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Anneka Tong
B. S. Radioactive Sheep Farm
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Posted - 2010.01.10 16:33:00 -
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1. Abstract
The phenomenon known in popular culture as "space lesbians" is examined, results indicating a strong possibility that capsuleers are more likely than the rest of the population to be lesbian. Capsuleer profession is also examined, revealing what appears to be an association between it and the capsuleerÆs preference. Some possible explanations for these results are discussed, and future research fields identified.
2. Introduction
There is in popular culture, a supposition that female capsuleers are almost entirely what are termed ôspace lesbiansö, that is to say, they prefer female partners. This study investigates this phenomenon, to determine if that ludicrous assumption is true, and the possible reasons behind it.
3. Methodology
A number of female capsuleers were interviewed, and some questionnaires were filled out. The questionnaires asked the capsuleers occupation and if they were a lesbian. Chi squared tests are then used to examine the results.
4. Results
173 capsuleers were interviewed, and the results are as shown in Table 1.
Table 1.
Performing Chi squared tests on these results and assuming the normal proportion of lesbians in a population to be 20% results in Table 2. The Null hypothesis is that capsuleers are the same as the rest of the population.
Table 2.
This shows that the probability of the capsuleers being the same as the normal population is very low, less than 0.02, which means the null hypothesis can be rejected.
Examining the occupation of the capsuleers using the Chi square test results in Table 3. The Null hypothesis in this case is that there is no association between occupation and lesbianism.
Table 3.
The categories of Battleship and Capital Ship were combined, because otherwise the numbers are too small for the chi-square test to work. The results show an extremely low probability, which means the null hypothesis can be rejected, and there is some association between capsuleer occupation and lesbianism.
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Anneka Tong
B. S. Radioactive Sheep Farm
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Posted - 2010.01.10 16:35:00 -
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5. Discussion
The results as shown in Table 2, show that capsuleers have a higher proportion of lesbians than the general population. The reasons for this are not apparent from the data collected.
The results from Table 3 show a significant association between capsuleer profession and lesbianism. The categories may offer some insight into why this is the case, and also why capsuleers have a higher proportion of lesbians.
The lowest proportion of lesbians was found in the frigate size pilots, with industrial pilots second lowest. The highest proportion was capital ships with battleships second highest.
There are three possible explanations behind these observed results.
The first possible explanation is that it is merely a coincidence, and that the kind of women who are suitable to be capsuleers are also co-incidentally also likely to be lesbian. The difference between the chosen careers may also be explainable by coincidence, with the differing attributes required to be successful in each career having an effect as to what kind of women are drawn to those careers.
The second possible explanation is that capsuleering causes a change in the preference of the capsuleers. Capsuleering is a high-stress occupation, particularly at the level of flying capital ships and battleships. Other careers in capsuleering are not as stressful, in the case of industrial ships, or small ships such as frigates where despite the probability of loss being high, the stress experienced in this is low, because the probability is accepted. The use of clones, and jump clones as well, may affect this, due to hormones and state of mind of the capsuleer, and the stresses they are under.
As is well known in the medical literature, hormones affect the state of mind of a woman, as Graph 1 shows.
Graph 1. (Representative only)
Capsuleering places stress on the capsuleer, and it is well known that stress affects hormone production and consequent mental state. Clone jumps or clone activations could also affect mental state, as the capsuleer jumps into a body whose hormone cycle is out of synch with their previous body. Graph 2 shows this.
Graph 2 (Representative only)
The disruptive influence on mental state that the cloning events have, due to the hormone mismatch may make the capsuleer change their behaviour greatly, not being ôin the moodö as usual, or other such changes.
A side effect of this, is that the kind of people who would truly understand what the capsuleer is going through are, crucially, other female capsuleers. Any support and companionship given may then develop into romantic feelings.
The third possible explanation is of course, that boys are icky. Which is also widely reported in the medical literature.
6. Conclusions
The conclusions of this study are:
1. That capsuleers do have a higher proportion of lesbians than the general population 2. There is a wide difference in the proportion of lesbians in different capsuleer careers 3. The reasons for this are not yet known, and could be investigated further.
Suggestions for future research are investigating the career choices of capsuleers, perhaps using identical twin capsuleers, and investigating the effect of clone jumping into hormonally mismatched bodies.
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/Anneka/SpaceLesbianReport.zip http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/Anneka/spacelesbians.zip
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Verone
Gallente Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.01.10 16:37:00 -
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I'm not sure about the exact science behind it, but there's a fair few of these "space lesbians" spend time at The Last Gate. Most of them pretend to be slaves who just so happen to be allowed out for a night out drinking.
My guess is they're really hookers from Helga's House of Pain, down on Deck 44.
Feel free to stop by and observe them in their natural habitat if you feel it would add anything to your already rather in depth studies.
Plus, you get to have a drink and listen to some of the stupid crap they talk about.
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Lekegolo Khanid
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Posted - 2010.01.10 17:09:00 -
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Another factor i think you have over looked is the fact that many capsuleers have to isk to undergo expensive and convincing sex change operatiions, add in the amusment many capsuleers get from messing with peoples heads (myself included) and you can see why many of these "girls" like girls. It could also be possible that they wished to use the sterotypes that pervade every culture to their advantage.
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Sophie Starsparrow
Minmatar Starfish Operating Syndicate Independent Faction
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Posted - 2010.01.10 18:51:00 -
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Very interesting...I wonder though..could the high degree of 'space lesbianism' among female capsuleers be in any way due to male capsuleers? I mean...perhaps, the numbers have less to do with the females' occupation...and more to do with males that share it?
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Andreus LeHane
Gallente Mixed Metaphor
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Posted - 2010.01.10 21:48:00 -
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There is, however, a depressing deficit of space gays. -----
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Jakiin
Khanid Provincial Vanguard
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Posted - 2010.01.10 22:02:00 -
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Edited by: Jakiin on 10/01/2010 22:04:44 I have a theory: There is more lesbianism because homesexual males are very, very sick. As are straight females. There is nothing sexy about men, I'm sorry. We just don't have it.
It is frankly surprising that considering the amount of personal experimentation capsuleers do with their finances, morals, alleigance, and yes even sexuality that there are many straight femmes left. I consider myself lucky that the attraction to men is still a fairly widespread mental defeciency that may last until my life is over.
Post script: However I should mention that in the case of certain couples (Wink wink, nudge nudge) the reason for lesbianism is quite simply that they are so in love with themselves that the idea of dating anything so far removed from that 'ideal' person to be an entirely different gender is inconcievable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jakiin Holder Heir of the Kingdom 'Pacifist Reclaimer' |
Seriphyn Inhonores
Gallente Eleutherian Guard
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Posted - 2010.01.10 22:04:00 -
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Originally by: Andreus LeHane There is, however, a depressing deficit of space gays.
I'm with you on that one
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Lance Buckskin
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Posted - 2010.01.11 04:14:00 -
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Originally by: Seriphyn Inhonores
Originally by: Andreus LeHane There is, however, a depressing deficit of space gays.
I'm with you on that one
Well hello there!
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Boma Airaken
Harlock's Vindicta Aggressive Dissonance
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Posted - 2010.01.11 04:43:00 -
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Originally by: Lance Buckskin
Originally by: Seriphyn Inhonores
Originally by: Andreus LeHane There is, however, a depressing deficit of space gays.
I'm with you on that one
Well hello there!
Oh how I have missed you!
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Celeste Fauconnier
Gallente Lai Dai Infinity Systems
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Posted - 2010.01.11 05:22:00 -
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Ah ... mercies.
I feel fortunate that I've no need to vet this research for Senate funding.
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Dead Geisha
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Posted - 2010.01.11 09:50:00 -
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Quote: assuming the normal proportion of lesbians in a population to be 20%
And this assumption rests on what exactly? Thin air?
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Yves Lacroix
Gallente Luxury Insider Haute Perfumerie
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Posted - 2010.01.11 10:45:00 -
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Edited by: Yves Lacroix on 11/01/2010 10:46:39 What a sad little subject. Why same sex relationships are even a subject of researrrrch?.
Sexism is so uncool, so passT. It's sad to see that mankind retains in their minds much of the prrrrrrrimitive mentality of pre-civilization days.
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Sinti Vailatti
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.01.11 14:09:00 -
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Oh I totally agree with LaCroix,
Sexism is such an ancient and idiotic concept it defies description.
The social prejudices that led to definitions between orientations faded when there became enough room and resources for everyone to live in. History indicates that there may have even been a time in the past where differences in sexual orientation and even such things as skin and hair color were cause for discrimination!
As space-faring humans we seem to have gotten rid of most of our ideological hang ups, with religion being the only real indefinable prejudice.
As a fellow scientist, IÆd have to say that trying to put figures to sociological concepts is a good exercise for the class, itÆs unworkable in reality. I mean, you have no comparison to males or trans-gendered. You make no mention of those who have equal preference for both. You have no cultural differences mentioned (and since weÆre really discussing cultural acceptance here you should probably go by constellation or even system by system or even by planet given the population of the galaxy).
I think trying to assign labels like ôlesbianö or ôgayö hearken back to Dark Age philosophies where orientation differences meant less breeding population and thus threatened the birth-rate and narrowed the gene-pool. You need a really low population for that to be a factor and since weÆre talking on a galactic scale here, I think youÆre making way too much of an assumption based on a very small control.
And finally, I would mention that the majority of capsuleers are of a much higher intelligence level, scoring above their usual populations (a part of the capsuleer selection process). And those of genius and above usually make their own rules regarding anything that is sociological.
Trying to determine how many capsuleers are ôlesbiansö is akin trying to find out how many have pretty green eyes. Except asking if you have pretty green eyes is less likely to get you a slap in the face at your star portÆs lounge.
You have a great analytical mind. Stop wasting it on pointless and mildly offensive sociological arguments and letÆs talk pure genetics. What, if any, are the major genetic differences between Gallente, Caldari, Amarr and Minmatar and do any lead to making better capsuleers?
Yeah. They grow us slave girls smart where IÆm from kids.
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Elsebeth Rhiannon
Minmatar Gradient
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Posted - 2010.01.11 14:42:00 -
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You have to also consider social selection bias as a possible cause. Capsuleer life allows for much more freedom from social conventions and pressures than many/most planet/stationside environments. Is it possible that people testing positive for capsuleer-capability are more likely to leave their previous life when they belong to a socially unacceptable minority?
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Anneka Tong
B. S. Radioactive Sheep Farm
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Posted - 2010.01.11 15:03:00 -
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Initially, it was because I heard lots of complaints from certain quarters about how at social functions, e.g. parties at capsuleer bars, various people were disappointed to find that their intended object of their affections was not likely to reciprocate. Such disappointed persons would loudly exclaim their disappointment in other channels. "Damn, more space lesbians" was the cry.
I hoped the results would have been the opposite. To shut them up. Unfortunately, science is a cruel mistress.
Also, it may be of relevance to other projects I work on.
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Celeste Fauconnier
Gallente Lai Dai Infinity Systems
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Posted - 2010.01.11 16:59:00 -
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Originally by: Sinti Vailatti As a fellow scientist, IÆd have to say that trying to put figures to sociological concepts is a good exercise for the class, itÆs unworkable in reality. I mean, you have no comparison to males or trans-gendered. You make no mention of those who have equal preference for both. You have no cultural differences mentioned (and since weÆre really discussing cultural acceptance here you should probably go by constellation or even system by system or even by planet given the population of the galaxy).
Hmm. Quite, but I'll not fault the dear for attempting to conduct the study independent of cultural norms. She did draw her population from the capsuleer class, and to follow your own logic, capsuleers do 'usually make their own rules regarding anything that is sociological'.
While I noted an overall tongue-in-cheek tone to her presentation, I saw no genuine value judgment. Indeed, to me this study seemed to represent a great deal of effort to mock sexism rather than serve as yet another example of it.
My dismay here solely involves some of the non-subjective mechanics of that effort. There's no mention of how the sample population was obtained. Was it self-selecting? Pre-selected? If pre-selected, what criteria were used for selection? If pre-selected, how many capsuleers refused to participate? Were any incentives offered for participating? Were those incentives positive or negative? Were they uniform, or were they determined on a case-by-case basis? Did they have any measurable impact on the acceptance rate?
Also, in the 'hormonal disruption due to jump cloning' supposition, there's an absence of clone differentiation data. How many of the sample population were organic (in original bodies or vat-grown clones) or manufactured (in clones made of biomass sculpted over plastic skeletons)? How many of the sample organic population regulated their hormonal cycles? Did they do the same for their jump clones? How many of the sample manufactured population opted to simulate their original hormonal cycles? Were these simulations erratic or regulated? Were regulated hormonal cycles, whether natural or simulated, synchronized across jump clones?
Meh. Just considering the scope of those mechanics has now given me a mild headache. It's also renewed my appreciation of males.
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Sinti Vailatti
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.01.11 18:13:00 -
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Maybe if certain capsuleers at certain social functions would see fit make themselves more presentable they would not get snubbed so regularly.
I mean really boys, it is so difficult to take a shower after you get out of your pod?
I do like your cows though Anneka.
ok.
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Silas Vitalia
Khanid Provincial Vanguard
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Posted - 2010.01.11 18:24:00 -
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Continuing from the above; considering the obvious lack of male partners of suitable social status and, frankly, -breeding-, I'm not surprised at the statistics.
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Sviw D
Caldari Ataraxia Pharmacies
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Posted - 2010.01.11 18:50:00 -
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I too think we should most careful interpreting these results as they most certainly are effected by bias in the selection criteria of capsuleers. Also, the cause-effect question is as always a major one in this regard, though it is my interpretation, that being lesbian makes you better qualified for being a pod pilot, and NOT that being a capsuleer turns you into a lesbian.
While I applaud you for your data collection, I feel you are analyzing them wrong. The yes/no-setup clearly leads towards a binomial distribution of your data and not a Gaussian one. With this in mind we can analyze the individual ship groups based on the number of positive answer towards being a lesbian and the total number of observations for that group.
For the industrials we find P=0.17 with a 95% confidence interval of 0.06-0.35. Assuming that the percentage of lesbians in an ordinary population is 0.2, we see that with the given data we can NOT determine a significant higher amount of lesbians among capsuleers flying industrials compared to other groups of people.
We see the same result for frigate pilots, where P=0.15 and the 95% confidence interval is 0.06-0.30, and for cruiser pilots, where P=0.36 and the 95% confidence interval is 0.18-0.57.
For battleship pilots though, P=0.67 and the 95% confidence interval is 0.47-0.83, meaning here is a significant larger amount of lesbians encountered flying battleships than you would normally expect.
Apparently space lesbians are best at flying battleships.
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Anneka Tong
B. S. Radioactive Sheep Farm
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Posted - 2010.01.11 21:24:00 -
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As we can see, this publication has raised new questions, and new avenues for potential research appear.
Science marches On!
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De'Veldrin
Minmatar Special Projects Executive The Obsidian Legion
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Posted - 2010.01.12 04:42:00 -
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~Vel shakes her head~
I think you have inadvertently introduced a bias into your findings by not considering the population of women who find both genders equally attractive.
I also find myself agreeing with one of the previous transmissions about the freedoms of being a capsuleer. I elected to live differently from my fellows, and join myself with my ship, even if only in a temporary fashion. I'm not sure the old definitions really apply to us as a group. --Vel
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Cassina Lemour
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.01.12 19:53:00 -
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Originally by: Sinti Vailatti
Trying to determine how many capsuleers are ôlesbiansö is akin trying to find out how many have pretty green eyes. Except asking if you have pretty green eyes is less likely to get you a slap in the face at your star portÆs lounge.
Why should such a mundane question earn a suitor a slap in the face? This gal is flattered by the attention of male, female even Amarr. As for pretty green eyes, what do you have against green ? Don't know it's the new brown? Corps spend fortunes on surveys before marketing next seasons colour ranges. I'm in the process of selecting an eye colour for my next set of ocular implants, a green is certainly in the running.
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Sinti Vailatti
Kuomi Logistics
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Posted - 2010.01.14 07:38:00 -
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Originally by: Cassina Lemour
Originally by: Sinti Vailatti
Trying to determine how many capsuleers are ôlesbiansö is akin trying to find out how many have pretty green eyes. Except asking if you have pretty green eyes is less likely to get you a slap in the face at your star portÆs lounge.
Why should such a mundane question earn a suitor a slap in the face? This gal is flattered by the attention of male, female even Amarr. As for pretty green eyes, what do you have against green ? Don't know it's the new brown? Corps spend fortunes on surveys before marketing next seasons colour ranges. I'm in the process of selecting an eye colour for my next set of ocular implants, a green is certainly in the running.
Oh, well if it's a girl that's asking it's not so bad. When a big, fat smelly unwashed capsuleer staggers up to me and asks me for my sexual orientation, he might as well be using a line like "Hey Baby, Let's F**K." Uncooth. *ICK!
I happen to have the best and prettiest grren eys in the parsec. Sorry for the syntax. I meant to point out that I'd much rather get a qustion about my eyes than a question about who was the last person in my skivvies.
I haven't bought designer eyes yet. These are my natural color. So is my hair and skin. I'm not that much up on fashion, but you should think about getting one of LaCroix's perfumes. MMMMMMM...now that's an accessory.
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Elldranga
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Posted - 2010.01.15 01:38:00 -
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Edited by: Elldranga on 15/01/2010 01:39:16 so... did you define what "lesbian" meant or did they? For example were bi's included or excluded, or does your sample have particpants defining that themselves (i.e. resulting in some participants calling themselves lesbian while other participants meeting the same criteria do not) Does lesbian mean those who feel they are "born" that way, versus those who have chosen that way due to unfortunate life experiences? How did you come to the conclusion of 20% as a real world average? Did you have any method of identifying role play (or troll) lesbians from real ones?
Just curious :) funny read though
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Elldranga
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Posted - 2010.01.15 02:23:00 -
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oh... and is it gay when two goo filled capsules are rubbing together regardless of what's inside?
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