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Mar. 19th, 2008 at 10:28 PM

Poll #1157213
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Which is the most irritating?

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the patriarchy
21 (45.7%)

Microsoft Outlook
6 (13.0%)

penis enlargement spam
19 (41.3%)

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redbird wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 02:30 am (UTC)

This feels like I'm being asked to compare 1, 2, and infinity.

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bcholmes wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 02:32 am (UTC)

*nod*

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hellsop wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 02:44 am (UTC)

Answer is tempered by not having to TOUCH Outlook. I might have a different answer for Lotus Notes.

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d269330400 wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 02:58 am (UTC)

Irritating, being the operative word.

Can't say I've ever considered the patriarchy irritating. Angry-making, perhaps.

These days, all my spam is re: mortgage foreclosures.

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redbird wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 03:05 am (UTC)

Mine tends to have vaguer subject lines about satisfying my girlfriend--and I happen to know that I'm doing just fine in that regard. (I think this is just randomness, not that the spam is targeted at people with girlfriends and without penises.)

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sonjaaa wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 03:21 am (UTC)

Because many men are also oppressed by what people call the patriarchy, I find the use of the term patriarchy sexist and offensive. Am I the only feminist to think so? I dunno what term is better, though.

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the_siobhan wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 04:13 am (UTC)

I don't get how those two things are connected.

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beaq wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 04:38 am (UTC)

You're probably not the only feminist to think so, but I would argue that conflating "men" with "the patriarchy" completely misses the point.

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bcholmes wrote:

Mar. 23rd, 2008 04:29 pm (UTC)

well said.

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sonjaaa wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 03:23 am (UTC)

Wanna start a Haitian Creole language study group that meets every 2 weeks or something? We live a cross the street from each other, you know.

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bcholmes wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 03:28 am (UTC)

I'd be totally up for that.

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nex0s wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 03:59 am (UTC)

I think MS Outlook and Penis Spam are PART of the Patriarchy!

N.

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beaq wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 05:18 am (UTC)

So the patriarchy is the superset.

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secretsoflife wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 11:28 am (UTC)

that's why I picked it!

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aquaeri wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 04:48 am (UTC)

That was tough, but I decided that at least part of the cause of penis enlargement spam is the patriarchy.

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ruth_lawrence wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 06:36 am (UTC)

Indeed.

Will we even *remember* Outlook in 20 years?

I bet we still have 'the patriachy' then.

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pleonastic wrote:

Mar. 20th, 2008 06:07 am (UTC)

Compare and Contrast

"irritating" is so totally not the word i'd use for how i feel about the patriarchy (it's more how i feel about people who blame everything on it).

i don't see much penis enlargement spam due to really good spam filters.

ergo: outlook. and i don't even use it. it's other people's outlook usage that irritates me.

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