Below is my “revised version” of a story that I received from my beloved one. I share this with you by adapting it to the social network (instead of computers).
A Spanish Teacher was explaining to her class that, in Spanish,
unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
‘House’ for instance, is feminine: ‘la casa.’
‘Pencil,’ however, is masculine: ‘el lapiz.’
So, a student asked, ‘What gender is ‘social network’?
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether ‘social network’ should be a masculine or a feminine noun.
Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation. The men’s group decided that social network should definitely be of the feminine gender, because:
1. No one but their creator understands the internal logic of the network;
2. The language network members use to communicate with other members is sometimes incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes or criticisms are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one of the networks, you find yourself spending half of your available time in checking on the updates.
(THIS GETS BETTER!)
The women’s group, however, concluded that social network should be Masculine, because:
1. In order to socialise with each other, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data and information but still no body can comprehend all by themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but sometimes they may BECOME the problem (especially when the network is choked with information overload); and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better one to join.
Who won?
This is to be shared with all the smart women you know…and all the men that have a good sense of humor.
But please take it as a laugh only.
John
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