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[Riley pops on the screen while she takes a break from all the scavenging she's been going. She's got herself quite a collection going but why not take a breather? Besides, she has something she needs to address since everyone is down and, well, that just sucks.

So here she is, providing a distraction.]

Alright, I've been having a thought. I've seen a lot of girls in old magazines from back home and something always got to me whenever I looked at them. I mean, sure the makeup and clothes are weird because you can't do shit in most of them but here's the thing that really gets to me.

Was there some sort of cosmic bullshit that caused women to be completely hairless? Well, aside from super fabulous hair. And I mean hairless all over because I'm so not going to deny that I've seen the pornos floating about.

[Hey, she's a curious person, okay.]

Girls and women I've seen in my time have all that hair. Nothing wrong with it. It's hair, right?

[She shrugs and drinks some water from a bottle she has.]

Alright, are women hairless like that where you're from? Is this some weird as genetic thing no one ever told me about?

[Yeah. She has no concept of girls shaving.

So how's that for a distraction, Asgard? Who wants to be the first to explain shaving to her?]

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[tonsofpun]

[Obviously, Ellie's in on this. When is she not?]

Guys too. No hair, what the hell. Like what happened to their pits?

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Not to mention their faces, chests, and backs. The guys I've seen all get hair like bears.

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[teenyoda]

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No one's hairless unless it's a genetic disorder, and then they'd be hairless everywhere. Like, head and eyebrows too. They either shave, wax, or get laser treatment.

At least, that's how it works where I'm from.

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Wax and lasers? That first one makes no sense and the other is some sci-fi shit.

[But it does tell her they're removing their hair.]

So why are they getting rid of hair?

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[familyissues]

[ Okay, after all of that shit with the lake the past couple of days, he needed to laugh over something ridiculous. And you, Riley, have provided just that.

So say hello to Desmond, who's tired and grody and laughing his fool head off on the feed a day late but who the fuck's counting. ]

video; WHO SAID YOU COULD DO WHAT YOU WANT IN MY POST YO?

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[Riley will just be grinning. And teasing him.]

You are so late to the party.

[bythewaves]

I cannot comment on human women, herunya, but the Eldar do not grow hair otherwise from their heads with very rare exceptions.

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So you're pretty hairless statues?

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[cheerleader]

There's not anything wrong with body hair, nope. But if someone wanted to get rid of it, though, there's always a razor. It's what I use on my legs.

[There's a pause, as she laughs.]

Or you could wax, if you really liked making your legs feel like you were being stung repeatedly.

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...Uh. How about no?

[She gives her a look.]

Do you use the razor your pits too? I mean, those girls were hairless.

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[samantha_grey]

Uhhh...

[Don't mind Samantha. There's color in her cheeks and a confused look on her face. She knows the answers to a lot of these questions at least in theory, but she's sort of floored at people asking them quite this way.]

Are... you asking why some humans liked to shave their body hair?

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Apparently. I had no idea that was a thing until I asked today.

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[could_be_dangerous]

Better. Deliberate removal to adhere to outwardly-imposed and enforced cultural norms. Amazing what people will dream up when they're not worried quite so much about dying. You must be Ellie's Riley.
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[text, private - oh hello Sherlock]

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Dumb. Weird. Kind of gross. And yep, that's me.
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[becauseichooseto]

It was a ploy by the razor company to see razors to the female demographic initially, then it sort of went downhill from there. [Way, way, downhill.]

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So glad that went out of style in my time. Of course, it's not like anyone gives a fuck about looking pretty when you're trying to live but same difference, right?

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[5thchild]

Porno?

[ what.

what is happening in this post, he has no idea ]

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You know...porn. Adult content. Sex.

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[gluegun]

You really don't think these kind of questions would be better addressed privately?

( who is letting this child watch pornos. )

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Nope. Way better to address this publicly where people can question what kind of person I am instead.

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[cyan_maid]

[A distraction is exactly what Jane needs, anything to keep from thinking of how she had just, you know, died. Fallen through a seemingly infinite abyss. Seen the world burn. Yeah, hygiene sounds like a good distraction.

Her voice is a little weak, tired, when she responds.]

Usually people shave their bodies - some shave more parts than others. I, I'd hazard a guess that the rest is done in Photoshop.

Erm...where are you from where people don't shave?

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Earth, post Apocalypse.

So, what's photoshop?

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[myownhero]

[Her mouth hangs open for a very, very long time before she decides to roll with it. No end to the weird in sight, and she's already had some reminders that she's someone else's weird in a lot of cases, so there you go. When in Rome, etc etc.]

So the future's a feminist utopia? I like the sounds of that.

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I don't know about utopia since it's closer to being a zombie apocalypse but yeah. No girl I know is hairless.

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[cons]

Ugh, don't even get me started on all that. [ she sounds amused though ]

But okay, why the hell were you looking at porno mags to begin with? Those are literally the worst representation of any culture, or part of history, or- whatever. Anything, ever.

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Curiosity. I was looking through shit back when I was outside the QZ and I found a few. They were actually pretty hilarious.

[You have to look at everything when you don't have any of it basically.]

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[hadbadays]

Meet Photoshop.

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Meet word that makes no sense to me.

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[truegood]

[ Look it's your favourite papa. ]

It is not just women that find they must remove body hair, Riley.

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[Oh hi there, papa.]

Yeah. The guys are equally as creepy with how hairless their are.

[kuramaless]

[Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

Just this face. All over the video for like, 5 seconds.]

Girls don't have hair like that!

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They totally do unless you have hairless girls where you're from.

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[hyakugo]

I see you've already been informed about shaving and waxing. There's also some creams that some women use on their legs that removes hair. They can irritate the skin though, if you're particularly sensitive to certain chemicals.

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Yet another torture device to look pretty then.

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[tipsygnostalgia]

I'm pretty sure girls have covered this already but yeah. All down to those lady magics, a.k.a. shaving or waxing or whatever.

Have you ever been to the spa in Freya they can do it for you, you know. hurts like a bitch the first few times though.

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Actually, a guy was the first one to explain this shit to me.

And nope, never been. And now I think I'll make sure not to. My hair is fine as is.

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[madcuriosity]

[Alice blinks before looking at her own hair and looking at Riley closely. Did she mean a bald woman? Alice has never really seen a bald woman. Although Alice did have hair on her arms? Hmm... how terribly strange! Where else did hair grow?]

I don't think I've seen a hairless woman before. All the women I know have hair on their heads! So you've seen women without any hair on their head or arms?

[And whatever on earth is a "porno?"]

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Nah. I mean hair on their heads and nowhere else. So, nothing from the chin down.

[There. That's a better explanation.]

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[justacough]

[Satine lifts a brow at this rather... blunt what was the term, oh yes, "post" on the "network." She tilted her head and merely listened as the girl went on about those who were hairless before shaking her head.]

My, you are quite the open sort.

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Quite? Nope. I'm completely the open sort.

[Until it comes to super serious feelings. Then fuck that noise.]

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[grimmig]

[ looks like the network's got you covered riley but since this post's done him a solid he can't help but to say hello s o: ]

Creepy when you think about it, isn't it? Fully grown human beings trying to get themselves as close to pre-pubescent as possible to attract their sex of choice.

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Creepy. Weird. Dumb. It's all the same for describing this.

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[inochan]

Do what you gotta do to look your best. That's a universal rule!

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That's a really dumb rule.

[littlesurvivor]

....

[Just. This faaaace. What even are you doing Riley. Why is this such a supposedly serious question and why does it matter regarding hair. Not that it is a big deal for her, just on the cusp of puberty and getting body hair herself.]

What kind of magazines are you reading?

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Whatever I can get my hands on.

[Complete honesty.]

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[dyingisnotdead]

...people shave, you do know that?

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I do now? I didn't before?

Late thanks to a trip but I couldn't not hit this

[pushesgently]

[Oh look, it's someone who looks just like Desmond but isn't Desmond, and he appears caught between amusement and being utterly taken aback.

Also he's actually thinking about Riley's question now.]

I think such a state must be unnatural.

Late replying thanks to life but YAY NOT!DES

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[Oooooookay. That's a Desmond clone. Who doesn't sound much like Des. Or does he?

She's going to just go with no and yeah...]

Hey. You know Desmond?