Computer male or female?

[BillyVance 35]

A Spanish Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.' 'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'


A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?' Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:

1 No one but their creator understands their internal logic;

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

(THIS GETS BETTER!)

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el computador'), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;

2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

The women won.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[riddler 0]

Definitely male. I could never curse at a female like I curse at my computer.

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[LongWayToFall 0]

I was just going to say, with the number of times I have physically abused my computer I should be in jail.

[GaryRay 0]

definitely female, i dont want to think about the possibilities, when i have my intimate time with her.

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[BillyVance 35]

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I was just going to say, with the number of times I have physically abused my computer I should be in jail.

I would probably have been arrested a thousand times, and have as many restraining orders placed against me by my computer, yet it's still running fine. But yeah, I did have to replace the keyboard 4 times, the mouse twice and the DSL modem once.

edited to add: I have never ever hit a woman, but it can't be good when I call my computer "you fucking bitch" more than any other names, can it?

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[turtlespeed 226]

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I was just going to say, with the number of times I have physically abused my computer I should be in jail.

I would probably have been arrested a thousand times, and have as many restraining orders placed against me by my computer, yet it's still running fine. But yeah, I did have to replace the keyboard 4 times, the mouse twice and the DSL modem once.

edited to add: I have never ever hit a woman, but it can't be good when I call my computer "you fucking bitch" more than any other names, can it?

I have been witness to a random computer beating from you Billy, it occurred in Public too. It wasn't pretty , but no charges were filed.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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