So they don’t get silly, OR sarcastic? What are they, more like…slapstick guildies? I have a hard time seeing how that kind of humour could be executed in gchat / vent .