Wait, people still give a crap about this thread? --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, bethg2 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > (materializing from nowhere as usual) > > "A large percent of the circuit is disgusting. " > > This is just not true. In four years of college quizbowl I can truly > only think of one person that really really needed a shower. He > wasn't even in my region and had peaked somewhere before my time. Yes > there are few bad apples here and there as in life itself, but this > is a long-lasting stereotype and it isn't fair to the 96% of guys > *and girls* that are clean and at least passably social. Now we may > not all shop at Ambercrombie and American Eagle but if that is the > requirement for people to hang out with go somewhere else! Please! > Just because *some* of the male quizbowl players are shy or not used > to being around girls doesn't make them bad people to hang out with. > My male teammates were some of my best friends, hell I'm marrying one > of them. > > I think a big reason why you don't see many women is that women are > less likely to pursue the single-minded addiction to studying and > writing questions it takes to be good at AC these days. Women in > general tend to multi task more and have broader interests. They > don't (mostly) get scared away by the men, but by obscurity and > futility. > > > Beth > > > > --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, gamaliel8 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > > --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Asia.L.Kliewer-1" > <dorkusasia_at_o...> > > wrote: > > > A large percent of the circuit is disgusting. So many of you > men, > > often at least one per team, and definitely in a team you will > > compete against is just slovenly. Shower! Comb your hair! Wash your > > face! If you do maintain the standards of hygiene try not to just > > ogle girls who wander into your practices. So many men on the > circuit > > are so amazed to see a curved body off of the television screen > that
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