/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

2k4c finale when

2 Kawaii 4 Comfort always hits way too close to home when I remember my friend group when I was a teenaged weeb.

The level of spot-on they do to make you cringe back from your screen.

>>10344989
Too bad they probably won't finish it.

PPPPPPPPPPFBBBBBBBBBRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

I posted in this thread before realizing it was autosaging, dont really want to rewrite it
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>>10344989
The Spencer one was uncomfortably familiar, but Randy's episode was damn near 1:1

I feel slight remorse for some revenge I got on a comm member who sold me a dress with undisclosed damages. At our most recent meet I made cupcakes to bring and decorated them all with valentines themed decorations, some of them with edible AP be my valentine pieces that I made. I knew it was the girl who sold me the damaged dress’s dream print, so I gave her one of the BMV cupcakes. What was different about the one I gave her was that after I masturbated before making these I didn’t wash off my dildo, so my ladylube crusted up on it and I ended up scraping it off into the BMV cupcake i gave her. She deserves it for being a lying scammer but I’m having mixed feelings about it.

>>10344989
i just watched it because of this post. this is my new favorite thing. anyone knows if they're still planning on making the finale?

Today I sold my best made cosplay.
Today my dear friends competed in their latest ones.
Watching them on stage makes me so happy.
Sitting in the audience I can also find peace.
Earlier this year I threw away my first cosplay.
Cosplay isn't part of my life anymore.
I feel relieved.
If push comes to shove I can always start again.
Until then I want to support my friends.
I love them so much.

My period just showed up over a week early with a vengeance, so fingers crossed that my skirt comes out of the laundry without blood on it.

>>10345198
Girls, how bad are period cramps? I'm a guy and when I get calf cramps, they're so intense that I want to scream from the pain. And I can generally take some pain. Surely it can't be that bad.

>>10345176

I guess you could say your revenge was sweet.

>>10345211
they vary in intensity and between girls, but I have had both bad period cramps and bad calf cramps (for example) and calf cramps are far worse, but period cramps aren't fun and games either. just different. It's more akin to eating something bad and feeling cramps in your intestines (like you have to shit) in varying degrees. Sometimes it's horrible, other times just slight discomfort.

>>10345211
I legitimately can’t work when I have them, pain meds that aren’t opioids don’t help and I refuse to take opioids. Like, I am throwing up for three days straight and bedbound bad. And I’m an athletic person, I’m not easily taken out by pain. But when your entire abdomen is cramping down like satan himself has shoved you into a vice for days on end, it’s miserable.

>>10345230
I'm the same way. vomiting, fainting spells, like knives are digging into my uterus. it's fucking terrible pain and there's pretty much nothing I can do except endure it.

>>10345211
mine are pretty bad, but i have pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder so my periods are mostly a mental ordeal as opposed to a physical one. my gf has anemia and endometriosis so her cramps can put her in the hospital though

>>10345211
I've literally never had period cramps. It really varies between girls.

>>10345239
Hey, you. Fuck you.

>>10345233
>>10345230
Y'all should look into endometriosis. That's not normal and you might be able to get help.

>going back to regular 9-5 shift next month after working weekend shifts for the better part of the year
>havent started on any of the projects I have on the table

Maybe this hobby is dead for me.

>>10345211
I used to have no pain when they started out. Then they got worse. Eventually, I was taking over-the-counter painkillers by the daily max all week, and it wasn't enough. The doctor suggested "birth control" (I hate that name because I use it for cramp pain, not to control any precious births), and I take 2 painkillers per month max now. I use the ring. It killed my libido, and the hormone change me want to kms on the days I put it in/take it out; still worth it for the increased quality of life. I'd say my average pain was comparable to stubbing your toe but for all your waking time instead of the inital 5 seconds. With painkillers/BC it's more like the following 5 seconds. With both painkillers and BC, no pain.

>>10345211
I currently can't fully straighten my back and have to remain curled up in a ball, and that's with a bunch of naproxen and methocarbamol in my system along with a heating pad. It hurts from my navel to my knees, and it feels like my bones are sore, my muscles are aching, and there is a constant stabbing in my lower abdomen. It makes me dizzy and brings me to tears. I have never felt another pain like it, and I've broken multiple bones. Cramps in other muscles aren't quite the same for me. Like if I get leg cramps, I can massage them and soak them in the bath and that helps ease the pain. All I can do for my period cramps is bring them from a 10 on the pain scale to a 9 and just suffer.

>>10345211
I don't get them, never have. Wonder how much of the PMS meme is fake, I've never had any of the symptoms

>>10345211
I don't really know how to describe it, but it's a deep, piercing pain. In the worst moments I can't talk straight because my brain is preoccupied hurting so much. The last time I had cramps I wanted to pass out so I couldn't feel it anymore.

I have the wardrobe, lifestyle, and finances to realistically become a daily lolita but the sucky truth of it all is that I really like my normie clothes and wouldn't want to give them up.
Don't get me wrong, I love my frills, but sometimes I just like wearing a cool T-shirt with ripped jeans and fun sneakers and going out in public and not being stared at.

>>10345191
Ok, now in a haiku.

>>10345211
Two things.. I haven't had a period in roughly 11 years (Plastic IUD) and I still remember the pain, not my '10' but unforgettable in the same way.
Two, if you get cramps that often, you need to get yourself a Hitachi magic wand.
Yeah for your girl, but also for those cramps. My guy has dealt with them since his knee surgery; from experience, it will absolutely be the best 60 dollars you will ever spend. Also, hydrate or die motherfucker.

>>10345250
Baby steps anon, do an hour each day, keep a workstation set up and neat and you'll definitely feel like working on your stuff.

>>10344963
>find new girl's IG page
>bio: "Anti-weed. TERF. ABDL."

>>10345305
most people are anti-drugs, anon. the other two are creepy tho

>>10345211
So bad I’d rather deal with pregnancy and breastfeeding. I’ve had 3 kids in 7 years to avoid getting my period back in full force. It’s different for everyone though.

>>10345325
>most people are anti-drugs, anon. the other two are creepy tho
I disagree
most people I know only do alcohol and otherwise don't care
the only ones who are "anti-drugs" (as in, vocally against them, having it as key point on politics) are religious people.

>>10345211
It depends. Ther term "cramp" is misleading, it doesn't feel like a cramp. For me, it's a very intense, sharp pain that comes and goes. It's gotten worse as I've gotten older, and over the counter drugs don't kill it like they used to. I've heard other girls say it's like a dull ache and I feel so jelly, mine hurt so fucking much it makes me feel physically ill. Headache, upset stomach, aching limbd, ect
Shit sucks. I've gotten muscle cramps as well, period cramps are waaaaaaay worse

>>10345334
are you my cow from Harvest Moon?

>>10345336
>do alcohol

Thanks for the laugh, anon.

>>10345336
clarification: outside of north america and certain parts of europe, it's definitely common to be anti-drugs. it is weird as hell to me that it's so normalized in burgerland.

>>10345334
that is really not a good reason to have children

>>10345292
I feel the same way. Don't let other people look down at you for not being a daily lolita.

>>10345346
Is it weird thought? I mean, you realize how fucked up this place is, is it not believable that we want the escapism and lapse of reality for a while?

I bought a solid gothic OP and I feel a million times more comfortable wearing it out than I've ever felt in sweet. I'm not sure if I should switch substyles because I still love sweet, but damn.

>>10345325
>>10345336
>tfw most anti-pot people are fine with alcohol
It's some baka shit.

>tfw cosplay boyfriend lives in my dreams

hey, /v/ here, i was bored so i came here for a bit. Do you all really just sit around here feeling sorry for yourselves all day? There is a subtle self loathing that permeates the whole board. At least /v/tards have an excuse for it because they are all autistic males, you gals could just go out have the time of your life. Its different for women......i think.

Anyway, anyone here wanna be my e-gf?

>>10345360
Wheh living in a rich first world country so hard wheh wheh

>>10345387
Gape butthole or gtfo scrote

>>10345388
>rich first world country
I'm sory anon but it seems like you're implying the average american is rich and not quickly crumbling under the weight of the top 10%. shit is absolutely fucked if you are not living with financial security, which is the great majority of us.

Why doesn't this board like /v/ anyway? /cgl/ is full of girl who want a bf, /v/ is full of guys who want a gf. Its like a perfect match, just let the communities talk and get to know each other.

>>10345402
no, /cgl/ is full of girls who either want clothes or they want a gf

>>10345395
As a European, the US literally appears like a third world country to me. You guys there are so far behind in everything, it's crazy. Not even having a working education nor health system.

>>10345409
as a burger yeah our country sucks but comparing it to a 3rd world country is pretty stupid

>>10345411
apparently you're not below the poverty line
where I live people shit in the streets and don't have access to basic medical care, but go off I guess

>>10345415
homeless people and poor areas exist everywhere anon. besides, do you really think america is comparable to somewhere like india or brazil?

>>10345416
Brazil has socialized healthcare for everyone and India has free or subsidized healthcare for those in poverty, so you're right, the US isn't comparable.

>>10345395
Try living in a war torn nation where you can't go outside without getting raped you spoiled shit

>>10345211
>Surely it can't be that bad.
I've seen this phrase added to so many posts by guys wondering about the reality of period pain and can never understand why. If you think that in the first place after hearing countless women discuss and meme about it, why ask the question in the first place? Evidently hearing more of the same discussions and opinions isn't going to change your mind.

>>10345279
>>10345239
You bitches, hand over your good genes.

>>10345294
I rest relieved
No longer wishing to shine
Applause, winter stars

>>10345211
When women talk about how bad period cramps are, it doesn't mean that no man has ever known that level of pain. It's just a different pain, like >>10345219 said. I've had some gnarly calf and foot cramps that would beat my average period cramps out by a mile. And I've had period cramps that are so bad that they essentially make me bedridden.

I think the forgotten factor here is time. We're all comparing the highest possible level of pain, but not how long it lasts. Period cramps automatically win the worst category simply because you have to live with the ache for hours upon hours, through the night, continuously for days and up to two weeks for women like me who get period symptoms while PMSing as well. Calf cramps can leave you sore for a day or two, but even the worst appendage cramp won't stick around for more than a few hours at most.

I was set to move out to a new apartment in a few days. Everything paid for, contract signed, furniture paid for and with scheduled delivery, moving van paid and scheduled as well.

Browsing lolita sales without really thinking of buying, I ended up findinh a dress I really liked. I paid for it. As I was moving out very soon (again, few days), between the shipment processing and the waiting time of SAL, it would take the dress at least 2 weeks to get to my country. I decided to have the dress shipped to the new address.

Yesterday, 5 days before the move, ai geta call from the agency. I can no longer move in.
The flat I was going to move in to, already had a tennant, who has not lived in the flat in all the 4 months that passed out of her 6 month contract. I had more than one viewing of the apartment beforehand, nobody lived there really. No furniture. Nothing used. Only had some bags of old dumped belongings and shoe boxes.
This tennant had expressed her desire to leave because she did not want the apartment and had made an agreement with the agency that if they found credible tennants to take her place, they'd cut her contract short and she'd go on her way.
NOW, 5 fucking days before I'm about to move, this massive bitch decides to tell the agency she is staying in the apartment and they are forced by law to allow her to stay, because her contract tecnically would only be over the day before I moved in.

My dress was shipped out the day before this happened. I want to die.

I was set to move out to a new apartment in a few days. Everything paid for, contract signed, furniture paid for and with scheduled delivery, moving van paid and scheduled as well.

Browsing lolita sales without really thinking of buying, I ended up finding a dress I really liked. I paid for it. As I was moving out very soon (again, few days), between the shipment processing and the waiting time of SAL, it would take the dress at least 2 weeks to get to my country. I decided to have the dress shipped to the new address.

Yesterday, 5 days before the move, I get a call from the agency. I can no longer move in.
The flat I was going to move in to already had a tennant, who has not lived in the flat in all the 4 months that passed out of her 6 month contract. I had more than once visited the apartment beforehand, nobody lived there. No furniture. Nothing used. Only had some bags of old forgotten belongings and shoe boxes.
This tennant had expressed her desire to leave because she did not want the apartment and had made an agreement with the agency that if they found credible tennants to take her place, they'd cut her contract short and she'd go on her way.
NOW, 5 fucking days before I'm about to move, this massive bitch decides to tell the agency she is staying in the apartment and they are forced by law to allow her to stay, because her contract tecnically would only be over the day before I moved in.

My dress was shipped out the day before this happened. I want to die.

sort of a continuation from a post I made a few threads ago

>still waiting for photoshoot images from fucking San Japan (Sept 2019)
>almost six months with nothing after proofs were sent and two polite follow-ups to photographer
>wake up today super groggy
>first thing I see is that I was tagged on IG in something
>"ugh what fucking spammer tagged me today"
>see image
>"why the fuck am I tagged in someone's Blender 3D render"
>go wash my face, come back
>realize the "3D model" is actually me
>some dude I don't know had taken a hall shot of me and Photoshopped it, then found my IG and tagged me
>he delivered a dope action shot out of a poorly lit hall photo and got it to me with no contact info before my photographer could give me jack shit
>for free

I will never sell to lolitas outside of europe again. What a freaking pain

>>10345279
It doesn't happen to you so you think other women are faking it? Really? Are you working on your internalised misogyny?

>>10345461
>When women talk about how bad period cramps are, it doesn't mean that no man has ever known that level of pain. It's just a different pain
Bs

>>10345395
Financial security is overrated. Appearing like you have financial security is actually how they keep you working to keep capitalism working. I have 30k debt, don't own a house and don't own a car. And I took last Monday off of work to go to Disneyland because I don't like going on the weekend. Nothing bad actually happens if you don't pay your debts or don't own a house and 2 cars and have 3 kids.

>Want to buy an expensive item from Mercari
>The item was listed over a month ago, one person has left a question under the listing but the seller hasn't responded
>The seller has no feedback and no other listings

I really want the item but I'm afraid the seller has just abandoned the listing and forgotten about it, then i'm just waisting everyone's time and my money. What do.

>>10345211
It's different for everyone. Some people have disorders that make them worse. Some people seem mostly unaffected by it.

>>10345395
I look at American "poverty" and laugh. American housing projects in the ghetto are comparable to upscale housing in Bangladesh.

>>10345535
>someone somewhere else has it worse so everything else doesn’t matter

People in the US die all the time from preventable diseases because they fear going to the doctor. Suffer Olympics mean nothing when comparing apples to oranges.

>>10345230
>>10345233
>>10345236
>>10345265
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>>10345334
>>10345337
It sounds cliche but I'm sorry to hear that. I wish I could make it better.

>>10345458
>I've seen this phrase added to so many posts by guys wondering about the reality of period pain and can never understand why

I have been bitten, I have been beaten, I have broken bones. Of the physical pains I have gone through, my calf cramps are the second worst pain and I doubt people could live with such frequent pain without going crazy or killing themselves. Thus "it can't be that bad, can it?" Though idk how managable painkillers would make the pain.

>>10345540
There has been a history of women who have committed suicide due to period pains. Granted it’s gone down in recent times because of the advances of medical science. But it’s a thing. And it’s also a big contributing factor to why women are so irritable on their periods. At least it is for me. I don’t get PMS but the actual pain of my period makes me have the shortest fuse and tolerance for bs

>>10345346
further clarification: I'm >>10345346 and I don't live in North America.

>>10345542
>There has been a history of women who have committed suicide due to period pains
Can you provide a source? I've literally never heard of this.

>>10345256
I take birth control for my cramps too (pills). Worked amazing for me. Used to have a flood of blood and pain for 7 days straight. Now it’s just 1–3 days of blood (with only 1 day of heavy flow and pain). So I just knock myself out for those few hours, if I can.

>just finished school
>changed to working full time
>have more time and money for cosplay!
>zero energy and motivation, can't even force myself to work on things
Send help.

>>10345402
No, I only want pretty weeb dresses.

>>10345542
That's not because of period pains, it's because of the intrusive thoughts about suicide that you can get from hormones

>>10345552
When i get my period i randomly imagine killing myself. I've looked it up in my own language before, and a lot of the search results were girls asking if it was normal that their period makes them want to commit suicide. I don't have pain, besides light cramps the day before (that are a useful heads up)

>>10345570
Not really. I only want to kms because of the pain. If it weren’t for the pain I’d just be regular bitchysad on my period

>>10345578
You think of you hurt yourself in any other way you would have thoughts about killing yourself too? If that's the case you might just be depressed

>>10345573
I get suicidal thoughts for about 4 or 5 days before my period starts. And then once it starts, the pain makes me want to die, too. It's a whole lot of garbage all around.

>>10345578
You think if you hurt yourself in any other way you would have thoughts about killing yourself too?

I was planning to wear my first brand dress around my apartment today, just to get a feel for it, but my period came and I'm terrified of staining it. Do you gulls just wear regular clothes or what?

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>>10345584
>Tfw you make a typo but you can't delete your previous post because of your privacy settings

>>10345580
No. But the other times I’ve been hurt I’m not crippled to the point I can’t get out of bed and vomiting from pain for days on end. Breaking my leg wasn’t as bad pain wise as my average period.

>>10345585
On my period I always wear a pair of bike shorts and a pair of looser sports shorts over my underwear

>>10345585
I wear underwear and bloomers

I feel so lost in life at the moment and conflicted. I've always loved being feminine and enjoying my own gender, but I've been pushed into jobs that are very tough/masculine and now my most recent job, I work with nothing but men. I started this job recently however I think I'm going to quit as it is too much. The daily sexist jokes, women being the butt of the joke, them putting me in the spot light with their jokes about me, my manager getting aggressive about me not leaving and speaking my mind, etc. I work mostly one on one with him and I'm just drained, tired. I feel like I have to forge my femininity completely and it makes me sad. The only times in my life where I can embrace my gender is when I wear lolita and I'm just so happy when I do. I want to be able to really get into a field I like but money problems/lack of experience are really keeping me from it. I want to open my own bakery at some point- but I don't have the knowledge or experience. I also don't want to rely heavily on that dream because who knows what will happen. I just wish I could get a job where I'm not being bothered everyday by these things and I don't feel like I have to be someone else to fit in.

>>10345479
>don't pay your debts

uuuuuuuu anon you'll be homeless

>>10345600
Why? I've been living on my own for over 10 years

>>10345600
Nayrt but I'm a ghost citizen and in my country the only thing that happens if you don't pay them, is that they keep adding money to it

>>10345402
i only want good looking guys, so no thanks

>>10345409
and yet we create all of the media you love to consume

>>10345570
The first time I had my period, I completely unironically considered killing myself because of the thought of having to endure this shit every month for most of my life. I just wanted it to stop.

>>10345609
didn't know japan was part of the US

Went to a wedding back in September of last year. I felt really cute at the actual event, made a lot of effort with a nice outfit/hair/ and makeup. Fast forward a bit and the pictures come out, I feel so embarrassed. In my depression I put on weight and it showed a lot more than I realized. Since then I've done my best to work out every day. Physically, I have more stamina. And I've lost about 9 pounds. It doesn't feel like much in all these months but considering I have a prominent physical disability I can't work out quite as hard as I'd like. Some of my pants fit more loosely but I don't really *see* that much of a difference in my appearance, which gets a little frustrating. But hopefully soon I'll be more confident.

I just have this dream of being a beautiful magical girl protagonist, I know that sounds silly; but instead of transforming to fight I want to transform into a better me, if that makes sense. I just want to feel soft and airy and feminine for once in my life.

>>10345613
anime was originally a ripoff of disney and betty boop (look it up) so technically even that is something you can thank us for. you're welcome.

>>10345620
You can do it. Keep putting effort and with proper diet and work outs, you'll get the body of your dreams. Ganbatte!

>>10345256
I never been so glad too have taken birth control since I was underage. I didn't had much pain but would loose an absurd amount of blood for one week during my period. The few time I had my periods in recent time it was much more painfull, after a few medical exam I discovered that I started to have slight endometriosis but the birth control I had is what they give to manage it so it never got terrible.

>please try to find a solution to your period problems early so it doesn't get worst with time

Thank you to lolita for helping me make friends in a new country. I didn't have any success at making friends for... a long time. But as soon as I joined the local comm, I immediately met people who were genuinely interested in talking to me and spending time with me and listening to my opinions and having fun together. Lolita is so special.

>>10345775
Aww anon, I'm happy for you!

>>10345585
That's what these are for.

>>10345585
get yourself a menstruation cup. They will improve your life. Once you get the hang of it there will be no more leaking or panic that you need to switch your tampon every 3 hours. This thing can hold up to 12 hours depending on your flow. It's brilliant.

Why the fuck did God give large clown tits that won't let me fit into lolita?

>>10345829
u wuz born to be a ho

>>10345829
I have big tits and I fit into lolita fine. You'll only have problems with certain brands like MM really.

just added up the rough value of my wardrobe and it's like 20k usd. really rethinking my priorities rn

>>10345843
Just because you can get in it, doesn't mean it fits.

>>10345846
Don't do that, any hobby seems ridiculous when you consider the total amount of money you've poured into it.

t. into cars, you can always do worse

>>10345852
It fits with space to spare, so I'm good. A smaller waist helps a lot.

>>10345598
>speaking my mind
What you see as being outspoken others might see as nagging and what you see as women being the butt of the joke others might see as banter and camaraderie. Don't think that guys don't act like this towards eachother.
Why don't you share a few of the jokes and complaints.

>>10345854
I have a small waist, it's just my breast size being too big. The new blouse I got said it was supposed to fit, but instead one of the buttons kept popping open. At this point, I'm considering to get a binder to be able to wear it.

>>10345855
>What you see as being outspoken others might see as nagging

Yeah, because to men, women being outspoken is a nag. They don't want to hear women's opinions, and they consider any criticism to be nagging, and it's easier to brush off that way, too.

>what you see as women being the butt of the joke others might see as banter and camaraderie

Really love it when men get to bond together over their mockery of women. The best kind of friendship.

>>10345889
Followup question. Are you people out to drive the two genders apart, are you trying to drive 4chan's userbase away by making browsing the various boards unpleasant, or are you just a solo struggler trying to make men hate real women because no amount of surgery will ever make you one?

>>10345919
>Are you people out to drive the two genders apart

There's already a divide among gender, but okay. Guess it's my fault.

>are you trying to drive 4chan's userbase away by making browsing the various boards unpleasant

If it keeps the crossboarders away, I'm cool with it.

>are you just a solo struggler trying to make men hate real women because no amount of surgery will ever make you one

What part of my post makes me seem trans? You think cis women don't get sick of men's shit? That's literally the post that started all of this.

It's also funny that in your first question, you wrote "you people," as if there is a group of us, and the last question, you act as if I'm a single person and no one else shares my opinion. Make up your mind.

I geniunely miss /cgl/ commission threads. I'd find some great seamstresses and prop makers on here. and since they all came from 4chan if someone tried to scam someone you can bitch anonymously with proof and they'd be blacklisted. The people I see in facebook cosplay commission groups are not on par with quality and value, really bums me out.
I trust a Seagull who I know is going to be anal about the little details more than some Facebook etsy quality chick.
/cgl/ has went downhill in all forms of community.

>>10345889
>They don't want to hear women's opinions
I have known plenty of very smart, well educated women, including family members with degrees from Ivy League universities and holy goddamn shit are their opinions just fucking awful. Nothing taught me to discard the vast majority of what women have to say more than listening to them, especially in matters relating to the public sphere. Plus they want to whine about men taking all of the gloruly and recognition, while at the same time shamelessly manipulating men to do things for them

>>10345924
All these women here and only you are acting in such a hostile and prejudiced manner. So it's not a gender issue. It's you. And when people ask you why you feel this way, you respond with accusations and personal attacks. You don't even want to express grievances. You want to provoke. To derail and create bad blood. What purpose do your posts serve? To blow off steam? No, because then you'd go on about the stuff that has happened to you and how you were in the right. The only thing your posts do is make women look bad and cause a hostile atmosphere.
I know how you and your friends on other boards operate and going after you is my entertainment during shits and rides.

>>10345972
we get it, you're an incel

>>10345972
This is how women feel about men's opinions. Sorry to burst your bubble.

>>10345983
I didn't provoke or derail because I didn't start this conversation. An anon posted about her experience at work. A dude responded basically blowing her off. I responded to that. I also haven't made any personal attacks, unless you think "crossboarder" is a slur or something.

>you and your friends on other boards

I only post to /cgl/, but all right. Guess I'm responsible for the divide among gender and posting all across 4chan. I'm doing a lot with my night, apparently.

>going after you

So you admit you're actually the one attacking and being hostile. Cool cool.

>>10345855
got damn it y'all really ruined my mood. and speaking my mind isn't nagging, I'm new wtf do I have to nag about. it's literally just me answering his questions and him getting angry/annoyed if he doesn't like the answer. like him asking me about my boyfriend and stuff and me changing the topic.

as for the butt of the jokes, 'yeah i don't give free rides, if i see a hot chick i tell her to ride this haha. don't tell my wife'. and yet they don't make jokes about anything else.

even on this board y'all have a complex.

>>10345598
If you leave, be strong and honest about why you're leaving. Don't worry about how they'll react when you say you don't want to deal with their sexism for most of your life. They'll go in denial, defend themselves, say you'll experience these "normal" jokes everywhere, and try to blame something on you. Don't listen to them, you're leaving. But at least you'll have confronted them, and maybe one of them will look at his actions critically and treat future female colleagues with basic decency. That being said, I don't understand why you posted this to a cosplay board.

I know it's the norm and there's no point in complaining, but cosplay "community" and environment is really fucking sad and ass shit. It doesn't matter what country you're from, what area you're from, what kind of things you cosplay, sooner or later it boils down to the same thing.
>actual skills aren't valued anymore (sewing, crafting, wigmaking, etc)
>fitting into overshooped beauty standards matters more than your cosplay
>the more sex you sell, the more "professional cosplayer" you are
>always about popularity and clout
>elitism
>cliques
>everyone is everyone's rival
>high school petty tier drama
>don't even bother trying to talk to people with more followers than you. You DO have social media, right, anon?
>people not actually knowing jack shit about what they're cosplaying (not often, but this is a thing)
>nothing is about cos nor the play anymore
So basically a mixture of tacky reality TV shows and beauty pageants.

Am I the only one who ends up feeling extremely unmotivated and heartbroken? Everyone seems to just shrug their shoulders about this with a "it is how it is" motto.
Yes, you can go on about "cosplay for yourself, just have fun with friends uwu uwu" but let's be real, that's bullshit.

Not to mention people aren't friendly in the first place for many reasons above.

Fuck, gulls, sometimes this reality is too sad.

>>10345477
If anything, thinking women are supposed to be crampy, weak bitches is misogyny. Men use it to demean us when we're assertive

Sage for OT

>>10346154
Maybe you would be more happy at LARP events

>>10346161
fuck off newfag.

>>10345279
Consider yourself lucky then, you seem to be healthy. Usually bad cramps for days are a sign of something being wrong.
I used to be fine for me as well and I coulnd't understand why other girls were basically unable to do anything. Then I switched from birth control to an IUP and shit hit the fan. It got worse each time and in the end I couldn't walk properly. Turned out I had a very massive case of endometriosis and needed a big surgery. Things are better now and I'm back to no pain luckyly.
But yeah PMS can be really real and bad cases are usually a sign of something being wrong with your health.

>>10346025
Stop saying "y'all". It makes you sound like a yokel.
Nagging is a way of speaking, not a subject. Culture has glorified sex and has put control of the sex market at the hands of women, making men pursue it. Hence the courting, hence the increased interest in sex jokes, hence the displeasure with giving something for nothing or barking up the wrong tree.

>>10346154
>overshooped beauty standards
You certainly have a point, but not in this part. Being attractive is part of cosplay accuracy. Attractive characters sell, and most media want to sell. There aren't many characters to choose from if you're unattractive. If you're fat then you'll either cosplay Obelix, Ursula, or look like a parody.

>the more sex you sell, the more "professional cosplayer" you are
The more it pays in money and fame, the more "professional" you are. And what sells is sluttiness. "Easy access" sex. People will prefer a mediocre girl they can easily see naked or have sex with over a pretty girl who won't show an ankle and has her legs locked together tighter than Fort Nox. This is why people continue to support Momoiro-kun despite going to cons to see a sex cow and finding a landwhale.

>>10345176
Nice attempt at sabotage.

>>10346189
>There aren't many characters
You obviously don't watch much anime

>>10346189
>There aren't many characters to choose from if you're unattractive
There are in anime and in movies outside Hollywood

There is a photographer in my community who will not shut up about having a photography degree. She's extremely uppity about it and seems to have something nasty to say about the other popular photographers in the area who are self-taught. Despite her degree, she consistently makes ameteur mistakes- things like not telling the cosplayer that they have a flyaway wig hair or a makeup smudge before shooting, and then not editing it out. Shooting at awkward/unflattering angles. Weird, cut-off limbs. Cropping off parts of props. Putting her huge logo over details of the cosplay and even over people's faces. Heavily editing her photos in a way that destroys clarity, and getting defensive and saying "well it's my style" if asked to re-edit them.
I have worked with her before so this comes slightly from a place of experience. But it also just irrationally annoys me whenever I see her plug her photography in every goddamn group in my convention circuit. It annoys me when I see her post her photos with the exact same mistakes that she's been refusing to correct for years. I feel like she's doing other cosplayers dirty.
Sorry if this comes off as a vendetta post, I needed to vent about it and can't do it anywhere else without getting assblasted by her orbiters.

>been wanting to get in shape and cosplay for years now because it looks really fun
>mfw have a severe case of resting bitch face, hate talking to strangers, can't stand it when people take photos of me and also don't have any friends to bail me out of situations like those
just fuck my shit up

>>10345972
Imagine having such a small brain that you think an anecdote is enough evidence to discredit half of the population

>>10346189
okay dr. manhattan

>>10346253
pretty sure they meant female characters. there really aren't many fat or ugly female characters anywhere.

>>10346279
Diane from Bojack Horseman got fat

>>10346189
>muh accuracy
okay, so an average "professional cosplayer" being conveniently cookie-cutter attractive is part of "accuracy", but what about slapping on a bikini and a sloppy wig that has nothing to do with the character? Or hell, let's be equal here, when a dudebro slaps on a party city wig and cheap aliexpress cosplay with no makeup on with his bulge that nobody wants to see sticking out, what about then?
Suddenly nobody cares about "accuracy" then.

What you're saying is mostly true, I'm not saying otherwise, and that's what makes things more sad and hopeless to me.

>>10346292
That’s why it’s such a good show

It’s not directly /cgl/ related but I just found a webpage that looks like it’s from the early 2000s(its not kek) that is nothing but some idiot rage sperging over nudity in sailor moon and I’ve been dying laughing so I thought someone else might appreciate this intense levels of autism

http://moonsisters.org/moonsisters/disturbing/highlydisturbing.htm

>>10346516
Extra side note, there’s a lot of autism rage about lesbians in there too.

>>10346516
My eyes need a break after that. How did you even find this?

>>10346522
I was looking for certain sailor moon images for a project I’m working on and came across that mess.

Also I misspoke, the site itself is from 05 but it’s been updated as late as 2016 so there’s no excuse for that god awful web design

>>10346516
Thank you for the laughs anon.

>>10346527
Honestly I kinda love that nonsense like this still exists out there on the internet, takes me right back to the wild west days of ~2007.

>>10346516
>Which by the way, why is Michiru still crushing on guys in the StarS saga, when Haruka obviously cares for her?

Yeah, because Haruka has never flirted with Usagi or anything.

>>10346532
I don’t mind some web designs from that era but that one is particularly terrible. What’s hilarious about it is this entire long as page is dedicated to reeeing about the nudity when they have chibiusa’s naked transformation as the background picture

>>10346530
You’re welcome. It was too hilarious not to share.