post-baitcon feedback

[quietann.livejournal.com]

My personal issues with baitcon are in my personal journal; however, there are a few things that IMHO need to change:

• Separate dishes/mixing equipment/etc. for any ice cream product containing meat. There are a lot of people involved who nominally keep kosher, and it's discomfiting to know that one's ice cream might have been prepared using the same equipment as, say, the chicken liver ice cream. (for that matter, I'd just ban meat-containing flavors entirely, but that's not my decision to make.)
  
• More whole wheat (not just wheat, whole wheat) bread, less white bread. We ran out of whole wheat by lunch on Saturday. (this suggestion passed on from Gregorian, who was amazingly polite about it, but still really would have preferred whole wheat bread for his peanut butter sandwich...)
  
• More tarpage for shade protection (may not be an issue if baitcon isn't at Mink Hollow anymore, but...)
  
• Re-reinforcement of the "modest dress" (ahem) requirement in and around the main area. There was one person in particular who seriously violated this. (insert serious snarkage here; I am trying to be polite.) Dancing naked in the rain, as usual, should be granted leniency.
  

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[maedbh7.livejournal.com]

Re-reinforcement of the "modest dress" (ahem) requirement in and around the main area. There was one person in particular who seriously violated this. (insert serious snarkage here; I am trying to be polite.)

Fwiw, I've been mentally trying to wrap my head around this since I first felt blinded by them. And the thing is, I strongly suspect the issue is on my end and not on theirs. It's not the amount of dressed that they were (given that I later saw others in just a thong and that was ok); it's not that the clothing itself was poorly designed (they weren't the only one); it's not that they aren't my version of attractive (they weren't alone in that either). It was, for me, that they were wearing not much more than a thong, badly created, and were not my version of attractive all interacting together in a way that offended my sensibilities. Honestly, that puts the blame for the squick pretty squarly in my lap.

Yes, I could wish they had better fashion sense and were more physically fit and prettier; however, I can't fix those things. And they shouldn't have to if they don't feel like it. Meanwhile, I can fix my being judgemental and intolerant, and so that's the part of the equation I'm trying to work on for me.

In the meantime, thank you for stating that you feel some people lack the good sense and sound judgement god gave a sardine. I'd been feeling much the same way since Saturday. -H...

[totient]

OK, we're all referring to the guy with the small wisp of white T-shirt material around his waist on Sunday, right? I read that as "I would really much rather be naked, but I can't, so I will wear this token piece of fabric". That message assembled from minimal coverage, no care taken that coverage was maintained, and the complete lack of any distinguishing aspect of the piece of fabric in question. The same guy the previous day in a thong was showing more but being less offensive in that the article of clothing he was wearing was actually designed as an article of clothing.

Either nudity is OK with the hosts, or it's not. If it's not, don't try to push their boundaries; they're your hosts, and it's disrespectful.

[quietann.livejournal.com]

You say this so much more elegantly than I could...