Help me out, please, women (and men) with functioning eyes and a brain!!!!
Have you guys seen the Dos Equis advertisements of "The Most Interesting Man In The World"? My gripe was: The male "title-holder" is a rather old man who is shown posing and flirting with women one-third his age! Can you imagine an ad about The Most Interesting Woman In The World featuring a white-haired woman well past her middle age, with young men in their late teens or early 20s hovering around her?!
A "genius" (probably an insecure old fart himself) who goes by the name of "Sailfan" has responded angrily to my post. His mind-boggling reply:
"@OneDumbWoman... They don't imply anything of the sort, the women could all easily be his daughter(s) that he happens to be out with. Only a mind such as yours takes everything to be sexist."
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Please, pretty please, check out the Dos Equis ads in discussion and tell me that the scantily-clad young women seductively attempting to cling on to the Interesting Senior Citizen are his daughters!!!!
Unless Sugar-Daddy counts as genuine daddy, I think not!!!!
Monday, January 6, 2014
Friday, September 21, 2012
Yahoo: Sexist, Much??!!
This is a trend I've noticed in Yahoo. Whenever there is any gender-related article, they merrily allow men to post all kinds of rude and crude "jokes" about women in their Comments sections. However, every time I try to publish a remark/reply under Comments, even mildly mocking men, it is promptly rejected!
Here's the latest example: The web site address of the article in discussion (Mystery Man Spells Out Heartbreak on His Van): http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/mystery-man-spells-heartbreak-van-171052478--abc-news-topstories.html
The story is about a man posting the following message on a side of his van in a bid to win back his girlfriend:
"Linda, I'm sorry, I'm a fool and an idiot sometimes, I love you with all my heart, Please come home and put this right. We miss you!! I miss us. I want to grow old with you, Will you marry me?"
This is a copy of the comment I attempted, without success, to post on Yahoo:
Breaking News! Linda's response on the other side of the van:
"Bubba, I accept your apology. You are a fool and an idiot ALL THE TIME! Your cheating heart might "love" me in its own way, but I need a man with a Brain! I AM home far away from you, because this is where my heart is; besides, I can't "right" your "wrongs"! When you say "We Miss You", do you mean the whore I caught you with??!! When you add "I Miss Us" are you referring to a Menage a Trois??!! It's a scary thought that you might live to be an old man; if I spend any more time with you, I'll age 5 times faster than I normally would! Since you have popped the question, here's my answer: No Way In Hell!!!!"
What, pray tell, is so offensive about that??!! In comparison with some of the gross comments men regularly leave about women, this is peanuts!!!!
Here's the latest example: The web site address of the article in discussion (Mystery Man Spells Out Heartbreak on His Van): http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/mystery-man-spells-heartbreak-van-171052478--abc-news-topstories.html
The story is about a man posting the following message on a side of his van in a bid to win back his girlfriend:
"Linda, I'm sorry, I'm a fool and an idiot sometimes, I love you with all my heart, Please come home and put this right. We miss you!! I miss us. I want to grow old with you, Will you marry me?"
This is a copy of the comment I attempted, without success, to post on Yahoo:
Breaking News! Linda's response on the other side of the van:
"Bubba, I accept your apology. You are a fool and an idiot ALL THE TIME! Your cheating heart might "love" me in its own way, but I need a man with a Brain! I AM home far away from you, because this is where my heart is; besides, I can't "right" your "wrongs"! When you say "We Miss You", do you mean the whore I caught you with??!! When you add "I Miss Us" are you referring to a Menage a Trois??!! It's a scary thought that you might live to be an old man; if I spend any more time with you, I'll age 5 times faster than I normally would! Since you have popped the question, here's my answer: No Way In Hell!!!!"
What, pray tell, is so offensive about that??!! In comparison with some of the gross comments men regularly leave about women, this is peanuts!!!!
Thursday, June 14, 2012
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AT "YAHOO" CONTINUE:
In the Tennis section of Yahoo Sports, some racist who goes by the name of "Above Avg Dude" has posted the following comment. Yahoo has proudly published this "gem" from him:
"LISTEN, I marvel at RAFA a lot, but Rafa is clearly on PEDs and Djoker started last year; hence, his sudden domination. So maybe Rafa started taking even more? Ha.
Just carefully look at both of their arms and bodies a few years ago and today.
Anyone denying that is on drugs themselves!!!!!"
However, this response from me is apparently unacceptable:
"Above Avg Dude has spent his entire life behind bars...that's where he was considered above average! Are his eyes defective too? Nole LOOKS like a guy on steroids?! I think Nole looks more like Stan Laurel (from Laurel & Hardy)! Rafa is muscular, but nothing like those PED-pumped pro wrestlers! Rafa is too gorgeous, talented & wealthy...hence a lot of guys are insanely jealous of him!
Another mind-boggling question: How come Rafa & Nole accusers don't notice how Roger Federer never gets tired, always looks fresh as a lily + miraculously displays more stamina than guys 1/2 his age??!! If, as per AAD's advice, you look carefully, then: ALL HAIL ROGER 'PED'-ERER!'
In the Tennis section of Yahoo Sports, some racist who goes by the name of "Above Avg Dude" has posted the following comment. Yahoo has proudly published this "gem" from him:
"LISTEN, I marvel at RAFA a lot, but Rafa is clearly on PEDs and Djoker started last year; hence, his sudden domination. So maybe Rafa started taking even more? Ha.
Just carefully look at both of their arms and bodies a few years ago and today.
Anyone denying that is on drugs themselves!!!!!"
However, this response from me is apparently unacceptable:
"Above Avg Dude has spent his entire life behind bars...that's where he was considered above average! Are his eyes defective too? Nole LOOKS like a guy on steroids?! I think Nole looks more like Stan Laurel (from Laurel & Hardy)! Rafa is muscular, but nothing like those PED-pumped pro wrestlers! Rafa is too gorgeous, talented & wealthy...hence a lot of guys are insanely jealous of him!
Another mind-boggling question: How come Rafa & Nole accusers don't notice how Roger Federer never gets tired, always looks fresh as a lily + miraculously displays more stamina than guys 1/2 his age??!! If, as per AAD's advice, you look carefully, then: ALL HAIL ROGER 'PED'-ERER!'
Friday, October 14, 2011
It DO Matter If You're Black Or White!
OneWiseWoman visited her public library yesterday. She used one of their computers and tried to leave a comment on Yahoo Sports...lo and behold! She was actually able to sign in and register her remark! After a couple of hours, she returned home and tried to perform the very simple task on her home computer...well, the Comedy Of Errors appeared yet again! Well, now she knows for sure that the geniuses controlling the yahoo sports comments sections have blocked comments from her personal computer. While she has been unceremoniously dumped, the proud KKK supporters' comments continue to be welcomed with open arms! Now, the "good news": She is not alone! Several persons of colour have reported almost identical experiences; one lady was banned from a particular site just for sending a complaint about some crude remarks from bigots! All hail the land of opportunity!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
No Entry! Access Denied!
For the last 4 or 5 days, I have been unable to register my comments under Yahoo Sports. Everytime I try to sign in, I get the following error message:
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.
Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you're having trouble locating a destination on Yahoo!, try visiting theYahoo! home page or look through a list of Yahoo!'s online services. Also, you may find what you're looking for if you try searching below."
I've repeatedly tried, without success, to rectify this "error". I'm still able to access my Yahoo email and leave comments under all sections of Yahoo other than Sports. I don't know if this is a genuine flaw in the system, or Yahoo Sports has found a new & creative way of banning my comments. I see comments galore flowing in from other sources! I'm currently registering my comments under MSN Sports.
"Sorry, Bad Request.
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.
Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you're having trouble locating a destination on Yahoo!, try visiting theYahoo! home page or look through a list of Yahoo!'s online services. Also, you may find what you're looking for if you try searching below."
I've repeatedly tried, without success, to rectify this "error". I'm still able to access my Yahoo email and leave comments under all sections of Yahoo other than Sports. I don't know if this is a genuine flaw in the system, or Yahoo Sports has found a new & creative way of banning my comments. I see comments galore flowing in from other sources! I'm currently registering my comments under MSN Sports.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Here's another one the "Fair and Balanced" Foxes of Yahoo Sports refuse to publish! My banned comments appear in Bold, after the comments that inspired it (in proper order):
Victoria: Was does Yahoo permit such nastiness on their comments. It was obvious, yahoo stopped all comments during the US Open because of the Williams sisters. Why do you allow people to viciously attack Maria and others when the commenters don't seem to care about the sport, but only to diminish a woman's character and ability.
I watched the match and both players were playing well. At the time of the real injury, Maria was on serve and leading 40-15 when she twisted her ankle as she came down from the serve. Most of the negative commenters probably don't really play tennis, but get some perverse satisfaction from demeaning others especially the women tennis players.
Me (OneWiseWoman): Victoria, I agree some of the remarks against Sharapova are mean & unfair, but they still aren't comparable to the dehumanising garbage that certain creatures keep posting about the Williams Sisters! Even under articles that bear no mention of Venus or Serena, they've been called gorillas, men in drag, ugly ghetto-trash etc.! Their parents have often gratuitously been humiliated & some losers have openly expressed wishes for severe injuries and even the deaths of Serena & Venus! Besides, it's not solely against the women; young, successful & attractive male stars like Rafa & Nole have been subjected to ridiculous accusations of steroid use & of faking injuries too.
Boowhooo: IMO, It's not a ridiculous accusation of "steroid" use and faking injuries.... It's a very reasonable assumption/conjecture when someone out of nowhere all the sudden is overly amazing. Sports just doesn't work like this. It's the same reason people assume Lance Armstrong is a cheat (which btw isn't ridiculous to assume he cheated)... Yet Marion/Lance never failed a test. Yet we later get info that suggests or out right proved they cheated.... Was it "ridiculous" conjecture? I think it's a bit gossipy yes. If you believe in the integrity of sport, you need to always question things like this. Or just be status quo and believe the sport is clean. I for one don't believe for a second that the tennis tour is clean (it may not be overly rampant, that part I can't determine). No sport is unscathed by drugs and PEDs, and tennis will eventually be shown to be no exception.
We don't need to discuss faking injuries, because it happens.
As much as people love to put verbal insults to V&S as somehow special (aka racism victim) as opposed to anyone else being victimized verbally is somehow "better" or "aren't comparable". I think you need to reassess your thinking on this matter. Flamers/Haters/Detractors or whatever you want to call them, will use whatever words/phrases that they know will get a rise outta people. With V&S it's "gorilla/men/etc..." with sharapova it's other terms typically that's she a dumb blonde good for "doing".... The bottom line is, both insults are equally degrading and classifying one as somehow worse, is what I find ridiculous. There are no "special victims" as neither are acceptable behaviors. And after the US Open and Serena's own words, she needs no defense as she's guilty or racist behavior herself.
Here's The One By Me (OneWiseWoman) That's Apparently Too Controversial To Be Published:
Neither Rafa nor Nole came "out of nowhere all the sudden" as you put it! They were both young, talented & ambitious players who worked very hard to reach such heights of glory! There's just as much reason to suspect Roger Federer of taking unfair advantage as there is to point fingers at Nadal or Djokovic! Lance Armstrong??!! Everybody around him (friend & foe) is accusing him of taking steroids; a lot of his teammates claimed to have taken PEDs with him! Nobody's said anything of the kind against Nole or Rafa! If there's reason enough to accuse these 2 young tennis stars, then NBA's Dirk Nowitzki should be penalised immediately! In a physically demanding sport like NBA basketball, the generally soft German put up his career-best performances at the ripe old age of 33!!!! What could be more suspicious?! Of course, taking steroids as well as faking injuries happen, but to constantly accuse people without an iota of evidence against them is jealous & juvenile behaviour!
As regards the criticism against the women, calling a woman a dumb blonde & calling 2 sisters male gorillas with huge penises aren't one and the same thing! Serena's behaviour is often very rude, but racism?! When has she said anything against anybody's race? If she had called the Asian lady she had screamed at a couple of years ago a gook, or had referred to the white lady she fought with earlier his year a cracker/honky, then I would've concurred with your charge of racism against her! Her rude behaviour is a nasty habit she unfortunately shares with a whole lot of white male tennis legends like John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi etc., and more recently with Andy Roddick & his "I don't speak French, dumbass!"-buddy Mardy Fish! There's no doubt about the fact that the vicious insults hurled at the Williams Sisters are racially-motivated!
Victoria: Was does Yahoo permit such nastiness on their comments. It was obvious, yahoo stopped all comments during the US Open because of the Williams sisters. Why do you allow people to viciously attack Maria and others when the commenters don't seem to care about the sport, but only to diminish a woman's character and ability.
I watched the match and both players were playing well. At the time of the real injury, Maria was on serve and leading 40-15 when she twisted her ankle as she came down from the serve. Most of the negative commenters probably don't really play tennis, but get some perverse satisfaction from demeaning others especially the women tennis players.
Me (OneWiseWoman): Victoria, I agree some of the remarks against Sharapova are mean & unfair, but they still aren't comparable to the dehumanising garbage that certain creatures keep posting about the Williams Sisters! Even under articles that bear no mention of Venus or Serena, they've been called gorillas, men in drag, ugly ghetto-trash etc.! Their parents have often gratuitously been humiliated & some losers have openly expressed wishes for severe injuries and even the deaths of Serena & Venus! Besides, it's not solely against the women; young, successful & attractive male stars like Rafa & Nole have been subjected to ridiculous accusations of steroid use & of faking injuries too.
Boowhooo: IMO, It's not a ridiculous accusation of "steroid" use and faking injuries.... It's a very reasonable assumption/conjecture when someone out of nowhere all the sudden is overly amazing. Sports just doesn't work like this. It's the same reason people assume Lance Armstrong is a cheat (which btw isn't ridiculous to assume he cheated)... Yet Marion/Lance never failed a test. Yet we later get info that suggests or out right proved they cheated.... Was it "ridiculous" conjecture? I think it's a bit gossipy yes. If you believe in the integrity of sport, you need to always question things like this. Or just be status quo and believe the sport is clean. I for one don't believe for a second that the tennis tour is clean (it may not be overly rampant, that part I can't determine). No sport is unscathed by drugs and PEDs, and tennis will eventually be shown to be no exception.
We don't need to discuss faking injuries, because it happens.
As much as people love to put verbal insults to V&S as somehow special (aka racism victim) as opposed to anyone else being victimized verbally is somehow "better" or "aren't comparable". I think you need to reassess your thinking on this matter. Flamers/Haters/Detractors or whatever you want to call them, will use whatever words/phrases that they know will get a rise outta people. With V&S it's "gorilla/men/etc..." with sharapova it's other terms typically that's she a dumb blonde good for "doing".... The bottom line is, both insults are equally degrading and classifying one as somehow worse, is what I find ridiculous. There are no "special victims" as neither are acceptable behaviors. And after the US Open and Serena's own words, she needs no defense as she's guilty or racist behavior herself.
Here's The One By Me (OneWiseWoman) That's Apparently Too Controversial To Be Published:
Neither Rafa nor Nole came "out of nowhere all the sudden" as you put it! They were both young, talented & ambitious players who worked very hard to reach such heights of glory! There's just as much reason to suspect Roger Federer of taking unfair advantage as there is to point fingers at Nadal or Djokovic! Lance Armstrong??!! Everybody around him (friend & foe) is accusing him of taking steroids; a lot of his teammates claimed to have taken PEDs with him! Nobody's said anything of the kind against Nole or Rafa! If there's reason enough to accuse these 2 young tennis stars, then NBA's Dirk Nowitzki should be penalised immediately! In a physically demanding sport like NBA basketball, the generally soft German put up his career-best performances at the ripe old age of 33!!!! What could be more suspicious?! Of course, taking steroids as well as faking injuries happen, but to constantly accuse people without an iota of evidence against them is jealous & juvenile behaviour!
As regards the criticism against the women, calling a woman a dumb blonde & calling 2 sisters male gorillas with huge penises aren't one and the same thing! Serena's behaviour is often very rude, but racism?! When has she said anything against anybody's race? If she had called the Asian lady she had screamed at a couple of years ago a gook, or had referred to the white lady she fought with earlier his year a cracker/honky, then I would've concurred with your charge of racism against her! Her rude behaviour is a nasty habit she unfortunately shares with a whole lot of white male tennis legends like John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi etc., and more recently with Andy Roddick & his "I don't speak French, dumbass!"-buddy Mardy Fish! There's no doubt about the fact that the vicious insults hurled at the Williams Sisters are racially-motivated!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Hello Stephen From Yahoo Sports!
OK, Yahoo Sports (Tennis) is banning me again at a highly inopportune moment! So, what's new?! Anyhoo, now to move on to the relevant details:
Article in discussion posted on Tue Aug 16 12:36pm EDT. Title: Video: Roddick on why tennis needs to be more like NFL, WWE (Busted Racquet).
Web address: http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/blog/busted_racquet/post/Video-Roddick-on-why-tennis-needs-to-be-more-li?urn=ten-wp2551
In response to my comment under the article, expressing the view that black athletes are treated with less repect than their white counterparts (actually, I stated that this was a fact), Stephen wrote:
"Tell me, Wise Woman, what facts are those? Lay them out for me, please.
Because at the moment, all I see from you is incediary (read: hate) speech, with nothing to support your ridiculous accusations. Of course, this is typical of racists who seek only to further their hateful agenda as opposed to seeking rational discourse."
Now, for some unknown (?) reason, Yahoo stubbornly refuses to publish my reply to Stephen's query! So, here it is:
Are you serious, Stephen?! Have you not seen the innumerable dehumanising comments about the Williams sisters under every tennis article (often under articles that bear no mention of the ladies in discussion!)? When are white athletes referred to as gorillas? When are white players' parents mocked & denigrated the way the Williams sisters' mom and dad are? Why aren't white sports stars' achievements repeatedly ridiculed by unproven accusations of steroid use? In fact, I was first the one to respond in kind and hurl some of these above-mentioned insults right back at white athletes; I was immediately bombarded with myriad charges of racism! I give them a taste of their own medicine, and they lash out at me and label me a racist! However, these same folks have no qualms about giving supportive Thumbs Ups to to the crude remarks about black athletes! I owe you an apology, Stephen: I cannot lay out all the facts as you've requested! For a comprehensive list of all the ignominy heaped upon black stars, I'll have to write a huge book!!!!
Article in discussion posted on Tue Aug 16 12:36pm EDT. Title: Video: Roddick on why tennis needs to be more like NFL, WWE (Busted Racquet).
Web address: http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/blog/busted_racquet/post/Video-Roddick-on-why-tennis-needs-to-be-more-li?urn=ten-wp2551
In response to my comment under the article, expressing the view that black athletes are treated with less repect than their white counterparts (actually, I stated that this was a fact), Stephen wrote:
"Tell me, Wise Woman, what facts are those? Lay them out for me, please.
Because at the moment, all I see from you is incediary (read: hate) speech, with nothing to support your ridiculous accusations. Of course, this is typical of racists who seek only to further their hateful agenda as opposed to seeking rational discourse."
Now, for some unknown (?) reason, Yahoo stubbornly refuses to publish my reply to Stephen's query! So, here it is:
Are you serious, Stephen?! Have you not seen the innumerable dehumanising comments about the Williams sisters under every tennis article (often under articles that bear no mention of the ladies in discussion!)? When are white athletes referred to as gorillas? When are white players' parents mocked & denigrated the way the Williams sisters' mom and dad are? Why aren't white sports stars' achievements repeatedly ridiculed by unproven accusations of steroid use? In fact, I was first the one to respond in kind and hurl some of these above-mentioned insults right back at white athletes; I was immediately bombarded with myriad charges of racism! I give them a taste of their own medicine, and they lash out at me and label me a racist! However, these same folks have no qualms about giving supportive Thumbs Ups to to the crude remarks about black athletes! I owe you an apology, Stephen: I cannot lay out all the facts as you've requested! For a comprehensive list of all the ignominy heaped upon black stars, I'll have to write a huge book!!!!
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