Why do all female halflings call you "hun"?

[azeth]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

women do not look at every member of the opposite sex as a likely mate.

that would make them wrong. wrong indeed.

[myriverse]

Don't trust those tricksy halflings. "Hun" is prolly some racial slur.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't trust those tricksy halflings. "Hun" is prolly some racial slur.

It stands for hundred centimetres too tall.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's their way of discretely declaring their heterosexual orientation while simultaneously boasting of the supreme intellect immune to the deception of pretty pixels that has alerted them to your nefarious intent ^^

In short they are worried they might be gay if they mistake another man for a woman ^^

Women aren't concerned with this sort of thing, because unlike men, women do not look at every member of the opposite sex as a likely mate.

lol this is right also. On other games, while playing female chars I got called "bro", and I instantly recognized this as the guy either letting me know he knew I was a guy playing a female toon, OR he was fishing to see if I would correct him to let him know I was really a female playing a female toon!

I had a buddy on live years ago who only played female toons, and he kept it secret from 99% of the people in the game. he said he got all kinds of free stuff from dudes, and that it was funny how desperate some of them were. I found this a bit disturbing, personally I could never deceive lonely men with a female avatar for gifts.

Obviously "catfishing" was being done way before the movie came out.

[Sorn]

Originally Posted by Lhancelot [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lol this is right also. On other games, while playing female chars I got called "bro", and I instantly recognized this as the guy either letting me know he knew I was a guy playing a female toon, OR he was fishing to see if I would correct him to let him know I was really a female playing a female toon!

I had a buddy on live years ago who only played female toons, and he kept it secret from 99% of the people in the game. he said he got all kinds of free stuff from dudes, and that it was funny how desperate some of them were. I found this a bit disturbing, personally I could never deceive lonely men with a female avatar for gifts.

Obviously "catfishing" was being done way before the movie came out.

For sure! Actually, there have been a few informal(?) surveys on gender, gender representation, and genderbending within the EverQuest gaming community. The stereotype is what you describe (men playing women to get free stuff from other men, or men who want to look at something 'nice'), but people did it for a lot of different reasons and it's not just men.

It's an interesting topic.

[Jimjam]

Did they run equivalent studies for class, race and deity bending?

What about facepickpending?

What does it say about me if I choses a face that doesn't match mine IRL?

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by xKoopa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ive noticed this also

Even on r99 too. I guess its classic.

[Csihar]

Originally Posted by Lagaidh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Exactly. My wife plays a female halfling here (sometimes). She doesn't even call me "hun". Probably because she doesn't want me to vomit on her feet, but hey...

Is your wife female? If so, what's her login name?

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by Csihar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is your wife female? If so, what's her login name?

not cool pal theres somethings u don't mess w/ and a mans wife is 1 of them

[Gumbo]

Weirdest situation I ever had in the game was between me and female druid. We were both rolling for an item so I said, "Ladies first." and he or she bitched me out saying she wasn't a lady.

I didn't know if I should have answered back with not being a lady in the game or in real life?