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bonniegrrl
06/21/09

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Dear Penthouse I never thought it would happen to me at Comic-Con, but...
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buzzkill007
06/21/09

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That clinches it... my daughter is definitely not going to the San Diego con with her boyfriend.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/21/09

@buzzkill007: And now we see where you get your name from.
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MikoSquiz
06/21/09

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So comic cons are just like furry conventions, but with heterosexuals? Who'dathunkit?
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nozer
06/21/09

@MikoSquiz: Whoa... who said furries were the domain of homosexuals? I think you'd find a lot of heterosexuals are at furry conventions, and a lot of homosexuals are at comic cons. Are you twelve, or just incredibly close-minded?

Sorry to be a downer, but if this was an attempt at humor, it's pretty homophobic.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/21/09

@nozer: Well-said. I don't know of many gay furries.

Regardless, the "joke" wasn't funny.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
06/20/09

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Wow. I hope this story is as true as all their Penthouse Letters!
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tetracycloide
06/20/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: i'm pretty sure it calls for a photo of a chick with her hand in her pants, basking in the glow of her laptop screen in a dark room, pleasuring herself to smallville fanfic with the caption 'this (smallville) is a disaster.' believe it or not that's the part of the image i find most disturbing.
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metalkate
06/20/09

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i know it's for a porn mag but omfg ew "flicked the bean"?!
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The Lone Scout
06/21/09

@metalkate: Odd, indeed--she makes it sound as though she lobbed her legume across the room.
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Aidan_
06/20/09

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This is why I like things like Frolicon. Conventions that make the geekiness and the (very, very kinky) sex explicit. It's a beautiful thing. ^__^
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Alexis
06/20/09

@Aidan_: I was gonna google that, but then I realized that I prefer to keep my breakfast down.
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phoenix
06/20/09

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That's okay, there's plenty of action at anime conventions too. ;)
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lady_rinehart
06/20/09

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Sometimes the broad generalizations that women don't attend conventions annoys me, even if I know it's true to an extent. Anime conventions are usually half and half in my opinion (or they are here in GA) and Dragon*Con always has a large population of women running around. Almost every panel for the 2007 Stargate track was overwhelmingly women (in our defense, Michael Shanks, Chris Judge, Paul McGillion, and Jason Mamoa were there at the same time). Last year, I took my boyfriend-at-the-time to Dragon*Con, not the other way around (and he bitched the whole time about waiting in the Firefly line for so long - he didn't last much longer than that). I guess the stereotype is true in some ways, but that's definitely changing (however slowly), especially with more general and television related cons. I just wish there was a bigger comic track at D*Con or around Atlanta so I could attend.
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k4man
06/22/09

@lady_rinehart: I have to agree, D*C is much sexier and more likely for a hook up.

For one thing, the con's gotten a LOT sexier and kinkier since the Goth's invaded it. Every year I look at these tall whippet-thin people in latex and wonder where they live the rest of the year and what kind of job allows those sorts of piercings.

No one blinks an eye if you're a drag queen or a furry as long as you don't act out around kids. It's more intent on you relishing your fetish having your fun than selling next season's dreck. So if you're 350 lb's or a male and still love a corset or love a little whipping in the hallway, D*C will accomondate you even if the hotel freaks out.

Nudity seems to be encouraged. An outfit of a little "caution" tape, a little body paint, etc, all seem good. Or little more than a helmet if you're a Spartan.The police will throw you out if you don't have at least a g-string on and pasties aren't legal. However, they've recently seemed to relax the pasties rule if the gallaries are to be believed.

It's a bigger party environment. You parade around the lobbies in nothing, drink a LOT of booze and party on the patios and rooms that are conveniently upstairs.

Big cons like CC tend to hire hot unemployed actresses/waitresses to man the booths and hand out free bags. They'll let a nerd drool over them but they won't go for a drink. At D*C, the hot men and women pay to be there to be ogled and enjoyed.
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braak
06/22/09

@k4man: That sounds like a lot of god-damned fun.
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braak
06/20/09

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A) What good metaphors have you heard on Smallville? I find this article to be immediately suspect.

B) Yesterday, I went to Wizard World Philadelphia (we don't rate an actual comic con, I guess) as part of a TQP excursion--and I have to say that, at least in the Friday afternoon crowd, there were hardly any women there not accompanied by at least one man.

I'm not trying to make any generalizations here, I'm just saying that I've yet to see small or large entirely-female groups wandering the aisles yet--though still plenty of groups of men.
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Midnightxpress
06/20/09

@braak: It's Smallville Fan Fiction that she mentions, which is probably better written than the show itself
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braak
06/20/09

@Midnightxpress: Well, it would almost have to be.
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vrey_oneida
06/20/09

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Yah, the fact still remains that guys who like comics outnumber girls who like comics, so the girls get scooped up pretty quickly. I've got the opposite problem--sometimes I think my girlfriend loves City of Heroes more than she loves me. :D
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braak
06/20/09

@vrey_oneida: She does.
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Ed Grabianowski
06/20/09

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The thing is, there are lots of women at comic cons, many of whom are genuinely into the subject matter, and many of whom are genuinely hot (and not there to do laundry for movie stars). But, as much as I hate to say this, sometimes stereotypes are based on truth. The overwhelming majority of them are there with their boyfriends or husbands.

So you've got a tiny percentage of single comic loving girls, and probably a handful of the involved ones that are ok with that (nudge nudge wink wink knowattimean?). Overall, not exactly good odds.
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ManchuCandidate
06/20/09

@Ed Grabianowski:

Most of the guys are either awkward and/or intimidated by females (I was, so I'm talking from experience here) so if you are the least bit suave and have decent hygiene the odds improve.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/20/09

@ManchuCandidate: Yep. If you're clean, not hideous, and can converse in complete sentences while looking women in the eyes, you've got a good chance.
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Plague
02/13/09

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Damn you, recession.

DAMN YOU.
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Guy Whitey Corngood
02/13/09

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how did you miss this one:

[www.monstersinmotion.com]

my favorite of the whole convention!
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Meredith Woerner
02/13/09

@Guy_Whitey_Corngood: wow that totally makes me feel odd and uncomfortable.
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The Curse of Millhaven
02/13/09

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Seriously. If I had a collection of these I'd hide them like they were bestiality porn. What woman would date a guy after seeing his collection of resin hentai statues?
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
02/14/09

@The Curse of Millhaven: yea - these "toys" are really embarrassing - even to us io9-ers. That's gotta mean something.
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FNP90
02/13/09

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Dude I've worn half of those outfits for my wife on a Saturday night...

What, too much?
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Alexis
02/13/09

@FNP90:

Yeah pics!

For research purposes, of course.
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