Now trying to think of an extended metaphor in which burning aging male chauvinists for fuel ultimately results in disastrous environmental damage.

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Nah.

Klaus wrote:

Burnwinter wrote:

Don't worry Biggus, a fossil stays a fossil, you just wind up in a deeper geological stratum. :hat:

Still, some fossils turn into useful things like oil. Others are just too lazy to change even when they're being pressured.

Oh so you want to turn a bit of jovial banter into a personal attack on me?

I'm not a male chauvinist, I respect people regardless of the bodies they inhabit- However I'm not naive nor hypocritical to think that men and woman have equal abilities which is currently very fashionable now.
Men and Women have differently wired brains as well as bodies, men are naturally "better" at some things and women are at others.

Like what? Genuine question.

Biggus wrote:

Men and Women have differently wired brains as well as bodies, men are naturally "better" at some things and women are at others.

True on average for certain activities but Hope Solo's still probably a better keeper than you right?

Can't see how she (or any female goalie) could take a reasonably hard shot on the chest.

If she, or any other woman, actually did, then they stopped the ball from going into the net, right? I'd say that is called 'good goalkeeping'.

I reckon Biggus actually believes he's a better goalkeeper than Hope Solo

Think you may be on to something, Ev.

Only situations where men are superior to women is when it comes to tasks requiring physicality.

In other aspects, I really don't see a difference. Social and cultural conditioning has a lot to do with the "wiring" which Biggus mentions, and that can be changed.

y va marquer wrote:

I reckon Biggus actually believes he's a better goalkeeper than Hope Solo

No, I believe I would have been when I was younger.

Well she'd have been about two then so, yes, possibly.

y va marquer wrote:

You see Y va thats where you display a misunderstanding of goalkeeping technique, putting your bollocks behind the ball to bring it under control has never been an accepted method of getting it under control.

As if my post was seriously about the dangers of goalkeeping for guys Biggus
You missed the most obvious point ie American football

y va marquer wrote:

Well she'd have been about two then so, yes, possibly.

Are you seriously suggesting that a world class female player could hold her own in even a mediocre/below average male team?

No.
I'm suggesting that Hope Solo's a better goalkeeper than you.

y va marquer wrote:

As if my post was seriously about the dangers of goalkeeping for guys Biggus
You missed the most obvious point ie American football

Yes you get whacked there sometimes by accident but we're talking about football where use of the chest is very important.

y va marquer wrote:

No.
I'm suggesting that Hope Solo's a better goalkeeper than you.

Manual fucking Almunia is probably a better goalkeeper than me now.

And I was just kidding about, however as I sense the gravity of this discussion I would say that I think that the use of the chest to control the ball is not make or break in terms of the skills needed to be a good goalkeeper.

I've actually seen men with moobs bigger than Hope's chest.

Ah what heights we reach on here.