WS 2012 Sandbox: ws in the sand

this is good to know

hey guys i just skipped all of this thread to see wussherface from home&away and to set my bookmark. did i miss anything or was it just that twice a year ws thread chatter that is life-draining and never really gets anywhere about nothing really?

people could probably learn a few things from that chatter tbh

there's no commonly used male equivalent to "lady doctor" or "female musician".

I don't know about that, you have male nurse, or male childminder for example. Like the female equivalent they're necessarily meant in a demeaning way, but culture often gets in the way of them being neutral terms.

Anyway, shouldn't really be in a WS thread, my lady spouse (do you see?) will not be pleased, but whoever Ari Graynor is, I would most certainly consider WS with anyone elses, and blonde hair isn't usually my thing.

whoever Ari Graynor is, I would most certainly consider WS with anyone elses, and blonde hair isn't usually my thing.

I've seen a couple of her movies and at the time didn't rate her above "general hot person", but on closer inspection she's got this Monica Vitti thing with her eyes that's just WOW.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg:

http://allthingsd.com/files/2011/09/sheryl-sandberg.png

looks like:

http://partner-ad.photobucket.com/albums/xx291/katfilan/Gifs/tumblr_lpza3faX3P1r1dgm2o1_500.gif

there's no commonly used male equivalent to "lady doctor" or "female musician".

I don't know about that, you have male nurse, or male childminder for example. Like the female equivalent they're necessarily meant in a demeaning way, but culture often gets in the way of them being neutral terms.

No, what I meant is that there is no commonly used prefix for a male doctor or male musician, because those professions are thought to be male by default, hence you can just say "doctor" or "musician". "Male nurse" is an example of the same thing, when a profession is considered female by default.

The use of "lady doctor" has faded considerably, now that women are not only going to med school in greater numbers, but are often choosing to serve in the less glamorous roles of family medicine and pediatrics, so they are often one's main doctor. As for "female musician", I have never encountered it. Not once. And I don't seem to be a carrier for the idea that musicians are male by default. Composers and conductors, otoh...

"Male nurse" is still going strong, although they are less of a rarity now.

i have yet to encounter "lady doctor" within the field of medicine

Anyone run into "lady strawman" yet?

i think i heard 'lady doctor' once iirc

http://www.primaryignition.com/wp-content/uploads/ron-burgundy.jpg

Yeah, I've never ever heard Lady Doctor. Wtf.

hay dr. lady

so we have two datapoints; Ron Burgundy and Jerry Lewis

What about Lady Writers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNWPNPQxpl8

hey, i'ts mark knoplfer. is that your submission for Male Vagina?

No headband, no cred, no M.V.

sexy lady doctor

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/62233/62233%2C1254722792%2C1/stock-photo-sexy-lady-in-open-medical-overall-monitoring-beat-of-her-heart-38249218.jpg

god that weisz gif

monitoring-beat-of-her-heart, you say

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li8t4zfOlE1qa9euzo1_500.gif

Is she biting a cuticle?

or just being coy?

I like em tall & funny

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B1LlYh6iKqs/TMiQ2UHQz2I/AAAAAAAADNE/Xcp9KDSN02Q/s1600/stephen-merchant.jpg

Joan Cusack, specifically here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apvf2DdbtWc&feature=related

http://www.easternct.edu/mt-static/press_releases/assets_c/2010/08/Maulik%20(2)-thumb-300x250-2246.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4lfefm4D1qzcik8o1_500.gif

I like to imagine that he is saying "I'm in yr forum... MANSPLAININ" with that particular handwaving.

No comment.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg

Ever watched her try to keep Zuckerberg on-message? This is kind of fascinating - http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/07/zuckerberg-and-sandberg-on-charlie-rose/

Amy Adams is charming, but I could do without the pinup thing. Same with the nailbiting. "Ugh," I believe the kids say.

Joan C is definitely cute.

lol at that yorke pic

I gotta admit, approaching the 2012 I was thinking that I'd find the ws threads more creepy, and the "hold on I'm spoogin here!"-style comments kind of give that feel, but overall the beauty of the pictures on this thread break that barrier for me.

I still think the level of creepiness is like this though:
Posting picture of smashable person you're attracted to - mildy creepy
Making color commentary -- a bit creepy there, depends on wording
Using a reference to your crush as the professional name you sell work under -- CREPEY

just for reference, where is "getting a glass of water...at night!!" on that scale?

ice COLD water!

ooooh, I dunno, that is a crisp question

http://www.artinfo.com/sites/default/files/styles/613w/public/Lucy-Walters.jpg

lucy walters as "woman on subway" in the recent film Shame

Tellin' random strangers on th'interwebs where, exactly on your ~own personal creepiness scale~ you think aspects of their lives belong = DING DING DING BIGGEST CREPE OF ALL

Hold on, I'm spoogin here!

http://media.theiapolis.com/d4/hMO/i1I3Y/k4/l1ICH/w1HC/lea-seydoux-in-mission-impossible-ghost-protocol.jpg

"random strangers"

dayo otm

Using a reference to your crush as the professional name you sell work under -- CREPEY

― knackered housecat, Thursday, December 29, 2011 10:55 PM (12 minutes ago)

huh?

http://ring.cdandlp.com/gigi5055/photo_grande/114786785.jpg

I dunno we're random strangers, we know nothing about that stuff.

On another note:

Carey Mulligan is way ws, but I can't be bothered to find a pic since it's more about her excellent choice in film roles and demeanor

I don't know that I would pick Lucy Walters as the first or second most attractive woman in that photo, despite the obvious telegraphing.

I dunno, I just tend to think that whole ~researching yr life~ stuff to find out what names people use professionally or otherwise is way creepier than than looking at cheesecake pictures of celebrities. But, you know, to each their own personal level of creepiness.

i don't think that much research was involved?

but then i have no idea what the reference is so:

http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/562/362504-dean_cigar.jpg

It's kinda head-scratchy as far as zings go, y'know, considering no one is using this thread to sell any professional work, it's just a weird and out of context thing to come up with.

Anyway, ZS is gonna shout at me bcuz this is my second one of the day but seriously, I didn't post any for two weeks when I was in Cornwall so bear with me for a little how cuet is that BELLY BELLY BELLY BELLY BLEEEEEEEE

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5155/5881788560_0dc93b26d1_b.jpg

was it even intended as a zing?

he has aged pretty well too

http://www.lookwhosturning.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ca-pf-dean-stockwell01x.jpg

I dunno, I just thought that, like, making numbered lists and hierarchies of what specific behaviour constituted crepeyness was itself more than a little suspect.

But never mind me, I'm off to buy some awesome sexay fan art from a dude named "Thom Yorke's Manhood."