Meet the Fins - The Official Gender Thread

by That'll Cheech You on Jan 4, 2009 3:48 PM PST Comment 80 comments

Sorry about the delay, but I have tallied the results of our unofficial "gender poll". Turns out, Fear the Fin isn't a sausage-fest after all!

I put together a list of the people who comment here the most. All in all, that list came to 20 bloggers, including myself and the rest of the FTF staff. Although there are more males than females around these parts, it was way closer than I expected. Heres how it shook out...

11 Males

9 Females!!!

I, for one, am proud that FTF appeals to both crowds... I expect the ratio to hold true over the next few months as we continue to bring new people aboard this Sharks bandwagon.

My estimate may be wrong, so I'd like to put the poll into this thread as well. So...

Poll

Are ye male, or are ye female?

Male

40 votes

Female

14 votes

None of the above

1 votes

55 votes | Poll has closed

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YEAHHH The males are dominating!

so far…

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 4, 2009 4:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

they may dominate in numbers here, but we know who really dominates where it counts. :)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?

by ang6666 on Jan 6, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i'm assuming that you know what gender i am

SERRA HIGH SCHOOL IS ALL BOYS LIKE BELLARMINE

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 4, 2009 5:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

so

you’re the first girl at Serra?

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 4, 2009 5:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hey

don’t be mad because you got rejected

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 4, 2009 6:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

like it hurts

serra blows lol

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 8, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

what school do you go to?

bellarmine blows too ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lol

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 8, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Watch it, buddy.

GO BELLS

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by That'll Cheech You on Jan 8, 2009 9:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I found this website today

and it has all the Bell shirts.

Unfortunately it has nothing against Serra (plus t-shirts are 30 bucks!)

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 8, 2009 9:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

your school charges $30?!?!

at serra, like all the shirts are like $12-15. and since when do you have something against mitty?

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 9, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

They are not "official school t-shirts"

I think that’s just some student that started selling them and he might have gotten got by the dean. I’m not 100% sure about the getting caught part because I haven’t been at Bell long enough.

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 9, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We have something against mitty too, because the two schools are so close to each other, and when you’re in middle school you have to decide what school to go to (the ones not smart enough for Bell go to mitty).

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 9, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

that sounds like

what the girls at my old school used to go insane about. they kept trying to decide between notre dame or mercy. personally i like notre dame better. but apparantly they hate eachother. don’t know why.

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 9, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

GO PADRES!!!

and just for the record jtoj should get 2 for instigating.

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 9, 2009 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

SANTA TERESA HIGH!!

Nelly has wet dreams about starting Monta at center.

by StSaints408 on Jan 11, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

nice knowing girls that like hockey

right now, i know 1 girl that follows the sharks and she goes to notre dame.

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 4, 2009 5:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Seriously?

Over at Leland, a bunch of girls follow the Sharks. In Lit, there’s three of us that always talk hockey before class starts.

And then, for a spirit day we had to wear sports jerseys, and by far the most popular jersey was for the Sharks. It was like 80% Sharks, 19% miscellaneous baseball jerseys, and one girl who wore an Avs jersey.

by mymclife on Jan 4, 2009 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Avs?

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by marcello on Jan 4, 2009 6:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

We have a surprising number of Mormons who moved here from Utah that go to my school, which is probably why.

by mymclife on Jan 4, 2009 6:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

seriously

with me going to serra, an all guys school, you’d think there would be a lot of hockey fans. in reality, there’s about 10 that follow the sharks out of 1000, and 1 red wing fan. guys at my school care more about the shitty warriors than they do about the sharks.

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 4, 2009 6:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

same thing

at my school

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 4, 2009 7:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

the shark tank is right in your school's backyard!!!

i was expecting more, even if you are from bellarmine.

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 5, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

well

Of course everybody says they’re a Sharks fan, but I don’t know that many people who know their stuff about the Sharks.

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 5, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

My school (presentation) was going to sell tickets for one of the sharks games and less than 20 girls were actually interested out of about 800 girls. There are barely any hardcore fans!

by WhoseYourNabby? on Jan 4, 2009 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

WTF?!?! 20?!?!

i wish there were that many at serra let alone notre dame. oh, whoseyournabby? and idunno723, by any chance do you do track and field?

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 5, 2009 10:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Nope

Track and field is for fast people. Me not so much

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 5, 2009 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

no i dont do track i only play soccer

by WhoseYourNabby? on Jan 5, 2009 7:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hm..

are the majority of us in the bay area, too?
oh… and i’m new… long time reader though… hello~~

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by ConditionOakland on Jan 4, 2009 5:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Welcome

And I guess that’ll have to be the next question asked around these parts

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by Lurker Shark on Jan 4, 2009 7:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Welcome!

I’d say almost all of us (sans Dave Valentine) are from the bay area.

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by That'll Cheech You on Jan 4, 2009 8:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

and SouthernBell

she’s here with me

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by Dave Valentine on Jan 5, 2009 5:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m a boy.

by Amoc on Jan 4, 2009 6:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

alexander semin is not allowed to vote in this poll…..unless he chooses girl, none of the above would even be too much of a stretch.

by sharks on Jan 4, 2009 8:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

over at my high school (Irvington in Fremont) its basically a football-loving school.
I only know about 3 girls in the entire school who like hockey (one is a Blackhawks fan).
And there are a decent amount of guys (I think all are Sharks fans).

by PHiSTER on Jan 4, 2009 11:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Male here.

As if you had to ask.

by senor_k on Jan 5, 2009 7:35 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

You guys and gals are all in HS?

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by CTGray on Jan 5, 2009 10:18 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

i am

so is idunno and whoseyournabby. how about you?

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 5, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

nope

I got my walking papers a few years back.

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by CTGray on Jan 5, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Just finished College...

Wishing I could go back.

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by That'll Cheech You on Jan 5, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

what was your major?

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by CTGray on Jan 5, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Triple Major

Finance/Acctg-Econ-Statistics

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by That'll Cheech You on Jan 5, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Holy crap!

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by CTGray on Jan 5, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

by which I mean "that's impressive"

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by CTGray on Jan 5, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I had no life. You?

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by That'll Cheech You on Jan 5, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Illustration. I also had no life thanks to 9 hour labs and a part time job, but I think I had more free time than you did. Yikes!

resident cartoonist @ couchtarts.blogspot.com

by CTGray on Jan 5, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

An artist?

Never woulda guessed ;).

Yea… I was a little crazy in college. i worked 8 hrs 4 days a week, went to class, and ran for president.

Looking back, I have no idea what I was thinking.

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by That'll Cheech You on Jan 5, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That all that looks good on a resume?

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by CTGray on Jan 5, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You're right...

I’m all about money. Haha.

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by That'll Cheech You on Jan 5, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I still have no life.

Some things don’t change after college.

It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker

by Lurker Shark on Jan 5, 2009 11:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Same...

a 4 hr commute doesn’t bode well with a social life of any kind.

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by That'll Cheech You on Jan 5, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ouch

And I thought my 2 hours round trip was bad.

It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker

by Lurker Shark on Jan 5, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

My commute is about 10 seconds. Freelancing has benefits. Money, however, is not one of them.

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by CTGray on Jan 5, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Nope.

I finished my BS a few years ago. Now I work full time and made the brutal decision of going back to school part time for my masters.

Hm… First post from work. This doesn’t bode well for my productivity this year.

It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker

by Lurker Shark on Jan 5, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Post college male here. Desperately clinging to the last remains of my college life.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

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by marcello on Jan 5, 2009 10:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I am.

Seems like a good chunk of us are.

It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.

by imovermyhead on Jan 5, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

what school?

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 5, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

St. Francis

/ducks

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by imovermyhead on Jan 5, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

ducks?

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 5, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Haha, I’ve noticed some… ill-will toward SFHS on the internet, so I added that in jest. Anyways, /ducks as the verb, not the proper noun.

It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.

by imovermyhead on Jan 5, 2009 4:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hmm

well since your a girl and a sharks fan, i guess i can’t hate you. but if you were a guy and a ducks or dodgers fan then that would be a different story.

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 6, 2009 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks. Born and bred Giants fan all the way.

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by imovermyhead on Jan 6, 2009 5:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's my girl!

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by Dave Valentine on Jan 6, 2009 9:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

giants fan?

alright i’ll admit, i’m starting to like you lancer girls.

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 7, 2009 3:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I would have went to St. Francis but I want to go to college. Anyway your a girl so thats okay.

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 5, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Joke

of course, St. Francis is an okay school.

I go to Bellarmine if that explains any hatred toward your school

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 5, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No worries

I heard that Bellarmine has a hockey team sponsored by the Sharks. If that’s true, that is so cool.

It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.

by imovermyhead on Jan 5, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

YAy for a college freshman!

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 8, 2009 9:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well I see all nine females referenced in the post

have voted in the poll.

by freesia39 on Jan 5, 2009 1:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

heeeeey guys. Better late than never I suppose

by KindaFantastic on Jan 5, 2009 6:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Alright now

Who’s the wise ass who put none of the above? This is a serious census people*.

*Apologies if I offended any of our transexual reader base.

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by Mr. Plank on Jan 6, 2009 1:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Probably

My ex wife

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by Dave Valentine on Jan 6, 2009 3:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

burn!

by sharks on Jan 12, 2009 7:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Alexander Semin

He’s a super female

by KindaFantastic on Jan 6, 2009 4:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It wasn’t me, thats for sure!

"Gotta suck for the other teams. You finally catch the Sharks on an off night and you still lose." -Shark Man

by idunno723 on Jan 6, 2009 5:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

politically correct bastard

by mattman on Jan 7, 2009 1:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

There is always one...

I am a guy by the way.

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by adragon on Jan 8, 2009 2:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

So is there any way we can figure out who the lone votecaster was?

by mattman on Jan 11, 2009 10:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

i know one way

if he/she/it is a member, then when you click on his/her/its profile page and look at all the stuff that has the comments, it shows what he/she/it said on what blog and how he/she/it voted on polls. but if he/she/it isn’t a member, then you can’t trace it…legally…i think.

'It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra

by serrapadre716 on Jan 13, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm proud

to say that I am a female. =D

When the booze is gone, it's time to move on.

by OhMySwede on Jan 12, 2009 5:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

straight up G here

G for guy!! And gangsta!

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by KA1Z3R on Jan 16, 2009 12:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs