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- From: hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Hucke)
- Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
- Message-ID: <BtzE4A.M41@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- References: <SUOPANKI.92Sep2171600@zombie.oulu.fi> <1992Sep2.161123.2381@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> <9224711.3154@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 02:40:43 GMT
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- >HHhahahahahahahaaa!!!!!!!! Ever read any documentation on IRC? Sheesh!
- >The H and G flags do NOT stand for Heteros and gays. They stand for "H"ere
- >and "G"one (ie. they have an /AWAY up). I've never been on #42 so unless
- >they are using this flag to represent their sexual status on this particular
- >channel, the H and G flags are not what you think they are.
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- Sorry, but this is completely wrong... H and G do stand for "Hetero" and "Gay".
- In addition, the '*' marker is a symbolic representation of an anus, and
- is used by those preferring anal sex.
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- I suggest you /msg all those with a '*' and offer to participate...
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