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    I would say you don't owe full disclosure to your dalliances, but all the same, don't lead anybody down the garden path. Make sure they know you just want to take them down the garden path.
    You are wise to share your thoughts like this. And reflect mine so well. Thank you. I might show a few of them the front of this house, but at the moment, too much work needs doing before anybody can live there again.

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    I find nothing inappropriate in that poem. What's the theme of the contest, if you don't mind telling? I found I enjoyed it, by the way. I especially liked speaking the following out aloud "... to wear a dress / and let my hair down / / but I am not allowed / to rest - I toil. /...". There was something about the down/allowed and dress/rest sounding good.

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    If they're simple misunderstandings doesn't that imply that men are just dumb? And/or too rash to stop and work things out like grownups?


    I'm male. Doesn't mean I'm a man. That implies a level of maturity and responsibility I don't feel justified in claiming. Also implies an association with you human types. And the latter isn't something I'm entirely comfortable with. (I'm mildly upset with humans right now considering how many people didn't pick me up when I tried hitchhiking yesterday. I had to walk to and from the pediatrician's office in town (a few miles each way) with aching legs, and I was visibly limping. And nobody stopped to give me a ride. And I might be coming down with Lyme Disease again.)
    Being complicated doesn't make you smart. The flimsiest home is that of the spider: walk into any design school and ask them what an 'intelligent' design is and they'll invaribly tell you that it's a design that's as simple as it can be without sacrificing its functionality (or lack thereof, if you happen to be designing miscommunication). They aren't trapped in an infinite maze with a single exit, they're trapped in a straight forward maze that they don't know they ever entered. I think women are trained in our culture to be coy and coquettish, so that might make them seem harder to figure out than men.

    And sorry about the bad luck. I've found that the more you look like you need to get picked up, the less likely it is for you to be picked up. :/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kindablue View Post
    And sorry about the bad luck. I've found that the more you look like you need to get picked up, the less likely it is for you to be picked up. :/
    Or maybe it's not common in the area? I find the idea of picking up a hitchhiker quite frankly absurd unless there is a blizzard and the person would probably die without me picking them up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kindablue View Post
    Being complicated doesn't make you smart. The flimsiest home is that of the spider: walk into any design school and ask them what an 'intelligent' design is and they'll invaribly tell you that it's a design that's as simple as it can be without sacrificing its functionality (or lack thereof, if you happen to be designing miscommunication). They aren't trapped in an infinite maze with a single exit, they're trapped in a straight forward maze that they don't know they ever entered. I think women are trained in our culture to be coy and coquettish, so that might make them seem harder to figure out than men.
    No, but you'd think a simple misunderstanding, being simple, would be easy to deal with.

    And sorry about the bad luck. I've found that the more you look like you need to get picked up, the less likely it is for you to be picked up. :/
    I mean, really, do I look like a murderer/rapist/thief? ...Maybe the latter. I was seriously considering hotwiring some of the parked cars I passed on the road.

    Quote Originally Posted by pffh View Post
    Or maybe it's not common in the area? I find the idea of picking up a hitchhiker quite frankly absurd unless there is a blizzard and the person would probably die without me picking them up.
    Well, it's a small town, and people commonly come off the Appalachian Trail here. Granted, limping-guy-in-a-t-shirt does not scream hiker-who-would-love-a-ride. I look a bit clean for that, not to mention the lack of a backpack.
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    Quote Originally Posted by noparlpf View Post
    Well, it's a small town, and people commonly come off the Appalachian Trail here. Granted, limping-guy-in-a-t-shirt does not scream hiker-who-would-love-a-ride. I look a bit clean for that, not to mention the lack of a backpack.
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    Did you follow The book of the road?
    I'll stick to walking.
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    I miss being pursued ;__;
    I'll give you a ten second head start before I pounce you. Whether you want to run or strip down is your call.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pffh View Post
    Did you follow The book of the road?
    While I am glad that the book of the road is unwritten, I cannot help wish that part of it could also be unseen.

    Hitchhiking is so complicated. It is easy for me to say that I would always pick hikers up, because I don't drive. I have done it a few times, though, and my general experience is that the more you look like a wealthy heir(ess) who, due to unfortunate circumstances, has been forced to seek help from fellow travellers, the easier it is to be picked up. Shirts - suits if possible. "I MUST reach the wedding before my bride is kidnapped by the agents of my rival!"

    Of course, it can be hard to plan for hitchhiking - sorry to hear about your bad experience with your fellow humans. *hugs*

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    I'll give you a ten second head start before I pounce you. Whether you want to run or strip down is your call.

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    Quote Originally Posted by golentan View Post
    Why is that my concern?

    By the way, a news story I heard a couple of minutes ago literally brought physical pain. #IDontWantToLiveOnThisPlanetAnymore

    I could really use some hugs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by noparlpf View Post
    Yeah, I thought that as I typed it. I've just never heard of men as being particularly puzzling, but no doubt that's because everything in media is from the straight male perspective. Are men puzzling?
    I find humans so incredibly puzzling and complex that, if eyes were truly windows to the depths of their minds, they would be the most magnificent kaleidoscopes ever seen. The patterns would be manifold and yet there would be similarities, though I see yet no gender more easily charted than any other.

    And my apologies for commenting in such poor imitation of the poetry on these last few pages, but I thought "All humans are confusing" to contain more than a few drops of crudity. ^_^'

    Quote Originally Posted by Lil Shiro View Post
    So I wrote this poem for a silly contest on the same site that hosts my poetry. My poem got booted from the contest because the person running the contest found it "inappropriate". For what reason? Nothing inappropriate that I can see. The only thing that comes to mind is the breaking of gender roles (the knight putting "his" hair down and putting on a dress). The knight was a girl in my mind anyways, so I wasn't even thinking of that.:small sigh:

    Of course, I'm making assumptions, and I cannot be certain, but there really is not anything inappropriate about this poem that I can see.
    I see no inappropriate content either, might it perhaps be worth requesting a more detailed explanation? It would be sad if it could be solved easily, but was hindered by lack of communication.

    If it helps, your resident Kobold finds it a very nice poem as well. Although, I am far from talented at literary analysis. ^_^

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lil Shiro View Post
    So I wrote this poem for a silly contest on the same site that hosts my poetry. My poem got booted from the contest because the person running the contest found it "inappropriate". For what reason? Nothing inappropriate that I can see. The only thing that comes to mind is the breaking of gender roles (the knight putting "his" hair down and putting on a dress). The knight was a girl in my mind anyways, so I wasn't even thinking of that.:small sigh:

    Of course, I'm making assumptions, and I cannot be certain, but there really is not anything inappropriate about this poem that I can see.
    Well, I like the poem, but I think the content editor is a catholic conservative republican that fits the extremist stereotype...

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    Oh. Well, encouraging *hugs* anyway.



    Hmm... I'm starting to get a picture of that outfit. I like it!



    Maybe later - I'm already all over the place trying to talk to everybody and study at the same time, so I'm not sure if I'd be attentive enough to review it in depth.



    Ah, sixteen. The age at which pretty much everyone can strip in public, but only only some can in private. Also none can consume alcohol. Politics will never fail to baffle me. :P

    In any case, *comradely slap on the back*. n.n


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    As to sixteen, that was always weird to me, but I'm not gonna drink much anyway, I need my brain cells. However... Vodka gummy bears on my 21st birthday!

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    How could anybody ever dislike the idea of a female knight? Boobplates are clearly fantastic.[/sarcasm]
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    Quote Originally Posted by golentan View Post
    Why is that my concern?

    By the way, a news story I heard a couple of minutes ago literally brought physical pain. #IDontWantToLiveOnThisPlanetAnymore

    I could really use some hugs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by noparlpf View Post
    If they're simple misunderstandings doesn't that imply that men are just dumb? And/or too rash to stop and work things out like grownups?
    I think it's because men are trained to be assertive and/or aggressive while women are trained to be accommodating. So a disagreement between women looks "nicer" than one between men (but might not actually be; having a bit of a blow up and getting over it is better than backstabbing and sniping, if things go to the other extreme with a lot of vitriol). Ability to work things out reasonably is - stop me if you've heard this one before! - entirely down to an individual's maturity, personality and mood and not their gender.

    Quote Originally Posted by noparlpf View Post
    I'm male. Doesn't mean I'm a man. That implies a level of maturity and responsibility I don't feel justified in claiming. Also implies an association with you human types. And the latter isn't something I'm entirely comfortable with. (I'm mildly upset with humans right now considering how many people didn't pick me up when I tried hitchhiking yesterday. I had to walk to and from the pediatrician's office in town (a few miles each way) with aching legs, and I was visibly limping. And nobody stopped to give me a ride. And I might be coming down with Lyme Disease again.)
    Ticks? I hope the pediatrician was worth it! Why didn't you have a lift? I would not hitchhike except in the most dire of circumstances (and I would be terrified doing so) and I would not pick someone up unless they looked to be in the most dire of circumstances (and, frankly, looked like I could beat them in a fight). Because it'll be my "fault" for hitchhiking/picking up a stranger if I get attacked/raped.

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    How could anybody ever dislike the idea of a female knight? Boobplates are clearly fantastic.[/sarcasm]
    Yes, it is extremely clever to swap "deflecting blows away from my vitals rather than straight for the middle" for "highlighting my secondary sexual characteristics". Yes indeed. [/also sarcasm]

    On the poem, though, it's a lovely poem, I really enjoyed reading it. You should ask for a specific reason why it was inappropriate, since it's not racist or filled with violent imagery or sexually explicit, or anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by supernerd View Post
    As to sixteen, that was always weird to me, but I'm not gonna drink much anyway, I need my brain cells. However... Vodka gummy bears on my 21st birthday!
    Actually, it turns out alcohol doesn't damage your brain cells - otherwise it'd be incredibly lethal. It does have temporary impacts on a couple of important functions, though (and it's pretty harsh on your liver).

    ... Oh, and it dehydrates you pretty quickly. Turns out that's the main reason behind the headache. Right, though, drifting out of topic again... :B

    Quote Originally Posted by noparlpf View Post
    How could anybody ever dislike the idea of a female knight? Boobplates are clearly fantastic.[/sarcasm]
    Actually, that kind of makes sense. Nothing near as much as wearing a bra under a breastplate without its own cleavage would, but at least it might lead to some enemies hurting their wrists when those things deflect their weapons.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arachu View Post
    Actually, that kind of makes sense. Nothing near as much as wearing a bra under a breastplate without its own cleavage would, but at least it might lead to some enemies hurting their wrists when those things deflect their weapons.


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    Yes hope the enemy hurts his wrists by guiding his blows and arrows towards your vitals. There is no way that plan could fail.
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    Actually... Female wearers of plate would look exactly the same as male wearers of plate. At most, the boobs would have to be bound down (unlikely, if a female was a knight her boobs would probably be small due to her muscles), but the plate would be the same as a man's.

    And don't get me started on chainmail... Chainmail bikinis would be a lot less sexy if the young lady in question was having to pick bits of chainlink out of her lovely soft flesh...
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    What about one flat chest piece, rather than 2 mounds, would that work?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trilby View Post
    What about one flat chest piece, rather than 2 mounds, would that work?
    It would be better but it would hamper some arm movement compared to tied down breasts and a normal fitted plate and hampered arm movements can be very lethal when in melee.

    It's really a question of do want minor discomfort or death? (Cake or death)
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    Quote Originally Posted by pffh View Post
    Yes hope the enemy hurts his wrists by guiding his blows and arrows towards your vitals. There is no way that plan could fail.
    Well, a gorget would help. It wouldn't do much for your heart or shoulder, but those'll get hit one way or another in any setting that actually equips people like that.

    Quote Originally Posted by Castaras View Post
    Actually... Female wearers of plate would look exactly the same as male wearers of plate. At most, the boobs would have to be bound down (unlikely, if a female was a knight her boobs would probably be small due to her muscles), but the plate would be the same as a man's.

    And don't get me started on chainmail... Chainmail bikinis would be a lot less sexy if the young lady in question was having to pick bits of chainlink out of her lovely soft flesh...
    Definitely. Binding or otherwise restraining them would make it easier to move and improve the armor fit. Plates tend to be convex anyway, so there wouldn't really be accommodations to make.


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    Quote Originally Posted by KenderWizard View Post
    I think it's because men are trained to be assertive and/or aggressive while women are trained to be accommodating. So a disagreement between women looks "nicer" than one between men (but might not actually be; having a bit of a blow up and getting over it is better than backstabbing and sniping, if things go to the other extreme with a lot of vitriol). Ability to work things out reasonably is - stop me if you've heard this one before! - entirely down to an individual's maturity, personality and mood and not their gender.
    Yeah, it's probably mostly due to upbringing. I know some guys who are very calm and rational, and tend to be more accommodating, and...actually very few girls or women who fit that bill.
    WHOA. You mean gender doesn't actually have a dramatic effect on one's personality and maturity? My world-view is forever changed.

    Ticks? I hope the pediatrician was worth it! Why didn't you have a lift? I would not hitchhike except in the most dire of circumstances (and I would be terrified doing so) and I would not pick someone up unless they looked to be in the most dire of circumstances (and, frankly, looked like I could beat them in a fight). Because it'll be my "fault" for hitchhiking/picking up a stranger if I get attacked/raped.
    I'm from New England, ticks are even more common than mosquitoes. I've had Lyme Disease twice before. Hopefully this doesn't develop into Lyme, but the doctor gave me a preventative dose of antibiotics and an ointment for the bite to kill anything there that hasn't started circulating yet.
    And I was supposed to have a ride, but the school shuttle didn't show up, so after waiting for fifteen minutes I quit and just walked back.
    I'm pretty comfortable with hitchhiking. I'm not the biggest guy, but I'm fairly strong and my pain tolerance is pretty high, so getting killed isn't one of my biggest fears. Of course, yesterday I was so sore and dizzy that if somebody did want to kidnap me or kill me or rape me they would have had a decent chance...
    Whee victim blaming. I wonder when society in general will get it through their heads that yes, a woman (or man!) can put herself (or himself!) in a dangerous situation, but it's still always the fault of the perpetrator of the act. I would not get away with murder with the excuse "Well I was holding an axe and the ******* didn't bother to run away properly!"

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    What kind? I like Fuji apples best, and golden delicious least, and I think I like oranges better, but apples are handy because one doesn't need to peel them.

    Yes, it is extremely clever to swap "deflecting blows away from my vitals rather than straight for the middle" for "highlighting my secondary sexual characteristics". Yes indeed. [/also sarcasm]

    On the poem, though, it's a lovely poem, I really enjoyed reading it. You should ask for a specific reason why it was inappropriate, since it's not racist or filled with violent imagery or sexually explicit, or anything.
    But boobs. Obviously nothing is worth more than boobs. I honestly don't know why the economy is based on gold/nowadays imaginary numbers and not boobs.
    Actually I honestly don't know what the big deal is. XD

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    ...at least it might lead to some enemies hurting their wrists when those things deflect their weapons.

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    No, that's what a breastplate does. A boobplate just deflects the attacks into the wearer's heart/face.

    Quote Originally Posted by Castaras View Post
    Actually... Female wearers of plate would look exactly the same as male wearers of plate. At most, the boobs would have to be bound down (unlikely, if a female was a knight her boobs would probably be small due to her muscles), but the plate would be the same as a man's.

    And don't get me started on chainmail... Chainmail bikinis would be a lot less sexy if the young lady in question was having to pick bits of chainlink out of her lovely soft flesh...
    I know. Hence the sarcasm tags. Boobplates are one of my pet peeves.
    Also, her breasts might not be that small. Yes, their mass is largely fat and a woman's breasts will be smaller if she does a lot of aerobic exercise than if she doesn't, but their size is largely based on genetics, and one woman who does exercise a lot might still have larger breasts than another woman who never exercises and eats fatty foods. I know a girl who used to do track and cross-country, and even then her breasts were pretty large. And my ex, for example, has small breasts even though she eats badly and doesn't exercise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by noparlpf View Post
    (I'm mildly upset with humans right now considering how many people didn't pick me up when I tried hitchhiking yesterday. I had to walk to and from the pediatrician's office in town (a few miles each way) with aching legs, and I was visibly limping. And nobody stopped to give me a ride. And I might be coming down with Lyme Disease again.)
    I'm really sorry, but I wouldn't have picked you up either. You see, I live in Mexico, and the chances that you are someone trying to kidnap/rape/murder/mug/all-of-the-above me would be pretty high. There's been 14-year old kidnappers and executioners, even if you look perfectly nice I'd be terrified of you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluewind95 View Post
    I'm really sorry, but I wouldn't have picked you up either. You see, I live in Mexico, and the chances that you are someone trying to kidnap/rape/murder/mug/all-of-the-above me would be pretty high. There's been 14-year old kidnappers and executioners, even if you look perfectly nice I'd be terrified of you.
    You mean you wouldn't recognize me? I'm the black square wearing stripes of asexuality! I'm pretty distinctive!

    Seriously though, that sounds pretty crappy. I might not be walking around there at all unarmed, then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lil Shiro View Post
    So I wrote this poem for a silly contest on the same site that hosts my poetry. My poem got booted from the contest because the person running the contest found it "inappropriate". For what reason? Nothing inappropriate that I can see. The only thing that comes to mind is the breaking of gender roles (the knight putting "his" hair down and putting on a dress). The knight was a girl in my mind anyways, so I wasn't even thinking of that.:small sigh:

    Of course, I'm making assumptions, and I cannot be certain, but there really is not anything inappropriate about this poem that I can see.
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    Well, it would depend on the rules of the competition, but my guess is that your inversion of the archetypal knight/damsel role was a major factor. You say that the knight was a girl in your mind, but that is communicated nowhere in the poem, and so most readers will assume the basic archetype male-knight female-princess. Also, realize that when you play with archetypes like this, you're playing with people's most deeply held assumptions and beliefs. I thought your poem was acceptable, both in skill and in content, but someone who believes more strongly in the sacred nature of the relevant fundamental myths is unlikely to feel the same way.

    Consider what the reaction would be if I wrote a poem about the Queen of England going bowling and, to borrow a phrase from the frat bros "chugging a beer." Neither of these are "wrong" actions in a moral sense, but they contradict audience expectations of the Queen, and the image that people have of her, and likewise of the archetypal knight and princess are fundamental to people's understanding of how society then and now works. Expressing controversial ideas is all well and good, but you can't expect everyone to react favorably to the new and different. Prophets have a way of dying by violence.

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    Ahh...yes...I've just seen the article (I think) and yeesh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trilby View Post
    Ahh...yes...I've just seen the article (I think) and yeesh.

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    Hey! I just noticed! 6 arms for better hugging :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trilby View Post
    Ahh...yes...I've just seen the article (I think) and yeesh.

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    Hey! I just noticed! 6 arms for better hugging :P

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    Dude. You'd actually be on even footing with Golentan in a shootout.
    (Can one of you PM me the article in question? I'm curious but not good enough at working news sites to find it.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by noparlpf View Post
    Dude. You'd actually be on even footing with Golentan in a shootout.
    (Can one of you PM me the article in question? I'm curious but not good enough at working news sites to find it.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Triscuitable View Post
    Look, I can summon a goddamn dragon. I need no gun to screw with your minds, either.
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