Comments on: Nine quiet words http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words No compunctions about eating dessert first Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:33:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Anonymous http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/comment-page-1#comment-36 Anonymous Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:42:00 +0000 http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/#comment-36 Did anyone get this girl's phone number?<br /><br />2C Did anyone get this girl’s phone number?

2C

]]> By: joanium http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/comment-page-1#comment-37 joanium Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:42:00 +0000 http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/#comment-37 ahaha I just saw this, figured it was appropriate:<br /><br />http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/09/top_11_just_saw_porn.html ahaha I just saw this, figured it was appropriate:

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/09/top_11_just_saw_porn.html

]]> By: joanium http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/comment-page-1#comment-34 joanium Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:41:00 +0000 http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/#comment-34 Oh, I'm liberal enough to accept that people can enjoy porn. And I did consider that maybe she was investigating porn for the design of a steel-framed carpark. In the end, three things made me decide to talk to her.<br /><br />1. All students here have signed agreements not to access porn at uni. There is clear signage in the labs.<br /><br />2. Porn is very offensive to some (many) people so is unacceptable in a public space.<br /><br />3. Everyone was laughing at her.<br /><br />Funnily, Reason 3 was the most important. If she had been blatantly looking these things up without caring what others thought, then I probably would have left her alone. Hey, it's your internet usage quota, your privileges being risked, and I can avoid looking.<br /><br />But she looked like she honestly thought that no one had noticed what she was doing. Poor thing! This is why I could just murmur something to her and she would depart. Her embarrassment was enough to make her run away. If she wasn't embarrassed (and if I was determined to make her stop), I would have had to make a scene. I might have enjoyed that -- I like being self-righteous ;) Oh, I’m liberal enough to accept that people can enjoy porn. And I did consider that maybe she was investigating porn for the design of a steel-framed carpark. In the end, three things made me decide to talk to her.

1. All students here have signed agreements not to access porn at uni. There is clear signage in the labs.

2. Porn is very offensive to some (many) people so is unacceptable in a public space.

3. Everyone was laughing at her.

Funnily, Reason 3 was the most important. If she had been blatantly looking these things up without caring what others thought, then I probably would have left her alone. Hey, it’s your internet usage quota, your privileges being risked, and I can avoid looking.

But she looked like she honestly thought that no one had noticed what she was doing. Poor thing! This is why I could just murmur something to her and she would depart. Her embarrassment was enough to make her run away. If she wasn’t embarrassed (and if I was determined to make her stop), I would have had to make a scene. I might have enjoyed that — I like being self-righteous ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/comment-page-1#comment-35 Anonymous Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:41:00 +0000 http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/#comment-35 I almost had the same situation just now, looking at the email Daniel sent me with his idea for the Paradox (Melb Uni Maths Society magazine) cover. The girl sitting next to me looked over and looked a bit shocked, so I quickly hit "back".<br />Damn you Daniel! =p<br /><br />joee I almost had the same situation just now, looking at the email Daniel sent me with his idea for the Paradox (Melb Uni Maths Society magazine) cover. The girl sitting next to me looked over and looked a bit shocked, so I quickly hit “back”.
Damn you Daniel! =p

joee

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/comment-page-1#comment-33 Anonymous Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:40:00 +0000 http://www.joanko.net/2004/09/nine-quiet-words/#comment-33 I'm not sure I quite agree... at least not if she pays for her internet usage; porn certainly isn't intrinsically wrong in my opinion, but admittedly she could at least have had the courtesy to sit at the back of the lab where no-one would see it...<br /><br />Probably the university wants their internet connection to be used for educational purposes only, but maybe she's doing a thesis on porn...?<br /><br />Rohan I’m not sure I quite agree… at least not if she pays for her internet usage; porn certainly isn’t intrinsically wrong in my opinion, but admittedly she could at least have had the courtesy to sit at the back of the lab where no-one would see it…

Probably the university wants their internet connection to be used for educational purposes only, but maybe she’s doing a thesis on porn…?

Rohan

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