TheBlueRaja
03-08-2007, 17:34
I lurk a bit over there from time to time as its a really good forum, however there has recently been a thread started simply titled
Is anyones girlfriend like mine?
Where the thread talks about how girlfriends / wives etc cant tell the difference between SD and HD, how they hate surround sound because it makes them scared etc and have a good moan about it.
It one of the funniest threads i've read in a long time, simply because a lot of it is true, its also quite PC as well.
I warn you - it gets deep though - as this post shows (just a sample of some of the classics in there...)
1)It is a biological fact that men have a better visual and auditory perception of the world...the old "man as hunter, woman as gatherer" scenario. It explains why so many women are crap at parking in small spaces. They just don't have the same visual/dimensional awareness as we guys do. Biological evolution has never really needed them to as the man has always been the hunter. Hence we are interested in the "visual and aural" elements of our Entertainment systems.
2) Women are more into the colour of "cushions" because they have usually been the "gatherers" the "nest makers" and so this holds more interest to them..making the place nice to live in for their partner/family etc.
3) Men are more obsessive about "detail" and "how things work" than women and spend more time on one item/gadget, while women are much better at multi-tasking.
Recently, when guiding a woman as to the best piano to buy for her daughter, she was more concerned about the colour and how it would look in the room than on how it sounded. Firstly, as a pianist I will never understand this and secondly, as a guy, I will never understand it either.
Well, I am one of the few women on avforums and avsforum. I buy all the gadgets and computers/networking gear and set it up and my hubby has no idea how anything works.
It was funny when the satellite guy came and kept trying to direct questions about how things were connected to him and finally hubby had to go and hide in the bedroom so he could have some peace while I dealt with the wiring.
I had to get a harmony remote for him so he could turn everything on. Even then once in a while he accidentally pushes some button and then yells for me bc he doesnt have a clue as to how everything works.
Right now I am trying to convince him to upgrade our 42in EDTV for a 50in HDTV.
You can read it all here...
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=596627
Is anyones girlfriend like mine?
Where the thread talks about how girlfriends / wives etc cant tell the difference between SD and HD, how they hate surround sound because it makes them scared etc and have a good moan about it.
It one of the funniest threads i've read in a long time, simply because a lot of it is true, its also quite PC as well.
I warn you - it gets deep though - as this post shows (just a sample of some of the classics in there...)
1)It is a biological fact that men have a better visual and auditory perception of the world...the old "man as hunter, woman as gatherer" scenario. It explains why so many women are crap at parking in small spaces. They just don't have the same visual/dimensional awareness as we guys do. Biological evolution has never really needed them to as the man has always been the hunter. Hence we are interested in the "visual and aural" elements of our Entertainment systems.
2) Women are more into the colour of "cushions" because they have usually been the "gatherers" the "nest makers" and so this holds more interest to them..making the place nice to live in for their partner/family etc.
3) Men are more obsessive about "detail" and "how things work" than women and spend more time on one item/gadget, while women are much better at multi-tasking.
Recently, when guiding a woman as to the best piano to buy for her daughter, she was more concerned about the colour and how it would look in the room than on how it sounded. Firstly, as a pianist I will never understand this and secondly, as a guy, I will never understand it either.
Well, I am one of the few women on avforums and avsforum. I buy all the gadgets and computers/networking gear and set it up and my hubby has no idea how anything works.
It was funny when the satellite guy came and kept trying to direct questions about how things were connected to him and finally hubby had to go and hide in the bedroom so he could have some peace while I dealt with the wiring.
I had to get a harmony remote for him so he could turn everything on. Even then once in a while he accidentally pushes some button and then yells for me bc he doesnt have a clue as to how everything works.
Right now I am trying to convince him to upgrade our 42in EDTV for a 50in HDTV.
You can read it all here...
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=596627