Gaming and orgies don't mix

[der_kluge]

So the real question was why did Kerry fool around with a married woman in the first place.

You'd have to ask him that. I get the vibe that this guy will sleep with just about anything. And they agreed that this "wife" was rather attractive, so she wasn't lacking in the looks department.

 

[Patman21967]

This has to do with female gamers because we're all willing to sleep with the tall barbarian in the group? Or what? Are you trying to scare people away from women gamers or pique their interest in playing with one (hoping for footsies and fellating)?

I'm not sure how to take this post, really.

MMMMM this short civilzed guy loves me some Tall Amazon babes...hahahahaha

 

[Timeboxer]

So, he goes to this other group which is apparently just a couple - a man and a wife.

Not to be picky, but this is one of those linguistic things that really bothers me -- not "husband and wife" or "man and woman" but "man and wife."

It's rather like saying, "The man went berserk and shot his neighbor's wife." Why is the man the default "neighbor," with his wife as the "neighbor's wife"? Isn't his wife also a neighbor?

Okay, I'm done with my ramble. >.>

 

[der_kluge]

Not to be picky, but this is one of those linguistic things that really bothers me -- not "husband and wife" or "man and woman" but "man and wife."

It's rather like saying, "The man went berserk and shot his neighbor's wife." Why is the man the default "neighbor," with his wife as the "neighbor's wife"? Isn't his wife also a neighbor?

Okay, I'm done with my ramble. >.>

Interesting. I've never considered that before. I'll be more aware of that in the future. I think it's because I'm a man, and see things from the man's perspective - i.e., he is a man, and has a wife. Women might just as easily write it as "she is a woman, and has a husband." But thank you for pointing it out to me.

 

[fusangite]

Not to be picky, but this is one of those linguistic things that really bothers me -- not "husband and wife" or "man and woman" but "man and wife."

It's rather like saying, "The man went berserk and shot his neighbor's wife." Why is the man the default "neighbor," with his wife as the "neighbor's wife"? Isn't his wife also a neighbor?

Okay, I'm done with my ramble. >.>

I generally agree with you and I find WOTC's solution the preferable one: don't start filling your sentences with "or"s; just switch the genders around from time to time when you write.

 

[John Morrow]

I generally agree with you and I find WOTC's solution the preferable one: don't start filling your sentences with "or"s; just switch the genders around from time to time when you write.

Personally, I prefer the genderless third person plural pronouns to be used as a singular genderless third person pronoun. Using plural pronouns as ultra-polite singular pronouns has a long and distinguished tradition in the English language, from the "Royal 'We'" to using "they" to mean "him or her". In fact, it's so common and traditional that modern English lost it's second person singular pronoun in common usage because people always used the more polite plural form in standard usage and we use the plural for both singular and plural (though I must admit some horror over the idea that "y'all may someday become the standard second person singular pronoun in some areas). English already has a genderless set of third person pronouns that are in common use and readily understood by all native speakers -- the plural forms. So why play games?

 

[frankthedm]

Some groups of friends are like that, game or no game.

i say, do what you enjoy, but don't cry when someone laughs at your new life ending STD

 

[gizmo33]

Do you mean that's not DnD!?! Man, I'm gonna kill my DM!

 

[Munin]

though I must admit some horror over the idea that "y'all may someday become

Someday?
Obviously you don't live in the South. But it's better than 'yous guys', at least to my ears.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Someday?
Obviously you don't live in the South. But it's better than 'yous guys', at least to my ears.

Amen, ya'll.