If you answer a religion question and then get negative downratings for weeks, do you start to whine about it in questions and answers all over the board or take it like a (wo)man?

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• +. You...realize "take it like a man" is an English language idiom.

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  by zazzy_one on May 18th, 2008

• Indeed, but you made it "Take it like a (wo)man", which is no longer the idiom... An idiom is a saying that doesn't really mean what it literally denotes, so 'actually' "Taking it like a man" obviously doesn't mean what the idiom does, so "Taking it like a woman" means even less in this context (it's not the idiom 'or' the literal interpretation of it). Essentially you changed it to "Take it like a person of your biological sex", which I'm sure you'll agree doesn't really mean anything...

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  by Twhupfold on May 18th, 2008

• You...do know what parentheses mean, right?

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  by zazzy_one on May 18th, 2008

• It's just not that deep. Take it like a man. Playing on the word. This is a joke, nothing to get your panties in a twist about.

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  by zazzy_one on May 18th, 2008

• Yes... They're used to add information to text, in this instance the use of '(wo)man' implies that the reader should read it as whichever they are, either Woman or Man.
   
  Exactly what I said : /
   
  If you meant something else by it then please just explain; I'm sorry for the confusion, but as far as I know I interpreted '(wo)man' correctly.

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  by Twhupfold on May 18th, 2008

• I am a lawyer. I know what I meant and meant what I said.

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  by zazzy_one on May 18th, 2008

• My panties are hardly in a twist; I just posted an answer to your question, then replied to your rather condescending comments.
   
  As for being a Lawyer and knowing what you meant and meaning what you said; I'm a high school drop-out unemployed Arts student and I know what I meant and meant what I said. Profession and education is irrelevant.
   
  However, having the wonderful legal-minded clarity that you do, would it be too much for me to ask for you to stoop down to my level for a moment and explain exactly what you meant if my interpretation is so clearly mistaken?
   
  "Playing on the word. This is a joke, ..." is fine, and I was answering from a serious interpretation of the question rather than a joking interpretation. Hardly a situation that warrants you speaking condescendingly (*sigh*... "nothing to get your panties in a twist about"?).

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  by Twhupfold on May 18th, 2008

• Dude...do you take it like a man or whine about it? It's...not that deep.

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  by zazzy_one on May 18th, 2008

• I answered the question quite clearly in my original answer. It wasn't very deep either.
   
  I don't whine about it, but neither do I 'Take it like a man', as that means to tough it out; to take whatever happened and move on "Like a man"... Neither choice is a practical response to being rated down; instead of a) ignoring it or b) making a fuss about it, I c) Work towards solving the problem.
   
  Is this not good enough? Would you like for me to pick one of your two choices instead?

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  by Twhupfold on May 18th, 2008

• I kind of agree with Twhupfold. The restatement of it in the question is an attempt to neutralize a saying that was sexist to begin with. (Take it like a man, as opposed to a weak girly woman). The modification only makes it kind of nonsensical; you'd have been better off stating it as "grown-up" or "adult" (as opposed to a child) since I assume that's what you mean. Sorry to butt in..

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  by lizvelrene on May 29th, 2008