/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>10960544
THIS! I was just thinking about this the other day too. Another thing to note is if you look at a lot of the Japanese kigs, they seem to have lots of nice (and clean) costumes and outfits. And with some of them, you can see they usually also have nice cars and cameras and computers etc. In other words, most of them seem to be well-adjusted members of society during the day, working decent jobs, and making decent money. For them, kigging is probably just a fun hobby and fetish, and they care enough to do it well. And they also have the means to do it well. Now when you look at places like the US, most kigs are like the exact opposite. They can barely afford a car or rent, much less a nice kig mask or costumes. For them, kigging is more like an escape from reality. In other words, there really is a psychological component to it. That might also explain why those kind of people are also the most outspoken about how kigging "is not a fetish." Or they are the first to call people haters whenever anything negative is said. They just aren't ready and able to accept reality and facts if they think it might taint other people's perception of their vision of "perfection". There are of course exceptions to this. But interestingly enough, most of the better kigs outside of Asia, are actually still Asian.

>>10968539
I think if you look around, you can pretty easily find where the more "normal" kig people hang out, and associate with them that way. There's no drama, no shit talking, and no old guys calling each other sis all the time. And maybe it's not a coincidence, but those folks seem to have better kigs, too...