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lederhosen) wrote2008-04-24 08:53 am
lederhosen) wrote2008-04-24 08:53 am
I don't get it.
I don't get all the fuss about the 'Open Source Boob Project' business.
Don't get me wrong, I agree that it's skeezy and obnoxious and all. I just don't get why Some Guy On LJ being skeezy at a con is suddenly provoking such a flurry of posting, because my understanding is that there are lots of skeezy people on LJ - quite a few of whom go to cons - and generally it doesn't attract anywhere near this level of attention. If it was Orson Scott Card or somebody else famous (or even Brendan Nelson) I could understand, but not this.
(I think what this boils down to is that a lot of people seem to view the originator of the concept as a Somebody, and I've never figured out what makes him any more noteworthy than all the other folk on LJ who have opinions and aren't afraid to post them. Therefore I just write him off under the "lots of people are idiots" umbrella category.)
Don't get me wrong, I agree that it's skeezy and obnoxious and all. I just don't get why Some Guy On LJ being skeezy at a con is suddenly provoking such a flurry of posting, because my understanding is that there are lots of skeezy people on LJ - quite a few of whom go to cons - and generally it doesn't attract anywhere near this level of attention. If it was Orson Scott Card or somebody else famous (or even Brendan Nelson) I could understand, but not this.
(I think what this boils down to is that a lot of people seem to view the originator of the concept as a Somebody, and I've never figured out what makes him any more noteworthy than all the other folk on LJ who have opinions and aren't afraid to post them. Therefore I just write him off under the "lots of people are idiots" umbrella category.)
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The reason I state 'not such a big deal' is that it sounds like the idea they were trying to perpetuate was for people who were WILLING to be involved in the game (indicated by button), not the demanding of people at random.
I like the idea of people able to be silly, even sexually silly, in a safe place under their own control. The 'shared experience' of conventions allows people to do a lot of wacky stuff that doesn't compare to their mundane lives, and to an extent I think that's valuable. As long as nobody gets hurt and nobody is pressured into things.
I've only just found out about this whole thing and may be missing the particulars, I'm filling in my guesses from the cons I've been to - where, as I mentioned, people wearing signs indicating their willingness to touch strangers were not uncommon.
I definitely do not relish the idea of people being constantly approached by skeezy strangers and suggested to harassment.