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Posted by Gary Carson
Feb 24, 2012 at 09:37 PM
“CRIMPing is another manifestation of Boys-and-their-toys syndrome”
I disagree. CRIMPing is actually a form of compulsive shopping disorder, which effects both males and females.
“I know why women buy so many shoes. It’s because they’re always on their feet, walking around the shops, buying shoes.”—Jimmy Carr
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Feb 27, 2012 at 09:30 PM
First of all, I sincerely hope that JoGirl accepts this forum’s members’ sense of humour and is in no way offended; I can vouch that it is well meant, smiley or no smiley. I need to say this because I know that there have been misunderstandings in the past (always between boys as far as I remember) and that the forum is poorer thereof.
Having clarified this, I have the following contributions to make:
- Statistically speaking, I need to agree with Mitchell. I would say that any kind of tool, from cars to gadgets, awakens the boy in most of us rationally minded (figuratively speaking) men. One need look no further than the magazines reviewing such consumer products: how often have you seen men in their covers? Don’t you trust their publishers having researched the market for their buyers’ demographic profile?
- However, demographics don’t count at the level of the individual, just as the average annual temperature of a place says nothing about the actual weather on a certain day. So if JoGirl feels that her gender is irrelevant re her choice of software, I am more than willing to accept her word on it. As it happens, I am happily married to a woman who’d rather own a grey than a pink computer (which for some perverse reason was actually much cheaper for the same specifications).