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Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 11:28 am**

Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

That's an interesting question that I don't know the answer to.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 11:34 am**

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

That's an interesting question that I don't know the answer to.

I'll blame *checks notes* fragile masculinity, for lack of a better answer.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 11:39 am**

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

That's an interesting question that I don't know the answer to.

Probably because the word "friend" is considered male, so it's all the fault of the patriarchy.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 11:42 am**

Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

Because I don't have any friends

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:00 pm**

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

Because I don't have any friends

You keep eating their lawns down to the ground, so ...

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:02 pm**

Farnhamia wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:
Because I don't have any friends

You keep eating their lawns down to the ground, so ...

That's never been a hindrance for me.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:03 pm**

Farnhamia wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:
Because I don't have any friends

You keep eating their lawns down to the ground, so ...

I'm a millennial, we're too poor to have a lawn

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:04 pm**

Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

Just call everyone your brother and/or sister. You can even add the word soul as a prefix if you want do some uncomfortable cultural appropriation.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:09 pm**

Heloin wrote:
Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

Just call everyone your brother and/or sister. You can even add the word soul as a prefix if you want do some uncomfortable cultural appropriation.

or if I want to sing a Train song. Is Train still around, whatever happened to them?

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:12 pm**

Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

I've not come across people doing this outside of American TV shows, so I'll have to consult with a script-writer.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:12 pm**

Kannap wrote:
Heloin wrote:Just call everyone your brother and/or sister. You can even add the word soul as a prefix if you want do some uncomfortable cultural appropriation.

or if I want to sing a Train song. Is Train still around, whatever happened to them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_(band)

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:13 pm**

Kannap wrote:
Heloin wrote:Just call everyone your brother and/or sister. You can even add the word soul as a prefix if you want do some uncomfortable cultural appropriation.

or if I want to sing a Train song. Is Train still around, whatever happened to them?

They derailed.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:15 pm**

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

I've not come across people doing this outside of American TV shows, so I'll have to consult with a script-writer.

I've had American girl friends call me girlfriend, fair to say it is a thing this side of the pond.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:16 pm**

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Kannap wrote:
or if I want to sing a Train song. Is Train still around, whatever happened to them?

They derailed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:17 pm**

Heloin wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:
They derailed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI

I prefer this version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybW48rKBME

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:19 pm**

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Kannap wrote:
or if I want to sing a Train song. Is Train still around, whatever happened to them?

They derailed.

Drops of Jupiter was based but that was about it really.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:22 pm**

Atheris wrote:
Heloin wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI

I prefer this version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybW48rKBME

Who memorises URL's?

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:31 pm**

Heloin wrote:
Atheris wrote:I prefer this version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybW48rKBME

Who memorises URL's?

I do. I can tell if a video's a Rickroll or not by the first two letters.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:33 pm**

Atheris wrote:
Heloin wrote:Who memorises URL's?

I do. I can tell if a video's a Rickroll or not by the first two letters.

Just right click and open new tab.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:35 pm**

Heloin wrote:
Atheris wrote:I do. I can tell if a video's a Rickroll or not by the first two letters.

Just right click and open new tab.

Or better yet, control click.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:50 pm**

Atheris wrote:
Heloin wrote:Who memorises URL's?

I do. I can tell if a video's a Rickroll or not by the first two letters.

the "ht" in https always gives it away.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:27 pm**

Kannap wrote:
Atheris wrote:I do. I can tell if a video's a Rickroll or not by the first two letters.

the "ht" in https always gives it away.

Kannap, cybersecurity called. They want you to never touch a computer again.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:30 pm**

Kowani wrote:
Kannap wrote:
the "ht" in https always gives it away.

Kannap, cybersecurity called. They want you to never touch a computer again.

Always remember to hand out your Social Security number to anyone who asks and your mothers maiden name.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:30 pm**

Kannap wrote:How come girls get to call their girl friends girlfriends but boys don't get to call their boy friends boyfriends?

Because guys get bromance, we get the occasional brief armistice.

Posted: **Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:49 pm**

Heloin wrote:
Kowani wrote:Kannap, cybersecurity called. They want you to never touch a computer again.

Always remember to hand out your Social Security number to anyone who asks and your mothers maiden name.

And the street you grew up on, your father's birthplace, your first pet's name and the name of your first grade teacher

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