Are Computers Male or Female?
A foreign language teacher was explaining to her class that, unlike their English counterparts, French nouns are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.
Things like 'chalk' or 'pencil,' she described, would have a gender association although in English these words were neutral. Confused, one student raised his hand and asked, "What gender is a computer?"
The French teacher wasn't sure which gender it was, so she ivided the class into two groups and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. One group was comprised of the women in the class, and the other of men. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation.
The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to in masculine gender because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they ARE the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.
The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to in the feminine gender because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay check on accessories.
What'd You Think?
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lol datz soooo tru
i agree w/ the females, its a male….
LOL hahahha it is so a male. lol but then it could b female. Both made good arguements.
its a male
lol
nice =)
hahahahaaaaaa no u know wat it is….. its a shemale….think about it
you know coputers in fench are feminine
Une Ordinature
at least I think….
omg, this is true too, this is really funny.
lol culd be a shemale???
i think both sides put up a gd argument
TOTALY MALE!!!
It is a female cause you always have to stick things in it to get it to work you don’t stick the computer into anything
but you stick the cable to the plug right?!!!! william? and if its not there there battery runs out quick!!! i think the gender depends on the model
FEMALE…4 SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well if you look at it that what JM the computer plug still has a notch that goes into the computer and has a cord attached to it so you still have to plug something into it to give it power
haha this is an awesome site!
Really funny, too bad its actually “un ordinateur” in french so it is male
Its definately a female
funny. i must add tho that computers are only as inteligeant as their users
haha that was good definatly male lol
ha ha funny
I thought a computer in French was “l’ordinateur”?
haha so true… i say its both so that means its ahermafradite.. or however u spell it lol
This joke is very realistic and true but i think d male argument had d upper hand-the computer is definitely a female
aHhAHhAH THatS fuNNy stUff
its a girrrlboi còmputer (notice the fancy O in computer) xD
i think its a male even though i am a male
who cares if its a boy or a girl…its a computer
just what i needed
it’s a black n.i.g.g.e.r
lol…definitely male……them computers r totally dumbfounded
deffo males
men are all pigs and neva treat you right just like computers 
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its male…un ordinateur…l’ordinateur is for le ordinateur but since u cant say that cuz of the vowel, its just an “l”.