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  1. BogLady

    BogLady Active Member

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    I have been in the work world for so many years and part owner of a small bar, I can honestly say, men gossip about each other almost as much as women. Although women seem to have perfected it to a science.

    I have to give guys credit as they will often say whatever they are thinking to another guy's face, not so much with women; IE: Floyd, you are such a dirt bag! VS That Sally is such a B**ch!......Oh Hi Sally, how are you today, we missed you!

    Both sexes are good at picking on the woman or man that is not at work on a given day such as who took the last box of staples and didn't say anything or who didn't put the tools back correctly.
    I think I have heard it all.
     
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  2. Catrin Lewis

    Catrin Lewis Contributor Contributor Community Volunteer Contest Winner 2023

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    Kitty litter. Lots of it.
     
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  3. KaTrian

    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    Well... I have a hunch they're maybe a bit jealous and project their insecurities. She's young, pretty and skinny. It's not been as aggressive as when we had this instagram model temping for like a month, but still.
     
  4. big soft moose

    big soft moose An Admoostrator Admin Staff Supporter Contributor Community Volunteer

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    Men normally do it to the guys face, and its often half in fun, and he'll earn respect by taking it and giving it back rather than by crying about it.

    That said some men (not me) will definitely do it about a female colleague mostly centering on whether shes a natural blonde and whether its worth trying to find out if you get my drift.
     
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  5. Mumble Bee

    Mumble Bee Keep writing. Contributor

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    Guys talk shit about other guys for tons of reasons.

    -Social Darwinism. Every group has their Cliff Clavin, that guy everyone talks shit about to help secure our own social standing.
    -Something is wrong. Is an order screwed up, or something work related just not working out well? Time to get to shit talking.
    -We Messed up. Now it's time to point out where anyone else messed up to justify how our mess-up wasn't all that bad in context.
    -Bored. Stuck on shift for the next 18 hours with nothing to do? Well have you seen the size of Jimmy's wife?

    There's a huge list, but what it really comes down to is whether or not guys trash talk other guys behind their back specifically to hurt the other person. To my experience no, we don't really do that.
     
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  6. Cave Troll

    Cave Troll It's Coffee O'clock everywhere. Contributor

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    Why be jealous of someones looks?
    You have to remember no one keeps
    their looks for ever.

    Talking about somebody for any amount of
    time, is not good for ones reputation.
    Just makes them look like petty assholes.
     
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  7. BayView

    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    Holy shit, you're a guy? I totally thought you were female.

    Why did I think that?

    Honestly, I can't keep track of people anymore...
     
  8. Mumble Bee

    Mumble Bee Keep writing. Contributor

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    I like to think it's because my online presence is semi- gender neutral. Either that or I've spent more of my life as an observer.

    My father always told me there are three types of people in the world.

    1. The doers. Like my brother. The ones that go out there and make things happen.
    2. The watchers. Like my sister. The ones that watch and talk about what just happened.
    3. And my group. The third group. The ones that wonder what in the hell just happened.

    Not that this story has anything to do with anything else, but I figured a bit of characterization might help @BayView remember who I am. :)
     
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  9. Cave Troll

    Cave Troll It's Coffee O'clock everywhere. Contributor

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    And because I am juvenile. :p
    Dental Pinup.jpg
     
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  10. matwoolf

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    ...in some respects...men don't have the magic quality of filling air-time on a 'phone.

    When my mother rings I mumble a minute, then kind of mean, but I pass the telephone across the room, so the women chat easily about the good things in life they wanted to talk about in the first place. I don't have their mental strengths. The example is more about 'woman on woman talking,' though I don't have access to other 'real women' these days to compare to. Don't suppose they have changed that much. But I do have a daughter, [and] she'd talk to my wife.

    Most of my current male contacts are happy with the debating of pornographic pictures/and formula 1 racing engines, my agreement to most basic statements like 'my dick is big.'

    'Yes boss,' I should always try to say, and the creative writing is personal to me, and something more for pedophile types in their kind of environment.

    I have history with sensitive, and creative peoples but don't miss their contact particularly.

    TOO STRONG
     
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  11. matwoolf

    matwoolf Banned Contributor

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    Maybe you're a bit girly? Sometimes I am a bit girly too.

    I also have a Dutch thing, and I speak about six words of Dutch, I went to school in Holland when I was little.

    And once, I told this woman. This woman made me behave all Dutch for the whole evening, she was Dutch. I think about her often, dressed up in her clogs, and my clogs, and cheese and Dutch-sounding words.
     
  12. Mumble Bee

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    I don't understand what you said, but thank you for saying it.
    It made me feel better.
     
  13. matwoolf

    matwoolf Banned Contributor

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    It made me feel good that you even typed one word.

    I was saying how I have a liking for the Netherlands, and once I met somebody who allowed me to indulge my passion. Probably how a fetishist feels.
     
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    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    Oh, no! Sorry if I made you feel bad!

    I do have a really clear idea of you as a poster on the board - a favourable idea! I just didn't have a good idea of you as a real-world human, apparently....
     
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  15. matwoolf

    matwoolf Banned Contributor

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    He's just a fat bee with stripes.
     
  16. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    Hmph. >____> You never gave me this treatment.

    Always, I like @Mumble Bee . He's pretty cool.
     
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  17. Mumble Bee

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    I wasn't fishing or anything, but thanks for all the love! (That's not a pun at @Link the Writer , I swear.)

    And looking back, I blew this all out of proportion. @BayView wasn't even mean towards me.
    At least not as mean to me as she was to @Tenderiser earlier today. Those words looked like they hurt.

    (runs away)
     
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  18. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    @BayView always had a bit of a mean streak in her. :p

    <swims away very fast!!!!>
     
  19. Tenderiser

    Tenderiser Not a man or BayView

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    I spent all night crying and now my eyes are so puffy I can't see the screen so excuse any typos.

    *sniff*
     
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    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    That coke's not going to help unless you dissolve it in some hot water, put a towel over your head and the bowl, and inhale the vapors.
     
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    I don't know why but seeing as how young, pretty girls take the brunt of it, it might just be jealousy...:whistle:

    I like her, though. We dress the same way, have the same hair and both speak way too quietly, so I'm thinking she's my long lost little sister. :crazy:
     
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  22. Iain Aschendale

    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    So I got things started with this:

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  23. Iain Aschendale

    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    Then I started jamming things in with this:

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  24. Iain Aschendale

    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    And now I've got a very happy sausage:

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  25. KaTrian

    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    That was... oddly sexual.
     
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