Comments on: Men Are Stupid

By: blachawk

blachawk — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:37:03 +0000

“I hope someone gets that.”

Strongbad ftw.

By: Cameron Sorden

Cameron Sorden — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:23:26 +0000

Heh. Well said, Julian.

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:58:44 +0000

90% of civilization (since the domestication of fire, pretty much) is the effort of man to create comfort for women in order to secure the promise of steady sex.

The remaining 10% is boredom and untamed geek tendencies.

Men have always historically been the architects of this human world. But before we let that go to our heads too much, most of it was done just to get laid.

By: yunk

yunk — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:51:56 +0000

Actually I’ve heard similar explanations for why women hold more highly paid and senior positions in the US vs Canada and Europe. Women work more here and are expected to work more.

Tobold brings up an interesting point I first read in a book: Your Money or Your Life. Calculate all the overtime, all the commute time, all the extra time you spend studying to keep up your skills, and that’s your true hourly wage. They even include “decompression” time after work if you feel really stressed by your job. Man I make next to nothing if you compute it that way.

By: croddam

croddam — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:59:35 +0000

Zubon, that men do stupid things for a larger measurable reward compared to intangible rewards is hardly an insight. Maybe it’s just because not a day goes by when I don’t end up doing a few things I get to look back at the end of the day and say with regret, “Wow! That was really stupid.”(e.g. this post{I had a nice lurking streak going}) that I realize guys are so stupid but to everyone I know thats always been obvious. One solution I recently started attempting to keep me from getting further behind while my girlfriend progresses while I start classes again is to have her grind my character(we both are healers) as I end up always busy what with avoiding narcolepsy at school… The only trouble with this solution so far is although I ask her for help on my character not much happens with it and in the end I seem to spend more and more of my free time working on her characters while she’s in her classes…

Cameron you could just make up a cake chart(like a pie chart but tastier) except most of us would just realize the cake is a lie *cough*

Jezebeau no lightswitch raves!

By: Tobold

Tobold — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:25:08 +0000

Zubon is right. And that means that if you calculate wages per hour, the wage gap actually reverses, because if you get paid for a 40-hour week and end up working 70, being paid per week / months means that your hourly wage is lower than you think.

By: Jezebeau

Jezebeau — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:37:04 +0000

the system. is down.
the system. is down.
do-do do doo do
do-do do doo do

I hope someone gets that.

By: Cameron Sorden

Cameron Sorden — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:57:08 +0000

Uh-oh. It’s only a matter of time until someone brings in charts and starts yelling about the system…