On Dongles

[Atmos Duality]

"Awkward as a face full of ass."

That about sums up my feelings on the matter too.

 

[Do4600]

Spoiler: GDC Party Highlights

This is some serious Eyes Wide Shut shit. I find this highly disturbing, less so about the fact that there are dancing girls at a game convention and more so about the fact that they thought rabbit gas-masks would be the way to go. What the hell were they thinking?

 

[Lancer873]

From this perspective it looks more like Zone of End her's.

*sigh* It's Zone of the End Her's. Come on man. You had the perfect chance.

 

[Archer666]

I dunno. Just seems like a typical party to me with some hired dancers.

 

[rbstewart7263]

Spoiler: GDC Party Highlights

This is some serious Eyes Wide Shut shit. I find this highly disturbing, less so about the fact that there are dancing girls at a game convention and more so about the fact that they thought rabbit gas-masks would be the way to go. What the hell were they thinking?

It wasnt a GDC party, it was a wargaming party that happened to be around the time of GDC.

And as for the gas masks, again, Wargaming, World war 2 stuff, with a bit of modern flair

looks like an awesome party to me! figures this was blown out of proportion again.:/

 

[rbstewart7263]

If you people think that what these women were wearing was all that risque, you must go to some pretty tame nightclubs. I've been to clubs where they have women running around in nothing but tape and candlewax and they aren't even paid. And the private after parties typically feature nudity. It's not really my thing to be honest, i prefer women with a little more class myself but that is rare where i live.

The issue isn't so much the clothing (for most people), but that they were hired dancers. It's the perceived message/intention behind it that is making people unhappy. I'd hope nobody would be so childish to take issue if the women were just guests like everybody else.

On a side-note, I think I may be in love with this person. She has summed up beautifully what I often try and say, but ten times better than I could ever have put it.

Jesus Christ, this thread. D:

To be honest, I was expecting it like this the moment I saw the comic. It was inevitable, as we are yet to have a discussion on sexism without it devolving into both "sides" flinging insults at each other.

Which is another reason I love the article I linked above.

I too loved it thank you. It actually makes me feel good that there are women out there that dont just see it all with such negativity and are fighting against it whilst journalists and there ilk blindly shovel it in our faces. This shitty brand of female empowerment that there trying to sell us instead of true equality in the industry.

 

[Mr Companion]

If you people think that what these women were wearing was all that risque, you must go to some pretty tame nightclubs. I've been to clubs where they have women running around in nothing but tape and candlewax and they aren't even paid. And the private after parties typically feature nudity. It's not really my thing to be honest, i prefer women with a little more class myself but that is rare where i live.

I think the topic being discussed isn't so much HOW hardcore the nightclubs you frequent are so much as not even slightly about that at all! I think they were talking about strippers being used as a cheap method of advertising the product at a games convention rather than their rightful place at a club, the repercussions of which is a perpetuation of gaming as a singularly male hobby.

 

[Aramis Night]

If you people think that what these women were wearing was all that risque, you must go to some pretty tame nightclubs. I've been to clubs where they have women running around in nothing but tape and candlewax and they aren't even paid. And the private after parties typically feature nudity. It's not really my thing to be honest, i prefer women with a little more class myself but that is rare where i live.

I think the topic being discussed isn't so much HOW hardcore the nightclubs you frequent are so much as not even slightly about that at all! I think they were talking about strippers being used as a cheap method of advertising the product at a games convention rather than their rightful place at a club, the repercussions of which is a perpetuation of gaming as a singularly male hobby.

Wait, so adding females to the event and even paying them to be there = keeping women out of gaming conventions? I'm so confused. Sounds to me like going to great lengths to get women into gaming conventions. I thought that was what everyone wanted.

 

[Mr Companion]

If you people think that what these women were wearing was all that risque, you must go to some pretty tame nightclubs. I've been to clubs where they have women running around in nothing but tape and candlewax and they aren't even paid. And the private after parties typically feature nudity. It's not really my thing to be honest, i prefer women with a little more class myself but that is rare where i live.

I think the topic being discussed isn't so much HOW hardcore the nightclubs you frequent are so much as not even slightly about that at all! I think they were talking about strippers being used as a cheap method of advertising the product at a games convention rather than their rightful place at a club, the repercussions of which is a perpetuation of gaming as a singularly male hobby.

Wait, so adding females to the event and even paying them to be there = keeping women out of gaming conventions? I'm so confused. Sounds to me like going to great lengths to get women into gaming conventions. I thought that was what everyone wanted.

I am going to assume you are not joking (if you are its actually quite funny )
Hiring people to go to something as eye candy is not the same thing. These ladies and "Booth Babes" have no interest in gaming and they are hired to attract sexually frustrated male teens to these events. A heterosexual woman trying to attend these events would feel alienated. Its like how a guy feels weird watching Twilight.

 

[Aramis Night]

If you people think that what these women were wearing was all that risque, you must go to some pretty tame nightclubs. I've been to clubs where they have women running around in nothing but tape and candlewax and they aren't even paid. And the private after parties typically feature nudity. It's not really my thing to be honest, i prefer women with a little more class myself but that is rare where i live.

I think the topic being discussed isn't so much HOW hardcore the nightclubs you frequent are so much as not even slightly about that at all! I think they were talking about strippers being used as a cheap method of advertising the product at a games convention rather than their rightful place at a club, the repercussions of which is a perpetuation of gaming as a singularly male hobby.

Wait, so adding females to the event and even paying them to be there = keeping women out of gaming conventions? I'm so confused. Sounds to me like going to great lengths to get women into gaming conventions. I thought that was what everyone wanted.

I am going to assume you are not joking (if you are its actually quite funny )
Hiring people to go to something as eye candy is not the same thing. These ladies and "Booth Babes" have no interest in gaming and they are hired to attract sexually frustrated male teens to these events. A heterosexual woman trying to attend these events would feel alienated. Its like how a guy feels weird watching Twilight.

Watching twilight is supposed to feel weird? I've been doing it all wrong then. All i feel is contempt. Even so, while i may complain about other people's lack of standards i wouldn't feel entitled to banning people from watching it. Personally i prefer to see that as just an indicator of an easily entertained dolt, and act accordingly around them. Maybe start with finger puppets, move onto sock puppets if i'm feeling charitable. Perhaps throw them a pop up book or a ball in a cup when i no longer feel like entertaining them myself.