# Do I come across as male or female to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778 "2005-02-01T14:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/21 "2005-02-01T19:55:08Z")
Male. Usernames that are references to Japanese stuff usually strike me as male unless there’s some other clue. We’re similar in that I think my posts have been pretty consistently gender neutral in content, and I think a lot of people here could easily assume either way. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/22 "2005-02-01T20:00:36Z")
I always assumed Tengu was male, just because he(?) has participated in the comic book discussions. I always assume comic collectors are dudes, except for Selkie, Kaitlyn, and Asbestos Mango, who have proven otherwise, and my apologies to anyone else I left out! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/23 "2005-02-01T20:07:10Z")
I always thought you were an AI program someone was trying to debug online. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/24 "2005-02-01T21:51:54Z")
All I know is, if I ever get hungry, I intend to kill you, and then eat you immediately, or else, if I happen to have a tinning kit, tin you and eat you later on. Because if I don’t do one of the two quickly, you’ll rot and then if I eat you I’ll get sick and probably die. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/25 "2005-02-02T00:34:51Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > All I know is, if I ever get hungry, I intend to kill you, and then eat you immediately, or else, if I happen to have a tinning kit, tin you and eat you later on. Because if I don’t do one of the two quickly, you’ll rot and then if I eat you I’ll get sick and probably die. So you WANT teleportation sickness? \>\_\> > [@neuroman](#): > > I pretty much assume that anyone with a username that’s remotely Japanesey/anime-sounding is male. You’d be rather amazed by…well, most anywhere I post, then. Most of the anime-based/Japanese names are attatched to females - even when posting in anime and J-music forums. Especially those that specifically reference male singers/characters. AskNott - from me ‘these fellas’ is actually fairly ambiguous - everybody in this thread is a ‘fella’. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a female tengu, either Karasu or Yamabuchi. Missy2U - I’m 28 year old male. Who has been mistaken for a 15 year old girl. Often. astro - Have you met my sister, Eliza? ---
**Author:** ![Offensive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f08c70/32.png) [@Offensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Offensive)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/26 "2005-02-02T10:28:47Z")
Your name ends with a vowel sound, ergo you must be female. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/27 "2005-02-02T15:32:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Missy2U - I’m 28 year old male. Who has been mistaken for a 15 year old girl. Often. Once again proving that I’m an idiot!! 😃 Sorry, **Tengu!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/28 "2005-02-02T15:34:44Z")
Without looking at the other replies I say Male. ---
**Author:** ![Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirt_Ninja_13)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/29 "2005-02-02T15:37:55Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Me, I just thought you were a humanoid with a crow’s head 😃 you mean like the Honry Bird from Little Nicky? I’ll go with female, myself. _bamf_ ---
**Author:** ![enigmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@enigmatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigmatic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/30 "2005-02-02T15:59:12Z")
You got me wrong too Missy2U, but then so did Tengu. I’ll try to be less girly in future ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778/31 "2005-02-02T16:08:56Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > Once again proving that I’m an idiot!! 😃 > > Sorry, **Tengu!!!** You thought I was a 15 year old girl! _SOB!_ Actually, no need to apologise. I KNOW I’m girly. Hell, I’m girlier than my last two girlfriends. Combined. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-come-across-as-male-or-female-to-you/287778.md?page=1)