Reflections From a Murky Pond

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Cyber Monday 2022 Benefits

Once again it’s Cyber Monday, the tech industry’s and the online retailers’ response and/or counter to Black Friday. So too, once again it’s time for Reflections From A Murky Pond to showcase some fine geek girls – 45 of them this year. 😀

This year, however, along with presenting a much larger gallery of Cyber Monday geek girls, I’m going to wax a little sociological. Geek Girls are a great benefit to Western Society. Like Velmas in cosplay, they reject certain norms for both appropriate gender-based activities – which were never truly accurate – and beauty/fashion standards.

Also, the simple fact that there is a market for Geek Girls, both real and fabricated for film, shows a broadening of standards for men. This is especially true of the latter, fabricated or “professional” Geek Girls. It’s a fine thing that geeks/nerds/tech-heads are now considered a valid market segment for prurience/pornography and that the successful model for them is one with similar interests as opposed to just being “hot.”

Tags: Babes | Beauty | Beauty Standards | Cyber Monday | Gamers | Geek Grrls | Geeks | Nerds | Nerdy Babes | Sex | Society | Sociology

This entry was posted on Monday, November 28th, 2022 at 11:00 am and is filed under Society. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

OMFG Pikachu! Too F’ing Freaky

Or is that some alternate evolution, a Pickamorph perhaps? Either way, that’s a damn freaky, creepy site when you’re riding Washington DC metro.

Tags: Cosplay | Creepy | Fandom | Geeks | Humor | Pikachu | Pokemon | Sci-Fi | Society | Subway | Washington DC

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 at 5:00 am and is filed under Humor, Society. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Well, it’s time once again for Dragon*Con! To celebrate that fact, here’s some beautiful cosplay babes for you to enjoy. This way, even if like myself, you can’t attend the conference, you can still enjoy it.

Oh, and a PSA for those who will be attending: Cosplay Is Not Consent.

Tags: America | Babes | Beauty | Conventions | Cosplay | Dragon*Con | Fantasy | Geeks | Manners | Nerds | Sci-Fi | Science Fiction | Society | Women

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 31st, 2017 at 11:14 am and is filed under Society. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

As this year’s Dragon*Con starts tomorrow and both my wives will be there working – transporting the celebrity guests to and from the airport and generally being their handlers while there – and in costume part of the time, here’s a simple PSA for you all…

Let me reiterate and expand upon this message. No matter how sexy the babes’ costumes are – and many are and will be very sexy – it is not a indication of consent.

Yes! They have given consent to be looked at. Indeed, if you can exhibit some level of manners and discretion, looking is wanted and actively encouraged. In many cases, even a bit of ogling is desired – that is why they’re dressed that way and that is the sort of attention they’re seeking. And yes, they’ve tacitly consented to be photographed if and when and only if and when it doesn’t require they’re involvement in the process.

They have NOT, however, consented to any of the following behaviors:

• Being touched in any manner;
• Catcalled or otherwise verbally assaulted;
• Followed around, especially into elevators and such;
• Stopped to be photographed, either on their own or with you.

If you want to do any of the above – and some of that you shouldn’t want to do – ask politely, showing at least as much courtesy as you would show towards a woman not in costume. Play it cool and respectfully, gentlemen, and you might just be surprised at what these babes will consent to. Play it otherwise and you you might just be painfully shocked by what they, the other con goers, and convention security do by way of reprisal.

Tags: America | Babes | Conventions | Cosplay | Dragon*Con | Fantasy | Geeks | Manners | Nerds | Sci-Fi | Science Fiction | Sex | Sexual Assault | Sexual Harrassment | Society | Women

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 at 10:20 am and is filed under Society. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Happy Cheese Weasel Day

Cheese Weasel Day (CWD) is the only Internet holiday. Started around 1993, CWD is celebrated each April 3rd as a fun day dedicated to appreciating people who work in the tech industry.

Sweet Dreams Are Made Of Cheese

Legend has it the Cheese Weasel travels the world, leaving a bit of cheese under keyboards or mouse pads of good techie boys and girls. The type really doesn’t matter though Kraft Singles often is the cheese of choice. However, depending on how often you look under your keyboard, the C.W. might place a wedge of cheddar instead. And if you’re lucky–some cheesecake might appear near your computer!

Behold The Cheese Weasel

Who brings the cheese on April 3rd? The Cheese Weasel! He’s not a silly bunny or a raindeer or a bird, he’s the Cheese Weasel and he’s flying the world on his woodpecker, delivering cheese to all the techies out there.

Tags: Cheese | Cheese Weasel Day | Food | Geeks | Holidays | Humor | Internet | Memes | Society | Technology | Tropes

This entry was posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2015 at 8:40 am and is filed under Food & Drink, Humor, Society, Technology. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.