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[neadods]

Passing on a rec: rm's well-written How To Behave at a Con

(And on a side note, Lunacon was the second con I ever went to, and WTF???? ALL of this batshit happened this last weekend? I'm perversely curious about the second bullet point under #5, but I know hearing the details will probably make me sick.)

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[lagilman]

I have to say, I didn't hear anything about anything (I haven't clicked the links, being Rather Insane with Work) and I was hanging with several people who assuredly WOULD have made noises...

Then again, I was only there part-time, so could easily have missed bad behavior.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Well, some of it was con standard, I hate to say - people not bathing, not giving personal space, etc. Apparently there was one guy who raised his hand to speak before panelists even introduced themselves in every panel - little annoyances that takes only one person to be remembered.

And then there were more serious infractions of general social behavior, apparently.

[lagilman]

Sadly, many of those aren't "convention" complaints but "real life" complaints, as any teacher can tell you -- and there have always been unsocialized twists who think that basic courtesy doesn't apply (and Lunacon's actually better than some, in terms of hygiene). It was the serious infractions I was talking/wondering about.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

There seem to have been some egregious sexual harassment, judging from the post.