Chicagoist: Has No One At The Trib Seen Free To Be You And Me?

i_have_concerns

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:32:27 -0600

No, seriously: Did it really bother you? Are your notions of gender roles so thinly defined that a jest would really irritate them? Because I'm fairly sure it was humorously meant. Did you really not just roll your eyes and move on? And actually, is the OP not doing the exact same thing as the Trib -- i.e. trying to drum up "readership" by making a big deal out of a non-event? Cutesy alt-media speciousness is a shitton more annoying, if you ask me.

spookhatespuppies

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:05:15 -0600

@Smussy: Does Rock Band count?

smussy

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:16:47 -0600

vjay -- i heart alan alda, too. ever since i was a wee lass. and i'm desperate to find someone who has a guitar hero i can rock out on. i have yet to encounter this phenomena and i'm sooooo ready.

spookhatespuppies

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:36:57 -0600

My man cave is just an old shed with a half-empty case of Jameson and a loaded shotgun hung on the wall. I just sit in the corner and weep silently. There's no Guitar Hero III, but it gets the job done.

ljpljpljp

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:07:09 -0600

Uh...excluding columnists Kass, Rosenthal, Page,most of those in the sports section and a few others...but not those in the middle of the paper, or that one in the sports section.

ljpljpljp

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:02:03 -0600

Quit picking on the Tribune. It is hard to regurgitate press releases or write columns loaded with mundane narcissistic observations.

simplecreature

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:52:06 -0600

Fondue and a margarita maker? Much more appealing to me than a fucking beer sign. I'm a hetero guy. Bring on the frozen girly drinks! Not every guy wants to stare at Brian Urlacher while farting into a la-z-boy.

whet

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:50:32 -0600

I'm less offended by the retrograde sexism than the idea that people need to be encouraged to buy Guitar Hero III. "And while you're playing it you can drink this great beer I heard about called 'Corona...'" The RedEye and the Trib are becoming one.

jasmine

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:27:39 -0600

For some reason, I saw this today and thought: Chess for Girls. In any case, why did the Ladies half stop short of recommending Wii Tennis as a possible counterpart to Guitar Hero III? I need the obligatory weight-loss item!

vjay

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:26:55 -0600

That gender marketing crap is so tired. Why can't they combine both? I'm a girl and I like fondue and karaoke, but I also like beer and football. Does that mean my vagina's broke or just confused? No matter, I heart Alan Alda.

Fancypants1

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:10:20 -0600

Chicagoist forgot its sense of humor today. Or M. Lyons is tired from writing all of the site's content...

csbmonkey

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:03:48 -0600

What's a "sports"? "Man cave" - See, now, I thought that meant something else ENTIRELY! I was picturing a big basement full of naked men entangled into orgiastic ecstasy. You need a TV for that? Same with "Lady Lair". I'm picturing more a lesbian stronghold in which no "Yeah, sure, I'm totally bi but I'm not into men right now, and I have to always bring my camera!" boys are not invited. Ever.