You Know You're A Crazy Lady When...

14-01-2011 12:02AM

I'd say "hi whore!" to my best mate, but not a bunch of strangers online! Kinda pissed me off when i saw it first... does that make me a crazy lady?

Dudess · 14-01-2011 12:02AM

This isn't so much light-hearted crazy behaviour as just scary nut-job behaviour: I remember a woman parked outside Argos on Grand Parade in Cork - firstly, there is no parking area outside Argos, only a narrow, pedestrian priority "strip" - AND it's one-way but her car had come from the wrong direction, and when some guy politely told her she needed to move as she was obstructing a roadway, she screamed abuse at him and threatened to assault him.

nosey rosie · 14-01-2011 12:03AM

Lambseye, you're all empty rhetoric and no logic. There are plenty of ways to be self effacing and poke fun at yourself as a female. You're not doing that. I reckon from the way you conduct yourself on this site, that you're a sad bloke, not yet out of his teens, with a seriously miysogynistic attitude.

If you ARE a woman, you need to get therapy.

LambsEye · 14-01-2011 12:03AM

hondasam wrote: »

Anyone will take offence been called a whore. Probably should not be posted anywhere really.

Giselle wrote: »

Or someone who just finds this kind of opener -

- not quite as awesome as you do.

Original post has been modified.

Whores, sluts, biiiitches etc. It's refreshing to see that even in our enlightened times some words are SO taboo that people will insist on taking offence to them even when offence is not intended.

I also find it amusing that women will feel free to call other women sluts or biiitches or anything else but when you try and use those same words in a joking context you're brand with low self esteem etc.

Gunsfortoys · 14-01-2011 12:04AM

Dudess wrote: »

This isn't so much light-hearted crazy behaviour as just scary nut-job behaviour: I remember a woman parked outside Argos on Grand Parade in Cork - firstly, there is no parking area outside Argos, only a narrow, pedestrian priority "strip" - AND it's one-way but her car had come from the wrong direction, and when some guy politely told her she needed to move as she was obstructing a roadway, she screamed abuse at him and threatened to assault him.

Some women don't like being told their wrong.:pac:

Gunsfortoys · 14-01-2011 12:05AM

nosey rosie wrote: »

Lambseye, you're all empty rhetoric and no logic. There are plenty of ways to be self effacing and poke fun at yourself as a female. You're not doing that. I reckon from the way you conduct yourself on this site, that you're a sad bloke, not yet out of his teens, with a seriously miysogynistic attitude.

If you ARE a woman, you need to get therapy.

I was wondering when this stick would appear.

af_thefragile · 14-01-2011 12:05AM

Well you don't really tell a girl you like her until you know she likes you too and you already behave like you're in a relationship.

Jaxxy · 14-01-2011 12:05AM

nosey rosie wrote: »

If you ARE a woman, you need to get therapy.

Give over.

LambsEye · 14-01-2011 12:05AM

nosey rosie wrote: »

Lambseye, you're all empty rhetoric and no logic. There are plenty of ways to be self effacing and poke fun at yourself as a female. You're not doing that. I reckon from the way you conduct yourself on this site, that you're a sad bloke, not yet out of his teens, with a seriously miysogynistic attitude.

If you ARE a woman, you need to get therapy.

I am a woman. A mid 20's woman. Please, enlighten me as to how you think I need therapy. Genuinely curious.

PeakOutput · 14-01-2011 12:06AM

hondasam wrote: »

Anyone will take offence been called a whore. Probably should not be posted anywhere really.

They really wont, a lot maybe, some certainly, but not anyone.

I dont think you know the world your living in.

hondasam · 14-01-2011 12:07AM

LambsEye wrote: »

Hondasm, this thread is supposed to be light-hearted.

I would not presume to know anything about you to claim you are a whore. It was meant as a term of affection.

Y'know, subverting an insult to take away it's social ideological power? Just as gay people adopted "queer?" Same thing.

And you would be completely remiss to say that sometimes, as women, we act a little crazy. OR are you a sort to completely disagree with feminine representations in things like "Bridget Jones Diary," which portray women acting a little silly as a way to poke light-hearted fun at ourselves?

Thats impossible because you annoyed and irrated all the women at the start.

you should have chosen your words a bit better.

Term of affection is not been called a whore.

LambsEye · 14-01-2011 12:08AM

Starla_o0 wrote: »

I'd say "hi whore!" to my best mate, but not a bunch of strangers online! Kinda pissed me off when i saw it first... does that make me a crazy lady?

Hah! You're probably right Starla. I also greet my mates in this manner (and much worse.)

Because you greet your mates in the same way I hope you understand that there was no offence meant in this greeting.

Giselle · 14-01-2011 12:08AM

LambsEye wrote: »

Whores, sluts, biiiitches etc. It's refreshing to see that even in our enlightened times some words are SO taboo that people will insist on taking offence to them even when offence is not intended.

Some words will always offend. Try using the 'N' bomb to an audience of people of colour and see how much of laugh it gets.

I also find it amusing that women will feel free to call other women sluts or biiitches or anything else but when you try and use those same words in a joking context you're brand with low self esteem etc.

I don't, and no one I know does to me. Thats probably because I'm 25, not 15.

Dudess · 14-01-2011 12:09AM

In fairness, I thought it was obvious the OP was messing with the "whores" intro - it just looked like "Hey bitches" and it's not as if she said "You're all a bunch of whores", but jeez... in the Ladies' Lounge... :eek::pac:

we'llallhavetea_old · 14-01-2011 12:09AM

woah!!! some keraaazy bitches up in here.

:pac:

nosey rosie · 14-01-2011 12:10AM

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

I was wondering when this stick would appear.

It doesn't make it any less less true though... have you a valid point to make?

Jaxxy · 14-01-2011 12:11AM

nosey rosie wrote: »

It doesn't make it any less less true though... have you a valid point to make?

Do you?

AgileMyth · 14-01-2011 12:11AM

charlemont wrote: »

My ex girlfriend was standing in a large queue in Dunnes Patrick St a few years back and she was getting very frustrated and angry with waiting and as she glanced around she spotted 3/4 Dunnes Managers (all men) and they were all chat and laughing at something between themselves. Well that lit the fuse, she stomped over to them with her shopping basket and threw it and the groceries on the floor and screamed " Im going shopping in Super Valu, they treat their customers better" and walked out the door. The managers were stunned...

LambsEye wrote: »

A friend of mine stopped her car in the middle of traffic once, got out, knocked on the person behind her's window, and shouted: "You are the rudest person I have ever met in my LIFE" into the car. Because the person behind her had been driving too close.

If a man does something like this he'd be considered a dick, rightly. But women can get away with this ****.

Dudess · 14-01-2011 12:12AM

nosey rosie wrote: »

It doesn't make it any less less true though... have you a valid point to make?

How is it misogynistic or indicative of a need for therapy? I wouldn't use it myself, but it was used in an ironic way.

upandcumming · 14-01-2011 12:12AM

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

This was in tLL!? Know your audience OP!

I once went completely ape**** at a bloke outside a club because he kept sauntering by, eying up one of my crying girlfriends who was having "a bad night" and drunkenly bemoaning something about some random guy she barely knew who didn't want her. I called the circling bloke the scum of the Earth, preying on upset, vulnerable girls at the end of the night just to get the easy ride, then I threw my half-eaten quarter pounder with cheese at him. Turns out he was her brother.

This "scum of the Earth" is a genius.

hondasam · 14-01-2011 12:12AM

PeakOutput wrote: »

They really wont, a lot maybe, some certainly, but not anyone.

I dont think you know the world your living in.

Im pretty sure Im living in the same world as you :rolleyes:

nosey rosie · 14-01-2011 12:12AM

LambsEye wrote: »

I am a woman. A mid 20's woman.

Of course you aren't, don't make us laugh!

PeakOutput · 14-01-2011 12:13AM

hondasam wrote: »

Thats impossible because you annoyed and irrated all the women at the start.

seen as there are women replying in the spirit of the thread and at least one other woman who said specifically she also greets her friends with 'hi whore' you are clearly 100% wrong, again.

Gunsfortoys · 14-01-2011 12:13AM

nosey rosie wrote: »

It doesn't make it any less less true though... have you a valid point to make?

So far you have mangaged to call the OP misogynist, a sad bloke and she is in need of therapy.

My point is lighten the **** up.

PeakOutput · 14-01-2011 12:14AM

AgileMyth wrote: »

If a man does something like this he'd be considered a dick, rightly. But women can get away with this ****.

not with me they cant id call her a ****.

Jaxxy · 14-01-2011 12:14AM

Ah give over girls, it was meant in jest, the OP has been edited and LambsEye has said she didn't mean to cause offense.

Princess Peach · 14-01-2011 12:14AM

Silverfish wrote: »

Moved from tLL.

LMAO!! :pac:

Dudess · 14-01-2011 12:15AM

AgileMyth wrote: »

If a man does something like this he'd be considered a dick, rightly. But women can get away with this ****.

Well I thought the woman who did what I saw was a psycho bitch and I wouldn't have blamed the guy for losing it with her - fair play to him for keeping his cool.
In fairness, what's the male equivalent of "bunnyboiler"? I'm not saying men don't also get villified for irrational behaviour - of course they do - but it's not true that women don't.

hondasam · 14-01-2011 12:15AM

PeakOutput wrote: »

seen as there are women replying in the spirit of the thread and at least one other woman who said specifically she also greets her friends with 'hi whore' you are clearly 100% wrong, again.

what ever you say, I stand corrected.

you are right, that make you feel better.

LambsEye · 14-01-2011 12:16AM

Giselle wrote: »

Some words will always offend. Try using the 'N' bomb to an audience of people of colour and see how much of laugh it gets.

I don't, and no one I know does to me. Thats probably because I'm 25, not 15.

Seeings as you're going there, you may be aware that black people have adopted the "N Word," and use it freely amongst themselves as a term of endearment. They took the word from their oppressors and applied it as an inclusive word, that only they can use. Thus stripping it of its power.

As a white person I would never, ever use that word among them because I know the context and connotations associated with it.

BUT as a confident, 24 year old woman, I feel absolutely no shame in using words that have previously been used to oppress woman.

I think you are being FAR too sensitive. I don't know you. I don't know if you are a whore or not. I'm guessing you're not but the fact is if you allow words like this to deeply offend you then you are allowing people who use those words (in a serious context, NOT in a joking context) to demean you.

Obviously you do not share the same sense of humour as I do, which is fine. I have acknowledged that this thread should have been in After Hours.

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