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Star Wars Fans Look For Love In Alderaan Places
Hugh Pickens writes "The Christian Science Monitor reports that devoted fans at the recent Star Wars Convention V, many dressed as Jedi knights, stormtroopers, or the indomitable Princess Leia, sat opposite one another for a series of 3-minute speed dates, in hopes of finding a connection with a fellow Star Wars enthusiast. 'Over the course of the three events, due to size and time, we turned away about 600 participants,' says Ryan Glitch. 'Yesterday, this room was packed. We had to keep shoveling people along.' Meanwhile in the main exhibition hall, a chapel was set up to allow fans to profess their love and devotion to each other in the form of commitment ceremonies. 'I've been told that we've had two commitment ceremonies from people that met at my event,' says Glitch adding that he saw eight additional couples at the convention made up of people who had attended his speed dating sessions."
Wookie poh nuuuuub in all the wrong pwaces..
I'd assume it is highly skewed towards the male side, which would make too few chubby Leias to go around for too many acne-scarred Wookies.
BTW, topic title == WIN.
NooooOOOOoooOOooOOOOOOOOOOoooooO!!!!!
I do or I do not, there is no try.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
II refuse to believe there was actually a 50/50 ratio of males to females in attendance at these events, which would be necessary for speed dating unless it was a same-sex type affair.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
I realize that typical trekkies (and average Slashdotters) would be unaware of this, but most women like it slooow.
I do like the idea of trekkies having themselves committed, though.
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somebody pour some chlorine into that gene pool.
Also due to 600 of the participants being straight males, and the other just being there because the modelling agency made her do it.
It's a trap!
This is actually why they turned away 600 participants, there were only 2 females and 602 males.
you greenlighted this story simply because of the clever pun in the title. it's ok, it was funny, just admit it
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
There were probably a number more 'chubby Leias' there, but they were all dudes... *shudder*
Too bad we can't mod up the title.
Sooooo Hugh Pickens loves wordplay. Huge - not teeny tiny - Dickens? Nose Pickens? Loves Chickens? What Slim Pickens became after 10 years at the Fast-Food Buffet (boy did he let himself go)?
Help me out here anybody.
Once upon a time (while I was in fandom), yes, it was 99% male, and 1% female, so there was just about zero opportunity for fandom hookups.
But that has changed. Mostly due to Cosplay. Ever been to an anime con? It's now more chicks than guys, I am not kidding.
Also, the fantasy thing (dragons, wizards and so forth) has increased the female ratio at standard Sci-Fi cons. It hasn't hurt that Star Trek, Anime, Harry Potter and so forth has gone mainstream. Just look at San Diego Comic Con. It's now mostly goth chicks and vampires, thanks to Twilight.
This is *why* I don't go to cons anymore, as it's now for vapid teenagers, but for the younger crowd, this might be a good place to actually meet a girl.
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
Hint: The "chapel" was there for "commitment ceremonies". I bet there were a lot more sabers-seeking-sabers there than holsters, if you catch my meaning.
Obligatory picture of the chubby Leias from CV.
I'm sure, although Star Wars fandom seems to have a more equal (if still seriously unequal) male-female ratio than most kinds of sci-fi-ish fandom. At least, I know a handful of women who are into Star Wars enough to go to conventions like these, some of which are attractive enough that you wouldn't pick them as geeks out of a crowd. (Granted, those few are already married.)
NERDS!
I'm pretty sure the two kissing in the article's photo are both women.
As if the ratio wasn't bad enough, the only two women hooked up... with each other.
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The only "right" place for a male fanboy to seek love is at a "Twilight" or "True Blood" fan event. And that would mean swallowing your pride long enough to pretend to like a bunch of emo vampires. Even then, you're probably going to get stuck with some goth chick who sincerely believes that cutting herself shows she has depth.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
too few chubby Leias to go around
Obligatory photo of some of the fat Leias from CV: in a group
:blink: All most all of them aren't fat... in fact (stewie voice) do her... do her... do her... fix the hair and we'll talk... do her... who hasn't done her...
I think that - twilight aside - the genre of female-friendly flicks has also improved for us guys. We've gone from sappy tear-jerker romance to "romantic comedy", which at least throws in a few chuckles for the guys.
Even twilight wouldn't be *too* bad if not for the whole wreck-the-genre-twinkly-vampire crud. At least there was *some* action and play towards the overall vampire meme (at least the first movie, haven't been dragged to the rest yet). Hopefully it will work well as a setup for some of the better series' such as "True Blood" etc, which has enough hot girls for guys to enjoy, muscular man-butt for the women, and plot for both.
Wanna play with my wookie?
Wanna see who shoots first?
I'm tired of Hand Solo. how about you?
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
I don't know... Look at the main picture in the article and tell me that doesn't look like two chicks kissing.
as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
I read Slashdot for the headlines, because the headlines, unlike the articles, are usually original and never duplicated
I have to say it...
"It's a trap!!!"
- All too easy.
- I won't fail you. I'm not afraid.
- You will be. You will be.
- All right, I'll try...
- Do, or do not! There is no try!
- I..can't. It's too big!
- Size matters not! Judge me by my size, do you?
- I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain.
- Laugh it up, fuzzball!
- You have your moments. Not many of them, but you do have them.
- Control, control, you must learn control!
- Would it help if I got out and pushed?
- It might!
- You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be destroyed as Obi-Wan did!
- Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger! Only your hatred can destroy me!
(Later...)
- How was it for you?
- Han shot first.
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Prisencolinensinainciusol. Ol Rait!
:DDD Hilarious!
The host of the event is named Ryan Glitch, for God's sake! Where are the Slashdot jokers when you need them to mine this nugget of pure comedy gold?
"So how did the whole Star Wars-themed speed-dating thing work out?" "Not too well; there was a Glitch..."
Something along those lines, but hopefully better. Get with it people!
I'd assume it is highly skewed towards the male side, which would make too few chubby Leias to go around for too many acne-scarred Wookies.
BTW, topic title == WIN.
It is even worse....check out the picture. I'm fairly certain that the only 2 chubby girls who attended ended up hooking up with each other.
Met her at the Star Wars convention.
Did I mention she was looking for love?
Had to call her bluff, "Lady, you don't mean how that sounded.
The thousand-pound dude in the 'no fat chicks' shirt's astounded."
Thought she'd take it back, revoke, rescind, rewind, retract.
"You heard me," she said, "I want any man here
to descend in the cave where you conquer the fear,
and I'll steer you to side of the force that you choose.
Somebody's man enough here -- now who?"
This girl, now you have to understand,
would not look out of place on the arm of an attractive man,
so the geeks in attendance got jaws on the floor. One extends his
saber but he tripped on his cloak. I stepped to the front then I spoke:
"I ain't spitting game, look, I got a Wookiee hat on.
But these guys here are used to getting spat on
by girls. See, you put em in shock.
And this ain't the right con to quote Mister Spock
but it's highly illogical to me." Girl looked in my eye, said, "is your mind free?
'Cause I got something for you. It is shiny, it is clean.
Come on up and I'll adore you with my yellow laser beam."
Sitting in her room upstairs,
watching her wind up the buns in her hair,
I declare that "I'd like to be Luke
unless that's a little bit too perverted for you.
I could be Jabba, a Jawa, an Ewok
when we talk, 'oo ga la gee bla!'
Wait -- I seen all the flicks, all the books that I read,
don't remember any character tied to the bed.
But that's all right, I'll just pretend that I'm encased in carbonite.
And why that's a nice gold bikini; you make that?
Shows off what you got, no mistake: that's
one fine view of Chewbacca you're giving me.
Lower that down here, we could be living the
linguistic lifestyle of the protocol droid."
Here comes the part where I'm not overjoyed.
"Fire!" she said, and before I could scream,
got a steaming mouth full of yellow laser beam.
A chubby Leia is not such a bad thing.
A Leia with a chubby... that is just wrong!
Wasn't many chubby ones there, http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/wp-content/2007/05/200705291157.jpg
really only saw one that didn't look well above average even for the non-geek crowd. And that one was just a little old and beginning to get wrinkly.
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
They did it all for the wookie. C'mon. The wookie.
Dude...there's a two-year-old in that picture! Please tell me she wasn't speed-dating!
In the article, they did say hetrosexual and homosexual participants. Obviously, hilarity ensured during in the inevitable hookups in the mens. "Who's yo' daddy?" yelled in the throes of passion, followed by a chorus of Darth Vaders...
It's a wookie
C'mon - you know you laughed.
Can anyone tell me how many parsecs each date was?
Don't blame me, I voted for Cthulhu.
It's OK, she looks 6.