/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10882861
>reeeeee why can't I dress like a turbo slut
lol get fucked retard, no, I'm not subbing to your OF

Even outside the context of conventions being places full of drunken idiots and skimpy costumes, having families around is still pretty unpleasant. If you want to stay in your own bubble and gawk at people in funny clothes, there's Disney World. If you want to aimlessly wander and buy things, there's the mall. At least from the perspective of an attendee, the only thing they contribute is bringing the energy down. So if you get down to it, even generic Demon Slayer / Genshin Impact / Chainsaw Man cosplay #300 adds more to the experience.
>Event for cartoons
Yes, I know. There's Comic Cons for that too, and it's no coincidence the abundance of families makes them even more of a snoozefest

do I buy a dream dress if it has "heavy weed smell?"

>>10882867
>reee women are sluts if they show any skin

Go back to church with your shit opinions, tourist. Normies are a disease that should not be encouraged.

>>10882899
how rare is it? if it doesn't come up for sale very often then do it and soak it in borax and washing soda for a day, if not then just save up and buy it next time.

>>10882899
You can probably have it dry cleaned or soak it to get that out. It's rare for a smell to permanently linger.

>>10882903
lmao, OF whores are the normiest of the normiest shit, fuck off

>>10882861
>Nyanners
Damn, a 4chan shitposter has become so mainstream, cos-thots are dressing up as her with exposed asses.

>>10882899
weed doesn't stick like cigs do. wash or dry clean it. might even come out if you steam the dress and air it out, but you should wash anything you get secondhand immediately anyway.

>>10882899
you could probably get the smell out pretty easily. that being said, who is smoking weed in lolita?

>>10883011
nayrt, me kek. only outdoors though

>>10882861
>"Nyanners from Hololive"
>complaining about tourists and normies
kek anon.

I just saw that things won't be shipped from China for more than a week, at least not where I was planning to buy from. Which means I won't get that bag I was looking at by the 13th, and I won't be able to get the coord I was planning to wear at a con to a "finished" state. This kind of sucks.

>>10883011
who isn't smoking weed in lolita?

>>10883116
girls that don't want to be a lazy heffer and stink probably

>>10882861
wait, isn't nyanners really lewd and rude?
yeah look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spi6yOS6zy4
what do they expect? how about, total killjoy death?

>>10883116
Annies afraid of munchies :P

>>10882899
check it does not have weed stashed in it somewhere, if so, washing it will only disperse the weed smell throughout the garment. you must remove the weed first. then hanging on a washing line on a windy day will help a lot. so will things to mask the odoour untill it fades naturally.
but also
>do I buy a dream
you clearly do not want your dreams as badly as i want mine or you'd be asking "how do i get weed smell out of an item of clothing i just bought?"

>>10883126
Fatties afraid of dresses with no shirring :P

>>10883116
should be vaping, no stink.

>>10883135
vaping doesn't hit right, missing entourage effect. i just smoke outdoors and the smell doesn't really linger. the real danger is avoiding ashes hitting dresses in the wind

>>10883139
I mean weed vape you retard. Weed vape is more pure than smoking.

>>10883144
nayrt, if you think there's no difference between vaping concentrate and smoking flower, you're the retard.

>>10883146
there is, vape is better all around. smoking purists like you are freaks that most people don't want to associate with. enjoy your COPD from your smoking placebo effect~

Stop agruing about smoking weed, no one cares

>>10882899
Throw it in the freezer for at least 72 hours. Gets most smells out.

stop smoking weed, start doing mushrooms.

stop doing mushrooms, start doing heroine

>>10883127
>you clearly do not want your dreams as badly as i want mine or you'd be asking "how do i get weed smell out of an item of clothing i just bought?"
this

I never thought I would be saying this on 4chan but I broke up with my boyfriend and I feel the same emptiness as when you lose a dream dress. I still love him but he will never be the man I want him to be and it's my fault for having this expectations.
I am embarrassed to talk to my real friends about it so here I am, trying to feel better

>>10883304
What was his issue that he couldn't fix?

>>10883304
scrote here, better like this than to be with him hoping he was "better", just let him rot and die, like you ever had feelings to begin with
dw, some chads will be willing to give you enough time just to pump and dump you, like all the other girls, you're "lucky"

>>10883311
calm down incel

>>10883326
this "incel" got himself 19 yo virgin pussy, hot as fuck, and me being with a belly and neckbeard, get real

>>10883158
vape has additives, we dont technically know which is more harmful since there aren't good studies.
anyways you're both wrong, the correct answer is edibles :D

>>10883327
?????? Why are you so fixated on people's genitals?????

>>10883332
lol get lost retard

>>10883116
Edible supremacy

God i love my husband so much, when he leaves I like to lay on his side of the bed and smell his scent on the sheets, it smells so freaking good, and I start thinking about him passionately deep dicking me. I love that man.

>>10883356
Cos thots when they cheat at anime conventions

>>10883356
Same anon

>>10883356
Mood

my local comm is basically nonexistent. being a lonelita isn't the worst (I don't worry about gross fetishists) but I wish I could have well-dressed friends.

>>10882861
My bf turned 30, and when I called him an old man he picked me up under his arm and spanked my bare ass raw.

>>10883565
>>10883356
This thread isn’t for your sexual fantasies scrote

>>10883589
Lose weight.

>>10883601
You will never be a woman.

>>10883608
Thank god lol.

Does anyone elsa get diarrhea the night before con? Thankfully I'm wearing a cosplay I can bathroom in.

>>10882861

I welcome this change. Some people have no shame. Why do you have to indecently expose yourself in order to have fun.

>>10883601
ke

>>10882861
Speaking of Anime Weekend Atlanta, holy shit, it feels like just yesterday I was at their 4chan 10th anniversary panel and today is its 20th.

Well, happy birthday 4chan(nel). I doubt you're getting an AWA panel this year.

>>10883853
Oh, so this was in reference to AWA. Kinda figured, wasn't sure. I'm sure you're right, but you've already proven people remember that, so I will try to capitalize and arrange some kind of meetup there

>>10883304
>he will never be the man I want him to be and it's my fault for having this expectations.
a common mistake.
don't buy a van if you want a car. don't date a Mongol warrior if you want an Aegean fisherman. if you can't accept someone exactly as they are, don't go out with them.

>>10883304
I'm so sorry for you. I had the exact same feeling when I broke up with my ex. In the end, I'm so glad I did : I found someone perfect for me and from what I know, he also has found someone better.
I'm sure you made the right decision.

To follow up on my own post from the last thread
>mfw a good chunk of con karaoke panels don't have anime OPs or even force you to sing the shitty 20 year old MIDI covers
I've heard them try the weak "copyright issues" excuse, which is just that. NO ONE is going to give a fuck

>>10882899
If the usual methods don't work, seal it in a bag or box with an ozone generator for 5 minutes. Best not to go longer than that as ozone can degrade rubber and elastic, but it works wonders to get nasty smells out of fabrics.

>see cool cosplayer
>want to do a video of them
>they don't know how to pose or look cool

Why put in the effort for such an elaborate cosplay if you can't even do a simple pose for a 7 second video?

>>10884377
Maybe they just like dressing up and didn't come there to do a cool video for you impromptu?

>>10884377
>waaah! why don't people do everything for ME! their hobbies are to please me!!!!

>>10884377
Why would you bring a video camera to film cosplay if you cant even teach someone how to do a simple pose?

>>10882861
Whenever I see thong cosplayers, I worry they will shart on the floor. Like and share if you agree!

I hate my apple shaped body so much. I look terrible no matter what weight I am.

>>10884554
Sorry to ask but how do you have an apple shape without being fat?

>>10884588
nayrt. Apple body shape always has "abdominal obesity" regardless of the actual size of the body. The reason why it's shaped like an apple is that there's too much fat around the waist. It's never a good thing. It's rare but there are people who have a bmi of 18 who are apple shaped, it's just their body fat distribution.
Most people with apple body shape can become column or ruler shape or a different body shape (depending on their underlying frame) by losing weight. There are some health issues that contribute to fat accumulating on the waist (insulin resistance is one of them) so addressing those issues is also important.

For lolita I would recommend empire waist dresses or sack dresses for apple body shape. Wearing skirts won't look good. Dresses with only slightly raised waist or "just waist" won't look good either, it just emphasizes the apple shape. In other words, just hide it and try to live a healthy life.

>>10884588
either a tranny (i know one literally shaped like a 300 lb apple) or some women just have slightly wider rib cages with narrow hips so their waist doesnt dip inwards.

>>10884596
Can someone post a photo of a thin apple shape versus a thin ruler/banana shape? I can’t never tell the difference and I’m always worried I am apple shaped but being thin just hides it.

>>10884599
a lot of people's definition of thin would exclude apple bodies anyway, regardless of weight. You might find a photo of a lower weight apple body shape by going through the website called my body gallery.
But to make it easier (I hope) to classify body shape; body shape is determined by the proportions of shoulders, bust, waist and hips as seen from the front. In apple body shape the middle/waist is visually wider than bust and hips. If the middle/waist is visually about as wide as bust and hips it's likely to be a ruler or column shape.
I know some people are going to disagree with me on how these things are determined/defined, they either have different terms for the shapes or claim that it's determined by actual measurements. I'm relaying what I learned in fashion school and it makes sense to me since it's about the actual outline/silhouette as seen from the front.

>>10884388
>>10884389
>>10884399

if it's a character you really like you should already have some general ideas of how the character poses SINCE YOU CONSUMED THE SOURCE MATERIAL! why go to a convention if you aren't expecting someone to take a picture of you?

>>10884613
>why go to a convention if you aren't expecting someone to take a picture of you?
not even a cosplay fag, but obviously for personal enjoyment. are you retarded?

>>10884614
It's probably a zoomer that doesn't know life outside of social media posts

>vlogging at convention
>stop and point camera at a person
>they don't immediately turn to the camera and do a cute or cool pose

????

>>10884617
anon I know you're a zoomer but there are some people who go to cons & cosplay for fun and not for clout, unlike you

>>10884613
>why go to a convention if you aren't expecting someone to take a picture of you?
>everyone must perform for me
to meet and talk to like minded people
to be present and in the moment in real life with nerdy stuff, not online for a change.
to have fun
to get laid
to buy weird shit you can't get anywhere else
Not everyone is there to put on an act.
Taking photos for social media isn't the primary goal of everything you do in reality.

>>10884733
I've noticed that the people that go to cons for ANY reason other than to hang out with old friends or to go to the hotel parties are among the most annoying, socially maladjusted faggots out there. They can go can spend all day in waiting in line to meet and greet some literally-who voice actor or buy cheap alibaba crap from the vendors. I'll be at the hotel bar talking to a genshin cosplay cutie with a fat ass to bring back to my room.

>>10884617
>pointing cameras at a stranger's face and expecting them to perform on command like a monkey

????

>Be me
>Shop at Home Depot pretty regularly for filler primer, paints, bondo, sandpaper, gloves and the rest
>Not long after I begun shopping there once a week plus, I began a cordial friendship with an older worker there named Jim
>It all began when I asked him where the filler primer was, he said that’s a specific request and depending on what I need it for there are other and better alternatives
>Just be honest with him tell him I’m using it to make a cosplay
>wtfisthat.jpg
>Show him my Mandalorian armor
>“Oh that’s like Boba Fett, yeah my Grandson Troy loves Star Wars I think I’ve sent him stuff for Christmas with him on it”
>Every time I come in after that Jim is always really friendly
>Jim always asks how my progress is coming and asks to see photos of my cosplays and of me at cons
>“Gee Anon I wish those fests were around when I was your age, I used to love reading comic books and would have loved to have dressed like Batman in my youth”
>Time before last (about a week ago) I went to Home Depot Jim wasn’t there, figured he was probably off, it’s happened before
>Go in again yesterday, a day he almost always works
>Jim isn’t there again
>Ask another older lady coworker of his who knows him where he is
>“I’m sorry Anon, Jim entered hospice care last week, I guess his kidney problems came back hard and he got Covid and isn’t recovering… From what I hear it’s just more about comfort than recovery now”
>tfw I’m probably never gonna see my Home Depot Boomer Buddy again

I hope you look down on me at all the cons I go to from now on Jim ol buddy

>>10884799
You made an old? man feel like he had another son I'm sure. I'm sure he will.

>>10882861
>Nyanners (Hololive)
>Nyanners
>(Hololive)

>>10884942
I still remember her moonman cover.

>>10884942


where did you get this picture of me?

>>10884993
that's dank, link?

>>10884799

You gave that man a little bit of fun and joy in his day. I'm sorry to hear he is going to pass on soon.

>>10884799
wholesome, we al are going to be Jim eventually

>>10885006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU2HaXC38R4

>order some cheap shit from AliExpress
>shipment arrives in my country
>clears customs
>hasn't moved in 3 weeks now
This is what I get I guess

>post-con depression hitting
>didn't dare to ask for any pictures to cosplayers
At least I had some fun interactions with a couple of artists

>>10885087
I had unprotected nut in at least 3 women. I hope the con lives forever as the child of a single mom

>>10884737
>They can go can spend all day in waiting in line to meet and greet some literally-who voice actor or buy cheap alibaba crap from the vendors.

This used to be me. Gradually over the years I’ve begun to enjoy this less and less. I don’t know if it’s because I’m an older adult with a house and too many priorities now but I guess I just really I don’t find joy in collecting anymore. It just gives me short term happiness until I find the next collectible that makes me happy in that moment. I eventually realize I don’t really need this crap. It just ends up sitting on my shelves or shoved in a closet somewhere collecting dust, and when I don’t want it anymore, it’s a hassle to resell.

I don’t think I really even enjoy going to cons and festivals or craft fairs anymore. I’m paying a shit ton of money just to get into a place to stand on lines all day and spend more money on pieces of plastic I don’t need. I general, I noticed vendors selling the same shit, whether it’s an comic con, craft show, renaissance faire or punk rock flea market— it’s all candles, soap, plushies, low quality jewelry, pins, etc.

The only real enjoyment I have with cons now is the people I go with.

If I could ban one type of poster from /cgl/ it would be scrotes who come here to post fake stories about having sex at cons

>>10885112
Only story I’ve believed thus far is that anon in the other thread with the transtrender, and that’s because he didn’t end up fucking them

I tried on a JSK I ordered, and completely expectedly, it didn't fit at all. But seeing how it didn't fit makes me worried that it won't ever fit, even if I lose significant amounts of weight.
I would really like to be able to wear brand JSKs at some point.

>>10885112
spotty the fatty-chan. the bar to get laid at cons is on the floor.

>>10885345
No, man you're wrong. I've got it all figured out. I'm a loser, so naturally everyone else is a loser and claiming otherwise is them coping

>>10885346
You sound like you really need sex man (or femoid)

Getting laid at cons can be quick and easy, but if it is it’s like Little Caesars Pizza, sure it’s “Hot and Ready” but is it good? If it comes that quickly then probably not

>>10882861
> a Nyatasha Nyanners (Hololive) cosplayer
>(Hololive)

>>10883072
Her old songs used to come up when people tried googling her Hololive stuff and there was a huge shitstorm over her doing that one moonman cover

>>10885348
It was meant to be a parody of people with a bad case of solipsism. Some posters around here can't even imagine people having conversations with others for more than two minutes, so in their mind anyone talking about hooking up obviously has to be a liar too

>>10885365
Ahh, my bad. Work fried my brain today and after rereading I totally get what point you meant to get across. Retard moment I guess.

And yes, fattys and femcels so mad that anyone having sex is either making it up or gay

Pixiteri follows me on tiktok and I have no idea how she found me. I don’t even post cosplay. Help.

Plenty of people can get laid at cons. We just know that you aren't one of them.

>>10882861
Shit, speaking of Hololive, it could potentially cost me a 15 year friendship... My friend's sister is doing a Gura striptease at a cosplay burlesque panel and I'm worried he's starting to suspect that I'm the one who got her the costume.

He clearly remembers the inciting incident, where his sister mentioned that she'd never do risque cosplay, unless she could be Gura. I was on my phone ordering the costume within minutes.

She's 22 but I know he'd call me a creep for helping her achieve her dream. Plus he's now in a no-win situation where he can skip the show and be an unsupportive brother, or attend the show and see his little sister in a thong and pasties.

He said she's been practicing in her room nonstop and has sent her female friends a few suggestive selfies. So my question is, how do I subtly convince her to send those pics my way without coming on too strong? Because that would actually be worth pissing off her brother.

>>10885704
Fuck you Daniel, I knew you got her that shit.

>>10885665
Passive aggressive snark and excessive BMI, name a more iconci duo

>>10885709
I want to believe this is real.

>>10885704
>how do I subtly convince her to send those pics my way without coming on too strong?
Just ask lol

What are zoomers even talking about? My little sister's friend told me I have a "sussy bussy.' Is that good????

>>10885618
is pt still the same pt. can you dm her and ask if she could make a tiktok reviewing the pumpkin frosty at Wendy’s. It been a min since I had fast food and I dunno if I should get it or not.

This is like the third time I've bought from a seller with lots of positive reviews/no negatives who just ghosted me after accepting payment. Am I unlucky or do I just give off scammer vibes? It really takes the the fun out of the hunt

>>10882903
>e-thots aren't normies
fuck off moid

I'm now on my way to a con, expect to see posts in the feels thread about how I'm crying in a corner and so lonely in a few hours. Right now I'm feeling mostly excitement though.

>>10882861
>tfw a lolita posts in the comm group chat that heavy winds wrecked her house, and the autistic girl says "Sorry, I farted."

>>10886205
Fake story, an autist can't be that funny

I'm at a con now, and I'm just walking back and forth wishing someone would talk to me. I may seriously make a sign saying "please talk to me" to wear tomorrow.
There's one person I'm looking a bit for that was supposed to come to the con, not that there'd be more than a short greeting at most, and there's another person here I really wish I could talk to because I had a great talk with at a con earlier this year. I just wish cons could be a social experience for me too.

Watch

https://youtu.be/lFWfoF5ZoRE

>>10886253
Maybe stand on a line? People tend to become chatty on lines.

>>10886259
This con doesn't have any lines, but even if it did, in my most recent con experiences I've mostly been alone in lines too. People in front of me have their own group, and people behind me have their own group

>>10885348
>>10885665
>>10885345
>>10885112
Just be chad or a woman, getting laid as an average dude is pretty much impossible. Maybe if you're young but if you're 25-30 then you need to be absolutely ripped and have a full head of hair

>>10886260
Ia this a videogame convention? Some things that work for me:
Getting in line for playing competitive games

If you're a woman, go to the bathroom to have yourself fixed and there will be someone there also getting ready, you can chat.

Go to panels and ask questions

Go to people with simple and poor cosplays and ask them about their costume.

Go to artists alley and ask artista about what inspire them etc.

>>10886270
Kek I'm an average guy and I get laid all the time at cons. Be honest, are you an autist?

>>10886280
>I'm an average guy
>I get laid all the time
Anon you're not average, you're just humble or to be more precise humblebragging.

I can't. I just can't. There is no coping with this. I am crying and my head hurts from it all. I think suicide is becoming unavoidable.

Thanks for the concern.

Just missed another DD on Mercari... Sigh, it's so hard to buy MMM these days... I miss 2015

>>10886333
I don't even know why we even try, it's impossible to compete nowadays.

>>10886270
You must be hideous or have an insufferable personality my man, before my long term relationship I used to get laid constantly at cons. Sometimes not every con but at least every other con, you’ve gotta be doing something wrong man. I’m non it special either, 5’11 (king of manlets), kind of a dad bod, the only “Chad” thing I own would be my Camaro. I just put effort into my cosplays and try to be cordial and funny, a guy everyone can like and the rest falls into place. Don’t “try” to get laid when talking to women, talk to them to enjoy their company and go about your day and I guarantee you the air of desperation around you will dissipate, have fun for funs sake and people will naturally gravitate towards you.

>>10886343
>You must be hideous
>or have an insufferable personality
Anon please I'm just average which is ugly to women in the tinder age. Maybe in 00s that shit worked but nowadays people who go on cons get laid through apps

>>10886280
>Be honest
You first.

>>10886295
>you're just humble or to be more precise humblebragging.
It's called "lying".

>>10886344
Big Dog I was on tinder for years, gotta work on your bio game and taking photos that don’t look autistic or something your grandama would take. Same with fun openings, with cosplay chicks I’d match with I’d usually open with a cosplay pick up line or just straight up asking them about their cosplay.

>>10886401
I hate all this rizz crap. I have to put on a stupid facade when I really want to be clinical and ask direct questions. I wish dating was as easy as writing database queries.

>>10886443
Don't take advice from a larper.

>>10886280
>average guy
>posts on 4chan
This fkn nerd

>>10886450
>Any guy who says he’s had luck with the ladies is a LARPer
>>10886454

Shiggy man

>>10886564
In all honesty, I'm starting to swing my view in the other direction: The types who claim that you're going to die alone because your penis is under 70 inches and your bank balance is under $500,000,000,000 actually do have some success in our just here to demoralize anyone they view as a possible threat. Who knows? Maybe that's off the mark entirely, but it doesn't even matter what their intention. Because clowns like these are why I don't bother giving advice here anymore.

>>10886567
Good, now if only we could get you and your kind to stop posting here entirely.

>>10886570
>Most subtle demoralization attempt
It's gonna be a hard "no" from me.

>>10884524
Why?

In my case, I want to do some "things" with them

But I the closest I ever got, was getting photos from them...

>>10885704
>Plus he's now in a no-win situation where he can skip the show and be an unsupportive brother, or attend the show and see his little sister in a thong and pasties.
Well, I'm a man, but I don't want to see a burlesque show done by my sister, or something similar( or worser)

And I know I'm not a woman, but I doubt most woman want that their relatives see them doing such stuff


For the rest of the story, no idea if win or fail?

I hate living in brazil I hate having a retarded commie president that only knows how to introduce new taxes god damn it I didn't even vote for this piece of shit. fuck leftists and next election I'm voting for literally any asshole that drops the import tax to 0
fuck you, i just want to dress in lolita that's all i want. and the commies are dead fucking SILENT over these retarded taxes like they're happy to be paying shitty taxes to support a non existent local Brazilian industry. yeah bro let me support the industry making japanese fashion, oh wait. commies literally don't have a single comeback to "what if it isn't produced here?" so they literally just resort to saying the taxes are good actually because of SUS (dying in hospital queues is still so absurdly common it's still a meme) and the price of meat being slashed (honest question, where? for who? in which state?)

I want to leave this shithole so badly it's the only chance I'll ever get at just wearing clothes without someone breathing down my neck claiming I'm killing small businesses by not buying local fashion. I'm not even kidding when I say I've had multiple in person interactions in which people literally and directly tell me I'm taking someone's livelihood away because of frills, I want to die

>>10885704
>tfw too detached from material played to enjoy burlesque
Maybe he just thinks it's dumb. Also just fuck his sister you coward.

>>10886676
You should thank him for this, now people will stop buying AliExpress crap

>>10886676
Things are becoming seriously expensive and people are demanding you spend more and more on them. And I'm not just talking about dates wanting to be taken to more and more expensive places. The state is inventing more fees and taxes. Schools are asking you to buy more books and programs that they should be providing. The public healthcare system is so bad that you have to go to private clinics. The educational system is so bad that you have to pay for additional classes otherwise your kid will think you don't care about it's future. The worsening situation in public transportation is pushing people to buy private transportation which comes with additional fees. The modern culture is promoting a certain living standard that is hard to keep up with economically. Meanwhile you are surrounded by people you can't communicate with and feel alienated even in a crowd. And the people you can interact with and talk about nerd interests with have been trained to reject you entirely if you don't agree on certain points that aren't even related to cosplay or lolita or music.
Fuck them. They aren't paying your bills. Wear your lolita.

>>10886689
Ok that specifically might be pretty based, but when are the brands I care about going to sign up for remessa conforme? Doesn't really matter since the average item is above 50 USD but I'd still like to see it happen for the lulz

>>10886690
>Fuck them. They aren't paying your bills. Wear your lolita.
I needed this reminder desu, I don't know if it's the company I keep but I've been getting guilt tripped like I'm directly responsible for starving people. Rightoid government goes out, leftoid government goes in and the country is still shit. Fuck that fat commie retard and that other retarded guy with the finger guns, I mean it, both of them are not worth shit. I'm so tired.

>>10886695
Look generally speaking you should support your local economy. You benefit from a stronger society. But when nobody is producing what you want then that is on them for not tapping the local demand. It's not like you'd buy something else with your lolita money.

>>10885704
Burlesque is cool. All my little sister does is McDonald's, charge they phone, twerk, be bisexual, eat hot chip, and lie

There's a comm member who I'm so fucking sick of who's been shitting up our comm discord server for what feels like a year. She posts in several threads multiple times a day, constantly talks out of her ass and says random misinformation, and assumes every message is directed at her personally. She's also super argumentative, doubles down, and refuses to let things go, and was even warned by mods that she's needlessly rude and aggressive, but she blames it on the tism. Anyway, does it make me a bitch for wanting to go to a meet just so I can see how she acts in real life? I feel like she's either just as insufferable or like, super quiet

Why the fuck hasn't Wunderwelt done a "Happy Halloween" coupon yet? It felt like there was a promo code every week this summer and suddenly it's all dried up.

>>10886794
They usually give coupons by the end of each month

>>10886765
which comm is this?

>>10882861
>>10885704
My gf wants to cosplay Gura, and she can actually take out her dentures to put in shark teeth. (She got dentures at 23 after developing one of those third world tooth diseases.) Pretty based!

This thread should be renamed to "/cgl/ fanfiction general".

>>10886765
Nah just go for it. It's just irl lolcow watching. Nothing wrong with it, it sounds like people have tried to help her and she just chooses to be a retard.

>>10886698
That's what's exhausting really, it's being told to buy local, then, oh wait. There is no local alternative or similar. Oh, go artesanal, oh wait 2x, nobody knows how to make it either. You show the person the schematics and they tell you to leave because they're either not making it or are not capable of it/it's too weird. I still have not seen a single iota of a comeback to that. Everyone just sort of vaguely gestures towards socialist protectionism and that I should be happy and GLAD that my hobbies and interests are being stepped on. If something is not sold or made here, they're simply going to make it prohibitively expensive to buy that thing so you're forced to give up. Oh, but fuck you, the government's doing you a favor.

Or be me and my personal experience is that my weird taste in clothing is actively harming the economy and getting people killed, and that I should simply not be allowed to have a personal taste for someone's wellbeing or society's wellbeing or what have you. Anyway, somebody let me know if any brand opens a store here. They're not for very very very obvious reasons, right? So I can't support that commerce locally ever, right? So I'm never gonna stop starving people with my hobby and I should just move far far away from here.

>>10886994
>my weird taste in clothing is actively harming the economy and getting people killed,
You seem weirdly obsessed with it. Just let go whatever that someone said. If they're not in the hobby, what would they know? If they are, I doubt it they're wearing only locally made things that oversee the whole chain of production.

>>10887000
Sorry, it didn't occur to me just how fixated I was on that. I think it shocked me at the time due to how ridiculous it was to hear in person. It's making me miserable though so I should probably try to move on kek

>>10886765
Was she the one posted on lolcow?
Was it a Texlita?

>>10886253
I totally ruined everything about that person I wanted to talk to. I kept wanting to talk, but I was too shy. They'd already greeted me and complimented what I wore when I arrived, that should have been enough, but I kept wanting to talk to them. Eventually I got the courage to say a few more words to them a couple more times, but then I left for the day. The real disaster happened the next day though, I got more courage and actually went up to them to talk, but I had nothing to say and I kept apologizing and leaving. So I was just a huge nuisance, while also spending too much time near them trying to gain the courage to talk and then figure out what to say. And every time I walked past them, I got so frustrated with myself, and I'd often do a weird mix of making eye contact while simultaneously avoiding looking at them.
If they even go to any more conventions, there's no way they'll acknowledge me now. When even a simple "hello" has the potential to be the best thing to happen to me at a con, ruining the possibility of that happen from one of the few people who could do it is not a great idea.

Other than this, it also really sucks to not have a group. Everyone I talked to at the con had their own people, maybe except a couple of people who don't care about that, but I don't, and I never. I'm so far inferior to literally everyone else there.

I've also realized that it really bothers me when people dislike me, or when they pretend I'm not there. Some people I used to meet in the past now completely ignore me, and on the other hand, one of the greatest things that happened at the con was that some people talked to me, and some just greeted me, that I thought really didn't want anything to do with me.

All in all, it was a better con experience than usual. I ended up talking to some people, including some I'd talked to in the past, and some really good things happened, even though I was frustrated and sad by my own shyness and loneliness a lot of the time.

>>10886253
>>10887056
As for the person I'd been looking for, I ended up messaging them, and apparently they'd gotten sick and had to spend the weekend at home in bed. They asked if I'm going to another convention later this year, which I wasn't planning to. I'd be willing to go if I could actually spend some time with them, but I'm sure it'd just be a short greeting.

>>10886274
If it's any type of convention, I'd say it was a cosplay convention, although they did have a corner with various old video games to try. I didn't spend a lot of time there though, and they didn't have chairs which made it less inviting.

I wish I were less shy and could talk to people, but even when I gain the courage to talk to someone, I usually sense that they don't want to talk to me, so it's just a short words.

At one point during the convention, someone advised that I stop being shy, and I decided to give that a try, which made me approach one of the people I thought disliked me, but who had talked to me the day before, and I ended up spending some time with them for a while, which was really nice, and I also learnt that I can talk to them, they don't really hate me.
And after the times I'd spent some time talking to people were also the times I were the least shy. Maybe it's a matter of happiness, and being unhappy reinforces itself so I close myself more to everyone. But even with the good moment, I don't reach the critical level of happiness where I can keep it going for a while and really talk to people.

>>10887057
I'm glad you could talk to someone, anon. I'm also really shy and, on top of that, an introvert, so I have been through the same many times before. Hopefully you'll keep on talking to more people and learn to be more secure of yourself.

>>10884799
OP Here; Update

Spoke to that lady at Home Depot again and Jim has sadly passed on into that good night, I’ll knock one back for you at Holmat Jimbo and you’ll get to see the con through my eyes up in there buddy, maybe I’ll even cosplay Batman one day like you said you wished you could’ve done

>>10886798>>10887008
nta, but sounds like sf, seeing as there was a comm member recently warned for coming off as hostile while others were only trying to have a conversation or correct misinfo

>>10887092
thanks anon

>>10887057
>I'd be willing to go if I could actually spend some time with them, but I'm sure it'd just be a short greeting.
Why don't you make plans with them so it's not just a short greeting you silly ass motherfucker? Sounds to me like they'd be receptive to it since they asked if you were attending that convention

>>10887069
RIP Jim

>>10882861
I love my boyfriend and I kind of wish he could fuck me right now :<

>>10887057
Listen to >>10887165 They wanted to know if you were going. I don't know how long until that other convention happens, but try to talk to them beforehand and maybe arrange meeting, attending a panel, or going for food. You don't have to spend the whole day with them if neither of you want to.

>Maybe it's a matter of happiness, and being unhappy reinforces itself so I close myself more to everyone
Yes, it's exactly that. self-defeating thoughts breed more self-defeating thoughts. Bad reinforcement is stronger than good reinforcement, simply because we attempt to avoid any kind of harm. Try to ignore those thoughts whenever you are in a sad mood. I used to avoid people whenever I felt down because I thought no one would want to be with a sadfuck and, to my surprise, when I started hanging with people even when I was sad I felt better. Mind that your case might be different and you may react slightly different.

>But even with the good moment, I don't reach the critical level of happiness where I can keep it going for a while and really talk to people
Sounds like anxiety-adjacent issue. My bet is that it's so deeply ingrained in you that you can't let go of it. This might also happen if you are strongly self-aware. This is tough because you need to know yourself, since you might simply not be the type of person who can talk to people as much. I for example can't lower my inhibitions around strangers, which means I can't do much more than smalltalk or simply keeping a conversation going

>>10882861
>date a short girl
>go bald
>everyone at the con thinks I'm her dad

>>10887056
Which country? If you're in my city then I'm down with going to a con together so we won't be alone.

>>10887092
i just went through and read it and god, WF is insufferable. why is tone policing so common with lolitas?

>>10887256
oh, it's WF? kek. it boggles my mind that she's still allowed in comms when i've seen other autists be kicked for much, much less.

>>10887257
it's cause she will play the race card. a friend was in her comm for a bit in college and said that some of her comm members are scared of her.

>>10887257
Just posted caps to the farm, formatting's a bit fucked but it's all there

>>10887246
it's ok anon, I'm wasian and people think I'm my dad's mail order wife

>>10887246
>date a girl exactly the dame height as me
>when we go to cons everyone think I'mher dad because I'm in my 30s and she's 18

>>10887246
>be short with overall small build
>people keep thinking bf is a predator dating an underage girl
>most don't care despite assuming so

>>10887256
>>10887257
WF isn't the member who got warned, but she definitely intimidates the discord. she never actually goes to meets, though.

>>10887297
Kill yourself retard faggot pedo

>>10887246
that's incredibly arousing. do you just walk around with a 5 inch erection all day?

>>10886274
>Go to people with simple and poor cosplays and ask them about their costume.
Not that anon but any reason why simple and poor? Could you give some example questions
>ask the artist about inspiration
I'm assuming if there's no line right

My asexual gf won’t fuck me and I can’t express how undesirable I feel. I’m this close to just giving in and raping her. She doesn’t even like it when we compromise. She’s the worst.

>>10887464
>She’s the worst.
break up, you obviously want different things in life. Incompatible.

>>10887465
Then she’s just going to torture someone else.

>>10887469
when you break up it's no longer your problem. She can be single or get into a relationship with another asexual.

Man i just really love lolita fashion

I randomly met an ex /cgl/ user in the wild, I'd never met a /cgl/ users before. It was exciting, I wish we could have discussed /cgl/ in depth but there were other people there.

>>10887469
Kill her.

>>10887556
How did you know they're a gull? I would never bring it up on my own since I assume most people think it's some ebil darkweb-esque cyberbullying hub. I've heard some anon bring up having dogwhistles like wearing a seagull pin before but that sounds really silly and like nobody would get it.

Watch this

https://youtu.be/lFWfoF5ZoRE

>>10882861
Anons, is it reasonable to think you hate meeting people in lolita context, because they can't dress for shit? On one hand I would love to meet other lolitas and make some friends, on the other though I can't bear the idea of being thrown into the same box as some people that looked like they just rolled out of a clothes collection container and ate crayons for breakfast. How do you handle these feels? Doing research beforehand? Give it one try and see how it goes?

>>10887727
We were a part of a group, we started talking about what we were interested in, I mentioned lolita, they knew about it and asked what types, I started talking about substyles and then was like wait do you understand what I'm talking about, then they said they used to hang out on /cgl/ on 4chan. Then I admitted to doing it too, and still doing (something I'm super scared of admitting), and then they said a bit about what threads they liked and how it's really dead now. They also said something about both of us being seagulls which I thought was neat.
But that's pretty much all that was said before the conversation moved to other tings

Is not gay or weird that I'm a hetero male and I like lolita and drawing lolita clothes.

There, I said it.

>>10887814
You said it, but not to your critics. You said it to convince yourself because the doubt is in you, and you know that you are lying to yourself. You! Are! WEIRD! You freak!
Eh, who gives a fuck. You think all the nips who draw lolita or maids or dolls are either women or queers? Just hide your power level in public and draw whatever.

I want the sissy alert Facebook group back. That made for some quality reading.

>>10888111
What was that?

>>10888128
It was a group on Facebook where people posted about creeps/sissies in the lolita community or bothering lolita people. It was a good source of drama as I was lucky enough to not have to deal with any creeps.

>>10888129
Drama is fun when you're not part of it. I miss Encyclopedia Dramatica's glory days.

>>10888129
I remember a fb group called "that sounds like something a sissy would say" or something along those lines. It became inactive a few years ago but I don't know why.

>>10888134
I think it was called egl predator alert or something. The goal was to create a source for keeping track of creeps in the community. It got shutdown not sure why.

>>10888138
I remember that one too, but the other one was more focused on the entertainment part. I also have no idea why egl predator alert closed/became inactive. I wouldn't be surprised if some perv put in a complaint. Or simply because fewer people are still on fb. I would love for a similar group to be on discord.

>>10888183
if anyone does make a similar/equiv group on discord, pls drop it so i can join

Whoever bought the Elegant Lacy JSK on Mercari before my shopping service could get to it, congrats! Also fuck you!

>>10882903
>with her bare ass showing
Yeah not quite the same argument you're equating it to hahahahaha captcha:GAY0SD cause you're a faggot

I'm rewatching Sailor Moon after many years. Kid me had good taste. The story is good and everything is pretty and stylish. Next con I'm approacing the Tuxedo Mask cosplays and congratulating them on their taste.

>>10888742
Did the same recently, it holds up well

>>10882861
>>10885704
I once went to a con with a friend when his sister was wearing a really sexy costume. He kept demanding to see my soft penis to prove I wasn't turned on. The one time it was a little bit hard, he dragged me back to the room and jerked me off twice before I was allowed to look at his sister again.

>>10886014

>Two cons on the same weekend that I wanna go to
I am disappoint
>Got invited to both
I am satisfy

>>10883589
why are so many roasties here committed to being fat and miserable? I promise you that being happy is better.

>>10887727
nayrt, i was standing in line at a con earlier this year and started talking to the guy behind me. a minute in he brought up /cgl/ unprompted, probably because i was in lolita. i acted kind of awkward about it because i was caught off guard and also really drunk, but he was cool

a lot of lolitas will not take kindly to the topic, but i happened to be attending alone and a gull, so it worked out

>>10884799
>>10887069
Catch you on the flip side, Jimbo

>>10886676
You macacos live right to Argentina and thought voting a commie would be a good idea, then he goes and does the exact same shit that happened in Argentina, that is more taxes, promises of better healthcare and cheap meat that never happen and bans on imports so you have to buy local overpriced shit, who could see that coming right?

As for leaving, to where? do you even have papers?

>bust is 6cm too big for a dream dress
How realistic is it to lose 6cm off your bust measurement? At some point it's just boob and rib cage, so I should probably just call it right?

It's ancient moitie so things run smaller and I get I might just have to let the dress go.

>>10889489
depends on your age, if you're overweight, and where your body likes to lose fat first. if you're young and your bust has historically varied a lot by your weight: very realistic

if you're older, have a broad build, are already thin, or mostly lose weight from other places: you might be better off just altering the piece. if it's a solid, shirring panels aren't hard to add or replace. if it's a print, you can harvest waist ties for a small extension (3cm on each side) or do a solid contrast panel.

4chan is the only thing that genuinely makes me laugh. no other normie shitter, people or websites for that matter, ever comes close to such edgy levels of absurd comedy. i'm entirely convinced i am incapable of making a deep, heartfelt connection with another human being who doesn't have chan sensibilities.
>why don't you quit?
how could i live without it?
how would i live without you guys?
give me a reason, any at this point, sound enough to make me forfeit such endless fun every day and move on from it.

>>10889302
If I met a girl from /cgl/ in real life I would beg her to let me be her paypig.

>>10889539
if you go to texas cons, maybe you'll run into me kek. i'm always down to chat for a few minutes if we have similar interests.

if you're serious about the paypig shit, bring at least $300 cash up front and "beg" with that. if you can't buy a lolita a new dress, you're wasting her time.

and don't ask lolitas if they're gulls if they're with their lolita friends.

>>10889489
>How realistic is it to lose 6cm off your bust measurement?
It's not realistic. Just buy something that fits you, losing bust measurements is way harder than losing tummy / hips measurement.

>>10884737
>I'll be at the hotel bar talking to a genshin cosplay cutie with a fat ass to bring back to my room.
Sure, Jan.

>>10885018
>what the actual fuck

>>10885321
>I would really like to be able to wear brand JSKs at some point.
post measurements, you'd have to be really fat or fridge built to not be able to wear any lolita

>>10885709
>>10885704
Oh 4ch, never change.

>>10886206
kek, we're not retarded. Being *naturally* awkward makes you funnier.

>>10889551
>we're not retarded

debatable.

>>10889551
Nice try, retard.

>>10889543
I always bring cash with me to conventions. I wish I was in Texas.

>>10889489
Can't you bind? how long are you gonna be wearing it anyway?

>>10889539
>>10889585
Feel like making a new friend? I’m curious how serious you are about paypigging and why you think a gull is something special.

Revealing my age here but og cgl was a super social board and it wasn’t really a secret.

I am going to use this as an opportunity to unload a combinations of matters that been buried for some time.

I feel like I am grasping at straws to find meaning in my life. These straws are hobbies I am manically forcing myself to participate in, as much as I would prefer to be a homebody. I don't know if forcing myself to do things is the suppression of vice (sloth), or a pathology in that I am trying to be what I am not. I think it is somewhat of a reaction to the feeling of having "missed out" on doing things when I was younger. I've always been miserable, but it has been in different forms. When I was younger, I barred myself from ever doing anything fun, so much so that I did nothing in high school worth remembering, and it was until my third year in college that I did anything other than browse the internet and be miserable. It is not like I was studious either: I was only burning time.

I am really invested in working out, but is not doing me much good. I guess being on the back half of my 20s means that stuff starts to break. At least in my case that appears to be true, as evidenced by my three trips to the ER in the past year. I really should slow it down because I am accumulating injuries faster than they can heal. The problem is that I think doing so would drive me up a wall. I've always been an insomniac, not being able to burn off energy by working out would really mess things up. I look like shit and if I stopped I don't know how I would live with myself.

I think a part of the lack of meaning comes from a decline in my personal religiosity. I don't know why but at some point it stopped "clicking" for me. I crave the feeling of having an ordered place in the universe and time.

(1/2)

>>10889627
Another element is that I feel alone. I live far from any family and go days without talking to anyone.

I also feel the same romantically. As retarded as this is, I don't think I ever really emotionally recovered from the time I briefly e dated years ago. That, or my romantic perceptions have been destroyed through the subsequent relationships. I do think it started with the e dating, though. I came into it very idealistic and left with persistent cynicism. I feel like any relationship I could acquire would not be meaningful. I haven't bothered with one in some time. Last week, a woman stated plainly that she desired me, but it left me feeling disgusted. It felt base.

There is the matter of my confused sexuality. If the above gives the impression that I am gay, it is not entirely false. However, it's not in the way one would expect. I feel on a purely sexual level I am more physically attracted to the male form, but only in an abstract sense. I have had one non-penetrative gay sexual encounter which left me feeling disgusted, even physically nauseous, but I remain more sexually oriented towards what is essentially soft core gay material without the representation of sexual activity. Which is essentially the mode of my sexual fantasies. I desire to be like a living nude statue that is observed and admired though not really interacted with otherwise. My primary sexual motivation is narcissistic in that I find enjoyment in the idea of being the object of my own desire, and other's. Now, this is all bizarrely paired with a persistent orientation towards women when it comes to more general social-romantic type behaviors. Most of my relationships have been with women which I did really enjoy including the sexual components of a relationship, although I never felt "unified" or that I was one the same team as these women. I was sexually abused as a child and exhibited sexually precocious behavior afterwards which may have some relation to all this.

(2/2)

>>10889630
>>10889627

I guess this is only cgl related in that some experiences at a recent con made all these issues coalescent in the forefront of my mind and the particular combination has been bothering me since.

I am perhaps being a self-loathing faggot that needs to get over it, haha.

Anyways, have fun being burdened with whatever the fuck all that is about.

I'm going to buy Dr. Pepper once Kurisa arrives. we're going to drink it together.

>>10889539
Prove it piggy. There's my paypal. You better impress me if you want to hear back though.

I met a cosplayer and she turned out to be asexual. I can't tell if I feel sorry for her for being unable to experience romantic bonds, or if I want to avoid her at all costs for being such a sociopath that she can't even feel love.

>>10889673
you're retarded. asexuality is 90% of the time a product of trauma rather than sociopathy.

well, trauma or autism, but you're literally on 4ch.

>>10889674
You literally have to be a sociopath to not feel love or bonds.

>>10889676
>>10889673
Asexual and Aromantic are two different things. They can and do form romantic bonds. Also asexual people will fuck sometimes.
t. anon that dated an ace

>>10889679
You can't have a romantic bond without sex. Have you never had sex? It's such a beautiful bond between two souls. Nothing compares to the emotions I feel during it. Also some asexuals are entirely sex repulsed and won't fuck at all. They're horrible. How much did dating that ace suck, by the way?

>>10882861
thoth's status: patrolled

>>10889680
>You can't have a romantic bond without sex
nta but you can. Maybe not >(you), but people can. Or do you think that people that are incapacitated or too old to have sex will just lose all romantic bonds?

>>10889686
They still feel sexual attraction. Otherwise they're not actually in love.

>>10889687
>>10889680
you need therapy, bad.

>>10889689
Why do you think I need therapy? I'm just a normal human being who knows what it's like to be in love.

>>10889680
>>10889687
seems like the one who isn't capable of love is you, anon. if you're so coomerbrained that you think love can't exist without sex, please go to therapy. or better yet, join a eunuch monastery.

>>10889696
Tell me about the last romantic relationship you had without any sex and how loving it was, then.

>>10889689
the irony of you telling someone they need therapy when you're namefagging and trying to ewhore for lolita money from a cgl scrote

>>10889700
Plus thinking sex is somehow not necessary for love kek

>>10889698
incel cope. sounds like you'd have a closer emotional connection to a sex doll than a real woman

>>10889706
Asexual cope. No one will ever love you.

>>10889700
>scam a cgl scrote
findom isn't even sex work

>>10889720
no one said anything like that, point being it's pathetic

>>10889673
calling her a sociopath and claiming she doesnt feel love just seems like another guilt tripping/shaming measure to punish women who dont want to have sex with you, ie one of the most classic misogyny moves in the book..... goodbye

>>10889739
Would you date someone without ever having sex?

>>10889742
yes, without a doubt! however, everyone i meet (including your mother) wants to have sex with me

>>10889743
rekt

>>10889588
>>10889662
Sorry but it's not the same online where I can't see the person

My mood is much better the days I don't leave my house. I'm just pacing around and saying repeatedly that the devil has a saw mill.

>>10882861
>tell comm my bf dumped me
>"Don't worry, hon. He's probably a pedo. That's why he goes after women that look like kids."
Hey what the fuck?

>>10889531
I have my complaints about this esoteric site but I still hop on from time to time. My spouse and I met in college and we were both 4chan users at the time and I'm not gonna lie and say that didn't help us bond a lot and we have a very similar sense of humor.
That was close to 10 years ago now, this site is pretty dead it's unlikely your going to find a person in the wild who knows what 4chan even is outside of maybe a con.

>>10889863
I also met my bf indirectly through 4chan, that was about 10 years ago (high school) and we've been together for 5. Started great, similar humour, but a year in he decided to become abusive. Man had brainwashed me into thinking I only exist for him to the point of being suicidal when he didn't want me anymore. And I stuck by him like an idiot. He's not as mean or belittling to me nearly as much anymore, but I've grown up and moved away from being edgy and desensitized, and now the kind of stuff he looks at/thinks is okay repulses me. Never date a 4channer. Or a guy that wants a "pet", for that matter.

>>10882861
Well, the only guest I wanted to see just got blacked list from the con.

>>10882861
>>Howdy there you all waiguo ren ! I’m not going to like your answer I suspect but can you point me toward the Paris Arch de Triumph? You see I’m hitchhiking towards somewhere very far away, and any hospitality on my path out from deaths doorstep with the newlywed couple would not remain unrepayed! Raided a store some miles back, got some easy starter logs to burn and so much canned food my back is cramped muscles down to the gluteus maximus. Heya, did you see a cosplayer with aquamarine chlorine bleached hair? Stay clear of her and don’t ask her any questions you can’t sleep through after, she took contrarian to the extreme when the virus appeared. Oui oui oui oui, sit down I’ll see you entertained tonight! The midnight society presents the Tale of The One Man Army._
•*fwoooooooooooosh*•

“You wanted the thirteenth division here warlock, so don’t waste space with idle chit chat for the audience!”

>>+Oh, you’re that special agent everyone’s been whispering about! The chameleon in plain sight they called you. I’ll let the Shinigami Men’s association know I got my money’s worth, step out of that ridiculous chalk circle. Amateur hour horse feathers. My names Hao, and I think I’ll call you ‘Mantarctika’.+_

“You’re chatty. I was told the contact was a near mute wallflower with stuffed pockets.”

>>10882861
>>+•clickeroo• And they weren’t wrong Manta. My pockets got a box of fresh acid wire bullets each. Really don’t gimme the evil eyes over it. Safety first.+_

“You sound anxious. Business then. Who do you need me to send on, the file said it was some snoopy girl.”

>>+Far from anxious friend. The girl is unfortunately the victim on last nights ten thirty news reel. The target is some biker trash punk. Been making it his business to hunt down the descendants of the top military from the losing side of double u double u two. Glow in the dark mohawk , clothes smell like burnt olives, clown makeup with the ace of spades on his cheek. He took the life of a real beauty.+_

“There’s no beauty in the living these days my man.”

>>+Seek not beauty in death watcher. Her name was Meira Lin Leijon. She was absolutely adorable, all the compassion they jazz on about every Saturday at church. She was love itself. She also pulled that same wake aura your kind give off.+_

“Buh!”

>>+She was the savior to her group of friends. I want you to find Mister No Name Professional Rapist and pull the who do voodoo on him. Send him on a trip out Mars way. He is not to rejoin the cycle until they officially announce the first colony city on the news a decade from now. Make him a wraith wandering the red desert.+_

“That girl wasn’t going to live much longer.”

>>+ Didn’t ask for color commentary from you. He dies and we get her back. Never you mind how.+_

“What’s the notebook about?”

>>10882861
>>+What did you want to be Manta, between shadow walkabouts?_

•*He spends a good ten minutes appearing to think that over*•

“I wanted to be an acclaimed writer.”

>>+You’ll write Judas’ secret obituary. Never again, isn’t that what the raven says in the old short story. Never again.+_

“Don’t order events with us sorcerer. I’ll be seeing you again soon.”

>>+ Manta, a question before we part. When was the earliest time you recall having an idea for something and being satisfied instead of being wowed by your own cleverness? Real pleasure, not a self pat on the back in the chill breeze? Think on it.+_

“Your mind is a little spooky warlock.”

>>+I’m a momma’s boy daddio, just how the circuits strike before firing.+_

“We don’t refer to them as threads either high pockets.”

>>10889720
nayrt but it literally is

>>10889539
i will be your online gf if you send me cosplay money. i'm not cringy either like the lolita bitch.

>>10889929
both of you are cringe. broke ass ewhores can’t even land an ugly cgl scrote

>haven't been to the local con in years, last time was either in 2018 or at the beginning of 2019
>not feeling like going back to a con after I stayed in Japan for 6 months in 2020 and stores and small events there are infinitely better and my friends don't want to go to cons anymore or can't
>went back to Japan in 2023 for holidays, even more fun because the pandemic is over
>suddenly, Nintendo announces that online play on the 3DS won't be possible at the beginning of April 2024
>seriously considering going to the local con with my 3DS just for streetpass like in the good old days
>look up the con that will happen in a month
>it's even more normie tier shit and the theme is Vietnam this year for some reason
So... what now?

>>10889940
Update: my little sister plans to go to the con and was very happy when I asked her if she'll go there with her friends. One more reason to not go, because she's annoying as fuck, won't leave me alone, and is into things I dgaf about. I brought her there when she was 11 long ago and she liked it, but now she's nearly 20 and she'll go with her friends. I like BL and won't be able to go to the publishing company booths and buy some volumes because I'd be too worried about her seeing me. I won't be able to eat what I want because I'm secretly an ex-muslim and secretly eat pork and she's a wannabe future hijabi who would tell everyone and encourage my relatives to commit a hate crime against me if she knew. But she works in retail so maybe I'll be able to dodge her entirely if I go only on Saturday.

>>10889932
i already have 3. i'. just greedy.

my egf who i met here has been ghosting me what do

>>10889895
ntayrt, but I also bonded with my now husband over using 4chan, but we both browsed /a/ which probably has a lower degree of bullshit. I've met some of his friends he met through /k/ and would absolutely never have dated any of them, even if they were my type. At the end of the day you still have to use discretion and be aware of your partner's values. Because yeah, they might be an edgelord who jokes about women being property, but they also might actually believe it.

>>10889929
>>10889950
Well... there goes my interest.

>>10889977
If any man jokes about women being property they believe it even if to the slightest degree nonna. One podcast away from sealing you in a tomb within the cellar walls bro

Can any pussy magnets tell me who an avg build guy should cosplay to make women swarm me

>>10889980
that wasn't me i was asleep. drop your discord.

>>10890039
Could you be more obvious lmao

Why do Lolitas parade around and encourage obesity when they see American lolita shops cater to 7 XL sizing and for the sake of getting their inclusivity card? I was once big a few years ago but I wouldn’t encourage the behavior of being over 200 pounds and dealing with joint pains and headaches by going through clothes. My legs feel so much better now that I dropped 146 pounds but I hate how people just go around encouraging unsafe habits. It just seems so wrong to promote an unhealthy lifestyle, especially from those who I've looked up to in this fashion. People don't understand what they're promoting and get blinded by how this would badly affect and encourage our habits.

>>10890052
it's because they think lookism or whatever is only cultural and don't realize aspects of it are based in human instinct to some degree. being anachan and deathfat are both biologically signs of some problem, so our brains are wired against it. the only reason anachan skinny gets a pass culturally is because it's visibly closer to healthy than fat (plus pushing anorexia/weak skinny was a way of controlling women) but being too fat is always considered a negative and fatties don't know it's because they're not biological good mates and they trigger our instincts to view them as a liability.

>>10882861
I feel like I'm slowly being crushed and like I'm wasting away.

>>10890052
Some might offer larger clothes because they don't want to be cancelled (which would be bad for business), some offer larger clothes because they want to cash in on a market of people that are so large that can't even shop custom size on taobao. For example the biggest size of DollBe, the people who wear that size are so large that they only have 2 or 3 places to shop at. They're desperate and willing to pay more than 300$ for a dress that's ugly and poorly made.

i miss the drawthreads

>>10890090
i was just thinking a couple weeks ago we should start another one after halloween. why did they stop doing it anyways? not enough traffic?

>>10890098
I bet people are afraid of being outed as gulls. I left and came back to this board after a few years and now everyone’s all paranoid and retarded.

>>10890098
the last one i witnessed was shit up by trolls who were calling every poster ita, i guess that discourages others from posting.
sad really, the atmosphere used to be nice, also i need inspiration to draw

>>10890107
Not just that but also what >>10890108 said, they used to just be chill and gulls were civil and then all of a sudden draw threads were full of anons saying every self poster was ita or that every artist's work was ugly.

>>10890107

Everyone here has been paranoid, retarded and socially inept. It’s /cgl/. That’s why we would discourage people from namefagging to prevent normie behaviors from taking advantage of the spergs.

It's so hard to make friends who haven't drank the gender Kool-Aid. Are there any places other than imageboards to find people who haven't been brainwashed by this shit?

>>10890159
Drama cows are what killed draw threads

>>10890169
being honest, if your ideology is preventing you from making friends outside of niche image boards, maybe you should try caring less. a lot of you hardcore anti-gender posters seem chronically lonely, and it's completely self inflicted.

Depression induced weight gain is the worst thing that happened to me. Just makes you feel so much more miserable than you already do, and creates an endless cycle that requires a shit ton of willpower and outside help to break. But I've already done it once, I know I can do it again. I will go back to wearing lolita, become healthy and start enjoying life someday, this is nothing more than a minor setback that I won't allow to define my future.

>>10890182
a lot of people would rather have less friends than have to play pretend with trannies and delusional xe/xim genderspecial itas desu. nothing wrong with wanting to find likeminded people. personally i’m thankful that none of my friends are into that retarded shit.

>>10882861

I'm a guy and I get people walking up to ask me for pics for my cosplay. It's usually like 70/30 men to women. It is usually some sort of cosplay of shirtless characters from fighting games like guilty gear or melty blood. I'm in ok shape (6 pack, 225lb bench), but can any femoid here tell me if women coming up for pics with my cosplay a good sign to flirth with them? Not sure with con etiquette is for that

>>10890169
I spoke to a few like minded people through a fb group that shared stuff about predators in the lolita community. IIRC the group was called "EGL predator alert", and is now closed afaik. It's harder to find like minded people in local comms since most comms have at least one or two trans people in them. And even if there weren't any you wouldn't just bring it up randomly. So I guess we're just going to have to get to know people the old fashioned way.

I've been wearing lolita for almost 10 years and recently been having thoughts on selling the sweet side of my wardrobe, but I can't bring myself to do it. My style has changed primarily to gothic & old school lolita and visual kei, with some sweet pieces from time to time. I haven't worn most of my OTT sweet pieces since the pandemic started and I don't get the same enjoy out of them as I used to. It would suck to sell them since I have some highly coveted pieces that I know I'll never be able to find again or even at a decent price if I let them go. I have sold the bulk of them a couple years back and kept my more rarer and sentimental pieces, but right now I just feel like I'm hoarding them all.

>>10890200
>I've been wearing lolita for almost 10 years and became an insufferable bandwagon jumper

>>10890212
That made me chuckle actually. I should have specified that I wore sweet before the pandemic back when no one gave a shit about it and you could buy a Milky Planet or Sugary Carnival for $100. During the pandemic, I stopped wearing it and ended up selling a bunch in 2021. It just so happens that vkei has gotten popular on Tiktok with kids, even though I was into vkei before wearing lolita.

>>10882861
the con runners already likely have groomers or unregistered sex offenders in there anyway. who gives a fuck at this point

>>10890151
It's cause our jannies suck and crossboarders/retarded moids from k/r9k/fit/b/pol/etc started shitting up the threads.

>>10890159
Fuck off, newfag. Cgl used to be a social board, and names/trips were common, as were meetups. We also used to have plenty of male cosplayer posters who were normal and bfs of gulls. It's literally just the last five years or so of weird bullshit that's pushing away the regular users who no longer want to bother shifting through the shitposting and our lazy jannies don't care about board culture enough to bother banning obvious trolls and crossboarder infighting.

>>10890151
The drawfag thread is not a good example, because it quickly became freeloader general, where people who shat on cgl and gulls in public requested a drawing.

>>10884613

You're a creep and you look creepy. You make people uncomfortable so they give a halfassed pose in the hopes you will get discouraged leave them alone.

>>10882861
>girl in our comm says she's having trouble "making ends meet"
>tell her I've also had a lot of expenses
>"No, I'm talking about my diaper."
>hear tape ripping under her petticoat, and a wet diaper falls to her ankles

>>10890182
>hardcore anti-gender
No. Stop pretending this shit is normal. That poster was saying the same thing I've heard from family, close friends, and quiet corners of the break room. People are tired of this shit but they can't talk about it because of the 2-3 crazies who will try to ruin their lives for it.

>maybe you should try caring less
The last meetup I went to was all fatties and gender specials talking shit about major brands for not catering to them and redirecting every conversation to be about gender. And specifically their ideas about gender. One time I replied something about labels not mattering and everyone got really aggressive and uncomfortable. The only way to win is not to play and it's fucking exhausting.

>>10890239
>it quickly became freeloader general, where people who shat on cgl and gulls in public requested a drawing.
exactly this. i remember getting dogpiled for telling drawfags to stop sharing their socials since the tourists were using it as cover to pretend it was fanart and not from the site.

>>10890255
i'm curious what comm this was. i've been to over a dozen meets and gender hasn't come up a single time. there's definitely trannies in the community, but the topic never comes up and is completely possible to just ignore.

>>10890182
NYART but ngl I enjoy going undercover for this reason. Gives me an interesting perspective into how trannies really feel and talk about lolita behind closed doors though kek, which is why I will never feel bad about gatekeeping them or not selling to them. There is no middle ground with this topic. Either you take the most maximalist supportive position possible or you're satan. This gendie shit is a larp, it literally just is. And it's a larp I personally use when it's convenient to shut other gendies up kek

>>10890169
Try older fandoms, maybe. I'm on the younger side too but I find that a more mature fandom has less of that crap. I don't know what you're into so it's hard to say, but really try screening through a group. Maybe a place with an older demographic who sways slightly more normie and less chronically online. I've literally just had more luck befriending normies irl and online. Genuinely, like, the average person doesn't care and/or is trying to actively avoid the topic. My more lasting friendships started out this way

Everything that could've gone awry over the course of my short and miserable life, did. Having had depression since the age of 11, I'm not sure that I'll ever get to experience happiness, even if short lived. Starting to think that putting myself out of my misery is the only option. Hopefully whoever my brand goes to will make good memories in it, since I never could.

>>10890321
I've had depression since 11 too and it's been a hard and dark life. But please don't do it bro. I don't want your brand, I want you to live and I hope you can find happiness. It sucks it isn't guaranteed, but the way I look at it, if you're gonna do the big thing and kys you may also as well do the crazier and bigger thing of sticking around just to see. Like a fuck around and find out mentality. At least that. Cause maybe it'll get worse before it gets better but then maybe, it'll get better. I believe in terms of chance and statistics it'd be highly improbable you never experience a moment that doesn't give you hope or happiness in the future.
Idk you, but I care you no matter who you are, what you've done, how you identify or whatever the hell else. I can't promise it'll be okay but I can say it'll likely become different.

>>10890107
Outed as gulls? What does that mean?

I like girls with slender hands, glasses, and hair that frame their faces. They are pretty.

>>10890239
>it quickly became freeloader general
Isn't that what drawthreads are? Drawfags show up and take requests.

>>10890328
means that people find out they post on cgl

Bf tried to defend some gross song that apparently became because "it's super popular, everyone knows/listen to it too". Googled and apparently it's called loli god requiem, if I saw that title I'd cringe myself to death, I wish he didn't have the headspace of a 13 year old. When we got together he wanted a """traditional relationship""", not sure what's so traditional about him refusing to get a job and spending his time playing games or hanging around degenerates and edgelords online.

I spent a lot of money to go to a boring cosplay event, but before I paid for the travel I asked someone I know who live close to the event if we could meet there, so it'd maybe be a bit more worth it right. He said yes, but what he didn't say until after I'd spent all the money, was that he'd gotten an art stand, so he'll spend all the time there. I'm kind of pissed, and his table is in between other tables too so it's impossible to hang out around there, and he's super busy and talking to everyone too so it literally is only meeting, I was actually wanting to spend some time together. At least he invited me to sleep at his place tonight, so maybe we'll talk then.
The boring cosplay event will show a movie and have free pizza later, maybe that gets a bit better as well.

I may just bring out my laptop and spend the next hours in front of it.

>>10890321
I don't know how much consolation this is, but I was first diagnosed as having some sort of depression when I was 9-10ish and went through many dark years of constant suicidal ideation and general emptiness, plus an abusive relationship (and I don't use that term flippantly; it involved physical violence and threats)... and I'm doing really well today. Genuine confidence in myself, a sort of intrinsic enjoyment of life for its own sake, and a deepened love for my fellow man, all stuff which I had no concept of before and thought was some fake nonsense . I also used to have tranny thoughts but I grew to celebrate my reality of being female rather than resenting it
I can't say anything that'll flip a switch for you through a dumb post on a basketweaving forum, but when I was in your position I never heard from anyone who personally crawled out of a pit they were in since childhood, so I hope it can mean something to someone that it's not just an empty meme that things can get better. It might take time but it's possible and worth it. And honestly there were many days along the way where I only chugged along with something similar to >>10890323's mindset, thinking, "well, I can always kill myself a bit later, I'm feeling too tired to pull it off now," but the important part is that I got through it. So I'm rooting for you to make your own memories in your brand, even if it takes a while to get there.

>>10887250
I live in Europe, and I don't think we usually think in cities here, people just travel all over, so it's probably not the same country. But thank you for the offer, I'd love to meet with someone from /cgl/ some day.

>>10887165
>>10887230
Thank you, I listened to your advice and tried asking them. They weren't going to the con after all, but they live closer than I thought so meeting may be possible outside of cons. However, they won't be able to meet up in a long while, so nothing came of it.

I've kept coming back to the other things you said too to think about it, it's a lot to think about and a bit hard to know if it applies to my life, but it has potential to be useful to me too.

>>10887059
Thanks you!

>>10890671
He's right though, it's popular. Made by a well known doujin circle and it's vtuber shit so that kind of thing goes viral. The name is cringe but it's denpa, so it's kind of supposed to be cringe nonsense.

>>10890671
>When we got together he wanted a """traditional relationship
he meant monogamous kek

>>10890868
>The name is cringe but it's denpa, so it's kind of supposed to be cringe nonsense.
denpa listener here. denpa before 2015 was essentially that but denpa from 2015 on is mostly lolicon shit unfortunately. there's a well known song called "legal loli" which has disgusting pedoshit lyrics despite sounding cute and weird. and most denpa artists followed suit with the heavy loli pedoshit. anon isn't wrong to be grossed out. denpa is mostly for pedos now.

>>10890915
I haven't really followed denpa since 2015 so didn't know that's what became of it. That's weird.

>>10890916
yeah it's quite sad actually. i kind of stopped listening after one of the albums contained a voice track of the singer being called by a weird guy who asks if her mom is home and then requests her to act like a dog on the phone. it was creepy.

>>10888745
The local dub changed the femboy into a woman. The voice actress gave such a cruel and malicious performance that the romantic moments with Kunzite felt off character. It reminds me of how the local dub of Buzz Lightyear of the Star Command changed Buzz and Zurg.
And I could had sworn that the season's name is Sailor Moon L, not R.

>>10890803
Well turns out he didn't know he'd gotten an artstand until yesterday so at least he wasn't being unclear or anything.
It got a bit better during pizza and movie but I did still not talk to anyone but him, the event was a pretty bad experience overall.

>>10890938
Are you a homosexual man with a crush on the guy?

>>10890182
>maybe you should try caring less
Maybe when they stop making it their entire personality, and threatening your life if you don't play along with their insanity

i need a cgl gf

>>10890920
>an autist who makes autistic songs for autists was a pedophile
how surprising

>>10890671
im glad im not the only one who is sane enough to get grossed out by it
i went to the vtuber's show but when that song played i retreated to restroom cuz like i couldnt take the cringe

>>10890671
Please have some standards anon. It's time to move on.

I've now been to enough conventions to where I overhear someone talking about whether their friend is coming and I can (unironically) say "Hey, I know her. She owes me money."

>>10891714
i'm talking about a different singer, anon. she's a regular utaite. denpa used to be like parody music which wasn't for pedophiles.

>>10891787
that anons bf can come live with me on my mgtow farm raising cats

>>10882861
Does anyone else hate when they go to cons and see so many fat people?

Its just so depressing being surrounded by people who are disgusting and filthy and clearly don't care about their health or appearance. I hate sharing a hobby with these type people and being forced to be near them.

I wish we could have a fit day at cons so only good looking people could go and not deal with the filth.

>>10891948
Yes. Thankfully, the Florida scene has this under control for the most part. And if you're part of the party scene, that thins them out even further, pun intended

Haven't been feeling new brand releases lately. Kinda sad about it, I used to be excited to any brand's release, even if it's not a substyle I'm interested in. Maybe I've turned into an old jaded lolita. Oh well, more money for mother-of-pearl inlay lacquer keycaps while I wait for the Silent Moon rerelease.

cant wear gothic lolita (the best fashion) because im a giant disgusting man
everyday feels

>>10887069
Death comes for us all, may it least be gentle.

Seems like everybody in this thread would rather spend time at church than on 4chan or at cons. Please fuck off so the boy and I can enjoy looking at con sluts, thank you.

>get a notification for reservations from and item I've been eyeing
>tfw in the Himalayas and the internet connection is not good
FML