Monday, July 26, 2004
Without being mean, you are a pig.
Getting bad headaches lately which on self diagnosis are the result of a big tumour. It feels like there is a big piece of cotton wool wrapped around my brain. P reckons it’s cause my back is prolly out of alignment, I reckon it’s a tumour.
Tumour or no tumour, I don’t subscribe to stupid sexist challenges that R suggests promote good competition.
His statement:
‘Perhaps the poker fad will die soon, and without being sexist, I dont think a girl will win one of the heads up games..’
How is this not sexist? By just saying the words ‘..without being sexist’ doesn’t make it so.
It’s like saying, ‘..without being mean, you are a pig’.
His challenge:
Challenge - first girl to win a heads up game ($6+) with atleast 5 ppl and im one of them. Ill buy them dinner at anyrestaurant they want or they can have a $50 alphutte voucher,after all dinner with me is hardly a prize.
Notice the bit that says ‘… and I’m one of them’
So he is also saying he thinks he is a superior poker player to everyone, regardless of sex, for which there is no quantitative evidence given.
Over all the years we have been playing, I would suggest that there wouldn’t be a significant amount of money that has actually exchanged owners. However some people seem to forget everything that happened previous to their most recent win.
¶ 3:01 PM
Getting bad headaches lately which on self diagnosis are the result of a big tumour. It feels like there is a big piece of cotton wool wrapped around my brain. P reckons it’s cause my back is prolly out of alignment, I reckon it’s a tumour.
Tumour or no tumour, I don’t subscribe to stupid sexist challenges that R suggests promote good competition.
His statement:
‘Perhaps the poker fad will die soon, and without being sexist, I dont think a girl will win one of the heads up games..’
How is this not sexist? By just saying the words ‘..without being sexist’ doesn’t make it so.
It’s like saying, ‘..without being mean, you are a pig’.
His challenge:
Challenge - first girl to win a heads up game ($6+) with atleast 5 ppl and im one of them. Ill buy them dinner at anyrestaurant they want or they can have a $50 alphutte voucher,after all dinner with me is hardly a prize.
Notice the bit that says ‘… and I’m one of them’
So he is also saying he thinks he is a superior poker player to everyone, regardless of sex, for which there is no quantitative evidence given.
Over all the years we have been playing, I would suggest that there wouldn’t be a significant amount of money that has actually exchanged owners. However some people seem to forget everything that happened previous to their most recent win.
¶ 3:01 PM
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I thought that challenge was a bit sexist too. I mean, there are a number of other (male) people who play poker who don't seem to have won a heads up game yet. Why isn't the challenge extended to them too ?
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