"You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong." - Johann von Neumann, on being phoned at 10:00 AM
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Female friend: i got frustrated that i was annoyed
which got me even more frustrated
Someone else on my exciting life: we are all risk takers when we fren u man
Me: AHAHAHAHAH
Sociologist: tell her im in soci then she complains econs is tough
i say soci ppl are happier then she has the gall to say "because soci is easy what!"
ROAR
Me: it is what :P
Sociologist: come to soci n ace it then u can talk
simply put
if soci was easy
the smart ppl wld come to it to score
and if the smart ppl came it wldnt be easy
your dogma crumbles before superior logic
Me: uhh
and this shows me how stupid soci is haha
Sociologist: soci is probably more intuitive than econs
but just as academically rigorous
so i dont see a basis for differentiating
Me: [go to] CNM lah haha
Sociologist: fluff!
Me: haha that's rich
Someone on someone else wanting to get a girlfriend to talk to to relieve stress: women like to yak yak yak
not listen to your problems
you got problems
be a man and solve it yourself
yeah
that's the attitude of my gf
so please smash his illusion or disillusion k
thanks
Someone else: women are indeed a source of stress relief; as long as u do everything else but talk with them.haha. ur fren wld have to tear his hair out much more talking to a girl.
Someone on "is it tough being a girl in engin? im asking this cos NUS seemed to take PAINS to tell girls that it was not": in my entire cpe cohort, i only knew 2 gals who enjoyed e course
the rest literally clinged to the guys for survival
for projects, labs assigments
Me: haha
and the guys let them leech?
Someone: yah
haiz
but well they do all the documentation
Me: it's okay
feminarchy says that they were discriminated against anyway
so they're justified in clutching coattails
cpe stands for what ah
Someone: computer engineering
Me: why not CE
Someone: why not COME
CE can mean chem engineering
Me: gah
Someone: tt's why chem engin is CHE
and we r CPE
Someone else: i learn this when i was interning
even if uare a small fry
u need to learn this
u need to know how to manage ur boss
Someone: i heard a hilarious analogy the other day
i think it was attributed to noelle
noelle loh, from ac who now writes for urban?
time is like cleavage, if you squeeze it it'll appear.
or as it was more precisely related to me "squeeze abit then got"
Someone else: i don't fill out dresses.
unless they're very tight, which is then unforgiving on bulges.
Me: the joys of being female haha
Someone else: thanks...
Me: there're other joyslah
Someone else: yes, like being able to spout illogical nonsense, wear stupid cliched t-shirts and still have the opposite sex desire us
Someone (Female friend): pity i dont have any feminist friends to play mind games with
Me: haha
all too busy doing real work? ;)
Someone: no idea
maybe feminist are the product of all-girls schools
i always attended mixed schools, and dont have any close friends from girls schools
... hard [to accuse Singapore education of encouraging women to be ornamental] also if you knew lpm from vjc
empress dowager she was
supposedly nearly brought down HCJC when she took about half the teaching staff to vjc
could break the balls of the male PE teachers just by frowning
actually we have quite a few awesome role models for feminists. just have to look for the legendary principals in singapore. the amazing thing is, some of them started reign in the 80s
Me: they'll still claim there's patriarchy blah blah
if you assume patriarchy you'll never find it doesn't exist
Someone: yah and that education is slightly different, not so in other industries etc
i dunno
it's a waste of time :p
Me: yeah well
women aren't as prominent as men in most industries
women dont occupy the top posts because they’re less competitive, more risk averse etc
women earn less because they work less, and because they may get pregnant and drop out of the workforce (and even when they return they will earn less)
Someone: it's sad. but true
i think we take for granted the sacrifices men make to reach the top
i bet most of my bosses neglect their families
just that it has never been an issue to talk about, for men
cos they arent really supposed to be the ones dealing with the family on a daily basis. the wives traditionally do that
a woman can do it too if she wants. the thing is, can she sacrifice the same things?
maybe more, because nature has gifted her with things which become a hindrance whenshe wants to follow the path a man traditionally takes
Me: alternately
women do better at housework and raising kids then men
so better to let them do it so the men dont screw up
Someone: there are some men who do housework and raise kids better than women
those are skills i think anyone can give up
pick up
typo
Me: haha
give it up
Someone: yeah haha
and i think some woman suck at housework and raising kids
on the other hand, woman apparently have biological clocks
Me: that's like saying some men are weaker than women
some women are stronger than men
therefore women aren't weaker than men
Someone else: i thought feminism was about treating women equally
not effacing the distinction between male and female sexes
like racism
i can treat all races equally but it's stupid to pretend race doesn't exist
Me: social scientists claim it doesn't
Someone else: they can go and lay eggs la
Me: haha
you go and argue with them lah
Someone else: don't want
no use banging my head against the wall
Me: haha
I do it less than I used to
they like to pull out mumbo jumbo in response
Someone else: and i don't have the same knack of picking people's brains like you do
Me: oh I piss people off better than you ah
Someone else: yes haha
haha eh it's a compliment ok
i can almost imagine a panel
made up of me, [Cunning Linguist] and you
i will give kind comments
[Cunning Linguist] will then give happy fluffy comments
then you...
Me: you think american idol ah
Me: one day a whore will give you AIDS
Someone: i'll be sure to come at you with a bloody syring when that happens
Me: it's okay
the only known case of such didn't work
do you tell all the women you sleep with your sexual history if they ask
Someone: yes
hm
actually no
it depends
some girls can handle candour, some can't
Me: ie if you tell them and they'll still sleep with you, you will
if you tell them and they won't still sleep with you, you won't
Someone: i see you understand the algorithm
Me: bah
moral of the story: it pays to be a bastard
Someone: only becuas they are bitches
*shrugs* fight fire with fire