# "I'm really a girl" (April 1st prank PM) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519 "2015-04-01T17:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/121 "2015-04-02T10:42:42Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > I checked the rules. You can post them, even with the name and everything. There is no privacy for them at all. Huh. That’s good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/122 "2015-04-02T10:49:34Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Butt-hurt is not a rape joke. It generally refers to being spanked. > > [Butthurt | Know Your Meme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/butthurt) [No, it’s a reference to anal rape.](http://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=13903) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/123 "2015-04-02T10:50:43Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It’s an inside joke. Some Doper (whom I will not name) apparently thought it was a sex thing a long time ago, possibly due to English not being their native language or, at least, having been away from the U.S. for so long. > > I bet they wish knowyourmeme had existed back then, as they made a big deal over it. Rice University says otherwise: [http://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=13903](http://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=13903) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/124 "2015-04-02T10:51:51Z")
And this whole thing is still transphobic. “Ha ha, this person you thought was male is female! That’s a joke! Ha ha!” ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/125 "2015-04-02T10:52:14Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > As for posting the replies, I still don’t see the harm in it as long as they are all unattributed, but again, YMMV. You’ve heard from a lot of people who do. It would be nice if you assured them it wasn’t going to happen again. My respect isn’t worth much if anything but you’ve pretty much lost it with your behavior in this situation. “I’m sorry if you were offended?” Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/126 "2015-04-02T11:05:43Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > And this whole thing is still transphobic. “Ha ha, this person you thought was male is female! That’s a joke! Ha ha!” Not sure that’s actually the joke, which is more “People think I’m male but I’m actually female - HA HA NOBODY THINKS I’M MALE”. That’s not so much transphobia as…actually, I don’t know what that is. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/127 "2015-04-02T11:24:08Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [No, it’s a reference to anal rape.](http://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=13903) That opinion is hardly universal. Even that same database you pasted from is inconsistent. [http://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=7128](http://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=7128) This thread may be of interest. [Is "butt hurt" an anti-gay slur? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=684812) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/128 "2015-04-02T11:30:27Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > That opinion is hardly universal. Even that same database you pasted from is inconsistent. [http://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=7128](http://neologisms.rice.edu/index.php?a=term&d=1&t=7128) > > This thread may be of interest. [Is "butt hurt" an anti-gay slur? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=684812) The point is, it’s immature at best and the anal rape implication is there, regardless of what you thought it meant, so it’s just better not used at all. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/129 "2015-04-02T11:31:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Not sure that’s actually the joke, which is more “People think I’m male but I’m actually female - HA HA NOBODY THINKS I’M MALE”. That’s not so much transphobia as…actually, I don’t know what that is. I suppose that could be an interpretation, but people around here to tend to assume posters are male, so I think my interpretation fits best. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/130 "2015-04-02T11:36:55Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > The point is, it’s immature at best and the anal rape implication is there, regardless of what you thought it meant, so it’s just better not used at all. That’s a different sentiment from declaring “it is a rape joke”. People make lots of comments that can be interpreted more than one way and run the risk of offending. Personally, I hate “he’s a \_\_\_\_\_\_ Nazi” (like grammar Nazi) because of family history it makes my skin crawl. But people use it in a more innocent way than it affects me and even though I’m not wrong, I’m not “right enough” to demand people stop using it. In my personal opinion, based on my own reading into it, most uses are innocent and it doesn’t rise to the level to violent joking. It means to be overly sensitive about something small. Being raped is hardly something to be over sensitive about, so it doesn’t even make sense. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/131 "2015-04-02T11:38:33Z")
Double post ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/132 "2015-04-02T12:45:18Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > The point is, it’s immature at best and the anal rape implication is there, regardless of what you thought it meant, so it’s just better not used at all. Thanks for your opinion. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/133 "2015-04-02T13:12:20Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > And this whole thing is still transphobic. “Ha ha, this person you thought was male is female! That’s a joke! Ha ha!” Not to mention horribly bigoted against those with mental disabilities, using for “humorous effect” the tardphobic slur “fool.” Also provincial at best— what of our posters in non-English-speaking countries that have no month called “April”? Sure, some of them have equivalent customs, e.g. the French “poisson d’avril.” All fine and good unless you’re a vegan, or someone with high levels of mercury, in which case, too bad. You can sit on the sidelines in your sweltering mud hut with no running water and ten starving kids with malaria and watch through the restaurant window at the First World laughing it up at the banquet table built on the broken backs of your dead ancestors piled in mass graves with their pox-infected blankets. All a big joke, right? One big burlap sack of chuckles, larfs and yuk-yuks. You’ll excuse me if I don’t join in the merriment. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/134 "2015-04-02T15:59:09Z")
Ah, I just answered you sincerely, having not seen this thread. Feel free to post my response and laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/135 "2015-04-02T16:25:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > “Smartest, coolest, hippest people on the internet”, my ass. It’s generally been my experience that people who self-identify as such, usually are not. ---
**Author:** ![fireman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fireman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fireman)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/136 "2015-04-02T16:30:12Z")
Yea, guess I should have checked before replying too… ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/137 "2015-04-02T16:32:59Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > It’s generally been my experience that people who self-identify as such, usually are not. Chicago Reader identifies us as such, in order to sell advertising. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/138 "2015-04-02T16:33:44Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > As for posting the replies, I still don’t see the harm in it as long as they are all unattributed, but again, YMMV. As I suggested – a suggestion that seems to have been swallowed by a bout of convenient amnesia – this is a facile assumption. My own post was unattributed by you, but contained internal wording that pointed at me. I’m not upset at it being made public, mind you. But I’m beginning to be upset at your carefree, continued claims that your absurd and careless conduct was somehow mitigated by a lack of attribution. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/139 "2015-04-02T16:40:15Z")
**Vinyl Turnip** for the win. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-a-girl-april-1st-prank-pm/716519/140 "2015-04-02T17:22:41Z")
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