Unofficial History of Drama in the Free State

[alaric89]

I dislike people who make a big deal and stare at woman who are breastfeeding. I do appreciate it when women are subtil, but I hate people who give woman who aren't a hard time. If people would just accept mammary glands for what they are there wouldn't be anything to discuss or care about and I guess that is what makes me feel as I do.

Yeah, I berated this chick at the grocery yesterday for not busting out her tits when her baby was screaming. Sorry, lady, but traumatized babies are far more important than the prudey sensibilities of brain-damaged adults.

Sweet. Did she have a nice rack?

[Osborne]

I dislike people who make a big deal and stare at woman who are breastfeeding. I do appreciate it when women are subtil, but I hate people who give woman who aren't a hard time. If people would just accept mammary glands for what they are there wouldn't be anything to discuss or care about and I guess that is what makes me feel as I do.

Yeah, I berated this chick at the grocery yesterday for not busting out her tits when her baby was screaming. Sorry, lady, but traumatized babies are far more important than the prudey sensibilities of brain-damaged adults.

Sweet. Did she have a nice rack?

Truthfully, I didn't notice. I was more concerned about the little person.

I do, however, hold the position that all racks are nice in their own way.

[alaric89]

Let me put out a point where we surely differ right now. I dislike people who make a big deal and stare at woman who are breastfeeding. I do appreciate it when women are subtle, but I hate people who give woman who aren't a hard time.

You are surely wrong. Why would I care that some lady is feeding her kid? That's like, one of the main purposes of breasts. Getting shitty because someone gives you a look because they think you're gross ain't great, either. On the other hand, if I had a kid, I'd prefer if my wife didn't whip her tits out in public, not that I have a say on the subject.

If people would just accept mammary glands for what they are there wouldn't be anything to discuss or care about and I guess that is what makes me feel as I do.

Actually, breasts are a highly specialized form of sweat gland. I'd actually rather not think of them that way or "Accept" them.

Sorry I missjudged you.
Interesting about the sweatglands thing. Makes the whole boob hangup even more hilarious to me though.
Some stripper going for a boob job "Hey Doc can you make these specialised sweat glands bigger and fake looking so I can impress my Friends?"
Two Guy walking near a beach "Holy gee wiz Shaggy look at her specialized sweat glands they make me all sweaty and nervous."

[John Shaw]

Let me put out a point where we surely differ right now. I dislike people who make a big deal and stare at woman who are breastfeeding. I do appreciate it when women are subtle, but I hate people who give woman who aren't a hard time.

You are surely wrong. Why would I care that some lady is feeding her kid? That's like, one of the main purposes of breasts. Getting shitty because someone gives you a look because they think you're gross ain't great, either. On the other hand, if I had a kid, I'd prefer if my wife didn't whip her tits out in public, not that I have a say on the subject.

If people would just accept mammary glands for what they are there wouldn't be anything to discuss or care about and I guess that is what makes me feel as I do.

Actually, breasts are a highly specialized form of sweat gland. I'd actually rather not think of them that way or "Accept" them.

Sorry I missjudged you.
Interesting about the sweatglands thing. Makes the whole boob hangup even more hilarious to me though.
Some stripper going for a boob job "Hey Doc can you make these specialised sweat glands bigger and fake looking so I can impress my Friends?"
Two Guy walking near a beach "Holy gee wiz Shaggy look at her specialized sweat glands they make me all sweaty and nervous."

As long as breasts are part of anything sexual, and they are, there will be people who have opinions about it. Sex is a big deal. Touching and playing with boobs is a pretty major part of sex. Telling people to "Get over it" is silly. It's what people like. I like boobs. Covering them up is sexy. Uncovering them is sexy. They're sexy bundles of fun. Wanting them to not be that when they obviously ARE that is just pissing into the wind.

What I'm saying is: The people who like boobs don't care what you think, and will continue to be who they are, and criticizing them will not change their opinion.

Besides, it's all bullshit anyway. Objectification of the opposite sex is inevitable. Saying otherwise makes you a hypocrite the first time you peel one off to some porn.

People like boobs, man. That creates a market for boobs. Boobs become a premium. A bargaining chit even. Wanna see her tits? Three dates, a couple dinners, some movies, and you'll get to see her tits. If not, you go to greener pastures because she's overestimated the value of her tits. On that same note, giving away for free what some other people are trying to sell annoys the people trying to sell. That's life.

[Cognitive Dissident]

I dislike people who make a big deal and stare at woman who are breastfeeding. I do appreciate it when women are subtil, but I hate people who give woman who aren't a hard time. If people would just accept mammary glands for what they are there wouldn't be anything to discuss or care about and I guess that is what makes me feel as I do.

Yeah, I berated this chick at the grocery yesterday for not busting out her tits when her baby was screaming. Sorry, lady, but traumatized babies are far more important than the prudey sensibilities of brain-damaged adults.

Wouldn't it be up to the grocer?

[TimeLady Victorious]

If you have nice tits, you may as well show them off >_______________>

[anarchir]

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[blackie]

If you have nice tits, you may as well show them off >_______________>

You be the judge.

[TimeLady Victorious]

Those guys seem to have some decent tits.

[Laetitia]

If you have nice tits, you may as well show them off >_______________>

You be the judge.

The breasts are just fine...

...BUT...

...this would be one of those times I have to apply my mom's advice, and stop talking.

[hellbilly]

Looks like a Phish camp.

[The ghost of a ghost of a ghost]

TITTIES!!!!!!!!!!!

[sillyperson]

If you don't use your freedom, you'll lose it.

True.
But it is not true that using your freedom always reinforces it -- it has to be done responsibly, and mindful of other peoples' reactions.

Case in point: open carry at the HCR6 vote in the State House, and the subsequent clamp-down.
Case in point: how many of the comments from people in Keene are along the lines of, "I would generally agree with you people, but flashing boobs at a school bus is going too far..."
Case in point: how many people in Keene are generally favorable to legalizing marijuana (spoiler alert: a LOT), versus how many think a crackdown is justified on people who disrupted Keene Pumpkin Fest? (spoiler alert: even more)

Irresponsible, poorly thought-out "celebrations" like those the Keeniacs are promoting generally cause a blowback reaction that raises the number of laws and the severity of law enforcement.

[voodoo]

In either 5th or 6th grade, the guys discovered a huge cache of Louis L'Amour books at the town library.

The explosion in reading was ignored in the zeal to burn those books, because, you know, that's going too far.

I must have been 25 or 26 before I realized there are people in the world who don't like to read.  For pleasure.

[dalebert]

Case in point: open carry at the HCR6 vote in the State House, and the subsequent clamp-down.

There's been a crackdown in Concord where you generally don't do civil-dis.  That whole incident is kind of funny to me because it was the varying shades of politicos fighting each other.  I wasn't invested in the vote which just seemed like a big silly game to me so I was nonplussed.

Case in point: how many of the comments from people in Keene are along the lines of, "I would generally agree with you people, but flashing boobs at a school bus is going too far..."

Similar to claims that they'd probably vote for a lot of what we want if we'd just work through the system (that was designed to give people a sense that they've got some control so they'll keep obeying and avoid anything that actually might undermine the system.)  It's an ambiguous offer, a really transparent manipulative tactic, a carrot on a stick to lead us back to the treadmill, or in your example to control behavior.

Case in point: how many people in Keene are generally favorable to legalizing marijuana (spoiler alert: a LOT), versus how many think a crackdown is justified on people who disrupted Keene Pumpkin Fest? (spoiler alert: even more)

And yet there hasn't been a crackdown and it's been months.

You need to develop a thicker skin.  If you ever do anything substantial, you WILL have vocal opponents.  Naysayers always shout louder than supporters; an unfortunate fact of life.  You're not here mixing with the locals so you're not hearing a lot of the casual discussions we get to have here where we discover friends and allies on many of the issues.  The ones who aren't busybodies and aren't upset just aren't inspired to spend their valuable time spamming comment sections of news articles.

I'm not a fan of a lot of the specific choices of how people go about different things either and I've often expressed constructive criticism.  Pumpkin Fest is an example where I favored an alternative, less in-your-face celebration.  I'm just not going to get all Chicken Little about it.  The tactics will evolve.