Geocaching Gender Confusion

24.7k · July 30, 2004

To a large extent this is a faceless activity. You read logs and posts, and not everyone posts photo's. Even so you form impressions...

So far I've been wrong twice on guys I found out were gals in the forums and a couple others I was wrong about that I've met on the trail.

Anyone else have a false gender impression corrected?

Edited July 30, 2004 by Renegade Knight

July 30, 2004

All the time! For the longest time, I thought you were a guy!

5.3k · July 30, 2004

Gender confusion? No...

July 30, 2004

Species confusion?

If "he" lays an egg, I'm outta here!

edited for bad typing

Edited July 30, 2004 by Spencersb

38.2k · July 30, 2004

With a lot of the gender neutral names out there, yeah. There was many times I though some dame wuz a guy and some guy wuz a dame. For the longest time I though Keystone Approver was a chick.

5.3k · July 30, 2004

With a lot of the gender neutral names out there, yeah. There was many times I though some dame wuz a guy and some guy wuz a dame. For the longest time I though Keystone Approver was a chick.

Don't forget your "confusing" Peter-Pan avatar

Edited July 30, 2004 by Stunod

2.6k · July 30, 2004

Hm. I think this is the first time I've ever used a gender-specific username in an online forum. I usually avoid it for fear it'll affect how someone views what I have to say.

And I've been surprised many times, including here.

1.3k · July 30, 2004

A team confused me once. I thought I was wrong about a man being a woman, and then really confused when it changed back again. Then I realized it was a team I was dealing with.

Hopefully, my name avoids such confusion.

July 30, 2004

I don't think that happens with our name much.

1.3k · July 30, 2004

Hm. I think this is the first time I've ever used a gender-specific username in an online forum. I usually avoid it for fear it'll affect how someone views what I have to say.

Who cares what some chick has to say. Go stand over there and look pretty.

2.6k · July 30, 2004

Who cares what some chick has to say. Go stand over there and look pretty.

Dude, if I could do that, I'd've signed up with the username YoBigGiantHugeGirlOverHere!

And to a different forum.

2.6k · July 30, 2004

Anyone else have a false gender

No..

1.8k · July 30, 2004

For the longest time I though Keystone Approver was a chick.

July 30, 2004

Anyone else have a false gender

No..

yes....

5.7k · July 30, 2004

I don't think that happens with our name much.

Maybe not *that* type of confusion, but I did think that maybe you were a 'couple' until I read your profile and saw that you were a father-son team.

--Marky

July 30, 2004

You could always do what they used to do in the chat rooms (haven't been in one in over 10 years thoughh).

Someone would type:

Age/Sex

and everyone would respond with something like:

Zoptrop <---- M/38

1.5k · July 30, 2004

Well, Yes. It has happened. In fact, it happened once even after meeting this one cacher! Talk about embarasing

3.9k · July 30, 2004

Our screen name covers all the bases although my wife never visits the forums.

J is me: M/33

M is my wife: F/27

Bella is our bitch/2

Edited July 30, 2004 by JMBella

3.9k · July 30, 2004

I know I'm not alone in that I thought CO_Admin was a female, until I found out his name was Mike. Then there was some confusion about NJ Admin. Now I'm sure I know the truth and still can't definitively say one or the other.

I have to say what throws me off more than anything is age. I never know what someone is going to look like and have been surprised a lot more by a persons age. People I think are going to be older turn out to be younger and visa versa.

July 30, 2004

Not me, I don't put too much thought into it though. I've never seen another cacher until I found out one fishes in our club

Small world.

4.5k · July 31, 2004

I know I'm not alone in that I thought CO_Admin was a female, until I found out his name was Mike. Then there was some confusion about NJ Admin. Now I'm sure I know the truth and still can't definitively say one or the other.

DITTO! Just a guess here, but i think it might have something to do with that pretty pink/purple pony avator?

1.6k · July 31, 2004

People should be confused about my gender. I must remain anonymous.

2.3k · July 31, 2004

People should be confused about my gender. I must remain anonymous.

You're Pat, right?

1.6k · July 31, 2004

People should be confused about my gender. I must remain anonymous.

You're Pat, right?

2.5k · July 31, 2004

This brings up an interesting question. well, interesting to me anyway. When I studied the German language, I learned that objects are classified as masculine, feminine, or nuetral. Sort of like when someone refers to their car as she, as in old Betsy.

In German, the word "the" is either der, die, or das depending on the gender. Is it der geocache (masculine), die geocache (feminine) or das geocache (neutral)?

Hopefully I got that right. Achtung, baby!

July 31, 2004

So in the episode of The Simpsons where Side Show Bob claims his "Die, Bart, Die" tatoo is German for "The, Bart, The" (no one who speaks German could be evil!) it really would have been "She, Bart, She"?

4.8k · July 31, 2004

I once had a person I met at an event tell me that I was younger and less prudish than he imagined! He reads these forums too, so I won't name him! He will likely remember the comment when he reads this though. I was amused.

2.5k · July 31, 2004

So in the episode of The Simpsons where Side Show Bob claims his "Die, Bart, Die" tatoo is German for "The, Bart, The" (no one who speaks German could be evil!) it really would have been "She, Bart, She"?

Essentially, yes. Die pronounced "dee" would be the feminine conjugation of "the".

July 31, 2004

So in the episode of The Simpsons where Side Show Bob claims his "Die, Bart, Die" tatoo is German for "The, Bart, The" (no one who speaks German could be evil!) it really would have been "She, Bart, She"?

Not exactly, although "die" does indicate the feminine, it's not the same as "she." Besides, there are too many exceptions to the gender indicative articles. That's how English ended up being so confusing since it descended from the Germanic branch as part of the Indo-European family of languages. If this seems confusing, it is. Some German friends of mine have fun with it, though.

Edited July 31, 2004 by Teach2Learn

3.5k · July 31, 2004

Look...I've explained this all before...it was DARK...I was TIRED...and I never knew that DUDES could be named LESLIE too!!!!!!!!

Bret

2.5k · July 31, 2004

So in the episode of The Simpsons where Side Show Bob claims his "Die, Bart, Die" tatoo is German for "The, Bart, The" (no one who speaks German could be evil!) it really would have been "She, Bart, She"?

Not exactly, although "die" does indicate the feminine, it's not the same as "she." Besides, there are too many exceptions to the gender indicative articles. That's how English ended up being so confusing since it descended from the Germanic branch as part of the Indo-European family of languages. If this seems confusing, it is. Some German friends of mine have fun with it, though.

Correct. It wouldn't mean "she Bart she" as much as it would mean "the feminine Bart the". Well sort of anyway. You had to be there (German class)

Edited July 31, 2004 by cachew nut

July 31, 2004

Look...I've explained this all before...it was DARK...I was TIRED...and I never knew that DUDES could be named LESLIE too!!!!!!!!

Bret

Please CB, feel free to share the whole story. Sounds like confession might do you good.

July 31, 2004

Look...I've explained this all before...it was DARK...I was TIRED...and I never knew that DUDES could be named LESLIE too!!!!!!!!

Bret

and she SWORE she was eighteen!!!

3.9k · July 31, 2004

I know I'm not alone in that I thought CO_Admin was a female, until I found out his name was Mike. Then there was some confusion about NJ Admin. Now I'm sure I know the truth and still can't definitively say one or the other.

DITTO! Just a guess here, but i think it might have something to do with that pretty pink/purple pony avator?

uuumm. No, I just thought he was a girl.

3.8k · July 31, 2004

For the longest time I thought Keystone Approver was a chick.

She is.

I know that for a fact.

I can prove it. :anitongue:

July 31, 2004

Interesting thread. The importance we're placing on this indicates how much gender is implicated in preconceived notions we have of people.

Personally, I think the gender of a geocacher should matter about as much as the colour of their eyes.

- hamgran

July 31, 2004

So far I've been wrong twice on guys I found out were gals in the forums and a couple others I was wrong about that I've met on the trail.

And just how did you determine the correct gender? :anitongue:

24.7k · July 31, 2004

So far I've been wrong twice on guys I found out were gals in the forums and a couple others I was wrong about that I've met on the trail.

And just how did you determine the correct gender?

Every now and then someone will drop their real name. The truly embarassing one was Carl Neep. Which is how I read CarleenP's name for the longest time...

And back in the days when Keystone Approver was using Bubbles for his avitar I was thinking he had the XX thing going on.

2.6k · July 31, 2004

In German, the word "the" is either der, die, or das depending on the gender. Is it der geocache (masculine), die geocache (feminine) or das geocache (neutral)?

It's der Geocache as far as I know (like many loanwords in German are). Also, nouns in German language are written with capital letter.

So it's masculine, which kind of makes sense to me: you hide it, you know, like stick it in, see, just like having :anitongue: .

July 31, 2004

Look...I've explained this all before...it was DARK...I was TIRED...and I never knew that DUDES could be named LESLIE too!!!!!!!!

Bret

Bret, shouldn't the mustache and tatoo's given you some kind of clue! Nevermind I know a girl who fits that description. :anitongue:

By the way so there is no doubt.

Mastifflover

Age:31

Sex:MALE

And to quote Criminal: "I like girls, I like them alot!!"

July 31, 2004

By the way so there is no doubt.

Mastifflover

Age:31

Sex:MALE

And to quote Criminal: "I like girls, I like them alot!!"

well, I hate to say it, but that right there is the proof. I thought Mastiff lover was a name only a woman would adopt. Sorry dude.

So you like girls, but LOVE dogs ?!?!? :anitongue:

5.7k · July 31, 2004

I once had a person I met at an event tell me that I was younger and less prudish than he imagined! He reads these forums too, so I won't name him! He will likely remember the comment when he reads this though. I was amused.

You are older and more prudish than I fantasize though...

--Marky

5.7k · July 31, 2004

Interesting thread. The importance we're placing on this indicates how much gender is implicated in preconceived notions we have of people.
Personally, I think the gender of a geocacher should matter about as much as the colour of their eyes.

- hamgran

Only a person with Blue eyes would say that.

--Marky

6.5k · July 31, 2004

Well let's see-um Marky-M and Joanie-W.

Renegade Knight -M

I always think of the actor/ess Divine when I see the horned dude's posts so that confuses me.

I met Mastifflover at GW2 so that's settled.

Carl neep too.

Always thought JMBella was a he from the slant of the posts, septic too. Besides what female would ever call herself that?

How am I doing so far?

I too thought that KA was a chick with the cute avatar for a while.

I have now seen him in person; he ain't that cute ( but a lot of fun to hang out with.)

Same with CO and the pony thing.

About a year ago I mistook DruMorgan for a girl.

That was when he/she was using his/her fifth grade pic as his/her avatar. I go a correction email quickly after I referred to 'her' in a post. :anitongue:

Shouldn't be much doubt with my screenname. I'm not too sure about churchcampdave though!

6.4k · July 31, 2004

Just recently Geo Ho and I were out hitting some caches near an event via canoe. Hydrocaching is pretty popular in CT, and we had just been discussing which other paddlecachers had said they would be attending the event. When we got to "MixWithH2o", GH said "yeah, I'd really like to meet him" and I agreed.

"His" bio says:

enjoy the outdoors, biking, hiking and kayaking (flatwater) sailing,swimming,snowshoeing,x-country skiing just plain doing stuff outside where my dog can be with me enjoying it too! Love traveling and photography and hockey.

Sound's like cool guy!

Not 5 minutes later we met a woman kayaking the other way. Found out she was a fellow cacher, and discussed which caches we had found were doable via the river. As we were leaving, we asked, "BTW, who are you?". Of course by now you all know the answer, right?

It was MixWithH2o.

1.2k · July 31, 2004

In German, the word "the" is either der, die, or das depending on the gender. Is it der geocache (masculine), die geocache (feminine) or das geocache (neutral)?

It's der Geocache as far as I know (like many loanwords in German are). Also, nouns in German language are written with capital letter.

So it's masculine, which kind of makes sense to me: you hide it, you know, like stick it in, see, just like having .

It is funny you should say that - when I first saw 'der Geocache' in German, it stroke me as entirely counterintuitive - I would have thought of a cace as feminine: 'die Geocache'. This doesn't happen to me very often - dealing with technical and legal German documents is what I do for a living. In this case, the intuitition of the first person to use the word Cache in German must have been different from mine, and he decided otherwise. Of course, if I had grown up with the German words Cache and Geocache as a child, their masculine gender would have appeared to be entirely natural to me.

BTW, there is a local user here who usees a German feminine noun as his handle. There is no problem with that, since natural and grammatical gender are entirely separate in German. However, he uses as masculine article in front of the feminine noun, which makes it entirely ridiculous. I won't mention names

Anyway.

July 31, 2004

No surprises yet....well, there was one but I don't want to talk about that :anitongue:

If I had a dollar though for everytime I heard.....you're Strohem? I could buy a new Palm

I've met a lot of cachers out on the trail....and it's always been a good time.

3.9k · August 1, 2004

I think this thread and the thread about gay cruising areas should be merged.

August 1, 2004

I have a motorsports hobby, and am female. This intrinsically confuses people (and has, on these forums).

The older I get, the more I like dynamic range. (like....geocaching and autocross as hobbies....different in lots of ways...though I do know another geocaching autocrosser, and both tend to attract techies.)

It's good for your brain. We older folks need that. Remember that, all you Temporarily Young People.

August 1, 2004

Hopefully, my name avoids such confusion.

Moose? What's gender-specific about "Moose"?

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