I hate gender-revealing user names.
Egad! Stoid and Hamadryad are gals??? Me has been terrifically whooshed…
Oh, and DocCathode, would it help if I went by Doc Nenya? 
There is still an overpopulation of guys in the sciences, in my experience, but I’m doing my best to counteract that! 
Not only does my nic specify gender it also has an air of superiority to it.
That’s right I’m a not only a mermaid, I’m The Mermaid and that’s Miss Mermaid if you’re nasty.
Besides, merperson just sounds silly.
I’ve tried to say this slowly a few times but it still keeps sounding like “I have angina”.
Did you hear about the little old lady with acute angina?
Made up for her saggy boobs.
Sorry.
My “other” online username alludes to Yosemite National Park (in a really really obscure way) so I thought I’d try a name that was more directly Yosemite-related.
I automatically assumed that “Yosemite” was taken (I never checked) and anyway, I don’t want people thinking I’m a fan of the cartoon character. I could have gone with “El Capitan”, “Half Dome”, “Merced River”, “Tuolumne”, or “Wawona” but not all of these are automatically recognized as being about Yosemite. I didn’t like the sound of “Yosemitegirl”, and “Yosemiteperson” sounds lame.
So, yosemitebabe it is. I like it.
Well, if you ever get a transfer here you could change it to “Grand Tetons”.
Well, honestly…God forbid I be mistaken for a man!!
THE HORROR, THE SHAME, THE EMBARRASSMENT!! To be associated with such lower lifeform…to be mistaken for such an inferior sect of my species. :: shudder :: You’re lucky I don’t tattoo the words “I menstruate” on my forehead and insist on posting it every time I post.
shrugs
I just like my username. I don’t think anyone’s ever thought I’m a guy, even though I sign as Gabe (My nick). I have more of a problem with people assuming I’m a conservative Christian.
Let’s all stop lying here girls. We do it because we can and it gives us such an amazing advantage in life because men think with their genitals…
Really we do…
We do. Toothpaste and sheep notwithstanding.
Who really the fuck CARES about the gender of other posters? One of the things I love about this place is that I don’t have a fucking clue when I encounter people on the SDMB whether they are black or white, male or female, religious or atheist, young or old, big or small - I most certainly don’t often have any idea of their age or their sexuality.
As we aren’t talking any of the “romance” languages here which attribute male or female attributes, by what criteria do you decree certain adjectives “female”?
FTR - 42 year old single mum whose former partner died of AIDS. White. Do you want to know my weight too? Would that help you slot me into some kind of convenient category?
Why don’t I just save you the trouble? Small breasted, redhead, under 120 pounds.
BTW Shrew - “I menstruate” is one of the best sig lines I’ve ever seen around this place - if you don’t intend to use it, can I?
Thank you so much, darling. Much appreciated, and I feel the same way about you.
::smooch::
I’m touched you like it. Feel free.
Because otherwise I’d just be bug.
I also didn’t want to use my username from another board, which is based in part on my RL name (and is also feminine).
I just love my name White-tigeress suppose that means I must be a female then.
Yeah, I used to worry about people mistaking me for female back when I was bug vomit.
Ringo = beatle = bug vomit?!?
Wow, me feel dumb. :o
I may not have feminized my username, but I think brachyrhynchos has a rather euphonious (and thus by default, feminine) quality which is why I choose it over the more masculine (to my ear) Corvus…which was later taken by Corvus (obviously).
But maybe that’s just me.
Yes. I admit it. It is time to come clean.
I have two, four inch penises.
Yes. I admit it. It is time to come clean.
I have two, four inch penises.
About male being the default gender for all gender-neutral names here: Feh! Feh and bah! If I had a nickle for each time someone here thought I was a female, I could have me a big old time down at the dollar store. August Derleth was a man, I’m certainly endowed with a Y chromosome, so why does everyone think I’m a candidate for pregnancy?
(This mini-rant brought to you by a guy who gets emasculated here too often.)
(I’d grin, but it’s too true.)
OK, don’t get your panties in a bunch… [sub] well, someone had to say it…[/sub]
I think the default assumption is male. I think my screen name is neutral, but I do not recall ever being mistaken for female. [sub]scratches self inappropriately [/sub]