Will they show the midnight tent parties?

TarponChaser said:

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94chem said:

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P.H. Dexippus said:

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94chem said:

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I never really liked it, it was expensive, too hot or too muddy, had too many too old women wearing too little, and usually kept me from seeing a decent football game...but the thing that really turned me off was when somebody in a grim reaper costume offered my little girls candy.

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I thought it was mostly wholesome fun as a kid in the mid to late 80s. I went back sometime around 2008 and it had turned into a gross cross between people of Walmart and game of thrones. Pass.

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That's basically what I was saying.

I just got the sense that a lot of people there were hiding behind the costumes because RenFest gave them a way to normalize their pedo urges or whatever else needed to stay in the darkness.

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Maybe I'm naive but I don't think it goes that dark but I do think that if you're a grown-ass person who is so invested in playing dress-up then there's something wrong in between your ears. This goes for Ren Fest, cosplay/comicon-types, obviously furries, and even the more usually harmless Harry Potter/Star Wars/Trekkie types. I can understand the appeal of escapism but to be so immersed in it is just sad and likely an indication of something lacking elsewhere in your life.

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Agree

The Cosplay/RenFest weirdo section.

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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TarponChaser said:

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94chem said:

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P.H. Dexippus said:

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94chem said:

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I never really liked it, it was expensive, too hot or too muddy, had too many too old women wearing too little, and usually kept me from seeing a decent football game...but the thing that really turned me off was when somebody in a grim reaper costume offered my little girls candy.

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I thought it was mostly wholesome fun as a kid in the mid to late 80s. I went back sometime around 2008 and it had turned into a gross cross between people of Walmart and game of thrones. Pass.

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That's basically what I was saying.

I just got the sense that a lot of people there were hiding behind the costumes because RenFest gave them a way to normalize their pedo urges or whatever else needed to stay in the darkness.

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Maybe I'm naive but I don't think it goes that dark but I do think that if you're a grown-ass person who is so invested in playing dress-up then there's something wrong in between your ears. This goes for Ren Fest, cosplay/comicon-types, obviously furries, and even the more usually harmless Harry Potter/Star Wars/Trekkie types. I can understand the appeal of escapism but to be so immersed in it is just sad and likely an indication of something lacking elsewhere in your life.

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Where do Disneyworld people with no kids fit into this lexicon?

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Oh, they're definitely in there for sure. I'd generally put them in the more harmless Harry Potter/Star Wars/Trekkie types though. Those are definitely closer to normal.

In ranking them in levels of mental problems I'd go:
1) furries
2) Ren Fest obsessives
3) cosplay/comicon/LARPers
4) Harry Potter freaks (largely because of how they've gone completely off the rails over JK Rowling's criticism of the trans impact on women)
5) Star Wars/Trekkies- I think this was closer to mainstream due to the very real cultural phenomenon when Star Trek debuted in the 1960s amidst the race to the moon with the commies then Star Wars in the 1970s.
6) Disney World with no kids- these folks generally seem harmless but are in a state of perpetual adolescence (something I can relate to but in a different manner) who use Disney to harken back to the innocence of childhood.

OnlyForNow said:

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It was nerd/freakshow watching in the early 2000 while I was in HS in Montgomery.

Now it's a legit find the normies, challenge if you go, chicks with buttplug tails is the 100% norm.

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Yep, that was when it was pretty fun to go once a year and drink and eat a bunch. I took my oldest back then and the shows, axe throwing, cool shops and jousting were fun for him. There was definitely a goth section that you could avoid and only a few chainmail exhibitionists among the regular festival folks. Can't imagine what it is now when the goths and chain mail people would be considered prudes. Shame.

TarponChaser said:

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94chem said:

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P.H. Dexippus said:

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94chem said:

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I never really liked it, it was expensive, too hot or too muddy, had too many too old women wearing too little, and usually kept me from seeing a decent football game...but the thing that really turned me off was when somebody in a grim reaper costume offered my little girls candy.

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I thought it was mostly wholesome fun as a kid in the mid to late 80s. I went back sometime around 2008 and it had turned into a gross cross between people of Walmart and game of thrones. Pass.

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That's basically what I was saying.

I just got the sense that a lot of people there were hiding behind the costumes because RenFest gave them a way to normalize their pedo urges or whatever else needed to stay in the darkness.

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Maybe I'm naive but I don't think it goes that dark but I do think that if you're a grown-ass person who is so invested in playing dress-up then there's something wrong in between your ears. This goes for Ren Fest, cosplay/comicon-types, obviously furries, and even the more usually harmless Harry Potter/Star Wars/Trekkie types. I can understand the appeal of escapism but to be so immersed in it is just sad and likely an indication of something lacking elsewhere in your life.

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Anything taken too far to the point of "obsessive" is an indication of something lacking elsewhere in your life.

If a bunch of weirdos want to play dress up out in the woods and they aren't hurting anybody, its all good.

It's a lot more prevalent with the younger adults today. I think the comicon/renfest dress up type stuff is weird as hell, but I had any semblance of thinking dressing up was fun bullied out of me in grade school in the 80s/90s. It makes sense that if bullying for that sort of stuff goes down, there are going to be a lot more people that do it into adulthood.

I've met more and more young adults with good jobs, normal families, into sports and other normal stuff and have lots of friends yet they still go out and dress up as star wars or comic book characters for comicon or renfest. It was a shock to me to see how the rest of their lives were so normal.

TarponChaser said:

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Milwaukees Best Light said:

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TarponChaser said:

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94chem said:

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P.H. Dexippus said:

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94chem said:

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I never really liked it, it was expensive, too hot or too muddy, had too many too old women wearing too little, and usually kept me from seeing a decent football game...but the thing that really turned me off was when somebody in a grim reaper costume offered my little girls candy.

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I thought it was mostly wholesome fun as a kid in the mid to late 80s. I went back sometime around 2008 and it had turned into a gross cross between people of Walmart and game of thrones. Pass.

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That's basically what I was saying.

I just got the sense that a lot of people there were hiding behind the costumes because RenFest gave them a way to normalize their pedo urges or whatever else needed to stay in the darkness.

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Maybe I'm naive but I don't think it goes that dark but I do think that if you're a grown-ass person who is so invested in playing dress-up then there's something wrong in between your ears. This goes for Ren Fest, cosplay/comicon-types, obviously furries, and even the more usually harmless Harry Potter/Star Wars/Trekkie types. I can understand the appeal of escapism but to be so immersed in it is just sad and likely an indication of something lacking elsewhere in your life.

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Where do Disneyworld people with no kids fit into this lexicon?

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Oh, they're definitely in there for sure. I'd generally put them in the more harmless Harry Potter/Star Wars/Trekkie types though. Those are definitely closer to normal.

In ranking them in levels of mental problems I'd go:
1) furries
2) Ren Fest obsessives
3) cosplay/comicon/LARPers
4) Harry Potter freaks (largely because of how they've gone completely off the rails over JK Rowling's criticism of the trans impact on women)
5) Star Wars/Trekkies- I think this was closer to mainstream due to the very real cultural phenomenon when Star Trek debuted in the 1960s amidst the race to the moon with the commies then Star Wars in the 1970s.
6) Disney World with no kids- these folks generally seem harmless but are in a state of perpetual adolescence (something I can relate to but in a different manner) who use Disney to harken back to the innocence of childhood.

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Whenever the topic of cosplay comes up I can't help but think of PixyTeri (from Victoria, TX). Apparently she also LARPs and is currently identifying as a man. For whatever reason she chooses to over share every aspect of her personal life online which of course attracts a lot of attention from trolls.

TarponChaser said:

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How the fck are you aware of this lunatic?

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TexAgs brought her to my attention. She used to be a pretty popular meme template.

If you're ever bored and want to go down the rabbit hole of absolutely weird and insane online loonies, take a gander at the kiwi farms website. You'll find everything you could ever want to know and more out about these terminally online weirdos.

Warning though, that site makes Texags feel like the infant room at daycare.

Made it through most of episode 1 and that was by far the most stupid sh-t I have ever watched. I'm out. I'd rather watch the local weather hacks play up hurricane fear porn than give the ren fair dorks more pub. Garbage.

Damn, I was looking forward to it once I finally finish Bloodline

ccolley68 said:

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Damn, I was looking forward to it once I finally finish Bloodline

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I never even made it out of season 1. Just too slow a burn despite Linda Cardellini.

Ever Montgomery, school that we love

Quoting the school song to me.

I should know it considering I was in the hall of honor for 10 years.