# I am \*so\* not surprised by this(!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648 "2002-05-24T12:46:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/1 "2002-05-24T12:46:16Z")
[http://uk.news.yahoo.com/020523/80/czi1p.html](http://uk.news.yahoo.com/020523/80/czi1p.html) > [@](#): > > \*\*LONDON (Reuters) - Like it or not, the human race may owe its intelligence to women, especially our female ancestors who had the good sense to chose brains over brawn in selecting the best mates. > > “Humanity should be grateful, men especially,” New Scientist magazine said on Wednesday.\*\* 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/2 "2002-05-24T12:50:57Z")
That’s freakin’ wonderful. Now get in there and fix me up mah breakfast! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/3 "2002-05-24T16:40:26Z")
See?! I aways said sex was mostly in the mind! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/4 "2002-05-24T17:37:21Z")
Who says it’s the wimmin that do the choosin? I like to get me those hi-falootin wimmin to breed ma kin. ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/5 "2002-05-24T17:53:25Z")
:::crosses **slortar** off her list::: ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/6 "2002-05-24T18:04:07Z")
Yeah, nice party; whoop it up. As long as you’re up, can you get me another beer? Spritle, who is thankful since he has no brawn of which to speak! ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/7 "2002-05-24T18:17:20Z")
_looks at article_ _looks at current human race_ You women have been doing a piss poor job so far. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/8 "2002-05-24T18:19:13Z")
Does this mean I’m actually attractive? Even moderately so? If this is true, could you notify every woman I’ve ever met and tell them they screwed up in the “evolution of the species” department? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/9 "2002-05-24T18:27:21Z")
I’m with **BlackKnight;** at least, I certainly don’t remember seeing any cheerleaders fighting over the geek guys and dissin’ the jocks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/10 "2002-05-25T00:22:22Z")
Uh, excuse me, the article says > [@](#): > > Horst Hameister, Ulrich Zechner and their colleagues at the University of Ulm in Germany first looked at genes linked to **mental impairment** and found that **a preponderance of them is found on the X chromosome.** Females have two X chromosomes and males have an X and a Y. (bolding mine) So it’s not just the blond hair! (I don’t usually use the duck and run approach to posting, but in this case my short little legs are carrying me away as fast as they can) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/11 "2002-05-25T04:10:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*I’m with **BlackKnight;** at least, I certainly don’t remember seeing any cheerleaders fighting over the geek guys and dissin’ the jocks. 🙂 \*\* Ditto, and I don’t think that Bill Gates or Steve Jobs have _ever_ made _People_’s Sexiest Man Alive issues. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/12 "2002-05-25T10:06:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*Ditto, and I don’t think that Bill Gates or Steve Jobs have _ever_ made _People_’s Sexiest Man Alive issues. \*\* Dude, if either of them were ever interested in marrying me, I might decide to switch camps and go gay! Well, at least long enough for a good divorce settlement… 😉 I just learned something about myself: I’m a SLUT! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/13 "2002-05-25T11:42:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Uh, excuse me, the article says (bolding mine) So it’s not just the blond hair! > \*\* _cough_ Arnold, having 2 X chromosones is a good thing - redundancy! If a guy has a flaw on his X, he’s done for (at least for whatever that flaw causes) If a woman does, she has backup 🙂 both chromosones would need to carry the same flaw IIRC. See - Barr Bodies and what use the Y chromosone is besides making men have pee-pees. (From what I’ve read, the Y-chromosone does little outside of sex determination, correct me if I’m wrong) ok, I’m a geek, I’m going now. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/14 "2002-05-25T12:09:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*I’m with **BlackKnight;** at least, I certainly don’t remember seeing any cheerleaders fighting over the geek guys and dissin’ the jocks. 🙂 \*\* I remember the geek guys lusting after the cheerleaders and not after the smart geek gals that would have them for mates. 😉 It’s of no use making a good choice when the other side disagrees. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-not-surprised-by-this/110648/15 "2002-05-26T04:38:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Astroboy14 \* > \*\* > > I just learned something about myself: I’m a SLUT! ☹ \*\* Dude, sluts are good! The world would be a better place if it had more sluts in it! I mean, think about it, one of the reasons the wingnuts blow themselves up is that they think they’ll get 72 virgins in the next life. Do you think that they’d _want_ virgins in the afterlife if they could have sluts now? (I’ve had both virgins and sluts, and I have to say that the sluts were _ **WAAAAAAAAAAY** _ more fun, and a lot less _painful_ to deal with, if you know what I mean.)