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[–]BellaBlue 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Last night, I went to a Halloween party hosted by a cosplay friend. A voluptuous woman in a frilly Lolita fashion dress came up to a friend and I and introduced herself as "Nathan." "Nathan" decided to pick a verbal argument with the anti-vax bartender. Bartender is choosing discharge over getting the covid vaccine. The friend that drove me to the party is choosing not to get the vaccine...

I'm so disappointed in the prople with whom I associate. Why are cosplayers so nuts? I just want to play dress-up!

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Cosplayers are always wacky, that's their thing, their culture and social circle is unusual.

What are you unhappy and disappointed about? What's so "nuts" that you can't even deal? You've described multiple different scenarios ... what's the actual problem here?

[–]BellaBlue 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

There's a lot of nuance and social politicking in the New England cosplay community. Lately in my area it's become socially-acceptable to tell gay people they're transphobic for being gay, it's problematic to like certain ships, it's problematic if certain ships make you uncomfortable, it's problematic to have ancestry from certain European countries...

"Nathan" asked me if I was going to a convention I do normally attend, but this year my mom & I are going to a Pilgrim Thanksgiving dinner to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing (since we missed last year), we are descended from three Mayflower families. "Nathan" then felt it was appropriate to tell me the Pilgrims were all bad, and their descendants are bad by association.

[–]julesburm1891 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Okay but how pure is Nathan’s bloodline? I’m genuinely curious if she wants to play these stupid games.

That’s really cool that you’re a Mayflower descendant though!