Splinters. That's all I have to say about that.

lol

...ewwwww

Actually, I'm on the Federated States of Micronesia, formerly known as the Caroline Islands, in the Pacific ocean north of New Guinea.

BTW, I once knew a male who would pose as a female to decieve desperate and hopeless internet males. But I think he did it because he had female gender associations mentally and not just to giggle at how sad internet males really are.

If you believe that I can't believe you missed this thread: http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=11838

You're thinking of clownfish again.

I think it's important to qualify hyzmarca's statement by pointing out he said 'gender', not 'sex'. There are two basic sexes with an assortment of possible anomalies, but gender has to do with a mental affiliation, and hence isn't so discrete.

Oh ok, I seem to remember you saying you were doing some peace corp service, I thought you had said west africa...I could be thinking someone else if you're not in the peace corp.

Reason I asked: Ran accross a shot up mini-bus east of Korhogo at an abandoned rebel "checkpoint". They were long gone by the time we got there, but 3 volunteers were among the dead.

edit: Those were Red Cross volunteers, not peace corp...just thought I should clarify.

Well, sometimes volunteers do die or disappear for a variety of reasons. There's a reason that Peace Corps has policies against getting involved in local political activities.

Actually, just very recently, a female Peace Corps volunteer in Tonga was killed by a shark. She had been at post just a couple of weeks and went swimming in the ocean with a local friend. A shark came and bit her only once as sharks often do when they realize that humans don't taste good to them. Unfortunately a single casual bite from a large shark can easily sever a leg at the thigh and that's what happened to this volunteer. She died very rapidly in the ocean from blood loss.

This is one of those deaths that is made more traumatic because the statistical odds of dying in a shark attack are very low; shark attacks are quite rare. It's one thing if someone dies of something common, like heart disease or an auto accident, because that happens to a lot of people. But when someone dies from something that is truly freakish and statistically remote like a shark attack I think that it really shakes people up more. The death really traumatized a lot of the Tonga volunteers; some of them quit service right after the death because they had been friends of the deceased.

Unless they are married like I am. I am very familiar with Aunt Flo and her monthly visits to our house.

"and she'll want you to taste the fruit of her loins,
but don't cause it'll taste like old rusty coins"
Stephen Lynch

It makes me consider that ancient Greek idea that the closest and most meaningful relationships would be between people of the same gender. To borrow the words of another:

"Which relationship is more sincere? The one between yourself and a woman you feel attracted to, or to your male friend who you drink beers with, share interests with, and can always talk to? Just think about that..."

Some of the warmest and closest and most genuinely supportive relationships I've personally had with other people has been with sparring partners. But, unfortunately (and I seriously blame Barbie) it's a truly rare and exceptional woman who digs full contact and much to my disappointment in my personal experience they've often turned out to be lesbians.

To make this statement more applicable to general DSF membership, I've only met 2 women in the flesh over the course of my entire life who enjoyed RPGs.

Sometimes when I start to feel depressed about things like girlfriends in general I wonder if I'd be better off being gay. Maybe the ancient Greeks were really onto something.

~J

The one between myself and a woman friend I feel attracted to, drink beers with, share interests with, and can always talk to.

Uh.... you know, they've got cyberware for that now.

Gee, lucky you. I've never met a female like that in the flesh. I've only seen a few on the internet who I am reasonably certain are female. (My joke about naked fat men aside.)

Re toe injuries I find that they're pretty common. I sprained my big toes several times in 4 years of judo and nasty toe jams against elbows are pretty common with any sort of standup. I'm a strong believer in wearing sneakers even if it means that kicks land a bit harder. I don't mind being kicked with sneakers or wrestling shoes at all.

I can take a harder kick to the gut but I'd rather not fuck up my toes again.

Well, see, for me, that's precisely the problem. If all that I wanted was a McFlippy kick TKD woman, sure. But women who have the intestinal fortitude to train full contact who are not lesbians are extremely rare.

I never understand how there are young women all across the US in undergraduate colleges who are willing to jump on the extremely abstract and theoretical radical academic feminism bandwagon and yet there are almost none who are willing to learn to fight.

Note that fully resistant sparring can mean grappling as well.

EDIT: Which is less sensitive to body weight, you sickos! Man, glad I've caught that.

That's a reasonable suggestion. The truth is that I haven't spent too much time at gaming stores. Usually they're very rare and hard to find. I've also never been to a RenFaire. And yet, your suggestion is very reasonable. Perhaps the next chance I get I should visit a gaming store or RenFaire.

I like to think so. Really, she can't fight for crap, but that never stops her from trying. The funny thing is, if we're messing around and she socks me in the jaw on accident, no big deal (although I hate being punched in the ear). But if we ever try to play racquet ball together... oh my GOD! Lawyers on the frickin' phone!

Heh. I've actually known one obese woman who was like that. The problem with her was that she would just gas so quickly on account of her obesity.

On the flip side, though, I've seen some wonderful young women who fought very well for the amount of time they've been training. I've seen one, a bullshido.net poster, who after training for maybe a year had some wonderful head movement and evasion going on which some people who have trained for years still haven't implemented yet. There are some women who really fight well in spite of all the social odds stacked against that and for that they really have my admiration.

Mwah hwah hwah, that's why you have to keep your guard up. It also helps to get punched a lot in the head so you get used to it. :3

Heh, blunt trauma.

If James McMurray's advice doesn't work for you, you can try evangelizing. I've got over a dozen woman gamers in my circle of friends, but I trained all but one of them myself.

Reminds me of the Chick Track about DnD. . .

Don't be stupid, Debbie!

Hey! Lawyers aren't that bad, well I sure hope I'm not gonna be considered scum.

Oh yeah, dude over here btw.

see , this is where I explain a joke which automatically makes it less funny.
The point being that when we play racquet ball that we fight so much that we start splitting up our things in the beginnings of a seperation. Thank god the game's only an hour long.

See , not as funny anymore. But hey, if you're a lawyer, I could call you. THat would be fine, as long as you're in the US. Long distance and all that. And me being cheap and poor to boot.

Fangirl: yay Dark Dungeons! That was the one that got me in to D&D! I love those little pamphlets!