Do You Talk To Your Computer? 40% Of Japanese Women Do.
Or so a recent survey of Japanese women claims:
Of the 410 women in their 20s or 30s surveyed, 40.5 percent said that they talk to their computer. Among the reasons given for conversing with the machines were: “I chat incessantly to my computer when I’m working,” from one woman, while another said, “I’ll get onto a ridiculous site and say something like ‘That was stupid’ out aloud.” Freezes in computers were a frequent trigger for some women to talk to them.
Talking to oneself at regular times was also common, with 59.2 percent of those surveyed saying that they did it. Stress was a frequent trigger for women to start talking to themselves, such as when caught driving behind a slow driver or upon making a mistake. Some women even said they started talking to themselves at times for no particular reason.
Women who talked to themselves commonly felt “lonely” or “disgusted with themselves,” according to the probe.
Another finding was that 10.2 percent of women gave their computer a nickname, with common ones including “Mac-kun” and “Pasoko”, but more esoteric monikers including “Pudding” or “Princess”.
I don’t know about PC nicknames, but I’ve certainly met a few Japanese women who gave their cars such names. Anyone out there willing to admit naming/talking to your computer?
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My computer’s name is Lapple, and I started talking to her when I discovered the preinstalled Speech Feedback software. Sometimes I give my computer random compliments.
My computers’ names are:
Desktops: Shiva and Ganesh
Laptops: Jubal, Wayfarer and Turtle
Most people name their boats, I name my computers. Also, this helps find resources shared on the network. Example. I can tell my sister that her party invitations are on Shiva in the folder “Invitations” and she can find it. Or that the Music is on Jubal in an obvious folder.
Regards,
-Benjamin
Yeah, I call my computer names: “slow lardass”, “fat piece of s**t”, “stupid pile of cr*p” … you know, cute little things like that when it freeezes.
My computer doesn’t remember anything from one day to the next, so I call it Henry.
My PC is named Chii.
And yes, i talk to it occasionally… mostly a little “Ah $#!+! Work, you @#*%$@!!” when needed. Otherwise, i don’t have much to say to it.
My named my first laptop Tosa-kun. This one is Tosa-kun II.
“Tosa” comes from Toshiba Satellite, see. Heh.
I don’t have a nickname for my computer, but I’m sure it’s not just Japanese women who have talked to their computers before.
I mean, haven’t we all had a moment where a slow site was loading or a software crashes and we say something aloud about it?
my mac’s name is Pasacom
my ipod’s name is Navi
my computer is Luna
my ipod is Diabla
I don’t give them names, but I do talk to them…well, yelling is more like it.
I usually don’t have stuff for long, because I end up either losing them or breaking them, so I don’t have a chance to name them. My stupid twin sis keeps using my hair straightener, so to keep her claws off MY stuff, I usually name my stuff.
Once, when I was 10 I named my GAMEBOY ‘Ninny’ because it’s shorter than Nintendo. I had no idea Ninny was a word used for a simpleton, but now that I know the definition, Im gonna use it on my sister! Mwahahahaha
I will tell my friend and they will like this. Thanks…