Seasons

Or perhaps Bev was an espionage bot for the KGB who escaped by throwing himself into the input of a language translation program!

(gender is different in Russian)

Da. In Soviet Russia bot tells human what to say. Ha haaa haaa.

Quite a few polls among online gamers (MMORPS like EQ or WOW) show that most female characters in the games are played by men. While I have no data on women pretending to be men, I have female friends who play male characters in games (to avoid being hit on and such) and I know at least one guy who plays women so that men hitting on him/her will give him stuff in the game and he/she flirts for advantages all the time. He won't believe me when I tell him real women wouldn't be so shameless and obvious about it. There are forums where I would never admit to being female and I have to stay quiet a lot ("Ewww gross... I mean cool...this thread needs more pictures!").

Though gender isn't the same as identity, I think it's funny how people play with roles. There are places on the Internet where we have to be polite and professional (just as in RL) and places where we can pretend (like in bars, only cheaper). I think I am more my real self here than most places. I only start to hide who I am when annoying people track you down in real life and get all stalker on you. Then I want to be a bot from old Soviet program gone wild.

Hello everybody!

I read the part psimagus posted [awhile back in PF News] about people writing things out on the calculator, well I still do that also. I still write basic words, but since they came out the graphing calculator I could write out whole sentences.

Now I do this lightheartedly in my math and science classes...
I tried:
Are you doing anything 20 mins from now?
I love they way you look when you stare at a calculator.

So far it hasn't really worked

Psimagus is a cheerleader from Leeds.

*waves pom-poms*

RA RA RA! Go Forgebots, Go!

or in genuine Leedsish:

"k k k ru fit wnna cyber asl"

For all I know, the icon of Fizzy Schizoid is an accurate picture of his creator

Which would explain why my icon is wearing a helmet.

Oh, my! It's really true!!!

And that means - that means - I'm a 1,000 year old alien!!!
Actually ... that would explain why it's so hard to get up in the morning sometimes...

So Bev, why do you think all those guys are playing female roles? Is it cl*****s envy?

I am a WoW addict- and I know quite a few guys who play female characters. They make it well known that they are male most of the time- their explaination is that while playing they don't want to be looking at a guys butt all day. *shuggs* I can't picture myself making a male character personally.

So it's a form of autoeroticism?

I've never played such games. Are they free?