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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
In my experience they are only smug in the first two trimesters and they are generally cranky, slow, needy and take up a hell of a lotta bed space in the third.
Especially in mid summer.
More have died in the name of normality than ever for strangeness. Beware of normal people.
He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes; He who does not is a fool forever. (Confucius).
Working in an office full of women, I am often tormented by the fawning squeels of women being shown bumps, scan pictures, crying babies, young children being brought in, etc.
But given the maternity pay/conditions that they seem to get, I can understand them rubbing people's faces in it - especially as a man I will be entitled to 3 seconds of unpaid paternity leave (which I will be encouraged not to take) in the event of my wife ever catching babies from me
Note - on my phone so I can't hear song so I may be way off the tone of the thread
Yes, yes they are smug and if you know whats good for you you will just accept it and move on because when the hormones hit and they go bat-gak crazy you don't want to be in their line of site. =o]
Just wait until they hit there pickles,ice cream and mustard phase..... then things get interesting
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Sonophos wrote:In my experience they are only smug in the first two trimesters and they are generally cranky, slow, needy and take up a hell of a lotta bed space in the third.
Especially in mid summer.
Testify wrote:They have a human being growing inside them. They can act however they like.
what if they were impregnated by aliens!
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SilverMK2 wrote:Working in an office full of women, I am often tormented by the fawning squeels of women being shown bumps, scan pictures, crying babies, young children being brought in, etc.
But given the maternity pay/conditions that they seem to get, I can understand them rubbing people's faces in it - especially as a man I will be entitled to 3 seconds of unpaid paternity leave (which I will be encouraged not to take) in the event of my wife ever catching babies from me
Note - on my phone so I can't hear song so I may be way off the tone of the thread
My sister treats her baby like she won a Lombardi trophy, it's sort of funny.
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Testify wrote:They have a human being growing inside them. They can act however they like.
Not really, no.
Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
If pregnant women are smug, I'd guess it's a smugness directed at other women rather than men.
Women see other women pregnant and think weird things like "I wish that was me" and at the same time "I don't need to be pregnant to feel good about myself."
Men see women pregnant and think weird things like "she is crippled for now; I will bring her food then."
Women are weird...
That's pretty much as far as my understanding of women goes...
I don't think there is a further understanding...
Dakka Bingo! By Ouze "You are the best at flying things"-Kanluwen
"Further proof that Purple is a fething brilliant super villain " -KingCracker
"Purp.. Im pretty sure I have a gun than can reach you...."-Nicorex
"That's not really an apocalypse. That's just Europe."-Grakmar
"almost as good as winning free cake at the tea drinking contest for an Englishman." -Reds8n
Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
Watch for Gerry.
Testify wrote:They have a human being growing inside them. They can act however they like.
That makes no sense whatsoever.
Yes it does. Just to re-iterate.
THEY ARE GROWING HUMAN BEINGS INSIDE THEIR BODY.
That is awesome.
Care to explain why being able to manufacture a potential human being gives you the right to do whatever you like?
Well, can YOU make a human being? They have the monopoly. You wouldn't gak in your bed, don't piss off a pregnant woman.
Actually we can make both artificial sperm and artificial eggs AFAIK...
So we managed to make ourselves redundant...
Dakka Bingo! By Ouze "You are the best at flying things"-Kanluwen
"Further proof that Purple is a fething brilliant super villain " -KingCracker
"Purp.. Im pretty sure I have a gun than can reach you...."-Nicorex
"That's not really an apocalypse. That's just Europe."-Grakmar
"almost as good as winning free cake at the tea drinking contest for an Englishman." -Reds8n
Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
Watch for Gerry.
Monster Rain wrote:There's just some things you can't understand until you experience them.
Dealing intimately on a daily basis with a pregnant woman is one of them. Doubly so when you're the one who "did the job", as it were.
QFT
I can't remember how many times I heard "You did this to me!"
I'm lucky though, Mrs Prime would cry and then say "It's not your fault, I'm crying because I'm upset that I'm crying" She's good like that and being preggers wasn't all that bad, grocery bill went up but that was about it. Having a DD for 9 months was great!
More have died in the name of normality than ever for strangeness. Beware of normal people. 
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