Is your operating system a girl?

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Is your operating system a girl?

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The curious case of the OS-Tans...
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I've never thought of Windows as having a gender...
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Maybe not, but most of us are Western European, Australian, or in the American continent...
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HansV wrote:I've never thought of Windows as having a gender...
But I'll bet you've often thought it was a b*tch... :evilgrin:
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jonwallace wrote:
HansV wrote:I've never thought of Windows as having a gender...
But I'll bet you've often thought it was a b*tch... :evilgrin:
On the other hand, I often called my PC a 'bar-steward', but that could be either gender I suppose.