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Class Scout
|Class icon:
|'Rookie', 'L'il Slugger'
|Boston, MA, USA
|1,76 m
|55,6 kg
|Rapid Recovery
|'Too Much Caffeine'
|Hot Dogs/Red Bull
The Scout is the fastest player class. In order to be agile and flexible he additionally has the ability to double jump which is a feature that is well-known from Unreal Tournament. The double jump not only allows the Scout to jump farther than normal but it also gives him the option to change his jump direction in mid-air.
The high movement speed and the double jump ability make the Scout an enormously fast and nimble class, providing him with a key advantage. With his primary weapon, the Scattergun, the Scout can deal considerable damage, especially to low-range targets. If the going gets tough in a head-to-head brawl the Scout can switch to his Baseball Bat and dole out melee hits in quick succession. The main weakness of the Scout is his low number of health points which make it imperative for this class to constantly stay moving and quickly dodge enemy attacks.
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Back Scatter
- Mini-crits targets when fired at their back and at close range
- 66,000002622604% clip size
- 120,00000476837% less accurate
- No random critical hits
Festive Force-A-Nature
Gold Botkiller Scattergun Mk.II
Silver Botkiller Scattergun Mk.II
Diamond Botkiller Scattergun
Carbonado Botkiller Scattergun
Blood Botkiller Scattergun
Rust Botkiller Scattergun
Gold Botkiller Scattergun
Silver Botkiller Scattergun
Baby Face's Blaster
- On Hit: Builds Boost Run at up to double speed at maximum Boost
- -10% slower movement speed on wearer
- -34% clip size
- Boost reduced on air jumps
Festive Scattergun
Festive weapons are default weapons that are wrapped with Christmas lights.
The color of the lights differ between RED and BLU teams, RED team has red, yellow and green lights whereas BLU has blue, yellow and green lights. These weapons can be obtained by unlocking a Naughty Christmas Crate.
The weapons were added in the Australian Christmas 2011 update.
Soda Popper
- +25% faster reload time
- +50% faster firing speed
- -60% clip size
- No random critical hits
Builds hype as you run. When the hype meter is full, unleash mini-crits!
The Soda Popper is a primary weapon for the Scout. It is a broken Force-A-Nature repaired with several black bands, with slitted barrels and a can of Crit-a-Cola attached underneath.
The weapon offers 25% faster reloading speed and 50% faster firing speed compared to the default Scattergun. However, it restricted to loading two shots at a time, and it is incapable of delivering random critical hits.
In addition, equipping the Soda Popper places a "hype" meter on the HUD, which charges whilst the player is moving with the weapon in use. It takes approximately 5200 Hammer units of distance traveled, either through running or jumping, to fill up the hype meter. When the meter is full, all weapons will automatically deal mini-crits for 8 seconds
- Damage (point blank): 82 - 101
- Damage (medium range): 10 - 39
- Damage (long range): 3 - 10
- Mini-crit damage: 7.29 per pellet
- Critical damage: 16.2 per pellet
- Total shots: 32 + 2 in the weapon
- Knockback on the target and the shooter
- +50% faster firing speed
- +20% bullets per shot
- -10% damage done
- -60% clip size
The Force-A-Nature is one of the three new weapons added with the Scout Update. The weapon becomes available after unlocking 10 Scout Achievements, thus reaching the"Scout Milestone 2".
The weapon is a variation of the Scattergun in terms of design and basic functions, but features a shorter muzzle. It deals about 10% less damage then the Scattergun and has a reduced clip size of 2 shots, but has an increased reload speed. In addition to that, the weapon creates an impact wave at each shot, resulting in enemies being pushed away (as well as the user while in mid-air - also allows triple jumps).
- Damage (point blank): 85 - 105
- Damage (medium range): 10 - 40
- Damage (long range): 3 - 10
- Mini-crit damage: 8.1 per pellet
- Critical damage: 18 per pellet
- Total shots: 36 + 6 in the weapon
The Scattergun is the Scout's primary fire weapon and basically represents an improved shotgun with a second barrel. The Scattergun has max effect at point blank and can kill lighter classes such as Medics and Engineers with one or two shots. Due to shot scattering, this weapon is less effective in long-range use and consequently deals less damage when used in this way.
- Damage (short Distance): 69 - 72
- Damage (medium Distance):: 24 - 48
- Damage (long Distance):: 6 - 12
- Minicrit-Damage: 16 pro Kugel
- Crit-Damage: 24 pro Kugel
- Shots: 4
- Total shots: 36 + 4 in the weapon
- On Hit: Slow target movement by 40% for 0.5s
As a part of the Special Delivery Kit, this four-barreled Pistol will replace your primary Scattergun. Because of its fast reloading ability, this weapon will be a torture to your enemies when it's used by the right person.
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Mutated Milk
Players heal 60% of the damage done to an enemy covered with milk.
Inspired by the TF2 Movie 'Expiration Date'
Flying Guillotine
- Throw at your enemies to make them bleed! Long distance hits cause mini-crits
- 100% critical hit vs stunned players
- No random critical hits
Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol
- +15% max. health on wearer
- Wearer never takes falling damage
- 25 % slower firing speed
- 50% fire damage vulnerability on wearer
- +15% damage done
- -60% clip size
The Winger is a secondary weapon for the Scout. It is a pistol with a radioactivity symbol printed on its grip and a small pair of yellow wings spreading back toward the magazine.
This weapon deals 15% more damage than the default Pistol, but can only load 5 shots at a time.
- Gives mini-crits for 8 seconds
- +25% moving speed
- Takes mini-crits for 8 seconds
The Bonk! Crit-a Cola is the third secondary weapon for the Scout. It is consumed like the Bonk! Atomic Punch and gives the drinker mini-crits for 6 seconds. However, during this effect, the Scout receives mini-crits during his buff.
The drink needs 24 seconds for cooldown.
It is achieved either by random drop or by crafting, e.g. Kritzkrieg+Bonk! Atomich Punch.
The Lugermorph (Max's Pistol) is a secondary weapon for the Scout and the Engineer. It's a reskin of the pistol, and has no unique stats. The weapon was given to players who bought Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse within the first week of its release. It is based off of the titular Max's pistol.
BONK! Energy Drink
- 8 Seconds Invulnerably
The Atomic Punch energy drink is one of the three new weapons added with the Scout Update. The weapon becomes available after unlocking 22 Scout Achievements, thus reaching the "Scout Milestone 3".
When used, the Scout becomes invulnerable for 1.25 seconds. No matter what weapon is used against the Scout, he doesn't take any damage whatsoever. He also doesn't take any damage when falling from high spots, but still dies from drowning since BONK! can't be used underwater. After the effect faded, the Scout will stay in a near-lethargy stasis, forcing him to move about 50% slower then normal for 6 seconds.
While invulnerable, the Scout can neither capture the Intel nor capture a Control Point. He also can't attack any weapon, but can reload them. The camera switches to third person perspective during this time, much like when taunting with a class.
Mad Milk
- Cooldown: 20 seconds
- Effect duration: 6 seconds
- Players heal 60% of the damage done to an enemy covered with milk.
As a part of the Special Delivery Kit, this expired milk replaces you pistol. This throwing object works exactly like Jarate. Enemies which are covered with milk, will give you 60% of their suffered damage back, as healthpoints.
- Damage (point blank): 20 - 22
- Damage (medium range): 10 - 15
- Damage (long range): 8 - 9
- Mini-crit damage: 20
- Critical damage: 45
- Shots: 12
- Total shots: 36 + 12 in the weapon
The Pistol is the Scout's secondary fire weapon. As it does less damage than the Scattergun it should primarily be used for long-range targets as it is very accurate. The Pistol also comes in handy if opponents only have very little health left and only need one or two bullets to be killed.
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Ham Shank
This makeshift classic is a prison staple. Simply take any common, everyday prison item, like a toothbrush or ham, whittle it to a point, and use it to shiv snitches waiting in line at the commissary for a second helping of ham and toothbrushes.
Festive Holy Mackerel
Getting hit by a fish has got to be humiliating.
Freedom Staff
Since America was founded over ten thousand years ago, the noble eagle has been its symbol of freedom. Show people how much you like freedom by clubbing them senseless with a golden eagle on a stick, just like Kofi Annan.
Festive Bat
Festive weapons are default weapons that are wrapped with Christmas lights.
The color of the lights differ between RED and BLU teams, RED team has red, yellow and green lights whereas BLU has blue, yellow and green lights. These weapons can be obtained by unlocking a Naughty Christmas Crate.
The weapons were added in the Australian Christmas 2011 update.
Wrap Assassin
- Alt-Fire: Launches a festive ornament that shatters causing bleed
- 30% damage penalty
These lovely festive ornaments are so beautifully crafted, your enemies are going to want to see them close up. Indulge them by batting those fragile glass bulbs into their eyes at 90 mph.
Unarmed Combat
So nice of the Spy to lend an arm...
- Grants triple jump. The third jump deals 10 damage when used.
- -30% slower firing speed
- -20% damage vs players
The Atomizer is a melee weapon for the Scout. It is an aluminum bat with a black ribbed grip, and the Bonk! logo emblazoned on it surrounded by team-colored stripes.
The Atomizer grants the wielder the ability to triple jump, which deals 10 points of damage to the jumping Scout. In addition, the attack speed of the weapon is slowed by 30%, and damage is reduced by 20%.
Three-Rune Blade
The Three-Rune Blade is a promotional melee weapon for the Scout. It is an ornate silver sword with a curved crossguard, a worn brown hilt and a pommel in the shape of a wolf's head.
The Three-Rune Blade functions the same way as the Boston Basher.
This weapon is awarded to players who preorder The Witcher 2 before May 17, 2011.
Fan O'War
- On hit: one target at a time is marked for death, causing all damage taken to be mini-crits.
- - 90% Damage Done
Winds of Gravel Pit
Scout brings on his fan!
You are marked for death
- crit vs burning player
- -25% damage done
Spiky end goes into other man.
Boston Basher
- On Hit: Bleed for 5 seconds
- On Miss: Hit yourself. Idiot.
Level 25 Bat
Candy Cane
- On Kill: A small health pack is dropped
- 25% explosive damage vulnerability on wearer
Level 25 Bat
- Damage: 32 - 39
- Mini-crit damage: 47
- Critical damage: 105
- Knocks out a mean stun ball
- -15 max health
The Sandman is one of the three new weapons added with the Scout Update. The weapon becomes available after unlocking 16 Scout Achievements, thus reaching the "Scout Milestone 2".
The weapon is used as a real baseball bat, allowing you to throw a baseball that stuns enemies by contact. The longer the ball flies, the longer the stun will last on the enemy. The Scout can only carry one baseball, and after a ball has been thrown, it will take 10 seconds until a new one will be ready for use. Keep in mind that although you can pick up a thrown baseball or visit a resupply cabinet in order to recharge a baseball faster, you can't do so with normal munition boxes and dropped weapons that aren't baseballs. Scouts who uses the Sandman have 15 less health points.
Baseball Bat
- Damage: 32 - 39
- Mini-crit damage: 47
- Critical damage: 105
The Baseball Bat is the ideal short-range weapon for the small and skinny scout. By dishing out 2 hits per second the Scout is able to do quite some damage in melee combat with his little aluminum friend. Even tough classes such as the Heavy and the Demoman can get killed this way if the Scout gets too close
Holy Mackerel
- Damage: 32 - 39
- Minicrit-Damage: 47
- Crit-Damage: 105
As a part of the Special Delivery Kit, this in a newspaper wrapped fish replaces you Baseball Bat. It has no special attributes, but gives you a lot of respect after a "FISH KILL!".
Necro Smasher
Memory Maker
The memories you made as a Saxxy finalist will live on forever in film. Other memories-like that time you fractured some jerk Engineer's skull with an 8mm camera-will live on forever in your heart.
Bat Outta Hell
Conscientious Objector
- This item functions identically to the wielder's default melee weapon.
The Conscientious Objector is a weapon equippable by all classes with the exception of the Engineer and the Spy. It is an uprooted road sign, with a worn sheet of paper bearing the Team Fortress 2 logo nailed onto the front; the image can be replaced with another by using the Decal Tool. The sign itself is ridden with nails, battered, bloodstained, and slightly crooked.
This item functions identically to the wielder's default melee weapon.
Frying Pan
- Damage: 59 - 72
- Minicrit-Damage: 88
- Crit-Damage: 195
People who own L4D2 or bought it (until Thursday, 07/10/2010) can look forward to this new melee weapon. It has no special extras, only a nice hitsound when beating your enemies.
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Runner's Warm-Up
Scout Shako
Hound's Hood
- Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon
Horrific Head of Hare
- Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon
- Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon
Greased Lightning
"I'm the only one on this team not balding! Damn right I'm gonna make my hair look good!"
Brotherhood of Arms
Straight outta 2Fort.
Beastly Bonnet
This ceremonial headdress tells your enemies that you have the heart of a lion, the strength of a bear, the speed of a cheetah, and the rotting head of a cheetah.
Bacteria Blocker
The human face is nature's garbage can. Everything from saliva (make-outs) to grease (engine repair) to clumps of partially chewed beef (eating) to poison (food-tasting for kings) can be found on the average (your) face. Keep it marginally less filthy with the Bacteria Blocker.
Bonk Leadwear
In 1792, Italian physicist Alessandro Volta invented the battery by mixing zinc, ammonium chloride and molten salt together. In 1932, American soft drink magnate Theophilus Bonk added sugar to this mixture and invented Bonk Cola.
Ye Oiled Baker Boy
It's as if this hat fell off the tiny metal head of a dirt-stained urchinbot selling robonewspapers in 1899 Mecha-London, rolled through a time tunnel and into your modern backpack.
Bot Dogger
It's inevitable that robot hot dog hats will someday become the most popular fashion accessory on the planet. And when they do, everyone will claim they liked them "before they were cool." Thanks to the Bot Dogger, only YOU will be able to prove it.
Hanger-On Hood
Protect your civilian identity from those who would harm you for your complicity in nefarious deeds, and those who would punch you in the stomach for dressing up like a moth.
Crafty Hair
If you're ever planning on fighting aliens, this is the hair to have. Aliens are afraid of angular, painstakingly coiffed hair, so the mere sight of you will send them running back to Mars. Or, alternatively, we're completely wrong and you're going to die. Either way, though, you're going to look stylin'.
Robot Running Man
You'd think this robot cap would slow Scout down, but he's actually just as fast! It's all that milk he drinks. You didn't expect this item to be a thinly veiled milk advertisement, did you? We're full of surprises today. Just wait until you try to go to sleep tonight! Ohhh boy!
Void Monk Hair
Channel all the elegance and mystique of an elf with only half the pretention with the Void Monk Hair. Also included with purchase: effeminate good looks. But you already had those, didn't you, you handsome devil.
Fed-Fightin' Fedora
This hat commemorates that time you stuck it on a broom and tricked the Feds into shooting at it for an hour while you scooted off with all that bank money. Goes great with all those bullet wounds in your torso from that time you pulled the same trick on much smarter Feds.
Cross-Comm Express
This full spectrum battle monocle receives signals from a satellite at light speed, which means you may have to slow down a little so they can catch up to you.
Front Runner
The Front Runner is a community-created headwear item for the Scout. It is a white sweatband with a team-colored stripe that pushes Scout's hair upwards.
The item has two different styles, named "Stylin'" and "Indifferent". The former has the Scout's hair spiked upwards, while the latter has his hair matted down.
Big Elfin Deal
You ask me if I wanna be a dentist one more time, pal, I'm gonna kick your teeth in.
Wrap Battler
- This is a special Halloween Item
The Hermes is a headwear item for the Scout. It is a cadet hat with the Scout's logo emblazoned on the front, with team-colored goggles placed above the brim.
Backwards Ballcap
The Backwards Ballcap is a headwear item for the Scout. It is a team-colored baseball cap, worn in a backwards fashion.
This hat comes with two styles; the first one shows the hat along with the Scout's default headset, the second only shows the hat.
Hot Dogger
The Hot Dogger is a community-created headwear item for the Scout. It is a small white hat with a team-colored trim, topped with a replica of a hot dog.
El Jefe
The El Jefe is a promotional piece of headwear for the Scout. It is a black beret with team-colored trim and long brown hair, in the likeness of iconic revolutionary Che Guevara.
It was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-purchased Tropico 4 on Steam before September 1st, 2011.
Bonk Boy
Bonk Boy is a headwear item for the Scout, released with the Über Update. It is a team-colored latex mask, with stylized wing attachments on the sides.
Hero's Tail
The Hero's Tail is a promotional headwear item for the Scout. It appears as Geralt of Rivia's gray ponytail hairstyle with hanging sideburns. The ponytail swings while the Scout is in motion.
The Hero's Tail is awarded to players who preorder The Witcher 2 before May 17, 2011.
The Superfan is a promotional headwear item for the Scout. It is a green and white baseball cap identical to the one worn by Bullseye, the Monday Night Combat mascot.
This hat was awarded to those who purchased Monday Night Combat on Steam before February 1, 2011.
Flipped Trilby
The Flipped Trilby is a community-created headwear item for the Scout. It is a team-colored trilby hat with a black band worn backwards, the back end of the rim folded down in a uniform ring, and the creases on the crown smoothed out.
This hat was originally created in the Fancy vs. Nasty Update and since has been officially added to the game.
Bombing Run
The Bombing Run is a community-created headwear item for the Scout. It is a leather aviator hat with a team color-tinged crown, team-colored domes on each side and a thin leather chinstrap.
Whoopee cap
The Whoopee Cap is a community-created headwear item for the Scout class. It appears as a team-colored, crown-like cap adorned with various logos in the form of badges.
Badges for the Badland Brawlers, both Bonk! Atomic Punch Blutonium Berry and Punch Cherry Fission, the Scout class, BLU Streak beer, Mann Co., both the RED and BLU team, XXX Cider, and a miniature of the opponent team's Dispenser can be found encircling the hat.
Troublemaker's tossle cap
The Troublemaker's Tossle Cap is a community-created headwear item for the Scout. It is a slightly baggy, team-colored winter cap or beanie.
Baseball Bill's Sports Shine
Ye olde baker boy
Bonk helm
Batter's helmet
- For complete kit:
- +25 max health
The Milkman is part of the Special Delivery kit and transforms you into an errand boy, who's feared by anyone on the server.
Wilson Weave
Hear ye, hear ye! Re-enact famous moments in barber history with this tricorn hat of hair!
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Mountebank's Masque
Winter 2014 Limited Community Cosmetic
Courtier's Collar
Winter 2014 Limited Community Cosmetic
Harlequin's Hooves
Winter 2014 Limited Community Cosmetic
Winter 2014 Limited Community Cosmetic
Nugget Noggin
Fowl Fists
Talon Trotters
Head Hunter
Claws And Infect
Crazy Legs
Thirst Blood
Xeno Suit
Alien Cranium
Biomech Backpack
Pomade Prince
Argyle Ace
Paisley Pro
Red Socks
Southie Shinobi
Frickin' Sweet Ninja Hood
Ticket Boy
Little Drummer Mann
Sack Fulla Smissmas
Granted by crafting the Steam Holiday Sale 2013 badge.
Terrier Trousers
- Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon
Sprinting Cephalopod
- Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon
Faun Feet
- Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon
Face Plante
- Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon
Bigg Mann on Campus
"I should put a big red A on this thing for 'ALL SPORTS', cause that's my specialty."
Cool Cat Cardigan
"Boom! Now I'm in the fifties! I look good in ANY decade!"
Caffeine Cooler
"Each canna Bonk's got four thousand percent of the daily caffeine a body needs, so you KNOW it's good for ya. And I drink 'em by the case, so I'm extra healthy."
Half-Pipe Hurdler
"My moves are SICK, brother. Ask your girlfriend, cause she's been watchin'. Don't blame her, she's only human."
Delinquent's Down Vest
"Boom! Look how puffy this vest is, dummy! I sent the last one back. Not. Puffy. Enough."
Breakneck Baggies
Combining the comfort of pajamas with the genital-concealing subterfuge of pants, these aerodynamic trackies will let your enemies know you're a man of mystery who probably got a good night's sleep.
Cheet Sheet
This cheetah-print skirt intimidates on the battlefield while allowing for freedom of movement. Let's be honest, it doesn't do a bad job of showing off those man-curves either.
Bolt Boy
That item was originally a make-believe superhero accessory tie-in to an imaginary soft drink enjoyed by a fictional character. Now it's also made of metal. There are so many layers of abstraction going on here even we don't know what to make of it.
Long Fall Loafers
These curved titanium shock-absorbers connect to the base of your spine and run down the inside of both legs. Now when you fall from a great height, the agony of impact will be absorbed, then conveniently redistributed to your whole pain-wracked body.
Tomb Wrapper
These coarsely woven bandages were stolen from a mummy being prepped for surgery in an ancient Egyptian pyramid hospital. They're filthy! But priceless.
Digit Divulger
Keep your hands warm and your fingers freezing with these paintable leather and suede fingerless gloves.
Flight of the Monarch
Unlike real wings, these don't help you fly at all, or have Paul McCartney in them. However, these wings ARE 100% made from Steve Winwood.
This matching henchman's boots, belt and pocket combo lets you run away from things, keep your pants up and carry what's left of your dignity at the same time.
Voodoo-Cursed Scout Soul
Spooky Sleeves
Get these now, before Glenn Danzig finds out about them and buys them all! Seriously, you can have a world where these spooky sleeves are in stock, or a world where Glenn Danzig exists, but not both! Hurry! He's googling "spooky sleeves" RIGHT NOW!
Spooky Shoes
From Hell! Size 666! Outside of Hell, that's a 5 1/2. Men's! Experience the agonizing terror of tiny man feet!.
Track Terrorizer
For a brief stint in high school, Scout joined the track team in one of his many schemes to pick up girls. He was kicked off the team after three days when everyone realized he was 23-years-old and also not enrolled in the school.
Dillinger's Duffel
This duffel comes with leather straps so all your money doesn't fall out. The leather straps also don't tighten all the way, so some money WILL fall out, and ladies will know how rich you are. (Answer: Very. Also handsome.)
Fast Learner
Read a book - or at least look like you can - with this vintage educational ensemble. Be the B.M.O.C. (Big Mouth on Campus) of your own make-believe Ivy League!
Boston Boom-Bringer
- On taunt: Plays music
Walkin' down the street to the hardcore beat while his Mann Co. boom vibrates the concrete.
Bootie Time
- Jingle all the way
You dasher! You dancer! You prancer! You VIXEN! Pull Santas sleigh all by yourself, you sexy little man.
- This is a special Halloween Item
- This is a special Halloween Item
Stereoscopic Shades
The Stereoscopic Shades are a miscellaneous item for the Scout. They are a pair of anaglyph 3D glasses with team-colored lenses. The right lens will turn cyan if on the RED team, with the left lens turning red. The right lens will turn purple if on the BLU team, with the left lens turning blue.
Ball-Kicking Boots
The Ball-Kicking Boots are a promotional miscellaneous item for the Scout. They appear as a pair of team-colored football socks and shoes. This item is awarded in Genuine quality for anyone who pre-ordered Football Manager 2012 before October, 2011.
When a player spawns with the Ball-Kicking Boots equipped, a small, team-colored soccer ball with the classes' emblems on it will spawn underneath them. This ball can be knocked around the map with melee weapons and projectiles, similar to the Birthday mode beachball.
When equipped, the Scout's footstep noise is changed to a cleat running sound.
Lucky No. 42
This misc item replaces the Scout's default backpack. It appears as a rolled up beach towel with a team-colored parasol tucked stuck to the side of it via a grey strap. As with all other summer items, this item is available through Purchase until July 11, 2011.
The Flip-Flops are a Valve-made miscellaneous item for the Scout. They are only available through Purchase, as with other Summer Items, until July 11, 2011. This misc item removes the Scout's usual set of shoes and socks in favor of a pair of yellow Flip-Flops.
Planeswalker Goggles
The Planeswalker Goggles are a miscellaneous item item for the Scout. It is a pair of team color-tinted goggles with lighter colored flame designs, a grey frame, a black strap and orange-yellow rims. The goggles resemble the ones worn by Chandra Nalaar, a planeswalker character from the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.
The Planeswalker Goggles were distributed to players who preordered Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 on Steam before June 15, 2011.
Sign of the Wolf's School
The Sign of the Wolf's School is a promotional miscellaneous item for the Scout. It is a medallion in the shape of a wolf's head with fierce glowing eyes that replaces the Scout's dogtags.
The Sign of the Wolf's School is awarded to players who preorder The Witcher 2 before May 17, 2011.
Essential Accessories
MNC Mascot Outfit
Macho Mann
Sometimes it really does take a village, people.
Baphomet Trotters
Buck Turner All-Stars
Named after the famous Badlands sprinter who set a land speed record for sleeping with other men's wives. Turner designed the shoes to escape angry mobs of husbands, but sadly could not outrun diabetes. Both his feet were later amputated.
Champ Stamp
Show Chinese organized crime gangs who's boss by wearing their cool tattoos without actually participating in any of their totally illegal criminal conspiracies! Note: DO NOT actually show your new tattoo to ANYONE in a Chinese organized crime gang.
Triad Trinket
Clothes make the man, and jewelry makes the man look ridiculous if not worn correctly. This understated gold chain strikes a perfect balance that says, "Yes, I'm wearing a necklace, but I left the tiara at home."
Teufort Tooth Kicker
The Teufort Tooth Kicker is a community-made miscellaneous item for the Scout, Sniper, Soldier, and Demoman. It is a pair of leather 'cowboy' boots with metal capped toes, fringed tops, and a design on the throat.
The Teufort Tooth Kicker was contributed to the game via the Steam Workshop, under the name "Malacissant Moccasins".


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The Swedish slave trade mainly occurred in the early history of Sweden when the trade of thralls (Old Norse: þræll) was one of the pillars of the Norse economy. During the raids, the Vikings often captured and enslaved militarily weaker peoples they encountered, but took the most slaves in raids of the British Isles, Ireland and Slavs in Eastern Europe. This practice lasted in the 6th through 11th centuries until formally abolished in 1335. A smaller trade of African slaves happened during the 17th and 18th centuries[1], around the time Swedish overseas colonies were established in North America (1638) and in Africa (1650). It remained legal until 1813.
The thralls from Western Europe were mainly Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Celts. Many Irish slaves were used in expeditions for the colonization of Iceland.[2] The Norse also took Baltic, Slavic and Latin slaves. The Vikings kept some slaves as servants and sold most captives in the Byzantine or Islamic markets.[citation needed] The slave trade was one of the pillars of the Norse economy during the 6th through 11th centuries.[citation needed] The Persian traveler Ibn Rustah described how Swedish Vikings, the Varangians or Rus, terrorized and enslaved the Slavs taken in their raids along the Volga River.
Thralldom was outlawed in 1335 by Magnus IV of Sweden for thralls "born by Christian parents" in Västergötland and Värend, being the last parts where it had remained legal.[3] This however, was only applicable within the borders of Sweden, which opened up for later slave trade in the colonies.
Sweden had treaties with England[4][5] and France[6] concerning slave trade, with Swedish vessels involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Between 1784 and 1878, the country held minor colonies in the Caribbean. The Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy functioned as a duty-free port and became a major center for the Caribbean slave trade. Slaves were brought in tax free by foreign vessels and the Swedish king made a profit by collecting an export tax when slaves were shipped out. Sweden was also a major supplier of iron chains used in the slave trade.[7]
In 1847, slavery was abolished in all parts of Sweden, including the colonies, on the basis of a decision taken in 1846.[8] Slavery was ruled in Saint-Barthélemy under the Ordinance concerning the Police of Slaves and free Coloured People[9] dated 30 July 1787, original[10] in French dated 30 June 1787. The last legally owned slaves in the Swedish colony of Saint-Barthélemy were bought free by the state on October 9, 1847.[11]
Trading Stations in Africa[edit]
In 1650, Sweden established trading stations along the West African coast, with bases in an area called the Swedish Gold Coast which was later a part of the West African Gold Coast, and which is today part of Ghana. Sweden and Denmark were competing for positions as regional powers during this period, and the Danes followed the Swedes to Africa, setting up stations a couple of years later. In 1663, the Swedish Gold Coast was taken over by the Danish colonial power and became part of the Danish Gold Coast. There is no historical documentation that shows that slaves were ever traded in the trading stations during their 13-year Swedish possession, rather it is assumed to be the case.
Swedish trading stations reappeared in the 18th century, when Sweden established a colonial presence in the Caribbean.
Slave trade under King Gustav III[edit]
In 1771, Gustav III became the King of Sweden. He wanted Sweden to re-establish itself as a European "Great Power". Overseas colonies were a symbol of power and prestige at that time, so he decided to acquire colonies for Sweden. Denmark received large revenues from its colonies in the West Indies, so in 1784, Gustav acquired the West Indian island of Saint-Barthélemy from France.
On August 23, 1784, the king informed the Privy Council that Sweden now owned an island in the West Indies. This apparently came as a surprise for many of the Councilors. The first report concerning the island came from Simon Bérard, Swedish consul-general in L'Orient, the only town. He reported that:
- It (Saint-Barthélemy) is a very insignificant island, without strategic position. It is very poor and dry, with a very small population. Only salt and cotton is produced there. A large part of the island is made up of sterile rocks. The island has no sweet water; all the wells on the island give only brackish water. Water has to be imported from neighbouring islands. There are no roads anywhere.
According to Bérard, there was no possibility of agriculture because of the poor soil. The island's one desirable feature was a good harbor.
Bérard recommended that the island be made a free port. At that time, France had trouble providing sufficient slaves to its colonies in the area. Sweden could try to export a certain number of slaves to the French colonies in the area each year.
If Saint-Barthélemy was a success, Sweden could later expand its colonial empire to more islands in the area. Gustav also knew that the leading slave trading nations in Europe made large amounts of money from it.
In the autumn of 1786, the Swedish West India Company was established on the island. Gustav told investors that they could expect big profits in the future. Anyone who could afford it was allowed to buy shares, but Gustav kept 10 percent of the shares for himself, which made him the largest shareholder. The king received one quarter of all profits of the Company and the other shareholders three quarters, even though the king owned only 10 percent of the Company.
On October 31 of the same year, a privilege letter was made for the West India Company. The Company was granted the right to trade slaves between Africa and the West Indies. Paragraph 14 in the letter states: "The Company is free to operate slave trade in Angola and the African coast, where such is permitted."
On March 12, 1790, a new custom tax and constitution were introduced to the island. Both were designed to make Saint-Barthélemy into a haven for slave traders. The new laws gave astonishing opportunities for traders from all over the world.
There was no duty on slaves imported from Africa to Saint-Barthélemy: Free import of slaves and trade with black slaves or so called new Negroes from Africa is granted to all nations without having to pay any charge at the unload.
People from all over the Caribbean came to buy slaves. The government charged a small export duty on slaves sold from Saint-Barthélemy to other colonies. This duty was halved for slaves imported from Africa on Swedish ships, generating increased profits for the West India Company and other Swedish traders.
The new constitution stated: Freedom for all on Saint Bartholomew living and arriving to arm and send out ships and shipments to Africa to buy slaves on the places thus is permitted for all nations. That way a new branch for the Swedish trade in Africa and the Coast of Guinea should arise.
In 1813, Sweden was awarded control of Guadeloupe, a nearby French colony temporarily under British occupation. In 1814, though, with the fall of Napoleon, Sweden gave the island back to France.
In 1788, the British Committee for the Abolition of Slavery sent a Swedish opponent of the slave trade, Anders Sparrman, to Gustav III. The committee feared that other nations would expand their trade if Britain stopped its own. They sent books about the issue and a letter, in which the king was encouraged to hinder his subjects to participate in this disgraceful trade. In the response letter, delivered through Sparrman, he wrote that no one in the country had participated in the slave trade and that he would do all that he could to keep them from doing so.
During the early 19th century, movements against slavery became stronger, especially in Britain. Slave trade was outlawed in Britain in 1807, and in the United States in 1808, after which other countries started to follow suit. Sweden made the slave trade illegal in 1813, but allowed slavery until October 9, 1847.
During the 19th century, the British Admiralty patrolled the African coast to catch illegal slave traders.[12] The Swedish vessel Diana was intercepted by the British authorities close to the coast of Africa while engaged in carrying slaves from Africa to Saint Bartholomew during this period. The case was taken to court in order to test if the slave trade could be considered contrary to the general law of nations. However, the vessel was returned to the Swedish owners on the ground that Sweden had not prohibited the trade and tolerated it in practice.[13]
Once the slave trade became a hot issue, the Swedish government abandoned the slave trade in the Caribbean, but did not initially outlaw slavery. The West Indian colonies became financial burdens. The island of Guadeloupe was returned to France in 1814, in return for a compensation in the sum of 24 million francs. A Guadeloupe Fund was established in Sweden for the benefit of the Swedish Crown Prince and Regent Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, a French national and former Marshal of France under Napoleon I. He and his heirs were paid 300,000 riksdaler per year up until 1983 in compensation for their loss of prestige in France when Sweden joined Britain against France in the Napoleonic War. In Saint Bartholomew, the Swedish government bought the remaining slaves to give them freedom. According to Herman Lindqvist in Aftonbladet (8 October 2006), 523 slaves were bought free for 80 riksdaler per slave.
Exactly how many slaves were brought to the New World on Swedish ships is yet impossible to know, since most of the archives documents have not been investigated seriously in that respect, and many of them are by now not accessible because of their bad preservation and non microfilming.[14] Nevertheless, some data, mostly concerning the former Swedish island Saint-Barthélemy, is now available online.[15]
Further reading[edit]
- Göran Skytte Det kungliga svenska slaveriet (The Royal Swedish Slave Trade) ISBN 91-7684-096-4 Stockholm : Askelin & Hägglund, 1986 157 pp.(Swedish)
- Jan-Öjvind Swahn, Ola Jennersten Swahn, Saint-Barthélemy: Sveriges sista koloni (Saint-Barthélemy : Sweden's Last Colony) ISBN 91-7024-178-3 Höganäs : Wiken, 1985 155 pp. (Swedish)
- Per Tingbrand Vem var vem på Saint-Barthélemy under den svenska tiden? (Who was who in Saint-Barthélemy During the Swedish Epoch?) S:t Barthélemy-sällskapet (pub) (The St. Barthélemy Society (pub). (Swedish)
See also[edit]
- ^ Harrison, Dick (2007). Slaveri - en världshistoria om ofrihet: 1500-1800. Historiska media. (In Swedish).
- ^ See Iceland History
- ^ Träldom. Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 30. Tromsdalstind - Urakami /159-160, 1920. (In Swedish).
- ^ Traité d'Alliance Entre Sa Majesté Le Roi de Suède et Sa Majesté Le Roi du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et de l'Irlande (1813). [Source: 'Mémoire St Barth', Saint-Barthélemy. URL : http://www.memoirestbarth.com/st-barts/traite-negriere/archives-legislation]. (in french)
- ^ Traité, Pour la répression de la Traite des Noirs, entre Sa Majesté le Roi de Suède et de Norvège d'une part, et Sa Majesté le Roi du Royaume uni de la Grande Bretagne et de l'Irlande de l'autre (1824). [Source: 'Mémoire St Barth', Saint-Barthélemy. URL : http://www.memoirestbarth.com/st-barts/traite-negriere/archives-legislation]. (in french)
- ^ Traité pour la répression de la Traite des Noirs entre Sa Majesté le Roi de Suède et de Norvège et Sa Majesté le Roi des Français (1836). [Source: 'Mémoire St Barth', Saint-Barthélemy. URL : http://www.memoirestbarth.com/st-barts/traite-negriere/archives-legislation]. (in french)
- ^ Integrations- och jämställdhetsdepartementet. Dir.2007:114, Kommittédirektiv: Tilläggsdirektiv till Delegationen för mänskliga rättigheter i Sverige (Ju 2006:02), s. 2. In Swedish.
- ^ Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes. An Inquiry Into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America To which is Prefixed An Historical Sketch of Slavery, 1858. Page cxcii.
- ^ Ordinance concerning the Police of Slaves and free Coloured People (Swedish «Black Code»). Source: 'Comité de Liaison et d'Application des Sources Historiques', Saint-Barthélemy.
- ^ Le « Code Noir » suédois de Saint-Barthélemy. Source: 'Comité de Liaison et d'Application des Sources Historiques', Saint-Barthélemy.
- ^ L'abolition de l'esclavage à Saint-Barthélemy : jusqu'au 9 octobre 1847. Source: 'Comité de Liaison et d'Application des Sources Historiques', Saint-Barthélemy. (In French).
- ^ Phillips, Mike. Slavery: Catalogue reference (PRO) FO 84/1310. Migration Histories: Caribbean. Origins. Moving Here, United Kingdom. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
- ^ Kent, James (1987). Commentaries on American Law. 4 vols. New York, 1826-30. Online at The Founders' Constitution, Volume 3, Article 1, Section 9, Clause 1, Document 26. The University of Chicago Press, 1987. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
- ^ Mémoire St Barth : La longue agonie des archives suédoises de Saint-Barthélemy (In French)
- ^ Mémoire St Barth : "Répertoire" des expéditions négrières Saint-Barthélemy (Suède)
External links[edit]
- Mémoire St Barth | History of St Barthélemy (archives & history of slavery, slave trade and their abolition)[permanent dead link], Comité de Liaison et d'Application des Sources Historiques.
- McAlinden, Tom (2007). Sweden's slave trade. Network Europe, Radio Broadcast, 30 March 2007.

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On the day that Barbaro gets another good report card from his vet, we check in with the Barbaro Message Board to find that, well, things are getting just plain weird. And when you're talking about the Barbaro Message Board, that's saying something.
• Whoa B! Aside from being soooo photogenic, you actually LOOK right into the camera, at the person taking your photo. Yup. In almost all your photos. The other horses do not! It is that something inside you that knows. WOW! XO Ronnie Veronica; Tewksbury, MA.
• Barbaro, You are a true fighter. Hang in there. Don't let anyone take anything from you. People took away my carrots once. And by carrots I mean votes. Rory F., 32; Vancouver, Canada.
• So long as you continue your brave fight, this nation can rest assured that the terrorists didn't win. God Bless Barbaro, and God Bless the United States of America! Crusader; OK, USA.
But this one has to be our favorite.
• How ya HOOFING? I sent a message this a.m. but don't see it. I just want to say my prayers are with you and all involved with your care. Get well. Warm weather is coming. JAN; SOUTHINGTON, CT.
It may just be the new catch phrase of the decade. "Hey, Sean Salisbury, How ya Hoofing? Heard you talking about the Colts." "Why, if it isn't Pope Benedict XVI! How ya Hoofing, Most Holy Father?" "And Jesus said unto him, 'How ya Hoofing?' And the man replied unto Jesus that he was hoofing as well as could be expected."
Vet Has Optimistic Words On Barbaro [MSNBC]
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Armored Core V, the latest mecha title from Demon's Souls studio From Software, looks fantastic. Fans can't wait to play it, but they're going to have to. The game's release date is no longer October 20.
Instead, Armored Core V is slated for release on January 1, 2012 in Japan. The reason for the delay is that Form Software hoped to incorporate things it learned from the beta into the final version.
The game's PlayStation 3 beta, which was knocked back because of the PSN hack, concluded in July.
A bug, however, was discovered in the Xbox 360 beta test, something From Software is investigating.
ACV is more tactical than previous AC games, and features a new spin on online mecha play. Besides Armored Core V, From Software is working on the eagerly awaited Dark Souls, a spiritual sequel to Demon's Souls.
Have a gander at Armored Core V's eye popping mechas and cutscenes in this clip.
4Gamer.net - フロム・ソフトウェア,「ARMORED CORE V」の発売日を2012年1月に延期(ARMORED CORE V) [4Gamer]
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Let's head west! We'll visit some majestic redwood forests, cavernous valleys, beautiful bays and some of the nation most famous national parks.
Season 1
S01:E01 - Chill in the Florida Keys, Art in St. Louis, Adventure on the Colorado River
We go to where it's always summer: the Florida Keys. Then, Meet Me in St Louis. From the gateway to the West, to the architect of the West.
S01:E02 - Alaskan Adventure
From the country's highest mountain, to the Arctic Circle in everlasting daylight. We're headed to the last frontier, from dog sleds to the gold rush.
S01:E03 - Michigan Road Trip
From the hard working streets of Detroit, to the rolling farmlands down south, we exploring one of the most versatile states in the country.
S01:E04 - New England Road Trip
We cruise through the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, see the worst weather in the world, ski the Appalachians and go lobstering.
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We trek through the red sandstone of the Big 5 National Parks, mountain bike the nation's best trails, and see some of the best backcountry skiers.
S01:E06 - Oregon Road Trip
We tour Portland, head down the coast for sand boarding in Florence, and over into the Willamette National Forest for lava rock hiking.
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We tour Denver, tackle best skiing in the country at Breckenridge, Vail, Crested Butte, and Telluride, and stick around for mountain biking heaven.
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After watching an historical gunfight at the OK Corral, we drive through the desert for fun in Tucson, and then experience Sedona and Flagstaff.
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We drive around beautiful SoCal, where we mingle with the stars of Hollywood, tour Hearst Castle, catch a wave with the local surfers in San Diego.
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As we visit iconic cities like Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. Then experience nearby art towns inspired by their surrounding natural beauty.
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Please excuse my recent absence as I have been battling a seemingly never-ending virus. That said, I couldn't let the year end without posting one more time, so here is a recap of the more notable/infamous/popular happenings here at WTF Pinterest this year. Click the images to go to the original posts.
The Pinterest interface is still undergoing repair, but through other analytic tools I know that over 20,000 (Updated November 2013 – now pinned over 57,000 times) of you re-pinned the following pin. That popularity leads me to believe there are a lot of young women out there needing an intervention; and the popularity of the pin just below it further proves my theory. Come on, girls! Wise up in 2013! (See the rest of our Words of Wisdom series here).
The following pin is notable because it got me kicked out of continuing to earn Google AdSense revenue (and it was repinned about 5,000 times so, obviously, I'm not the only one who read that book and thought, "What the fuck?"). I am not complaining…I knew Google's rules, and they did give me the option to remove the post in order to keep Google Ads running, but I declined – I can't be censored for ad dollars, thank you very much.
I admit there were numerous other violations on my site that got me kicked out of Google's ad program. For instance:
I just love Willie Nelson, don't you? I bet neither of us love him as much as this person does.
And get a load of this shit…
My use of the word "vagina" was deemed "not in compliance" and, considering other supposedly offensive uses of the word VAGINA this year, that isn't at all surprising. Speaking of the holiest of holies, have you seen my Things That Are Not Vaginas board, and its counterpart, the Things That Are Not Penises board?
And who could forget that delicious treat, the Old Naggy Vagina?
This still makes me laugh.
This was the post that garnered me the most hate-mail. I captioned it: Conservative abortion propaganda meets DIY.
This post was a close second in the hate-mail department. I captioned it, "No, Tommy, no! That's the third puppy you shot this week! Aim for the ducks, like daddy showed you…the DUCKS!"
Pinterest rolled out private boards this year but it was too late because this pin was (and all of these pins were) already public. Just in case you were wondering, that's menstrual blood.
This year Pinterest also gave Pinners the option of deleting or reporting comments they found offensive or annoying on their pins. I'm surprised more people don't take advantage of this feature since pretty much anything can cause strife on Pinterest. Did you see the these ridiculous dramas? (Click image to go to original post.)
And we can't forget those super-popular pins that are shared tens of thousands of times but are mis-captioned or misinterpreted:
As I said in the original post, this pin is all over Pinterest with the instructions, "Lay a mirror down, take a hammer to it, pour polyurethane over. Amazing bathroom floor!" Most dangerous instructions to follow since Jim Jones said, "Here, drink this."
No, your Mountain Dew will not glow in the dark.
Sorry, you still need helium to blow up your party balloons.
This "offensive" church sign is not even real.
My Pinterest Drinking Game went viral, which was surprising and awesome despite the emailers accusing me of contributing to alcohol abuse in minors. The "game" was even removed from where it had been shared on the front page of a very popular website (that shall remain nameless) for similar email complaints that website received after posting it. 2012 will be known as the year I, a person who rarely consumes alcohol, was accused of enticing others to get alcohol poisoning by creating a post that is so obviously satire. But that's the Interwebs for ya.
The How To Be A Fashion Blogger series was a lot of fun to compile. Big thanks to all the fashion bloggers I featured, and to those who played along on their own blogs, for their sense of humor and graciousness! I love fashion blogs and it was an honor to share what y'all were up to this year. This is the fabulous Alison of Wardrobe Oxygen in her Halloween costume – she was a fashion blogger, of course!
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Presently, there are a limited number of proven HIV interventions culturally tailored to young men who have sex with men (YMSM). This is alarming because Men who have sex with men comprise 68% of HIV/AIDS diagnoses in men, despite representing a much smaller proportion of the population. In addition, MSM are reporting more sexual risk behavior than in previous years and there is significant concern that HIV infection rates may once again be on the rise after more than a decade of remaining relatively stable.
The Internet is a viable intervention avenue because of it's high percentage of accessibility and usage, especially among young adults. Moreover, it might hold a strong appeal for YMSM, since its anonymity confers a sense of perceived safety against stigma surrounding HIV prevention information.
The purpose of this study is to compare two different versions of an online HIV/STI intervention for YMSM. This study is part of an overall program of research designed to understand and prevent HIV infection among high-risk youth. Participation in this study will help us to determine the usefulness of an tailored and interactive HIV Internet-assisted intervention.
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|Northwestern University
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WE live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.
At home, families sit together, texting and reading e-mail. At work executives text during board meetings. We text (and shop and go on
Over the past 15 years, I've studied technologies of mobile connection and talked to hundreds of people of all ages and circumstances about their plugged-in lives. I've learned that the little devices most of us carry around are so powerful that they change not only what we do, but also who we are.
We've become accustomed to a new way of being "alone together." Technology-enabled, we are able to be with one another, and also elsewhere, connected to wherever we want to be. We want to customize our lives. We want to move in and out of where we are because the thing we value most is control over where we focus our attention. We have gotten used to the idea of being in a tribe of one, loyal to our own party.
Our colleagues want to go to that board meeting but pay attention only to what interests them. To some this seems like a good idea, but we can end up hiding from one another, even as we are constantly connected to one another.Continue reading the main story
A businessman laments that he no longer has colleagues at work. He doesn't stop by to talk; he doesn't call. He says that he doesn't want to interrupt them. He says they're "too busy on their e-mail." But then he pauses and corrects himself. "I'm not telling the truth. I'm the one who doesn't want to be interrupted. I think I should. But I'd rather just do things on my BlackBerry."
A 16-year-old boy who relies on texting for almost everything says almost wistfully, "Someday, someday, but certainly not now, I'd like to learn how to have a conversation."
In today's workplace, young people who have grown up fearing conversation show up on the job wearing earphones. Walking through a college library or the campus of a high-tech start-up, one sees the same thing: we are together, but each of us is in our own bubble, furiously connected to keyboards and tiny touch screens. A senior partner at a
In the silence of connection, people are comforted by being in touch with a lot of people — carefully kept at bay. We can't get enough of one another if we can use technology to keep one another at distances we can control: not too close, not too far, just right. I think of it as a Goldilocks effect.
Texting and e-mail and posting let us present the self we want to be. This means we can edit. And if we wish to, we can delete. Or retouch: the voice, the flesh, the face, the body. Not too much, not too little — just right.
Human relationships are rich; they're messy and demanding. We have learned the habit of cleaning them up with technology. And the move from conversation to connection is part of this. But it's a process in which we shortchange ourselves. Worse, it seems that over time we stop caring, we forget that there is a difference.
We are tempted to think that our little "sips" of online connection add up to a big gulp of real conversation. But they don't. E-mail,
Connecting in sips may work for gathering discrete bits of information or for saying, "I am thinking about you." Or even for saying, "I love you." But connecting in sips doesn't work as well when it comes to understanding and knowing one another. In conversation we tend to one another. (The word itself is kinetic; it's derived from words that mean to move, together.) We can attend to tone and nuance. In conversation, we are called upon to see things from another's point of view.
FACE-TO-FACE conversation unfolds slowly. It teaches patience. When we communicate on our digital devices, we learn different habits. As we ramp up the volume and velocity of online connections, we start to expect faster answers. To get these, we ask one another simpler questions; we dumb down our communications, even on the most important matters. It is as though we have all put ourselves on cable news. Shakespeare might have said, "We are consum'd with that which we were nourish'd by."
And we use conversation with others to learn to converse with ourselves. So our flight from conversation can mean diminished chances to learn skills of self-reflection. These days, social media continually asks us what's "on our mind," but we have little motivation to say something truly self-reflective. Self-reflection in conversation requires trust. It's hard to do anything with 3,000 Facebook friends except connect.
As we get used to being shortchanged on conversation and to getting by with less, we seem almost willing to dispense with people altogether. Serious people muse about the future of computer programs as
During the years I have spent researching people and their relationships with technology, I have often heard the sentiment "No one is listening to me." I believe this feeling helps explain why it is so appealing to have a Facebook page or a Twitter feed — each provides so many automatic listeners. And it helps explain why — against all reason — so many of us are willing to talk to machines that seem to care about us. Researchers around the world are busy inventing sociable robots, designed to be companions to the elderly, to children, to all of us.
One of the most haunting experiences during my research came when I brought one of these robots, designed in the shape of a baby seal, to an
And so many people found this amazing. Like the sophomore who wants advice about dating from artificial intelligence and those who look forward to computer
WE expect more from technology and less from one another and seem increasingly drawn to technologies that provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of relationship. Always-on/always-on-you devices provide three powerful fantasies: that we will always be heard; that we can put our attention wherever we want it to be; and that we never have to be alone. Indeed our new devices have turned being alone into a problem that can be solved.
When people are alone, even for a few moments, they fidget and reach for a device. Here connection works like a symptom, not a cure, and our constant, reflexive impulse to connect shapes a new way of being.
Think of it as "I share, therefore I am." We use technology to define ourselves by sharing our thoughts and feelings as we're having them. We used to think, "I have a feeling; I want to make a call." Now our impulse is, "I want to have a feeling; I need to send a text."
So, in order to feel more, and to feel more like ourselves, we connect. But in our rush to connect, we flee from solitude, our ability to be separate and gather ourselves. Lacking the capacity for solitude, we turn to other people but don't experience them as they are. It is as though we use them, need them as spare parts to support our increasingly fragile selves.
We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true. If we are unable to be alone, we are far more likely to be lonely. If we don't teach our children to be alone, they will know only how to be lonely.
I am a partisan for conversation. To make room for it, I see some first, deliberate steps. At home, we can create sacred spaces: the kitchen, the dining room. We can make our cars "device-free zones." We can demonstrate the value of conversation to our children. And we can do the same thing at work. There we are so busy communicating that we often don't have time to talk to one another about what really matters. Employees asked for casual Fridays; perhaps managers should introduce conversational Thursdays. Most of all, we need to remember — in between texts and e-mails and Facebook posts — to listen to one another, even to the boring bits, because it is often in unedited moments, moments in which we hesitate and stutter and go silent, that we reveal ourselves to one another.
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- Master of International Tourism & Hospitality Management
- Bachelor of Technology and Innovation
- Bachelor of Science & Bachelor of Laws
- Diploma of Higher Education
- Diploma of Higher Education (Business)
- Diploma of Higher Education Majoring in Business Studies
- Diploma of Higher Education Majoring in Engineering and Applied Science
- Diploma of Higher Education Majoring in General Studies
- Diploma of Higher Education Majoring in Health
- Diploma of Higher Education Majoring in Information Technology
- Diploma of Higher Education Majoring in Science
- Diploma of Higher Education, Majoring in Society and Culture