> These days, it seems conventions are used as "meat markets".
Many people (who probably have no interest in artwork or stories)
seem to use these events to hook up with potential partners, attempt
to get laid (even MY mind refuses to picture what that must look
like), get wasted on recreational drugs or get drunk. So where,
exactly, does "furry" make it's presence known in that sordid little
concoction?
I might add, this has pretty much been true of EVERY convention I've ever
attended, from the NRA convention to CES. When I attended the Southern
Baptist Convention in Raleigh one year, the hotel had more than its share of
drunk Baptists, as well as men cruising for gay sex in the health club and
bathrooms. Lots of people use conventions as a way to do things they can't
or won't do at home. I think that jokes about Shriners doing that date from
the 1930s. It's the rare convention that someone doesn't use as an excuse
to hook up or get drunk. USENIX in Philadelphia, one year, I recall the con
staff had to ask that pot smoking occur only in private rooms. If you want
a successful vendor-party at a commercial convention like CES, you'll have
an open bar. If you have an open bar, people will drink. I won't even
attempt to describe the two Libertarian Party conventions I've attended.
Received on Sun Jun 07 2009 - 10:01:21 CDT