Naming of things is a difficult matter...

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Do y'all name or otherwise anthropomorphize your cars? What about computers? And what gender do you tend to assign to them?

Obviously, I do, but that's because I name goddamn everything. I always have. Even occasionally household appliances if they are quirky/annoying/amusing enough to warrant a name and a personality. Of course when you start relating to inanimate objects as not-quite-people, it does make them harder to let go of sometimes - case in point the ancient computer tower I've still got in storage and refuse to get rid of, lol. Hey, my Master Freak was a good little computer! He got me through the hell that was college, okay?

Reason I ask - cell23 and I were debating the gender of cars last night - he holds that cars, ships and other vessels are always female. Clearly, considering Hanzo-san, I disagree with that sentiment, and also know a few people with male vehicles (captainlove and Mr. Sundance, for example.) Course, when you think about it, all my machines are kind of genderfucked - EPEEN's name is essentially "electronic penis" but I use feminine pronouns for her.

Anyway. ASSUAGE MY CURIOSITY INTERNET MONKEYS.

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I name and genderize, though then I don't always refer to my car or computer by that name. My first car was William Thomas and he was a drag queen, and my second car was Betty but she was totally butch. Really, it tends to vary and I choose the names by feel, I suppose. My computers have been female--Shere Khan in college, and now Suzie Q my laptop--but the comp my family had in high school was Bill. My old iPod mini was Sam Carter, but my iPod touch is named Cromwell...it's all relative. I'm just weird.