• frankPodmore@slrpnk.net
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    6 months ago

    It’s funny how cosplaying is seen as this weird niche nerdy activity… unless it’s as an athlete.

    Although, having said that, we do have the term ‘full kit wanker’ in the UK, for anyone who buys the whole kit (not just the t-shirt, scarf or hat). Because, you see, there’s an acceptable quantum of cosplaying.

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      6 months ago

      If I told people I planned to sit around for hours on a weekend watching TV, they’d call me lazy.

      If I told them I was watching sports, they’d ask me what team I liked.

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        If I told people I planned to sit around for hours on a weekend watching TV, they’d call me lazy.

        Pretty sure this stopped being true a decade ago.

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            6 months ago

            And you don’t need to go any further than this thread to see some folks frown upon watching sports too.

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      6 months ago

      Wearing a jersey/scarf is more about showing which “tribe” you’re part of though. Going full kit is a bit different as it’s excessive.

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        6 months ago

        True. But I think if I wore, like, a Star Trek comm badge, that’d raise more questions than if I wore an Arsenal t-shirt!

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          6 months ago

          One thing has shaped communities and defined cultures for a century and the other thing is a science fiction show. It’s really not comparable in my opinion.

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            6 months ago

            Maybe for soccer, but the above statement could apply to basketball, ice hockey, and football and those have only been around about 2.5 times longer than trek.

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              It bleeds over though, they are all team sports. Just like Europeans grow up with their local football teams being celebrated, Americans grow up with their franchises being celebrated.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah I’m a cosplayer and a sports fan. It’s weird. They’re really cousin hobbies. Both dressing up in appreciation and support of some pop culture “team”—usually that we had nothing to do with creating.