# Ask the W.M.A. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939 "2019-07-12T00:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/1 "2019-07-12T00:15:39Z")
Yes, yes, I know. I won the lottery by [being born](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pearljam/wma.html). But it cannot be denied I belong to an irresistible group, so ask away. Still not sure what voice I’ll be answering in, but that’s my privilege. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/2 "2019-07-12T00:51:50Z")
Are you happy being a proprietary Microsoft product? Or would you be happier being open source? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/3 "2019-07-12T01:12:26Z")
I guess being the World Medical Association is a pretty big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/4 "2019-07-12T02:28:41Z")
Oh hey, I got my Wilderness First Responder (WFR) cert from you guys back in ‘98, and my son just got his Wilderness Advanced First Aid (WAFA). Wilderness Medical Associates is a great organization. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/5 "2019-07-12T02:40:28Z")
Having won the lottery myself, I’ll continue the hijack. I teach a class called [OEC](https://www.nsp.org/NSPMember/Programs/OEC.aspx). A first responder class specific to the National Ski Patrol. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/6 "2019-07-12T02:52:41Z")
Tonight I was a T.D.R. but my manager assures me I can hit a lane Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/7 "2019-07-12T13:45:53Z")
Do you feel your double-yoo-ness, your em-ness, or your aye-ness provides more privilege? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/8 "2019-07-12T13:53:02Z")
I clicked OP’s link. It’s a Pearl Jam song. I don’t follow Pearl Jam real close, but I know a little. Have you heard 'Jeremy" or “Black”? They write some heavy stuff. Also, “I’m The Ocean” with Neil Young has a bass line that will rock your world! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/9 "2019-07-12T14:13:25Z")
Oh! I have a question: Do **WMA** s enjoy using acronyms without defining them? Or is it a case of OMGICBIDTBNITLTFI? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/10 "2019-07-12T15:03:28Z")
I’d agree that the Washington Metropolitan Area does indeed have a lot of privilege going on. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/11 "2019-07-12T19:00:08Z")
I can certainly see how one would consider being an alumnus of Warsash Maritime Academy as “winning the lottery”. After all , there are only 450 members of the alumni association worldwide. that makes you literally one-in-16.6 million. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/12 "2019-07-12T19:03:14Z")
Do you think Jesus looks just like you? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/13 "2019-07-12T19:09:03Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Do you think Jesus looks just like you? Jesus wishes he looks like me. WMA! ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/14 "2019-07-13T12:27:58Z")
I love the word aviatrix, but I’ll use aviator if aviatrix is unacceptable to you. What’s your preference? j ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/15 "2019-07-13T16:29:09Z")
I thought asking the WMA had to be a job for Doctor Doolittle, as the denizens of a [Wildlife Management Area](https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/wma/find_a_wma/) tend not to be fluent in English. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/16 "2019-07-13T23:11:25Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > I thought asking the WMA had to be a job for Doctor Doolittle, as the denizens of a [Wildlife Management Area](https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/wma/find_a_wma/) tend not to be fluent in English. And if he took the job would the William Morris Agency want a percentage? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/17 "2019-07-14T00:06:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Are you happy being a proprietary Microsoft product? Or would you be happier being open source? I was going to ask who would win in a fight: him or an MP3. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/18 "2019-07-14T01:58:44Z")
How old are you\*\* Inigo\*\*? Do you feel more or less privileged than when you were, say, 21? ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/19 "2019-07-14T02:20:41Z")
Inigo Montoya? Are you sure you’re a W.M.A.? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939/20 "2019-07-14T03:09:02Z")
Whilst I understand why being a white male American is generally advantageous, there are some examples where you don’t turn out well… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-w-m-a/836939.md?page=2)