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    11/13/09

    In reply to Trojan Explains How To Prevent "Mistakes" • Palin Takes Book Tour To Fort Hood
    Trojan 2Go: a uniquely portable condom, unlike all the other condoms on the market that won't fit into your pocket...

    Wait, what? I'm also confused by the "shareable" part of Trojan's pitch. I'm going to break the packet in half and give one of them to... whom? The couple I see out dancing who shouldn't, in my esteemed opinion, be procreating like the disco freaks who begat the movie disruptor? I don't get it. #condomad
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    11/14/09

    @cirocco: It's like those BFF heart necklaces you break apart. #condomad
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
    Honestly, with the amount of false alarms (I've researched this for my PD), if you want to prevent a break-in, you're just as safe as having an alarm sign on your property - it's the sign that deters most (residential) burglars. Although even with businesses, the false alarm rate is quite high and a lot of police departments waste a lot of time responding to false alarms.

    Also: Sarah Haskins fucking rules. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Trojan Explains How To Prevent "Mistakes" • Palin Takes Book Tour To Fort Hood
    It always bothers me how people want to adopt dogs that they saw in the media. I volunteered at the Humane Society and whenever a dog was featured in the newspaper or tv as up for adoption people would come in wanting the dog. What happens when it was already adopted? They'd mostly just turn around and leave.

    There are *so* many animals out there in need I am not necessarily against spending the money and resources on a larger number of animals instead of just one. #condomad
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Trojan Explains How To Prevent "Mistakes" • Palin Takes Book Tour To Fort Hood
    Another day, another pit bull's life destroyed by a horrible human. #condomad
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
    Here is my alarm story.

    I was 14 and babysitting a two year old who did a runner while I was changing him. The door slammed closed behind me, but clever girl that I am, I managed to climb in a window with the naked two year old. Feeling quite proud of myself for getting back in the house, I went back to changing the kid until their was a knock on the door (small town, police come fast). The obviously very bored police were annoyed that I didn't have any id, being 14 and all. The finally decided I wasn't a teenage mother burglar when I suggested we go to my mom's house 2 blocks away so she could vouch for me.

    And the family never had me babysit again. #sarahhaskins
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    11/14/09

    @clevernamehere: Wow, and maybe its a good thing they never asked you to babysit since they didn't seem to be so understanding. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Trojan Explains How To Prevent "Mistakes" • Palin Takes Book Tour To Fort Hood
    "Scientists from the University of California tested the pain threshold of 25 women in various situations and found that they didn't hurt as much when their romantic partner was holding their hand, and experienced even less pain when just looking at his picture."

    This link goes to the "Mr. Yale" article instead of the article described, and I really want to read the study! #condomad
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    11/13/09

    @special_boots: Sorry, I fixed it. The study is here: [www.scientificamerican.com] #condomad
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    11/13/09

    @Margaret: Oh boy. Thanks! #condomad
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Trojan Explains How To Prevent "Mistakes" • Palin Takes Book Tour To Fort Hood
    Ann Coulter's right, of course. She and Rush and Sarah Palin and their brand of conservative commentator... they're just all so silenced by the media. #condomad
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    11/13/09

    @Dodgergirl: Oh wait. That was actually a beautiful dream I had last night. Never mind. #condomad
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    11/13/09

    @Dodgergirl: That's why my Christmas tree will have one of these...
    [images.regretsy.com] #condomad
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    11/13/09

    @mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: Going... rouge? #condomad
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    11/13/09

    @Bitingpika: Well anyone who would go up to a counter and buy one should go rouge. #condomad
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    11/13/09

    @mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: I just can't believe she's using a French word. How unpatriotic! I mean, what have the French ever done for the U.S.? #condomad
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Trojan Explains How To Prevent "Mistakes" • Palin Takes Book Tour To Fort Hood
    Jill Berry I think that is a wonderful idea if in the same breath you tell girls that it's okay if they don't beat themselves up for rushing to get married and have children in order to focus on their careers. The point should be don't beat yourself up for choosing your choice. #condomad
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    11/14/09

    @Triana Orpheus: I'm sort of concerned that she used the words 'lesser job.' I assume she just means a job that makes less money or is only part time. Or raising children. Or running the household. Or all three. Calling any of these 'lesser' is why Daddy can't be expected to make dinner, or Mommy doesn't get to decide where they go on vacation, because he's got the 'important' job. #condomad
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
    A woman in LA was just murdered by an abusive boyfriend while the police were outside investigating the domestic violence call she put in to them. They witnessed the stabbing through the window, and were able to shoot and kill her attacker. Of course, she still died.

    So, no, women are not safe anywhere, and I'm not sure a call from Rick with Broadview is really going to deter a stalker/violent ex or acquaintance.

    Alarms may, however, deter burglars. But instead of portraying that, these ads just play on our fear of men, even though I really doubt they help to deter violent men. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11): The people who make these ads aren't really trying to portray an accurate image of what happens when your house gets broken into, like you said. They are counting on women who have been assaulted, raped, beaten, mugged, etc, before to see the ads and be scared into buying an alarm for a sense of false security in case their attacker/rapist/what have you returns. Honestly, when I think of ways that someone could break into my house to try and rape me or kill me, for whatever reason, I think of them silently coming in through an unlocked window, and trying to find an unlocked door. Not fully kicking my front door down, alerting me and my security system that I'm about to be raped/killed. I hate these ads. Why don't they ever show some dude alone at night in his bed, and then the front door gets kicked in and the alarm goes off? Women aren't the only ones who are targeted for these types of crimes. And why don't they ever show a criminal trying to silently come into your house, I don't know, maybe just to steal all your shit? Ughh. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
    Rape fables. Rables! Raples? #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: i love sarah haskins for calling those ads for what they really are - rables it is!

    don't even get me started on her 'university of looking like a caucasian burglar'
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    11/13/09

    @awinoforever: My boyfriend graduated summa cum laude from U of LaCB.

    Scruffy half-beard? Check. Hoodie? Check. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
    Y'all, here's a security measure I've taken recently that had never before crossed my mind and I thought I would share:

    I have a garage door opener for my parents' house when I visit. Now, when I go inside, I take the opener with me – the neighborhood has had a sudden spree of people smashing the windows of cars parked in driveways and then using the openers to get into the garage/house. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
    Not only is AJ the creepy date way likelier to drug your drink than he is to kick your door in, I heard on like NPR or PBS (because let's face it, I get almost all my info from one of those two) about what a cost these alarm systems are to taxpayers. Every time the alarm goes off and police or fire people have to respond, it costs the taxpayers money, and most of the things they have to respond to with these alarms are false alarms.

    Onto the general idea of being a woman and never being safe: that's so where I'm at this week. I've heard of four assaults on my campus in the last 2 weeks, on the dark streets I walk daily. I'm really freaked out and had a breakdown in a parking garage Wednesday night. All the school seems to say is "be vigilant." As if we women are ever NOT effing vigilant. I'm always vigilant. Being vigilant is exhausting. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @funnyface: Amen to that. I remember trying to explain to my boyfriend why I needed him to go with me to the grocery store after dark, or else just call in pizza for dinner. It never occured to him that there would be any problem walking around alone after dark in our cute little beachside village -- he does it all the time -- and he thought I was just being lazy and not wanting to go shop.

    But then again, rape statistics don't usually apply to him. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @funnyface: I know what you mean. I just got a security bar installed on my bedroon window. Theres a rapist in my area that has been sneaking through women's bedroom windows or forcing their way through the door after the woman opens them. My parent's friend has a gun license and he bought me some (illegal for me to possess) pepper spray for when I walk the dark alley from campus back to my home. I can't believe that I even feel the need to do this, but I'd rather take the risk of getting in trouble with the law for assaulting someone with my illegal pepper spray than getting raped. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @funnyface: "Being vigilant is exhausting." Totally agree with you there. The other day I refused to walk down a dark creepy street; I was with my husband. I am just so conditioned to be on guard all the time...
    and it pisses me off that I can walk anywhere I want, as long as I have a "big strong" man by my side. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @Alwaystheangel: It sucks that pepper spray is illegal where you live! It's legal where I am, and I'm planning to get some this weekend. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @elvy: I feel ya. My boss has offered to give me rides so I don't have to walk to the parking deck in the dark ever again, but it pisses me off that I would NEED that. The fact that society is so stacked against women thus that we always have to wonder if we're safe pisses me off. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @funnyface: Canada= no concealed weapons. Most of the time I am glad for that law, key word is "most" lol #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
    Oh, and Brinks/ Broadview-- the "known attacker" commercials are really annoying.

    The times my stalker ex-boyfriend got his hands on me, they didn't involve him breaking down the door. He got me in the parking lot, at my place of work, and then was sitting on my bed after convincing my apartment complex to give him a key.

    Your loud alarm and phone call would not have helped me so stop playing to people's fears. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: And that party guy could have just as easily pretended he'd forgotten something inside. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Seriously. Dudes are crafty. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: i don't know how to private message people so i'm just writing it here: i seriously just want to bake you a cake (unless you're team pie, boohiss!) and hug you. you're my hero CG. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @huls: Scroll all the way up to the top of the page and you should see your user name-- click on it and then the tab "Messages". There will be one from me ;o) #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
    I have Broadview security. The last time I accidentally set it off, it took a good 10 minutes for them to call and then I forgot my secret password so then another 15 minutes later the police showed up. A.J. would have had enough time to make a skin suit out of me. With zippers. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @EdnasEdibles: LOLz. I mean, that sucks, but you made me laugh! #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
    These are all incredibly annoying.

    Worse still was the Kay's commercial last night: Women is afraid of the thunderstorm (yes, a thunderstorm). Man will protect her. And give her pretty necklace.

    [www.kay.com] #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: I am irrationally afraid of thunderstorms. However jewelry does nothing to calm me down. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @AfroJezeBella: I don't know-- a diamond might distract you for a minute though. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: I HATE THAT COMMERCIAL!

    She reacts to that storm like a nervous puppy, and only the power of his manly diamond arms can quell her lady fears. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @memphreblues: It really is like a bad romance novel. YUCK. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: No, my fear of loud noises and bright lights is greater. I would knock him down to get AWAY from the window and under the covers in bed with earphones on. #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: I don't know, I might show these to my boyfriend in hopes that he will buy me presents every time it gets rainy.

    Manipulate the patriarchy to your advantage, ladies!

    /culturesnark #sarahhaskins
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    11/13/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: Did you not get a creepy vibe from that ad? The bf and I kept waiting for it to turn into a horror movie preview. It definitely doesn't make me want their diamonds
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    11/13/09

    @lindsay.juarez: It did seem like the boyfriend would be pulling out a knife as soon as she turned around. #sarahhaskins
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