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nothanks
11/11/09

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yack - has anyone seen the two douche bags that run fucking beautifulpeople.com? i will let you make up your own minds about these two delightful specimens #condoms
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redqueenmeg
11/12/09

@nothanks: My kingdom for a comb! #condoms
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la.donna.pietra
11/11/09

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Dear Cynthia,

Tell your stupid assistant superintendent that he's 15 years behind the times. I took my girlfriend to prom in 1994. The seas did not boil, the earth did not quake, and society did not instantly crumble. A couple of guys came out of the closet a year later, but I'm pretty sure that would have happened anyway.

Don't back down. Prom is silly, overrated, and damn important in this society.

Love,

la.donna.pietra #condoms
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formergr
11/11/09

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That condom story already had me cringing, but when I got to the part that they were packaged by shirtless men without being sterilized, just....ewww!

I'm guessing the men where shirtless due to it being hot (likely terrible conditions to work in), so I'm picturing them dripping sweat onto the condoms as they are being packaged. Yuck... #condoms
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Tart of Darkness
11/12/09

@formergr: I actually don't think regular condoms are sterilized. Legal ones I mean. There's no reason to sterilize them because what they go on and in aren't sterile areas. #condoms
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Dancingfrog
11/12/09

@Tart of Darkness: Here's a little thing on how condoms are made. Everyone making them are wearing protective gear and it appears to be a clean zone that the condoms are being made in. Much different from condoms made by sweaty men without any face masks (presumably) and with probably limited hygienic options. Also, there's no use of veggie oil, but instead safer, more long-lasting lubricants.

[www.lifestylesplay.com] #condoms
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Tart of Darkness
11/13/09

@Dancingfrog: I wasn't implying that they are not properly made under clean conditions as regulated for the kind of medical device that they are, but they are not sterilized. They are made under "clean" conditions, not sterile ones. #condoms
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Dancingfrog
11/13/09

@Tart of Darkness: Oh, I didn't mean to imply that you said anything. I just wanted to post that link because it's interesting, and your post was the next one up to reply to. #condoms
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Tart of Darkness
11/13/09

@Dancingfrog: And I wanted to say I did enjoy your link. When I rewrote my post because my first one was clumsy (er than what I posted) I left that out. People should know how their protection is made. #condoms
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DutchessOfDork
11/11/09

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Jaycee Dugard exploiters will rot. Assholes. #condoms
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BytheSea
11/11/09

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From the article: "But the family remains in need of money for everything from medical bills to rent to food. Big-hearted readers can send checks to the Jaycee Lee Dugard Trust, c/o Viewtech, PO Box 596, Atwood, CA 92811." #condoms
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booter26
11/11/09

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Love the Jimmy Kimmel quote. RIP, Mister Rogers, RIP.

I'm admittedly more than a little prejudiced against the LDS as an institution and faith (though the individual practitioners I know are almost all truly kind and genuine people), but kudos to the Mormons for at least making an effort to demonstrate tolerance, however inadequate it might be. Cynically, I think that with all the recent bad press of the FLDS cults, the church may be scrambling to distinguish themselves from these groups. Look, folks, we're not bigots, swear! We're down with the gays! #condoms
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sybann
11/11/09

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Jimmy Kimmel has a point - the bronze is blobby but if you squint it does look like him. I love Fred.

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Cimorene
11/11/09

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I don't understand how all these prom debacles happen. At my high school, nobody knew who was taking whom to prom until we got there. None of the teachers or administrators asked, we didn't need to tell anyone. And occasionally people went alone, or groups of friends went. I took a girl to my prom (I think she was straight, we didn't ever date or anything even though she was super hot and cool) and my BFF was our other date. Nobody really knew until we got there. Nobody cared, but even if they had we would already have been there, it would have been too late to ban us. #condoms
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InABook
11/11/09

@Cimorene: Where I went, if you were taking someone from outside the school, you had to get approval-- but i think that was basically to make sure no one older than 21 came. #condoms
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twtw
11/11/09

@Cimorene: I think she had to register her date in order to buy a ticket for her since the gf didn't go to the school. #condoms
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IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
11/11/09

@Cimorene: Same at my school. I decided to go to my senior prom last minute because my friend broke up with her boyfriend and needed a date. We didn't alert school officials or anything. What does this principal think is going to happen if they let that girl bring her girlfriend? That everyone is going to start having gay sex on the dance floor? #condoms
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Snizzy-Snazz Bullets
11/11/09

@Cimorene: I know, isn't it bizarre? One year I took a boy, another year I took a girl...

Are there schools where you need to register your date? #condoms
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Elaken
11/11/09

@Cimorene: We only had to give the name of people if they didn't go the school. But I can't imagine my school saying no to a female bringing another female. #condoms
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Jenloveshercurves
11/11/09

@Cimorene: Exactly. I went one year with a girlfriend so we could save on tickets (two tickets together were cheaper than buying two separately) and it didn't matter and no one cared.
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BytheSea
11/11/09

@Cimorene: There was a well known no-same-sex dates at my school (1990s) so one gay couple needed to pair up with an an opposite gay couple, switch partners to buy tix and get in the door,and then switch partners later. Dancing? Well, the girls could dance together but the guys had to keep their distance if they wanted to make it home in one piece.

They were young, but they weren't stupid. They knew what would get them harassed by administrators and students if they pulled it at a school sponsored event. Most gay kids have already been harassed by faculty in school. Of course you ask first, before you buy the dress and shoes and rent the limo. #condoms
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fuzznuts81
11/11/09

@Cimorene: I consider myself lucky. Somehow my high school girlfriend was able to bring me, and I had already left the school and was no longer a student. And it was an all girls Catholic School, in Kentucky, no less. None of the faculty or deans said a thing. And it was obvious I wasn't there as her friend and a former student. #condoms
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la.donna.pietra
11/11/09

@Cimorene: We had to give our names and our date's names when we purchased tickets at my prom. The prom committee then wrote all of our names ("Terry and Carrie!") on a giant piece of butcher paper in sparkly glitter ink and hung it up in the hall, so that everyone knew who was going with whom, just in case you weren't paying attention to the gossip.

Which made the top of the list ("la.donna.pietra and Lisa!") particularly interesting, in 1994. #condoms
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la.donna.pietra
11/11/09

@BytheSea: My school knew damn well that I would call in GLAAD, PFLAG, Amnesty International, Melissa Etheridge, and anyone else I could think of. They didn't even bother giving me shit.

I did get my tires slashed, though. I'm pretty sure that was by a fellow prom-goer. #condoms
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egg cream
11/11/09

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How could you post about a statue of Mr. Rogers that allegedly looks like a "mud monster," and then link to a story that doesn't even provide a picture? For those of you wondering. #condoms
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slowpoke.r
11/11/09

@egg cream: Thanks! I went looking and all I found was a T Rex sculpture dressed up as Mr. Rogers. Very odd.

Why does it look like he's made of hamburger? #condoms
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CynicalPink
11/11/09

@egg cream: ....that's not Mr. Rogers...

Why is he 11 feet tall? He should be person sized so people could stand with him...Mr. Rogers isn't big an imposing... #condoms
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egg cream
11/11/09

@slowpoke.r: I was thinking wads of used gum. #condoms
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applejuice
11/11/09

@slowpoke.r: That is the signature sculpting style of the artist who did it. He was one of Fred Roger's favorite sculptors.
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applejuice
11/11/09

@CynicalPink: Locals in Pittsburgh have actually found it is really child friendly. Most children immediately climb up into the lap.

[www.post-gazette.com] #condoms
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slowpoke.r
11/11/09

@applejuice: It's not the style I was questioning so much as the material. The photo seems to show a maquette rather than the finished piece which would indicate that it's probably made of an oil-based modeling clay but it really doesn't look like it. That type of clay would not have white marbling as this appears to have and I just can't figure out what he could have used to get that effect. Hence, hamburger.

As for the style itself, it seems like a relatively common post-Rodin sculpting technique that I'm not opposed to per se. But the positioning of the figure and the modeling of the limbs is a whole 'nother matter. #condoms
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CynicalPink
11/11/09

@applejuice: Oh that's good then! I just read this thing once (I went to a very liberal arts college) where imposing people of legend (politicians, "founding fathers," etc.) get huge statues because they're so far above us mere mortals while more "of the people" figures tend to stay life sized. Mr. Rogers was very of the people, but if it's fun for the kids, who am I to second guess :) #condoms
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BytheSea
11/11/09

@egg cream: Gah!

He's like that x-men made of lava. #condoms
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applejuice
11/12/09

@slowpoke.r: There is a pic of the final piece at the page I linked above and the positioning of the limbs etc looks different. It also looks like it is probably bronze?
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sassyredhead
11/11/09

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Does anyone remember Hot or Not? That BeautifulPeople.com made me think of that. I hated that site. #condoms
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weetziebat
11/11/09

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Is Tharptown H.S. a public school? How is this legal?!! GRRRRR I'm so mad. #condoms
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JessIsElf-ity
11/11/09

@weetziebat: Same here. Where's the ACLU when you need them? #condoms
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CynicalPink
11/11/09

@weetziebat: Actually, sounds like it's super illegal. I can only guess without all the fact, but students do have first amendment rights in school. There are restrictions sometimes, but they don't look like they'd apply to the student in this story. #condoms
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la.donna.pietra
11/11/09

@JessIsElf-ity: The article indicates that the ACLU is involved and making threatening noises. #condoms
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inclusive exclusion
09/03/09

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note to self - be that wonderful person that mr. rogers believed that we all had inside.
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Flackette Goes Retro
09/03/09

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In an oral history interview Mr. Rogers said that all of those zipper sweaters he wore were hand-knit by his mother (whose maiden name was...McFeeley). For some reason that detail always makes me want to cry.

I also once heard that his car was once stolen. When it made the local news that Mr. Rogers's car had been taken, the thief returned it to the same parking spot the next day with an anonymous note that said "I'm sorry Mr. Rogers - I didn't know it was your car."
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
09/03/09

@Flackette Goes Retro: If the car thing is true, that is the BEST story ever.
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Lizard in the Wires - synthesizer signals suspense!
09/03/09

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Something about Mr. Rogers always makes me tear up. And I am not the type to cry at the drop of a hat.

There's just something so wonderfully heroic about him.

I think he doesn't get enough credit for modeling a version of masculinity for little boys that you can't see pretty much anywhere else.

Mr. Rogers always reminded me of my dad. They're both kind of quite and mellow but their if you need them and both treat kids with a respect that most adults don't give to children.
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Flackette Goes Retro
09/03/09

@Lizard in the Wires is on Rails: I feel the same way. I'm also sad that Mr. Rogers is no longer shown on my local PBS - if there was ever a time when children needed a calm adult demonstrating kindness, that time is now.
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rah29
09/03/09

@Lizard in the Wires is on Rails: Oh my gosh--Mr Rogers reminds me of my dad too. I think that's why thinking about him makes me tear up as well!
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