[clug] Google compared to latest Microsoft evilness

[Lana Brindley]

2009/7/11 matt andrews <wantok at gmail.com>

> 2009/7/11 Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net>:
> > Brendan Jurd <direvus at gmail.com> writes:
> >> 2009/7/10 Jacinta Richardson <jarich at perltraining.com.au>:
> >>> Chris Smart wrote:
> >>>> Pretty sure "guy" is a unisex term these days ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Only in limited circumstances.  For a lot of the population, in a lot
> of
> >>> circumstances it still means male.
> >>
> >> Maybe.  But have you got a better alternative?
> >>
> >> "People"?  Too formal.
> >> "Peeps"?  Retarded.
> >> "Folks"?  Old fashioned.
> >
> > As others said, better old fashioned in some cases.
>
> Within CLUG, surely the obvious term is "geek".
>
> For the wider population... hmmm... "cat"? "hoopy frood"?  "Muggle"?
>
> Wait, I have an incoming on my neurimplant... OK, got it.  The
> approved term is "citizen".


My vote's with "hoopy frood" ... but only if they know where their towels
are.

I like the idea of "geek" as a non-gender specific term, though. It makes me
happy :)

And to cast my ideas in to the fray: what about "people", or just
"everyone"?

L

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