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Have You Ever Been Mistaken For The Opposite Gender Online

  • 11-08-2013 8:35pm
    #1
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,940 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    It's happened a couple of times on here before that someone has thought that I was a woman. I'm not sure what that says about me.
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Comments

  • #2
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    No.. Bears are pretty masculine


  • #3
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    Yup, loads of people assume I'm male.


  • #4
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    Sometimes I'm confused for a girl, not to much on boards anymore.

    I find though that a lot of time people assume posters that don't use realname based usernames are male though


  • #5
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,754 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    No comment.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #6
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,940 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    Yup, loads of people assume I'm male.

    I actually thought that you were male too :(


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  • #7
    MonkstownHoop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭MonkstownHoop


    Never mistakenly as i often pretend i'm a woman on youporn chat and hit the F4F section


  • #8
    megapixel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 687 ✭✭✭megapixel


    Me to, I post a lot on sports forums so guys naturally assume i'm a lad.


  • #9
    washiskin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,364 ✭✭✭washiskin


    Yes - all the bloody time on Twitter. :mad:


  • #10
    lkionm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭lkionm


    What about AH having one of those threads where people post pictures of themselves so we can all **** off to?


    Wait, no. For a sense of community.


  • #11
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    No comment.

    *peers at username*

    that chap is a chap


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  • #12
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,070 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    lkionm wrote: »
    What about AH having one of those threads where people post pictures of themselves so we can all **** off to?

    1 thank = 1 ****


  • #13
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    People often think I'm a guy.


  • #14
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    Suas11 wrote: »
    I actually thought that you were male too :(

    See!

    I should just start sending tit pics to anyone who thinks I'm male. It'd solve the mystery of my gender once and for all.


  • #15
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    See!

    I should just start sending tit pics to anyone who thinks I'm male. It'd solve the mystery of my gender once and for all.

    You will be sorry you said that.


  • #16
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Nope, though they can sometimes get confused or double back when I talk about who I like to spend my happy time with


  • #17
    Panthro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,928 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    See!

    I should just start sending tit pics to anyone who thinks I'm male. It'd solve the mystery of my gender once and for all.

    Well now....

    I think you might be on to something.


  • #18
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Yes. People are very heteronormative.


  • #19
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,940 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    See!

    I should just start sending tit pics to anyone who thinks I'm male. It'd solve the mystery of my gender once and for all.

    Sounds like a good idea to me


  • #20
    lkionm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭lkionm


    My name is URL wrote: »
    1 thank = 1 ****

    YES, we are finally getting somewhere


  • #21
    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    Yeah..when I post on the Rugby forum people assume I'm a guy :rolleyes:


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  • #22
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,631 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    I'm 27/f/Cali


  • #23
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    antodeco wrote: »
    I'm 27/f/Cali

    travel/accom? ;)


  • #24
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    See!

    I should just start sending tit pics to anyone who thinks I'm male. It'd solve the mystery of my gender once and for all.

    PM Sent.


  • #25
    cantdecide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    No..... surprisingly

    /runs


  • #26
    Louisa Scarce Lip
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Louisa Scarce Lip


    Not to my knowledge.


  • #27
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,352 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Only once, when a post of mine was quoted. Unfortunately it was quoted by a journalist in the Irish Independent. :(


  • #28
    Aineoil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,358 ✭✭✭Aineoil


    Most, if not all, think I am male


  • #29
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    Guess I opened a can of worms with my last post.

    Here ya go, guys. ;)

    http://imgur.com/XO0FaPL


  • #30
    lkionm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭lkionm


    Zaph wrote: »
    Only once, when a post of mine was quoted. Unfortunately it was quoted by a journalist in the Irish Independent. :(
    I hope it started as Zaph, commander of the internet says .....


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  • #31
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    yes, quite often.

    People stereotype, some will form an opinion based on your name, some on how you write and topics you write about.

    I always find it fun when they find out otherwise.


  • #32
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,352 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    lkionm wrote: »
    I hope it started as Zaph, commander of the internet says .....

    Unfortunately it didn't, it was before I got promoted.


  • #33
    hoodwinked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭hoodwinked


    yes all the time,

    but worse than that is the hoodwinked jokes i get ALL the time :(


  • #34
    The Narrator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭The Narrator


    wazky wrote: »
    You will be sorry you said that.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf5FRPfGiC8


    Boobs!


  • #35
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    Zaph wrote: »
    Unfortunately it didn't, it was before I got promoted.
    Oh before you had any power here, President of the Galaxy then?


  • #36
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Someone in the prison forum went on about my lesbian agenda once ;-)

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #37
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    efb wrote: »
    Yes. People are very heteronormative.

    and cisnormative

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #38
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    mango salsa wrote: »
    Someone in the prison forum went on about my lesbian agenda once ;-)

    I remember that. :pac: Didn't an admin have to point out that you're male? :pac:


  • #39
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    I remember that. :pac: Didn't an admin have to point out that you're male? :pac:

    Yep

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #40
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Everyone thinks I'm a girl and I don't know why :(


  • #41
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    anncoates wrote: »
    People often think I'm a guy.

    And what does your wife think?


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  • #42
    Obliq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,371 ✭✭✭Obliq


    Once only on here. In the Islam forum, and I didn't correct them :D

    Oh.....nope. Twice. Another time on property taxes thread someplace up here....


  • #43
    jaffacakesyum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭jaffacakesyum


    It's happened a few times people assume my gender based on who I like to spend sexy time with.


  • #44
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Everyone thinks I'm a girl and I don't know why :(
    Naked pic was a pretty good giveaway. :P Obviously feminine name too.


  • #45
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    sometimes I feel the need to provide a dna test


  • #46
    Ace Attorney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Ace Attorney


    jaffacakesyum wrote: »
    It's happened a few times people assume my gender based on who I like to spend sexy time with.

    I thought you were/are female?


  • #47
    Zamboni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭Zamboni


    athtrasna wrote: »
    Yeah..when I post on the Rugby forum people assume I'm a guy :rolleyes:

    I thought you were a guy when I read your posts in accommodation. :o
    Sorry!


  • #48
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    Nah. I've always thought I've come across online as being very masculine and easy to note as being male. Thats not the case in real life though (I mean in terms of masculinity)


  • #49
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    pharmaton wrote: »
    sometimes I feel the need to provide a dna test

    Does a dna test prove gender?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #50
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    mango salsa wrote: »
    Does a dna test prove gender?

    Yes


  • #51
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    All the time but since I had the op its not so much of an issue any more.


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