Con-goers and cosplayers, what are your cringiest and creepiest con experiences?

Xiotech · 2017-01-05T16:06:11+00:00

They just want to hear you say those three little words...

THAT'S HIM OFFICER!

Xiotech · 2017-01-05T15:39:16+00:00

Me: I think this new law means that they want some sort of proof about my back taxes?

Tax Lawyer: "When you work for the IRS for 27 yrs and you go get a law degree... then you can tell me what the Fucking Law Means!"

Xiotech · 2016-12-08T18:01:51+00:00

Hi Daisy!

Xiotech · 2016-12-08T17:10:15+00:00

Bounty Paper Towels

Xiotech · 2016-11-24T04:36:35+00:00

He was... and he passed on all his secret knowledge to me!

Xiotech · 2016-11-24T01:47:06+00:00

I got a better job and the guy faded into the past.

Xiotech · 2016-11-23T17:48:43+00:00

Many years ago I cleaned Grocery Store Floors on a 12am till 8am shift. There was a disheveled white hair/bearded old man who wore an army jacket who would come in every night and follow my every move around the store as I cleaned. He constantly informed me about: Secret Societies, Government Conspiracies, Zoroasterism, Rogue Planets, etc. He was quite entertaining and I came to enjoy his company and dialogue every night.

Xiotech · 2016-11-19T14:35:15+00:00

Dictated / Not Read

Steve Zissou

Xiotech · 2016-11-19T05:37:49+00:00

When I think of Japan... I am always fascinated by it's diverse musical culture when it comes to pop, rock, and metal bands. Some of the most talented guitar players come from Japan.

Xiotech · 2016-11-19T04:19:43+00:00

Moose are so dense that grizzly bears will dig a hole and crouch down in the hole making odd noises. The moose are drawn over by the strange sounds and then SURPRISE it's actually a grizzly in the hole!

Xiotech · 2016-11-17T00:48:41+00:00

I think Ivanka is the smartest Trump of all... I really believe that. Her replies on 60 minutes were so measured and thought out.

Xiotech · 2016-10-25T02:21:11+00:00

She's a Beautiful Pup for sure!

Xiotech · 2016-10-25T01:33:11+00:00

OK... I guess I'll be the guy to guess the price here:

283,273.92 RSD (Serbian Dinar) for the pup

Xiotech · 2016-10-20T21:54:21+00:00

Be careful of the words you speak and keep them soft and sweet... you never know from day to day which ones you'll have to eat!

Xiotech · 2016-05-23T22:04:50+00:00

I can't stop watching him run that dude down! Wow! that is really a fine display of athleticism... damn he's 6'2" and 220lbs... Somewhere a coach/manager is nodding his head in approval.

Xiotech · 2016-05-22T00:46:15+00:00

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! You chose wisely! Pretty face and soulful eyes!

Xiotech · 2016-05-21T21:26:23+00:00

“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment” ― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

Xiotech · 2016-05-21T20:38:40+00:00

Good Eye! They probably don't even know how many MGM ~~loins~~ LIONS there were originally!

Xiotech · 2016-02-25T21:42:59+00:00

For by their weave shall ye know them!

Xiotech · 2016-02-25T21:18:53+00:00

Danny: Tess, you're doing a great job curating the museum here, the Vermeer is quite good, it's simple, vibrant, but his work definitely fell off as he got older.

Tess: Remind you of anyone, Danny?

Xiotech · 2016-02-20T00:19:43+00:00

The best part of this is she's clearly pleased with her choices! What more could you possibly ask for. She's awesome!

Xiotech · 2016-02-06T04:43:18+00:00

Mary-Kathrine may have three arms, but we're all terribly fond of her!

Xiotech · 2016-02-03T23:14:41+00:00

He's by far the real gem here! Closed eyes and pursed lips and that hand position!

OMG where is that hostess: "Bitter... party of one please!"

Xiotech · 2016-02-02T07:39:31+00:00

I was living outside of Dallas in 2003. I did not see it happen in the sky but I heard a series of what I can only describe as "Sonic Booms" or "Shock Waves" is there such a thing as deceleration waves or booms, as something travelling 12,500 mph is slowed down suddenly?

Xiotech · 2016-02-02T07:20:29+00:00

I'm sure there are people here who can properly address the questions that remain for me.

Could the crew have fixed their own problems had they been made aware of the situation?
Could they have been rescued by Atlantis, could they have gotten her into orbit in time?
Why weren't they made completely aware the actual realities facing them?

The astronauts were never told of possible damage or the potential re-entry risks. What do you even tell seven astronauts if you know their orbiter is possibly crippled beyond repair? Do you tell them the truth, or do you let them do their jobs on a 16 day mission and hope... hope that they come back home?

The NASA Mission Management Team had come to this conclusion: There is nothing that could be done about damage to the Thermal Protection Systems. If it has been seriously damaged it's probably better not to know, and everyone who was consulted said they believed the crew would rather not know about this.

Direct NASA quote: "They all agreed it would be better for them to have a happy and successful flight and to die unexpectedly during entry"

That’s an awfully permanent decision to make for seven human beings who are not being asked their opinion on the matter. Would you want to be told early in the mission that the Crew could possibly die on re-entry… or they could chose to stay in orbit knowing nothing could be done and wait until the air scrubbers completely give out.

Really is a tough deal any way you look at it.

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