Comments on: SomaCow Episode 24: We Do It With Relish!

By: J

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:27:09 +0000

We did?

Was she hott?

By: Mickey

Mickey — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:09:13 +0000

Uhm… we did talk about her on Wednesday’s (Episode 26) Podcast.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:01:39 +0000

Oh dear God.

You know what is going to happen, right? She is gonna listen to Wednesday’s podcast and think we are talking about her.

There’s just no winning, is there?

By: J

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:53:15 +0000

Dear Valued Potential Listener Brinstar:

Please pardon the charmingly unsophisticated advances of my occasionally over-exuberant co-hosts.
You may rest assured that their intentions were honorable with regard to your website and/or personal beliefs.
Yes, please do sample a podcast or two, or listen live on Sundays from 2-5pm eastern time.
We look forward to a mutually entertaining relationship in the future.

Sincerely,

J
SomaCow Host

Also, tekanji is a big doody-head

By: Brinstar

Brinstar — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:11:53 +0000

I’m not familiar with your podcast. From reading your ‘about’ page, it’s clear that you’re a humour-oriented broadcast. The humourous intent is probably even more evident in audio. However, in text, it’s more problematic to come to a new site and try to decide whether someone is making condescending statements with a “just kidding” tacked on at the end in order to (patronisingly) placate the one whose opinions you disparage, or whether you’re reading something that is ’sarcastic’. I can be a sarcastic person as well, but tone doesn’t convey well on the internet, particularly when a reader is not familiar with a website’s history, style, etc.

Thank you for reading and linking to my post, regardless of your opinion.

I will try to give your podcast a listen in the next couple of days.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:33:00 +0000

Um… That was exactly why I plugged her blog, Tekanji – Because I found her mentality on the matter to be exactly in line with my opinions, and that she was a great example of an evolved person. Hence my inclusion of her as a link. I am not sure if you have heard many of our shows, but we tend to use sarcasm, irony, and tongue-in-cheek representations of things.

But I thank you for the comment, and for checking out the show.

And I have no idea what Mickey is referring to, which is status quo!

By: Mickey

Mickey — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:58:23 +0000

I think the implication is… that Brinster is wrong.

Or, it could be a clever way to get people who read our blog and listen to our podcast to reach out and discover other (well written and well thought out) opinions on a particular subject.

I don’t know for sure, because I can’t speak for Geoff.

By: tekanji

tekanji — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:04:54 +0000

I would just like to point out that you’ve grossly misrepresented Brinstar.

You imply that she is in line with the notion that “Women, rather than trying to outdo men, seem to be happy just to carry along in our Neanderthalic footprints,” when in fact she’s endorsing the exact opposite: that women shouldn’t conform to unacceptable standards just because they are currently the norm for men.

Please read this part of her piece:

The problem with this notion, in my opinion, is that it presumes that the way the â€˜big boysâ€™ act is something that we should aspire to, that this culture should be the de facto standard. I donâ€™t agree. Why should I conform when I find many of the standards unacceptable?

Perhaps next time you want to make a pot shot at someone it would be good to read the post that you link to and make sure it supports your point.