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SaraJo
Member #9,828
May 2008
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Well, answer me this, as men do you want me to treat you as banks based on what you wear? When you wear nice clothes are you telling me that you make lots of money and that's what you have to offer me?

Erikster
Member #9,510
February 2008
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I first saw this thread a while ago, and my immediate urge was to type...

The first thing all of the nerdy programmers notice is....

That said, it's sad to see women objectifying themselves for the sake of earning a few bucks, when they could've gotten an honest job, (Pardon the pun).

@ above post, no. (I'm broke)

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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Have to call you on this one.

Sara's blog said:

Please note: All marriage proposals must be accompanied by previous year's W2.

I realize this may just be humor to you but how important is it to girls to find a rich man? Is it more important than finding a nice man who makes you happy?

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The first thing all of the nerdy programmers notice is....

That she's a pretty girl who programs for a living. How hot is that? Besides , I'm still waiting to hear more about the work she does.

bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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Sara Chipps said:

Well, answer me this, as men do you want me to treat you as banks based on what you wear? When you wear nice clothes are you telling me that you make lots of money and that's what you have to offer me?

That depends. If I'm wearing a $10K suit to McDonald's, YES. If I'm sporting gold chains and silver watches, etc., then YES. Essentially how you dress is a sort of body language communicating to the world how you want to be perceived. Somebody that wears a lot of "bling", as some people call it, is advertising money. Somebody that wears revealing clothing is advertising sex. Humans are animals and IIRC something like 95% of communication is believed to be body language. What do you think your body communicates when you dress scantily? That you're a bright girl with technical skills? Tchya, right.

Do you honestly expect to have a meaningful technical discussion with men when you look you just came from turning tricks? They will be looking at your body and it's not completely their fault. If that's the message you're sending then you can't blame them for interpreting it.

SaraJo
Member #9,828
May 2008
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Please understand that the W2 thing is purely sarcasm. I often (usually) date men that make less money than I do. That is the least of my concerns when it comes to relationships (esp since I aim to have a house-husband one day).

As far as your other comment, thank you. As far as the work I do right now it's pretty boring. I have a horribly made application for a fortune 500 company that I am currently trying to patch in order to do some publishing (the app publishes "campaings" can't really go to much more into it). I just started working on this a month or so ago. I was formerly with GlobalGrind.com ond others. My job right now is pretty tedious, I'm excited about the rewrit eof the app, but I'm the lone developer on this project which is very daunting and new for me. Even a bit frustrating at times since it was poorly designed origionally.

bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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Sara Chipps said:

I would most likely capitalize on that when they were around me and make it quite an unpleasent experience.

I'm curious what you meant by capitalize.

Vanneto
Member #8,643
May 2007

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I realize this may just be humor to you but how important is it to girls to find a rich man? Is it more important than finding a nice man who makes you happy?

How on Earth can she possibly answer that? Sure, she can answer for herself, but not for all girls. I know lots of women that married rich husbands for their money, when they died, it wasn't a month before they found a new one. I also happen to know some of the "good" (IMO) type of women that are not with a man purely because of their money.

But lets face it, to some degree, money is important. I don't buy that "only love matters" bullshit. Lets see how love will pay all the living expenses. :P

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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001

This thread worries me. I hope this is the only thread where everyone only wants to discuss sexual matters with Sara. I hope Sara will join any other discussion just as anyone, not as every nerd's daydream, that unintentionally will turn the threads off topic.

That said, welcome to the community, Sara. I hope you will make a game some day. Why not something for girls age 15 - 30.

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Simon Parzer
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March 2003
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Sara said:

I'm a C#/ASP.NET Software Engineer. I'm, sadly, not much of a gamer. [...] I don't know much about game development either.

That's pathetic.
Also, you entered a community forum without knocking.

And you are a girl, which makes just everything acceptable again. Even more than that. ;)
Welcome to Allegro.cc :D

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My job right now is pretty tedious, I'm excited about the rewrite of the app, but I'm the lone developer on this project which is very daunting and new for me. Even a bit frustrating at times since it was poorly designed originally.

That sucks. Hope you get more interesting projects in the future.

Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Well , I'm glad not all girls are obsessed with money , that's nice to hear.

@Vanneto - One girls opinion on the matter is more than none...

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Do you honestly expect to have a meaningful technical discussion with men when you're wearing a nice dress?

Fixed.
Why not? The possibility of an intelligent conversation doesn't stop because someone looks pretty. If it does for you , then that's sad.

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I'm the lone developer on this project which is very daunting and new for me.

Well I wish you luck and patience. If you need help on anything , you may find some good answers here at a.cc. I understand you can't share some of the things that you're working on due to employment issues and that's okay.

bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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Edgar Reynaldo said:

The possibility of an intelligent conversation doesn't stop because someone looks pretty.

I never said it does. You're twisting my words. Generally when women are described as pretty or beautiful it's because they're actually attractive and are usually dressed relatively conservatively. Generally the words sexy or hot are used to describe a more revealing look because it communicates sex. I've never heard the word pretty used by anybody past puberty to describe a woman wearing revealing clothing.

Sirocco
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April 2000
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Fuck. Every time a girl posts in a thread it asplodes. Stop that.

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Mokkan
Member #4,355
February 2004
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Yeah, this thread kinda turned scary...

BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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I still don't believe it is really a girl. We have yet to see that a.cc picture proof or any type of other proof.

LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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I've never heard the word pretty used by anybody past puberty to describe a woman wearing revealing clothing

Perhaps it's because I work in an environment where most women are dressed like that, but I hear it all the time.

james_lohr
Member #1,947
February 2002

Keep calm people ...or you'll scare her away.

Dennis
Member #1,090
July 2003
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Obligator, aka nonnus29 said:

Every girls dream: a harem of cuddle biatches.

Quoted for truth. (And by judging from all the noise in this thread, it's already going into that direction.)

Go back to working on your games guys.

BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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Keep calm people. Or you'll scare her away.

"She" hasn't proved she is really Sarah Chipps yet....

james_lohr
Member #1,947
February 2002

True, but the sooner the impostor thinks we've fallen for it, the sooner he is likely to gleefully reveal his deception.

ImLeftFooted
Member #3,935
October 2003
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Siroco said:

Every time a girl posts in a thread it asplodes. Stop that.

Yeah basically :P. I tried to recruit a geek girl way back when, but she left.

Sara Chipps: Apologies for the rough questions on your first thread... We're not all like that.

I have to ask though: How come you have two different last names?

CGamesPlay
Member #2,559
July 2002
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Fuck. Every time a girl bamccaig posts in a thread it asplodes. Stop that.

Fixed.

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SaraJo
Member #9,828
May 2008
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bamccaig said:

That depends. If I'm wearing a $10K suit to McDonald's, YES. If I'm sporting gold chains and silver watches, etc., then YES. Essentially how you dress is a sort of body language communicating to the world how you want to be perceived. Somebody that wears a lot of "bling", as some people call it, is advertising money. Somebody that wears revealing clothing is advertising sex. Humans are animals and IIRC something like 95% of communication is believed to be body language. What do you think your body communicates when you dress scantily? That you're a bright girl with technical skills? Tchya, right.

Do you honestly expect to have a meaningful technical discussion with men when you look you just came from turning tricks? They will be looking at your body and it's not completely their fault. If that's the message you're sending then you can't blame them for interpreting it.

I, personally, think its ignorant, antiquated, and primal to consider what people wear as anything but a way they are expressing themselves.

However, I will say that in business situations I will dress professionally in a way that is not considered provacative. Only because that is what is socially accepted.

Let me tell you something though, I run every day, I watch everything I eat, I bust my ass at the gym for hours every week. What you think is an advertisement for prostitution I think is me showing off my hard work and dedication. So, you can think whatever the hell you want, I know I'm proud of the work I've put in and will express myself however I want.

I guess we are free to disagree on this one.

PS Jolene is my middle name :)

james_lohr
Member #1,947
February 2002

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Somebody that wears revealing clothing is advertising sex.

That's rubbish. People dress the way they do based on how it makes them feel. If you've got a fit and healthy body, dressing "revealingly" will make you feel good even if you're doing nothing other than walking around your own home. Obviously how you feel about yourself is partially derived from how others feel about you, so there must be some weighting towards what is socially acceptable.

Mokkan
Member #4,355
February 2004
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Nobody propositions me when I walk around scantily clad :(.

Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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The women I see habitually wearing revealing clothing seem to be "trying too hard". That is, there is something broken about them (such as alcoholism) that they need to increase the bait to get a guy for even a while.

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.



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