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* Jonah Hill tells a story on the Jimmy Kimmel show of partying with P Diddy in Vegas and being in a crowded elevator with his entourage and Jermaine Dupree. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtw9JjZK7Tc Jonah while drunk decided to make a joke.]
* In mid 2011 Rebecca Watson, known for writing on the popular science blog Skepchick, had one at an atheist conference in Dublin. A man asked her if she'd like to have coffee with her... in his bedroom. It was four in the morning and they'd never met before.
** She made [http://skepchick.org/2011/06/about-mythbusters-robot-eyes-feminism-and-jokes/ a video] about it, and how uncomfortable she felt. Various people suggested that she was overreacting, and she responded to one of these responders (arguably putting her on the spot). When the outcry about ''that'' got [https://web.archive.org/web/20120504035039/http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/07/always_name_names.php attention from] the very widely read blog Pharyngula, the whole thing grew into a fracas dubbed "[[Scandalgate|elevatorgate]]" and "Rebeccapocalypse". Arguments were had over whether or not the moment in question was completely acceptable (given modern norms of flirting), or awkward, or creepy, or outright threatening (given that an elevator is a place lacking opportunity for immediate escape). Things got aggravated when famous atheist [[Richard Dawkins]], in deep [[Sarcasm Mode]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120504035039/http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/07/always_name_names.php#comment-4295492 said]—oppressed muslim women shouldn't complain, western women are asked out in elevators! The shitstorm lasted several months, and raised questions over whether the "new atheist" community would experience a schism (which might be perceived as ironic in the same spirit as the [[Rebellious Rebel]]).
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