/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

[Anonymous No.6623374]

Stupid shit someone has said thread.

Make sure it's lolita/cosplay related.


>"I don't believe in evolution. It's something people made up."
>cosplays from Pokemon.

[Nia !!9ULuJn9/+HD No.6623390]

>go to con
>see an girl in a "lolita" coord completly from milanoo
>her coord isn't even that badly put together
>she just has no poof
>ask her what kind petticoat she's wearing

"whats a petty-coat?"

>she looks all over her dress while I'm talking to her to try to find out which part was the mysterious "petty-coat"

>even after I we stopped talking she's still searching her dress for this "petty-coat"

>searching her dress like there was a spider on it and she couldn't find it

[Anonymous No.6623393]

>"I don't understand how people found my new blog! I was trying to stay hidden!"
>BrolitaJenny on getting hate messages on his new tumblr
>Reblogs things from popular Lolitas
>Tumblr description says what his old blog was

[Anonymous No.6623408]

>>6623390
similar story here

>see poor tiny ita
>say "that dress would look a lot better with a petticoat"
>"maybe, but it's way too warm out for a coat"

[Nia !!9ULuJn9/+HD No.6623424]

>>6623408
>mfw

[Anonymous No.6623442]

>>6623374
Well, to be fair, pokemon's "evolution" system is more akin to metamorphosis, like what amphibians and butterflies do.

Her opinion is still grossly uneducated though.

[Anonymous No.6623452]

>"I don't care if my wig doesn't look like Cloud's hair, it's blonde so that's good enough. I'm gonna get his sword before I worry about making the wig accurate."

[Anonymous No.6623469]

>"Why are lolita brand dresses so small, you have to be anorectic to fit into those wah"
>"Bodyline needs to make bigger sizes"

Same girl said both these things. She was huge but kept saying she was "curvy". And told me that I was "underweight" and I needed to gain "at least fifty lbs to be beautiful like her". Wat.

Bodyline in particular is huge nowadays, I buy everything from taobao where the sizes are reasonable.

[Anonymous No.6623477]

>>6623408

[Anonymous No.6623483]

"There are too many Hatsune Mikus here!" said the Homestuck troll.

ALA 2013

[Anonymous No.6623488]

>"I would totally wear all this lolita stuff if it wasn't so expensive!"
>Says the weeb standing at the Ichigo Black stand at the Otakon dealer room

[Anonymous No.6623496]

"I'm going to dye my black wig rainbow for Rainbow Dash!"

[Anonymous No.6623502]

>>6623496
>>6623488
>>6623483
I LOVE THIS THREAD

[Anonymous No.6623527]

>"I can't bind, my boobs are too big."
Said the C-cup, while I, a G-cup, was standing there with a nearly flat chest. She insisted I was lying.

[Anonymous No.6623538]

>does baby the stars shine bright make custom sizes

[Anonymous No.6623546]

>>6623374
can't believe no one's said it yet
>"Vocaloid is my favorite anime"

[Anonymous No.6623553]

>>6623527
should've whipped those girls out.

[Anonymous No.6623565]

I appreciate the visualization of this one.

[Anonymous No.6623573]

>"You have to wear a wig when you wear lolita! It just looks stupid with real hair!"
>Same girl refuses to wear a wig with a cosplay because her hair is "close enough."

[Nia !!9ULuJn9/+HD No.6623575]

>"wow! I've never seen a black girl in lolita before! I thought lolita was only for asians!"

I have gotten this more than once. its pretty sad

[Anonymous No.6623581]

>"Brand is overrated"
>Wearing a print replica

[Anonymous No.6623605]

>>6623575
wat

>"I think I'm one of the best lolitas, and I'm still so new!"
>wearing a black and white gingham bodyline dress with a pink and blue wig and the worst attempt at gyaru makeup I've ever seen

[Anonymous No.6623607]

>"It's spelled sensee! Not sensei! My Japanese [language] teacher told us so!"

This was on a cosplay forum, so it's close enough.

[Anonymous No.6623617]

>"I don't even care about fashion, I have better things to spend my money on."
>posted in a lolita comm fb page
>with no context
>and no response

[Anonymous No.6623618]

>>6623607
Oooh. Know-it-all Japanese 101 students annoy me to hell.

[Anonymous No.6623626]

>>6623607
Hate that shit. Did they also insist it was "arigatoo"?

[Anonymous No.6623627]

>>6623617

[Anonymous No.6623629]

>>6623546
I've sortta said this. I asked what anime Miku was from at Otakon.

[Anonymous No.6623631]

>"I hate how all anime characters are white, don't you? I mean, people act like we have to change our skin just to cosplay."
>mfw I'm Asian.

[Anonymous No.6623633]

>>6623573
>>6623581
>>6623617
alright, i got mad

[Anonymous No.6623640]

>>6623626
Yes. They also insist that any spelling that's "ou" is fake.

[Anonymous No.6623639]

>>6623629
admitting you don't know where something's from is the opposite of that

[Anonymous No.6623656]

>>6623640
I hate those types. How do you get stuck between lesson one and hiragana reading for more than a day? I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.6623717]

>So what if it's actually green? Blue is close enough.
Referring to the MAIN part of a cosplay

[Anonymous No.6623755]

>at con waiting for someone to come out of registration
>Ask girl what store her obviously Taobao dress came from
>Oh... it's angelic pretty.

I know I was in a cosplay and such but omfg did you actually thing I wouldn't know.

[Anonymous No.6623825]

A few things that happen to me and my friends at a convention this past weekend

>Friend is cosplaying as a Spartan from Halo Series
>Walking around hotel we were sharing with drunk Mardi Gras douchebags and a daughter/father dinner group
>These girls from the daughter/father dinner/dance comes up to friend and ask "Are you Iron Man?"
>I nearly lose my shit.

This is one isn't cosplay related, but it relates to the convention. Overheard some white girl saying this:

>I heard people in Downtown St. Louis get shot and killed offend. I'm scared.

I just look at her and laugh uncontrollably. I love mocking scared white people who never been into the city.

[Anonymous No.6623841]

>>6623825
you...kind of sound like a douche. Those weren't really stupid things to say at all. The girl might've been over exaggerating, but like you've said, she's probably never really been to the city.

[Anonymous No.6623843]

>>6623825
I feel like you really shouldn't lose your shit about the first one. I mean, if they're the kind of girls who are going to a father/daughter dinner, they probably aren't the kind of girls who play very much Halo. Calm the fuck down bro.

[Anonymous No.6623845]

>>6623825
you sound like a dick

[Anonymous No.6623847]

>>6623825
tbh, I've spent time in St.Louis and worry about that shit myself. St.Louis is a kind of scary place.

[Anonymous No.6623849]

>>6623755
should've pushed it and asked her to name the print

[Anonymous No.6623865]

>>6623849
Should've, but I was so dazed that she actually said that. I wound up just wandering inside again and marveling to myself that someone actually fucking said that.
Only thing I mustered was "...oh... I've...never seen that dress before."
She said it such a distressingly condescending tone too, like I'd NEVER know what she even meant. I didn't have the energy to try to be like
bitch
I'm a fucking Lolita too.

[Anonymous No.6623871]

>>6623845
Never said I was a saint or a kind person. I do admit I enjoy being an asshole from time to time.

>>6623843
In retrospect, now that I look back on it, yeah maybe I took it a bit too far.

[medfag !BqcQeeA4HA No.6623885]

>>6623825
Where do you live, so I can avoid you?

[Anonymous No.6623889]

>>6623825
I grew up in stl right on the border of downtown. Cars got broken in often in my neighborhood, downtown some dudes threw hunks of concrete at me for smiling, black people at worked joked about dodging bullets, dude at work got shot downtown.

Saint Louis is shitty and scary.

[Anonymous No.6623891]

>"Apparently Lolita isn't a costume, it's a fashion!"
>Took five cons to figure it out

[Anonymous No.6623901]

>>6623871
>stupid shit people say
>post story about a naive girl
>heh I'm such an asshole lulz

[Anonymous No.6623922]

>>6623546
Well you could stretch it and say Black Rock Shooter. She was Miku before she became her own character.

[Anonymous No.6623930]

>Me and the girlfriend are in a hotel elevator at a con with an older couple, obviously not with the con
>We're both in Hetalia, Girlfriend is Germany. Olive uniform, blonde hair, 'bitch please' aviator sunglasses on
>I'm in Prussia, black SS replica uniform (no insignias), military visor, poofy pants, the whole deal
>Husband is staring at us, we just ignore him
>Finally he says
"Are you Hitler?"
>Says to my blonde-haired girlfriend

Oh boy that was collectively one of the most awkward and hilarious moments of any con, ever.

[Anonymous No.6623942]

Bumping for more hilarity.

[That Guy No.6623963]

>Oh look, it's Battle Ready Spider-Man

[Anonymous No.6623965]

>Lolita is hard

[Anonymous No.6623967]

>>6623553
And what, just started whipping them back and forth, hitting the girl in the face like it was The Karate Kid 2 and the bitch had torn up her dojo?
... I'd really like to see that actually

[Anonymous No.6623973]

>>6623922
Actually, no, she was Black Rock Shooter before Miku used her likeness for the song.

[Anonymous No.6623974]

>>6623967
I'll call Japan. They'd make a movie about it.

[Anonymous No.6623983]

>>6623717
I've had several friends do similar stuff.
So frustrating. And it's always things that would be easy to fix, but they never do them.

>>6623889
Yeah, I always feel nervous in big cities.
>Dad working on Oakland at car repair shop in 80's.
>First day on job.
>Wearing engagement ring.
>Coworker walks up and asks, "What do you value more: your ring, or your finger?"

>>6623930
Oh God, moments like that are so awkward.
Same goes for German WW2 reenactors.
Usually in times like that I just try to explain what I'm doing, and try to make it sound as normal / casual as possible.

>>6623963
In his defense, there are so many thousands of spinoff universes and characters in comics that I wouldn't be surprised if they knew who someone like Venom was.
At least he guessed from the right comic.

[Anonymous No.6623992]

>>6623973
Sorry my mistake, your right.

[Anonymous No.6624059]

>"I don't care if it looks half-assed, all that matters is that it's done."
This is a word-for-word quote from my former friend who cosplayed Dark Mousy using an unstyled black wig and a black t-shirt that had the sleeves chopped off and white lines painted on. She did this three months before a convention. Three months! She wasn't even busy! She had plenty of time to do more with it and what's worse, her mother is a professional seamstress who could have helped!

[Anonymous No.6624086]

>>6623974
We'll all be millionaires
Miyagusta

[Anonymous No.6624104]

"I don't get why anyone would buy brand or replicas from China instead of supporting indie seamstresses"
said by a shitty "seamstress" that owns a dress made from replica fabric, in front of other lolitas wearing brand.

[Anonymous No.6624120]

>"That dress is bad quality, I don't know why anyone would buy it."
>"Have you ever seen it in real life?"
>"No but it looks shitty in the stock photos."
>"It's really nice though, I actually own it."
>"YOU DON'T OWN IT THE BRAND OWNS IT! DID YOU DRAW THE PRINT AND MAKE THE FABRIC AND SEW IT? YOU DON'T OWN IT!"
>"I... bought it from the brand? Therefore I own it. But that has nothing to do with--"
>"NO YOU SAID YOU OWN IT! GOD YOU'RE SO STUPID!"

Way to try changing the subject crazy bitch.

[Anonymous No.6624142]

>>6623390
why are you such a catty bitch?

[Anonymous No.6624144]

I had to explain to a guy the difference between maids and lolita.

He wasn't a normalfag, he was at a convention.

[Anonymous No.6624150]

>>6623618
I have a friend who has not studied Japanese or taken any Japanese classes, but she spent a few weeks in Japan and learned some very very VERY basic conversational Japanese and her accent is inexcusable. As in severely emphasizing "desU" "gozaimasU" etc.

And she thinks of herself as being basically fluent, and corrects me, someone who spent 4 solid years studying the language.

Ugh

[Anonymous No.6624154]

>>6624059
I've said this before...though in my defense, it was my first time putting a garment together and I fucked up somewhat, and fixing it would mean taking the entire thing apart...and I just did not care enough to do that...it looked decent and that's all I cared about.

[Anonymous No.6624164]

A friend of mine was talking to another friend about taking a trip to Japan and wearing lolita while they were there. One of them was a newbie lolita and the other friend was educating her about some of the "rules" of the fashion, like petticoats, matching colors, shoes, etc. And the other girl was like "why does that matter so much?"

The response from my other friend was that "To girls in Japan, lolita is their way of life. They will be DEEPLY offended if you wear it wrong."

Uhh

Laugh at you from a distance maybe, but?

[Anonymous No.6624168]

> "cosplay and lolita are the same thing"
> "everyone in Japan cosplays every day"
> "I'm a 'may-doh', it means maid in Japanese!"

I hate my school's anime club.

[Anonymous No.6624171]

Someone I know was rambling about how when Vocaloid was getting majorly popular and the concerts started happening in Japan, a bunch of musicians started protesting/boycotting because "Vocaloid is virtual and made by computers, so it's taking business away from us REAL musicians". And she was entirely on their side, saying Vocaloid will "destroy the Japanese music industry"

Do people think you just click a button and Vocaloid magically generates a song for you?

[Anonymous No.6624210]

>>6624171
That what everyone thinks music is nowadays.

Because, you know, it's not like you had any motives behind writing that song note by note and taking hours of your life to carefully combine sounds. You're not a real musician if you use a computer to write your songs. Nope. You did nothing.

[Anonymous No.6624232]

>>6623469
Who was this moron?
sounds like PT potential

[That Guy No.6624246]

>>6624210
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PRKfj_5Oso
most music like that has a number of writers/producers all over it.

[Anonymous No.6624382]

>>6624164
You know for some people this is actually true, right?

[Anonymous No.6624407]

>>6624171
I think hte bigger problem is that she's implying tha Vocaloid music sounds just like human sung music.

I mean some of the songs are awesome but does she really thing those robo voices are making Japanese singers cry their eyes out at night because they're so byutafurudesu?

[Anonymous No.6624457]

>>6624171
that sounds exactly like
>Animation is easy! The computer does all the work for you!
people who think like this need to go die in a hole

[Anonymous No.6624499]

>>6623973
>Actually, no, she was Black Rock Shooter before Miku used her likeness for the song.

You mean after someone made a BRS skin in MMD? Come on guys, this shit is part of the reason why they have fucking concerts for holograms!

[Anonymous No.6624506]

>>6623640
Fuck this bothers me. I've known basic Japanese since I was fucking 6 or so. I can blame macron for this a little bit, but I mean come ON, the o and the u are both written there in the fucking word! Atleast learn how to read hiragana before you go saying how to fucking spell shit. Do teachers even use books to help anymore? Easy shit or shit with furigana is really helpful.

and yes, i mad.

[Anonymous No.6624510]

>>6624150
You know the U being dropped is actually a regionally dependent dialect thing, not just moe moe animu uguu bullshit. It's like pronouncing "f" in fu or "w" in wo.

[Anonymous No.6624513]

>Your costume isn't battle accurate.
Forgive me for being human and living in real life?

[Anonymous No.6624517]

>Your costume isn't battle accurate.

[Anonymous No.6624522]

>>6624382
I imagine for a handful of people, it is. I don't have an extensive knowledge of the lolita culture in Japan. I just think it's a huge stretch to imply all or the majority of them treat it like their life and not a fashion, and even if they did, I still think they'd laugh at you before they got "offended". And if some of them actually take it that seriously, who cares? There are reasons to wear lolita the right way, but not because it's going to be ~offensive~ if you don't.

[Anonymous No.6624574]

>>6624499
Are you serious? Do you honestly think that BRS was originally Miku? REALLY?

[Katsumiyo !pGNZlskXEI No.6624581]

I once overheard Hetalia cosplayers that were holding adult con passes talking about WWII while we all waited for the elevator. I asked them out of genuine curiosity if Hetalia covered the Rape of Nanking/Nanking Massacre at all.
>What's the Rape of Nanking? Nanking isn't a character in Hetalia, is it?
I learned about the Nanking Massacre in high school. Maybe standards of education are different where they're from or something...or maybe that's just what I deserve for asking.
Only other one I got is one I already posted before. I was adjusting part of my costume and some guy walked up and asked what I was from. When I told him, he asked if my stockings and cuffs were supposed to be boots. I explained that in reference A, they might appear to be at first, but in reference B, you can clearly see the line between the heeled shoes and where the stockings start. Then he just asked me again if they were supposed to be boots. Don't know if he thought I didn't play the game or what, but it seems kind of odd to me that someone would walk up and try to point out an inaccuracy if they themselves weren't familiar with the source material.

[Anonymous No.6624611]

> Socially awkward aquaintance asks me about Japanese honorifics.
> I link him to an article.
> "Great! Now I can give my Chinese roommate a nickname! They use Japanese honorifics in China, right?"
> Mfw he's not trolling.

[Anonymous No.6624643]

>>6624574
No you idiot. I know they didn't make BRS from a Miku skin. I was talking about the person wording the damn thing as if Miku is a fucking real person. Learn to read.

[Anonymous No.6624654]

>>6624643
Not even who you're replying to but you couldn't have worded that any more awkward if you tried. I still can't figure out what you were trying to say.

[Anonymous No.6624656]

>Asks us to be in character
>"Can you and [friend] make out/kiss/do yaoi for us?"

Just what do you take me for, arbitrary teenage girl?

[Anonymous No.6624661]

Is weeaboo shit ok?

>in college
>keep my power levels super low, never bring up anime or whatever
>there is this guy who is the biggest weeaboo ever
>he asks me what my favourite anime is one day
>list them off, eventually say "cardcaptor sakura"
>he stops me instantly and "corrects" me, saying "it's SAWkuraw"
>i'm like ??? no, it's sakura?
>NONONONONO IT'S SAWKURAW!!!!
>by the way it's more common in my country to use "ah" sounds for "a" instead of "aw" generally so this is a really unnatural way to say it (obviously picked it up from american dubs or something)
>i don't even care enough to keep this up and i know i'm right so i just say "whatever" and continue
>keep listing, say "Elfen Lied" (lied like leet)
>he goes apeshit again
>"it's elfen LIED (like to lie down), what are you saying it like that for?!?!"
>"it's a german name from this german poem, that's what the title is base--"
>"NONONO IT'S /LIED/, THAT'S JUST STUPID"
>just ignore and stop talking to him

jesus h christ calm your titties nihongo 101

also we generally are allowed to put music on during class, so people go up randomly and pick songs from youtube, and of course this guy puts on japanese anime theme tunes all the time
it's so fucking cringey and uncomfortable dear god

[Anonymous No.6624662]

>>6623889

Huh. There have been three shootings in my apartment parking lot this year so far, and one of them ended in a guy being hauled off in a dark van. My car has been broken into twice. Nothing to steal, so they just got pissed and slashed the interior. And this week, my town made the news twice for dumb ghetto shit. (Yes, the homeless guy with the hatchet is from here. He isn't our strangest homeless person.)

This stuff happens everywhere these days. It's kind of funny that little girls would be so scared of a city with a reputation, when it happens in their central Cali home-towns. Just beyond their picket fences.

[Anonymous No.6624666]

>>6624661
oh and another gem by this guy

>on tumblr one day
>he comes up behind me and looks at my computer screen
>"is that that 4chan website? wow why would you go on there?"

[Anonymous No.6624670]

>>6623983
I think you misunderstood the meaning of the ring vs. finger thing. Any time you're working with powerful, moving parts (e.g. car repair, pulling large amounts of rope, etc.), it's pretty dangerous to wear a ring. It can get caught in things and tear your skin, or, worst case, your entire finger with it.

[Anonymous No.6624673]

>>6624670
that only counts if you're wearing a ring that CAN be caught on something. most men's rings aren't going to get caught in anything working on a car that shouldn't even be turned on when your hands are in there.
my dad has worked in car repair my entire life and has never removed his ring.
hell, he works on planes now with more moving parts in tools, and still doesn't need to.

[Anonymous No.6624739]

>>6623442
Did Darwin keep his theory under wraps for fear the world would not be ready? I was under the impression that he was essentially racing to publish his theory because the zeitgeist of the time among biologists meant that he had a lot of competition for being the first one there.

[Anonymous No.6624759]

>>6623825
>one of the most dangerous cities in the USA
>stupid crackers, shit ain't so scary

2edgy4me

[Anonymous No.6624767]

>>6624581
I don't blame ignorance, I just dislike when people have an attitude that rejects their ignorance. I don't think there's anything wrong with those Hetalia players.

[Anonymous No.6624882]

Pic oh so related.

[Anonymous No.6624933]

>first time at con
>fully dressed in aatp
>be nervous as fuck
>rather feisty girl in bodyline dress and flats walks to me
>"Wow,for a black lolita you are really pretty."
>not sure if flattered or offended
>still be polite to her,because she looked like she just searched for a conversational topic
>"..Thank you. So you know other black lolitas?"
>"Haha,no."
>she just stands there and smiles
>awkward silence

[Anonymous No.6624936]

>>6624120
So, by your aspie logic, I don't own a single thing in my house because I didn't make it?

[Anonymous No.6624956]

>>6624936
>your
I think that anon is the one who was arguing with the girl who thinks she doesn't "own" the print.
lrn2reading comprehension.

[Anonymous No.6624958]

>Small local con this past summer
>Eating lunch after Hetalia panel, but I wasn't in Hetalia cosplay that day
>See Ukraine cosplayer carrying the miniature flags used in the panel
>She sits down on the floor next to where we were eating, puts flags directly on the ground
>I had my back turned, but my non-Hetafag friend noticed the flags were on the ground and pointed it out (she's a military kid, so it bothered her)
>I take a moment to consider whether it's worth saying something, and then decide, yes, since it's bothering me, my friend, and it's poor etiquette in general.
>Go over to Ukraine and politely say, "Hey, nice cosplay and job at the panel, Ukraine, but could you move your flags? They're not supposed to touch the ground, that's bad flag etiquette. Thanks!"
>She stares at me blankly then says, "Um, okay, I've never heard that before."

This one from my university anime club. After a finished out my term as president/founder, our new president tried her best, but she was very weeabooish despite being a nearly-30 something "returning to college to finish my degree" student.

>Her husband had bought her a copy of the software for Christmas (and they don't make much, so that was a huge gift)
>Says she's not had any problems at all and is actually starting to teach Japanese to some of the kids she works with at the child studies center on campus
>Legitimately believes "hai" means "no" and "ie" means "yes"

>Anime club Halloween party
>Girl comes in with closet cosplay of Marceline. This is the same girl who came in as L one meeting and hadn't bound her DD chest or worn a wig... her hair is butt length brown
>Complains when people ask who she is and don't get that she's actually in cosplay
>Complains even more when not allowed to enter the costume contest because the president said it wasn't a costume

[Anonymous No.6624959]

>>6624936
You don't know how to read and that is sad.

[Anonymous No.6624960]

>>6624936

Lol, wow, you're an idiot

[Anonymous No.6624963]

And more gems from my university

>Live on honors floor in all girl dorm
>Socially awkward girls at the end of the hall discover anime, instantly turn into weeaboos
>Sitting in the study lounge trying to work when I hear them loudly say, "Did you know in the anime Sebastian has sex with a woman?!"
>Resist the urge to yell, "No shit Sherlock!"

Hetalia Day 2011

>Girls from my hall attend
>They continuously express dreams of cosplaying and call us "professionals" because we actually have costumes that aren't closet cosplays
>One girl says, "When I get a boyfriend, I'm going to do Chibitalia and Holy Rome with him!"
>Awkward silence as all the "professionals" know that girl will never get a boyfriend if she tells that to a guy

[Anonymous No.6624965]

>>6624936
>Calls someone else an aspie
>Doesnt realize the 'you don't own it!' bitch is the person being complained about, not the person complaining.
Stay slow, gurl

[troll tan !MI1.d0y0Pc No.6624994]

>>6624958
>Gets upset about flag on the floor

Are you american? If this was in the UK and you got upset over a flag most people would outright just laugh at you or find it bizarre.

[Anonymous No.6625000]

>>6624958
What's the issue with the first one? The girl genuinely didn't know, you told her and now she knows. It isn't common knowledge to most people about flag etiquette.

[Anonymous No.6625012]

>>6624994
Yes, I'm American, but the reason it's such a big issue is because flags have been severely misused in Hetalia fandom.

>>6625000

She had no clue what I was talking about. I presumed it was common knowledge in Hetalia fandom, but I guess the etiquette sweep Hetafags took in 2010 onwards hasn't made it to newer fans.

But beyond more specific, nitpicky etiquette, I thought most Americans were generally aware it's rude to let a flag touch the ground, moreover, when it's on purpose. This wasn't letting it accidentally dip, it was that she flat out laid these flags on the ground.

Maybe it's a slight overreaction on fandom's part, be we're trying to repair the image people like this give the fandom.

[Anonymous No.6625022]

>>6625012
Also American, and I've learned to just be a bit more chill about the flag thing. Hell, for some countries (Germany, for example), it's fairly common to use flags as a blanket during a picnic, or some kind of outing.
If it's an American flag, though, I try to say something about that, because I know, in our country, that is disrespectful, and while I may not be the most patriotic, I know it can be really offensive to some people.

[Anonymous No.6625040]

>>6624963
>gets angry people don't know flag etiquette
>gets angry people haven't watched kuroshit
>gets angry people admire your cosplay and want to do cosplays of their own
you sound like a really pleasant person to be around

[Anonymous No.6625044]

>>6625022
>>6624994
Protip: If an American flag hits the ground it needs to be retired and burned right there.

[Anonymous No.6625045]

Oh man, flag wank in the hetalia fandom amuses me. Anyone remember that massive thing on flag etiquette someone did with the 'make sure your flag is the right way up! Unless it's symmetrical like the Union Jack' thing.

Meanwhile, here in the uk some kids down the road are using a flag nailed to a tree as a roof for a treehouse.

[Anonymous No.6625055]

>>6625044
Isn't there a specific way you're supposed to burn it, too? I remember reading this a while ago, when I first got into the Hetalia fandom, and was researching the proper way to fold a flag.

It's more the people that still wear flags as capes (although, those types have disappeared, thankfully). I think it's too much to tell someone to burn their flag, but ounce of prevention, pound of cure, and all that jazz.

[Anonymous No.6625056]

>>6624958
>yes, since it's bothering me, my friend, and it's poor etiquette in general.
"Your rights end where my feelings begin"

[Anonymous No.6625060]

>>6625045
hetalia fans are odd that way. either they get pc wank over the most innocuous shit, or they go full "lol wuts wrong with heiling in front of a synagogue"

[Anonymous No.6625067]

I tried watching that Hetalia show.

...It bored me. Maybe I'll try again sometime.

[Anonymous No.6625080]

>>6624144
... Oh God, this. I didn't want my ex to think that if I got into the fashion it would be sexual. But he kept on pushing it.

"You'd be like... my hot maid"
"No, it's not meant to be sexual, really. The clothes are expensive."
"But you'd look SO sexy, I don't think I would be able to keep my hands off of you"
"I'd be all covered up, from head to toe. Bloomers, tights and underwear."
"Oh but I love that little girl appeal..."
>wat

So glad I'm done with him, he said enough stupid shit to fuel this thread, but those are things that I do not want to remember. Unless it's a super memorable quote. Then I'll add it.

[Anonymous No.6625109]

>>6625080
reminds me a bit of my ex.

And he was also begging to buy me things. I always said "no!" But considering I have no sad feelings when I see the surprise jewelry he bought me, I'm kinda wishing I had said "Yes. If you want, you can buy me that 300 dollar dress right there."
Feel like such a bitch for saying that.

[Anonymous No.6625135]

>>6625109
Oh, don't worry. I look back on it and wish I had actually gotten something out of it other than emotional damage and bad sex. I could've gotten started in lolita two or three years ago! But then again, I was fat, so maybe that was for the best.

[Anonymous No.6625148]

>>6625135
Well, you're implying that you're not large anymore. If you had a friend who could help, you could [now] tailor your garment. Either by duct tape dress form, or they pin it for you.

[Anonymous No.6625152]

>We started a fundraiser to help pay for our group cosplay and convention costs! We need $500!
>If you pledge $300 you'll get to join us for a photoshoot!

[Anonymous No.6625158]

>>6625148
Hmm, I guess so. Damn, anon, you're making me regret this more than I should. My rationalizations are worthless now.

[Anonymous No.6625164]

>>6625158
Hey, never regret, okay?

Besides, maybe you would have regretted your choice of a dress...?

[Anonymous No.6625169]

>>6625152
Is this the Zelda group?

[Anonymous No.6625175]

>>6623627
plebs

[Anonymous No.6625181]

>>6625169
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/superjail-cosplay-group

[Anonymous No.6625183]

>>6625164
Let's leave the past behind. Gosh, I'm about to break into song. But yeah, that would've probably been it. I would've made a few terribad choices since I hadn't been to /cgl/ during those times. Awwriight, now I don't have to think "what if~"

[Anonymous No.6625191]

>>6625181
>We also have convention expenses. That's at least $150 for our registration, about $150 for lodging, and gosh who even knows how much for gas.
Well shit. I want someone to pay for me and my friends to go to a convention.

[Anonymous No.6625193]

>>6624142
She's not, that's hilarious

[Anonymous No.6625220]

>>6624739
Kind of a combination of both. He published The Origin of Species first and specifically did not make any reference to evolution in humans even though he had already thought about it and recorded evidence. He then felt like competition was going to creep in, so despite his nervousness and the religious freak out he knew would ensue, he went ahead and published his human related finding in The Descent of Man.

[Anonymous No.6625222]

>>6625181
>$300 Contribution - This is Superjail!
>join us for an informal photoshoot.

better include some strippers for that price.

[Anonymous No.6625226]

>>6625158
You might have got him to buy you one of your dream dresses. After the break up, you'd never be able to look at it again without disgust.

[The Warden !!TdjiLcSZ3ta No.6625268]

>>6625181
Great. More shit from my fandom.


>what do you mean you never see the Once-ler in the book? He's totally a kawaii yaoi boy!
>Sakuracon is way too expensive, so we're going to buy a bunch of games, furniture and new DVD releases instead.
>I'm trashing my old cosplays because they don't fit me anymore. I'm not gaining weight, they just shrank in the wash!
>Casual and closet cosplays aren't really cosplays in my opinion. Did I tell you that I plan to cosplay Sarah Marshall?
>I'm sick of all this Hetalia. I will take more Homestuck over Hetalia any day.

Kumoricon 2012
>cosplaying as the Warden
>hey! It's Willy Wonka!
>lol sorry but no, I'm the Warden
>no, you're Willy Wonka.
>No, I'm the Warden from Superjail
>Willy Wonka is the only person who wears a purple suit! So you're Willy Wonka!

BITCH I KNOW WHO I'M DRESSED AS. SHIT.

[The Warden !!TdjiLcSZ3ta No.6625274]

>>6625268
Forgot one.

"You're cosplaying Flippy from Happy Tree Friends on Halloween? How can you stand that show? I can't handle cartoon gore. My Halloween costume is Jigsaw from SAW. I love that series to death! I can even eat while watching it!"

[Anonymous No.6625293]

>>6624963
In all fairness, if they had only read the manga, this would be a legitimate surprise. I didn't know anything like that happened and I'm caught up with the manga, but I've never seen the anime.

Also, you're kind of a cunt.

[Anonymous No.6625297]

>>6623374
>cosplays pokemon
>which is a fictional show
>believes evolution is fictional
Seems legit, not believing in evolution aside.

[Anonymous No.6625298]

>>6625268
You should have seen their response when people got mad at them for setting up a donation page for their costumes.

>Baaw! I don't understand how this is bad?

[Anonymous No.6625299]

>>6625226
This is also true.

Okay, on topic. Shit my ex said

He would continuously compare his life to anime. I showed him Chuunibyou recently JUST to see if he would get the hint

>It reminded me a lot of how I act ^^;;;, I'm really starting to connect with him. I just don't see why they got rid of DFM. He seems like a very dark and oppressed character.

Missed the point completely and still acts the way he does. He's 24.

[Anonymous No.6625303]

>"If you're not going to do yaoi photos why did you bother dressing up like Cloud to begin with?"

[Anonymous No.6625349]

>>6624673
yeah no
any kind of ring can get caught. not just a ring with something protruding off of it
most places that are corporate run make blanket policies against wearing jewelry while they work. just cause it hasn't happened to your dad doesn't mean it's not a hazard

the whole point is, it's pretty obvious what that guy was getting at. don't be such a chickenshit

[Anonymous No.6625356]

>>6625293
dude he fucks Beast in the manga... It's not full on shown but it's pretty obvious

[Anonymous No.6625358]

>people don't recognize I have superior knowledge and possession of frilly people-sized doll clothes

like seriously

[Anonymous No.6625366]

> Everyone knows that real ladies need a selling permit for a swap meet.

Someone that has a huge hateboner against my lolita comm.

[Anonymous No.6625372]

>>6623825
To be fair your city is a complete shit hole

[Anonymous No.6625396]

>People who argue that all signs at cons are prostitution and illegal

There was one guy at my con who forcefully argued that "free hugs" signs at the convention were against the rules, despite the actual rules saying otherwise, because of them being considered solicitation.

[Anonymous No.6625420]

>>6624662

dude, but kai is fucking amazing

[Anonymous No.6625436]

>>6625045
> Unless it's symmetrical like the Union Jack

But the union jack isn't symmetrical, there's a right way and wrong way up...

[Anonymous No.6625547]

>>6625436
The more /cgl/ knows.

[Anonymous No.6627217]

>>6625268
Do you live in Portland? That sounds just like some people I know.

[Anonymous No.6627243]

>Cosplaying Summoner Yuna. Obi has fucking boning in it to make it nice and sturdy. Made it to be comfortable and wearable in a convention setting (bow attaches with large snaps and has wire in them)
>Has been cosplaying for at least 7-8 years by that point. Competes and places in master division.
>Relaxing in a cozy chair during a convention, it's late, I'm chilling with some friends. Obi bow is in my lap so it doesn't get crushed or mishapen.
>Little weeby scrawny girls probably 12+ years younger walk by and gawk "SOMEBODY DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO TIE AN OBI. EHEHEHEHEEHEHEEE"
> BITCH Japanese women often need help and assistance tying their obis. I don't see you in kimono with a proper obi. I don't see you embroidering 150 inches of fabric. Don't make me laugh.

[The Warden !!TdjiLcSZ3ta No.6627609]

>>6627217
No, but I do live uncomfortably close to it.

[Anonymous No.6627635]

>>6627243
You sound really pretentious

[Anonymous No.6627641]

>>6624666
Everyone who's ever seen me on 4chan at college has been like "Oh, you go on 4chan too? What boards do you visit?". They're all pretty normalfags too.

[Anonymous No.6627648]

>>6627641
>going on 4chan in public
Used to be you didn't do this because you didn't want anyone to think you were a scummy 4chan neckbeard.

Nowadays you still don't do this, because you don't want 18 year old (and younger) /b/tards spewing "meh-meh"s at you. Get it together.

[Anonymous No.6627663]

>>6625220
>>6624739
He a;so sat on his theory for a while before even beginning to write it up in The Origin of Species. It was mostly due to religious influence at the time - his wife was very religious. He was mostly afraid of the backlash that would come from suggesting that God hadn't created life.

He did also rush to publish, at least for Origin. Another biologist, Alfred Russell Wallace, sent him a draft of an essay where he came to very similar conclusions to Darwin. This pushed Darwin to write and publish Origin sooner than he wanted to (1859). The Descent of Man wasn't published until around 1871 IIRC, although some of Darwin's thoughts on humans had been mentioned in Origin as well (mainly comparing them to modern apes).

/science talk

[Anonymous No.6627664]

>>6625436
>>6625547
It has rotational symmetry, so if it was 'upside down', it would still be the right way up on the other side, since most flags are double sided.

[Anonymous No.6627672]

>>6627648
Everyone I've met who visits /b/ has actually been really pleasant.

[Anonymous No.6627717]

>at con with cosplay
>I'm in Cirno from Touhou
>a guy ask me like screaming "You are the girl from Saikano"?

>in the same con, same day
>"you're Rei Ayanami?"

(yeah, a Rei Ayanami with wings)

[Anonymous No.6627718]

>>6627717
... I guess you haven't seen the original movies huh?

[Anonymous No.6627828]

>>6624654
I'm trying to say that "Miku" isn't a fucking person, therefore she's incapable of using a likeness.

[Anonymous No.6627871]

>>6627828
She's a persona attached to a vocal program. She's been given a physical appearance associated with that persona and therefore can also assume a likeness.

[Anonymous No.6627880]

>>6627648

>meh-mehs

I saw some kid wearing a tshirt with trollface on it recently... I really wanted to beat the kid to a pulp before I remembered that I'm 22 and he was in middle school.

Fucking Hot Topic...

[Anonymous No.6627883]

>>6624581
Eh.... Hetalia is light-hearted and focuses more on the characters, not so much the events.

I would like to smack those cosplayers for not knowing what Nanking is.

[Anonymous No.6627886]

>>6624643
..alright, you seem completely lost, so I'll help.

>guy on Pixiv draws the original Black Rock Shooter design
>popular Vocaloid composer asks if he can use the design in a video and write a song about it
>artist says sure
>Black Rock Shooter song is released, sung by Miku
>an OVA comes out
>an 8 episode anime comes out
>the only thing Miku had to do with any of this was the singing

>where the fuck did you pull MMD out of your ass

[Anonymous No.6627891]

>"Why are you being such a bitches, don't cosplay them if you'e too stuck up to be ic"
>Said by someone who wanted me to make out with my twin sister
>We were Fred and George
>Ofw this happened twice (with two more asking us to make out but not making up shit about it being ic)
I'm still a bit confused on that one, especially since they all clearly knew we were Fred and George, not Hikaru and Kaoru. Did the fanfic rot their brains or something?

[Anonymous No.6627894]

>>6627891

Heh

I've seen plenty of Fred/George slash fics

[Anonymous No.6627900]

>>6627894
Yeah, I was somewhat expecting one creep to ask, but the number of them (some reaaally persistent) and ic thing threw me for a loop

[Anonymous No.6628003]

>>6625356
Oh, you're right. Shows how much I remember.

[Anonymous No.6628050]

>>6627718

I don't like Evangelion.

[Anonymous No.6628055]

>>6625193
Stop whitenighting yourself Nia, no one likes you.

[Anonymous No.6628071]

>>6624517

You should have asked them if they wanted to test it out, and hopefully you are a large muscular man.

[Anonymous No.6628101]

>>6624882

I sent that question in, it was on this Tumblr:

http://ohnomilanoo.tumblr.com/

Which is literally just this person going "This picture of this item that is direct from a Taobao shop being sold on Milanoo is ugly, and you should shop at Taobao instead". Like, what the fuck? I can understand if you talk about how awful Milanoo is and people's terrible experiences with it are or how you might not even get the item in the image that is direct from the Taobao shop, but saying two exact same items from a Taobao shop and from Milanoo are ugly, and then telling people to shop at Taobao anyway just doesn't make any fucking logical sense at all and has nothing to do with why Milanoo is an awful place.

Links related:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w581790997.39.PStCxb&id=16852841972&
http://ohnomilanoo.tumblr.com/post/40950136825

[Anonymous No.6628117]

>"Oh gonna wear your children's clothes?"
"Well actually it's more like wanting to be somewhat princess-like..."
>"Don't forget your Tiara"

My bf, ladies and gentlemen.

[Anonymous No.6628119]

>Can I borrow your wheelchair for my cosplay?

[Anonymous No.6628126]

>>6628117

I'm sorry ;_;

I hope it's more like he's just teasing you though, my boyfriend does that a lot, too. But he really likes lolita and is really encouraging about it and knows a lot about it himself.

[Anonymous No.6628129]

>>6624581
Don't mean to go off on a tangent, but in the U.S. my history teachers devoted about a paragraph to it, and the majority of the Japanese population are completely in the dark about the Rape of Nanking. The Ministry of Education refuses to put anything "shameful" about World War II in text books. All they teach is that a bunch of people died through firebombs and the atomic bombs, and therefore war should never be done again. And then they wonder why the Japanese embassy in China gets periodically attacked by nationalist protesters.

[Anonymous No.6628130]

>>6628126
Thanks but he's serious. I got a really nice brand dress in the mail for christmas and I went to wear it over his sister's house and he said "that's awfully poofy". Like he won't say straight out that he dislikes it, he has to make snide comments. It's the only thing he does that I can't stand. Apparently he can't stand my "childrens" clothes either.

[Anonymous No.6628162]

>>6628055
congrats on being an idiot with no sense of humour

[Anonymous No.6628294]

>>6625055
Former boy scout here. There is a certain way we're supposed to burn them. I think you say a few words 'This flag is too tattered to be flown', something like that is how I remember it. Then you fold it up in a triangle and put it in a fire. At least that's how I remember it, it was a long time ago.

[Anonymous No.6628304]

>>6628294
Don't bother, these idiots don't give a fuck about the flag code. They just want to bitch about Hetalia but using their brains to discuss which elements are actually problematic is haaarrrddd

[Anonymous No.6628323]

>>6628304
O-okay anon.

[Anonymous No.6628350]

>>6623496
I miss her ;_;

[Anonymous No.6628393]

>>6628101
Basically,Milanoo steals pictures from everywhere although rumor has it they now are a Taobao reseller too. It's a gamble whether you would get what's shown though.

[Anonymous No.6628408]

>>6628393
Okay, missed the point of that completely, but your main complaint can be answered with that just an ugly item.

[Anonymous No.6628426]

>>6628130
Then stop wearing stupid children's clothes.

[Anonymous No.6628647]

>>6627648
Man, you're so right. At eighteen and younger they should at least be spewing 'jieh-jieh's at us! Am I right?!

[Anonymous No.6628651]

>>6628101
Having read this post, I think I misinterpreted the initial question. My reaction before reading your post was that you seemed to be confused and saying that people accused Milanoo of creating horrible products and recommending Taobao when Taobao stores would simply send the same horrible product. I now see that what you're talking about is the actual pictures themselves, despite whatever the final product may be; The same image being on Milanoo and Taobao being reacted to differently.

Sorry for being longwinded but I thought I might clarify my confusion which I feel other posters would also experience (I'm not the poster who posted that screencap).

[Anonymous No.6628653]

>>6628117
Well, did you forget your tiara?

[Anonymous No.6628685]

>ranting about SAO since it's really shitty and there's better animu around
>discussing it with a friend who read the novels and also thinks animu is shit
>suddenly stranger pops out and calls us guidos for not liking SAO
>ask him for more animu he watched
>he blocks me
That happened on twitter.
Also
>"omg I don't get all these people cosplaying Magi and Fairy Tail"
>cosplays Homestuck and Kuroko no Basket

>"You're cosplaying from Evangelion, right?"
>happened 2 times, first when I was wearing Sayaka, 2nd when wearing Aina from Gundam: the 08th MS Team

I guess I get more annoyed when people don't know their animus.

[Anonymous No.6628703]

>>6628130
Well, if you don't like it then talk to him about it instead of whinging about snide remarks on the interwebs.

[Anonymous No.6628709]

>>6625436
That's the point. It was a whole butthurt massive tirade on how to take care of flags... that hadn't been researched properly.

[Anonymous No.6628734]

>>6628162
i thought it was hilarious

[Anonymous No.6628739]

>>6627672
Child
>>6627880
Adult
>>6628647
Child

[Anonymous No.6628769]

>>6624581
Hey this reminds me of someone who I will call turboweeaboo.
>See, there was this forum where we all hung out and Turboweeaboo would go on and on about how great Japan and anime is. Then this one guy came in, who I will call Ex-Weeaboo.
>Ex-Weeaboo came by after many years of absence to apologize for being an obnoxious weeaboo.
>Turboweeaboo gets excited and tells Resident Chinese Guy (who mocks Turboweeaboo often) that he could learn a lot from Ex-Weeaboo. Apparently ignoring the fact that he was apologizing for being a weeb.
>Then RCG makes a lecture about Nanking and why he does not worship Japan (he likes anime and other stuff)
>Some intervention from other members since things got heated.
>Finally, Turboweeaboo said something that made the entire forum hate him.
>"It's alright. Japan should be forgiven because they make great anime and games."

[Anonymous No.6628832]

>>6627871
fuckable logo/mascot

[Anonymous No.6628851]

>>6625268
You know I figure if you would have just blacked the fuck out on them for being idiots, that situation wouldnt be so infuriating in the present.

Why do cosplayers think its okay to spare the feelings of the moronic? I see it in every weeaboo horror thread when somebody gets a costume ruined, or something really rude said to them; you guys sit there like chickens in the rain and watch the shit happen to you. Yet seagulls can come here and crush a girls hopes and dreams because shes 170 lbs.
Ill never understand you fucking plebs.

[Anonymous No.6628852]

>>6625044
Actually... you are to slice it into one inch strips, burn it, and then bury it. Under the flagpole of every US Army base in the world there is a razor blade, matches, sand and a .45 caliber bullet. Tradition held that the base commander if he lost the base was to slice, burn n bury the flag and then take his own life with a shot to the head.

[Anonymous Euronymous !h1LWU9H7zs No.6628888]

>>6624673
Even if you wear a glove you can still get your finger stripped from the skin because you wore a ring.

Avoid wearing rings and watches if you're doing manual labor.

[Anonymous No.6628900]

I guess I'll add on to the Adventures of Ignorant Hetalians.

>cosplaying pirate!England
>guy comes up to me
>"You're... Civil War England, right?"

I mean, even if he meant the Revolution, I'm wearing a bedazzled hat.

[Anonymous No.6631544]

The stories are sort of long and the payoff isn't really worth the length, but I've had a few occasions when people tell me I'm cosplaying such-and-such a character all wrong, and when I tell them I'm not such-and-such, I'm a different character, they insist I'm lying to them because I'm too embarrassed/dumb to admit I'm wrong.

[Anonymous No.6631589]

>>6625060
I think at least in the US, flag etiquette should be followed to some extent. And I'm not very patriotic at all, I don't believe in sending flag burners to jail or anything like that. It's more about reputation and how we look to the public. I'm not part of Hetalia fandom so they can embarrass themselves all they want and it won't bother me, but I do care a little bit about the general reputation of cosplayers. I know most people know nothing about cosplay, but there are normal people seeing what we do in public at conventions and at cosplay events, and if their first impression of the hobby is a bunch of weird teenage girls dressed in military garb using American flags as picnic blankets, what are they going to think?

[Anonymous No.6631602]

>>6627635
I'd be pretty annoyed too in her shoes, tbh.

[Anonymous No.6632032]

ITT: Holier-than-thou people who don't seem to understand that what you think is common knowledge really isn't and people who make fun of naive people

[Anonymous No.6632047]

>>6632032
what does ITT mean?

LOL! SORRY! I don't know! is it some sort of new kawaii icon?

[Anonymous No.6632059]

>>6632047
Literally it means "In This Thread". It is normally used before a sarcastic description of a thread, at least from I've seen.

[Anonymous No.6632072]

>>6628888
This, you know what they call that kind of injury?

Degloving.
The glove is your skin in this case

[Anonymous No.6632080]

>>6628900
Geez, you think Hetalia fans would at least look up the background info of their fandom.

[Anonymous No.6632139]

>>6624662
Hey, another central cali! i feel i must disagree with you about Kai. That hatchet wielding homelss man saved a woman and man. Also how could you not like his stoner logic and lingo. Smash, Smash, ...SMAAASSSHH!

[Anonymous No.6632208]

>>6623469
>"Bodyline needs to make bigger sizes"
I know someone who said exactly those words. Oh my god I wanted to strangle her so badly.

[Anonymous No.6632221]

>>6632208
I personally think bodyline needs to make LONGER sizes, for sleeves and such.

[Anonymous No.6632246]

>>6628900
I don't know why but this made me crack up.

[Anonymous No.6632263]

>>6624581
If you want to know still, they kind of do. They don't mention it directly, but there's a point in the early anime where Japan one day visits China and then just slices him in the back and leaves him with a big scar.
It's never said what it actually signifies, but I'm pretty sure that's what it meant.

[Anonymous No.6632294]

>>6632059

The joke
__________________

Your head

[Anonymous No.6634668]

>>6632263
My memory's vague but I think that represented the first Sino-Japanese War.

[Anonymous No.6634902]

>>6627648
I browse my Chan Elite app during the day like a normal person would browse the Facebook app.

Whenever someone asks what I'm browsing (which is rare) I'll say, "Oh, just a cooking board (if on /ck/)" etc. I don't say 4chan not because of le rules, but so I don't come off as a le xcore /b/tard.

I never browse on a computer unless I'm at my house.

[Anonymous No.6635177]

>>6631589
I agree.

What I don't agree with is American imposing their rules on other countries. If it's their flag, that's different, but if a British England is sitting on the Union Flag and an American throws a shit fit I'm just going to laugh at them.

TBH this is why I never have and never will carry a flag to cons. If your costume is good enough you shouldn't need one anyway. If you want a prop, come up with something better.

[Anonymous No.6637771]

>>6628050
Way to have shit taste.