Why You Should Pretend To Be A Girl Online
Just thought I would share a quick trick that I sometimes use when I need urgent help with some coding issue or geek problem.
Pretend to be a girl.
I am sure you have noticed how pathetic most geeks are. I mean, they just have no damn self respect.
This is nowhere more prevalent than in internet forums - especially ones to do with coding.
Now, when “Bob Jones” shows up in those forums asking for help with coding in PHP or whatever, he will most often be rudely met with a response of “Use the damn search function, noob” or some other geek witicism. (Of course, I would also suggest you use the search function of forums or Google too, but sometimes you just don’t even know what the wording or vocabulary of what you need so that’s also quite difficult.)
You will also notice that the exact same question when asked by “Mandy” and signed off with:
Kisses,
Mandy
XX
… seems miraculously to get some very helpful responses.
So what should Bob Jones do?
Easy!
Be Mandy.
It won’t work every time and you still won’t get away with askinng TOTALLY dumb questions, but you will get a lot more slack.
I guess you must ask ALOT of dumb questions. Indeed, use the damn search function, you NOOB.
June 21st, 2007 at 7:08 amLOL - thus proving my point.
June 21st, 2007 at 9:47 amYes Roberta.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:54 pmThat’s “Mandy” to you!
June 21st, 2007 at 11:21 pmNext time I see somebody named “Mandy” I’ll call her Rob lol
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June 22nd, 2007 at 3:03 pmSo true.
The same is true with having a profile photo of a girl that is attractive.
I noticed all the hot girls get their pages viewed on stumbleupon, mybloglog…
I am almost tempted to get a sex change!
July 4th, 2007 at 5:29 pmtoo true! id still feel a bit like a pervert if i did so i think.
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:13 amLOLLLLLLLL
I know I immediately made a BEELINE over to ilker yoldas Thinking Blog when I saw his Natalia Avatar Everyday on MyBlogLog!!
What a Marketing Success that was!!
;))
I miss Natalia tho & I wish he would bring her back! I certainly hope he’s not trying to get us to his Blog with Good Content!!
hmmmmm I hope people are popping by to Read Me + not just Ogle + Leer at the Blonde Kangol Girl*
;PPP
September 22nd, 2007 at 3:27 amNice
I have to admit, it really works. Sometimes 
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 amThat’s “Mandy†to you
December 30th, 2007 at 8:47 amWhy You Should Pretend To Be A Girl Online†because girls are charming.hehe
March 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm