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  1. Comment on ASL? Just kidding but seriously where are most of you Tildoes from? in ~talk

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    ASL is shorthand for Age, Sex, Location - most generally written as something like 18/F/CA or 26/M/Ireland. Although, if you know sign language that would also be an interesting demographic.

    ASL is shorthand for Age, Sex, Location - most generally written as something like 18/F/CA or 26/M/Ireland.

    Although, if you know sign language that would also be an interesting demographic.

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  2. Comment on The magic of road trips in ~travel

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    I moved from the west coast of the US to the east coast via a road trip, with all my belongings packed into a compact car. Yellowstone is truly awesome - and when I say that I mean that being in...

    I moved from the west coast of the US to the east coast via a road trip, with all my belongings packed into a compact car. Yellowstone is truly awesome - and when I say that I mean that being in Yellowstone inspired awe in me. I wish we had been able to spend more than the couple nights we had planned there.

    There's nothing quite like driving for hours with the windows down, no deadline to be anywhere in particular, getting passed Pringles from a can from the person in the passenger seat.

    Semi related - if you're ever lucky enough to find yourself driving for hours with the windows down, getting snacks handed to you by the person in the passenger seat - consider wearing sunscreen so your left arm doesn't look ridiculous next to the rest of your body.

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  3. Comment on Are any of your political or social views exhausting to defend? in ~talk

    quathis
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    I don't think toaster is trying to say he doesn't want girls to have the same experience that boys can get, but is worried that the experience will change in unforeseen ways when girls are...

    I don't think toaster is trying to say he doesn't want girls to have the same experience that boys can get, but is worried that the experience will change in unforeseen ways when girls are introduced, quite possibly at the expense of the experience that boys currently get.

    Boys behave differently when around girls. For example they take more risks when girls are around (specific study I'm thinking of there was done to examine risks that skateboarding males took when there were pretty females around). Girls behave differently around boys. The specific ways boys/girls change their behavior isn't the point, but THAT they change their behavior is.

    Adding girls to a boys only group changes the group's dynamics. There will certainly be good side effects and bad side effects that are introduced. Until I read these comments I didn't know that girls were being added to boy scouts - but I can see where making any large shift in an organization that many hold dear, especially that may alter its core being, would be worrisome to those that cherish it.

    I personally don't think that women are incompatible with scouting, but I would think scouting will certainly be different because women are a part of it. I can't imagine that adding hormone-y adolescent girls to the hormone-y adolescent boys won't change a camping trip.

  4. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - general feedback/questions in ~tildes.official

    quathis
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    Similarly, I would appreciate a link to go to the root/original comment to scroll up to the start of a comment thread. Right now there's a link for getting to a comment's parent, I would like one...

    Similarly, I would appreciate a link to go to the root/original comment to scroll up to the start of a comment thread. Right now there's a link for getting to a comment's parent, I would like one that links to the original reply - the comment's parent's parent etc.

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