Specifically things that have happened to you.
>at metrocon cosplaying OC
>goku asks for pic
>say yes
>goku forcefully grabs me from behind and lifts me into air
>feel hard dick press against my ass
>check snapchat for metrocon later, goku allegedly got arrested for sexual assault
>pic related, it's me and the goku
>>8695043
Looks like you've been visited by the gay fairy Goku
>>8695059
the snapchat in question
tell us more about this goku
>>8695447
Holy shit I remember this guy. My friend and I were in stitches when we saw him get escorted out.
The most cringe thing that usually happens is when someone wants a photo and poses right in front a huge group of people
>At Banzaicon cosplaying Captain Falcon because I love memes with my friends as Eva from MGS 3
>For her costume she has to have her jumpsuit unzipped in the front, and she was missing a costume piece that would help cover up a little more
>We were waiting for her friend to bring said costume piece and just hanging out
>I notice some guy wearing a black wig that looked like he stored it outside staring at her tits
>Not looking, STARING. I barely recall him blinking.
>After about five minutes, he walks up
>My helmet does not protect me from the stench
>He smelled like he hadn't showered in months, with his grease really bringing out the red in his acne.
>Still enthralled by my friend's chest, he says "You guys wanna go to lunch with me?"
>It's around 9:30am.
> My friend says "Uh, it's kind've early but I think I have plans to go with my friends." and gestures at me.
>He notices me, and let's out a little harumph.
>Well fuck you too
>He turns back to her and says "I'll buy you whatever sandwich you want."
>My friend turns to me looking panicked, she has anxiety issues and was super uncomfortable
>I pipe in "We have reservations somewhere. We had to make them a month in advance."
>He mutters angrily at me, and mutters apologies to her, before moving along.
>We eat fast food later.
>Sporadically see him staring at us throughout the day.
He does make a very, very angry reappearence later, if you want to hear that.
>>8695612
Tell us everything about it anon.
>>8695612
We're ready for story time anon.
>>8695628
Sure
>Some guy notifies me that a nintendo photoshoot is happening.
>Make sure Greaseguy isn't lurking about.
>Ask my friend when her friend is gonna bring her costume piece.
>About five minutes.
>I go and stand outside for ten minutes, waiting for the photographer to show up.
>Everyone's getting super pissed, and I'm just getting uncomfortable.
>I start looking around, checking out some of the good costumes and having a sensible chuckle of the bad costumes.
>One of the doors leading inside slams open, and out comes my friend, powerwalking out, looking terrified.
>Oh fuck, am I about to be a part of a mass shooting?
>As she got closer to me, she must've seen the concern and confusion on the half of my face not covered by my visor.
> She says really shakily "He- The guy showed back up."
>After she recovers, she explains that the guy had cornered her when she was getting a drink from the water fountain.
>Demanded he take her to fucking Jimmy John's.
>She told him that she had to consult me and jetted out of there.
>I look back to the building, and see him literally pressed against the glass, glaring at us.
>Shake my gleaming helmeted head at him.
>He scowls, and retreats from the glass, leaving a huge greasy smear on it.
>Feel sick.
I told my friend that she had to be with someone at all times. Fortunately, her friend bringing the costume piece showed up.
This is where things get spicy.
>Mosey my way into the Dealer's room, getting catchphrases yelled at me and having pictures taken of me Falcon punching people.
>Generally having a blast
>I'm inspecting some merch, when it suddenly becomes difficult to breath.
> I turn around, and Greaseguy was standing so close to me that I'm surprised I couldn't feel him.
>Obviously startled. I say "Oh shit."
>"He furiously breathes at me, fogging my visor and actually getting spittle on it.
>"Why are you doing this to me?"
> "What?"
>Why are you stopping me from getting a date with that beautiful..."
cont.
>>8695657
Couldn't have reported security on him?
>>8695657
>He trailed off. Probably looking for some cringey title like goddess or princess.
>Falcon push him back a foot.
>"Look. You need to stop. You're totally freaking her out, and you're causing a scene. If you talk to either of us again, I'm going to get security."
>He let out a gross chuckle and said "You pushed me. They won't believe you. And I think you're lying that she has a boyfriend. I think you want her for yourself"
>I die inside. I didn't actually think these people existed.
>A security guard I took a photo with because his kid loves Cpt. Falcon walked up.
"Everything all right over here Falcon?"
>I look at greaseguy, who's now edging away from the guard, and say "Nope. I don't think so, at least."
>Greaseguy leaves, and I explain to the guard what's happening, and he says he'll keep an eye on him.
>Find our he removed greaseguy later for "accidentally" tripping and falling onto my female acquaintance.
It was disgusting. I know cons can be a lot of fun, but this was only my second one, and it's kind've put me off a little.
>>8695612
I'm all for sexy costumes, but it seems weird that someone with anxiety issues would wear such a revealing costume.
Glad greaseguy got kicked out. It's hard to improve personality, but there's no fucking excuse for not showering.
>>8695688
That's a shame. I hate it when the worst imaginable stereotypes ruin it for everyone.
>>8695693
I seriously thought people like that couldn't exist, or that I would never meet them.
>>8695696
I've certainly met some people at cons with disgusting hygiene, and some creepers who both stare/stalk and also have the courage to ask out, and people with the entitlement to be offended when others say no.
But never all of those wrapped up in one terrible package.
>>8695701
The worst thing is I'll never be able to eat Jimmy John's without remembering him.
>>8695043
This is where I've learned to stick with a buddy during conventions at all times
>San Diego Anime Conji 2010
>Babby's first convention
>I'm beyond excited since i've worked on my Haruko cosplay a few weeks before
>Meet up with buddies
>A few other strangers tag along
>"Whatever my friends probably know them"
>Some guy in army gear mentions how cute my cosplay was and he liked this character quite a lot
>Army guy wanted to take a few pics
>A few strange poses but nothing too Questionable
>Fast forward to evening time
>Surprisingly the army guy is still with us when other strangers had already left
>We all head to the lobby
>Chairs were taken in the lobby not to many left
>Army guys beckons me to sit on his lap
>My 16 Year old self at the time naively does it and at that second I knew I fucked up
cont.
>>8695671
What a creepy dickbutt. I hope your friend isnt afraid of wearing her Eva cosplay now, I love MGS and surprisingly only usually see Sneks and MGRaidens.
>>8695721
She got over it once he got kicked out. And yeah, there were a lot of sneks.
>>8695717
>Keep in mind this guy was in his early 20's
>He shifts in his seat
>for quite a while
>I told him I should get off since I thought I was hurting him in some way
>His response was something along the lines of "No don't worry that's just my...my man...my"
>He stutters
>At this point I'm starting to get what he's saying
>panic mode
>My 'friends' aren't doing shit / probably don't notice
>He mentions he wanted to show me something back in his hotel room
>I cut him off and say "Hey ! Uh, weren't we all gonna find that one photo-shoot by the pool ?"
>"There is no photoshoot by this time anon ."
>"It's too late for a photoshoot anon ."
>I'm clearly showing signs of UN-comfortableness by now
>I start to tear up a little but don't show it
>Army guy starts to grope me both bottom and chest
>MFW
>There was a starbucks nearbuy and I tell my friends about going there
>We all head out there and It's fucking closed
>I make my escape
>Until my 'friend' says "what are you doing anon ?"
>I tell them whats going on
>She said shell keep an eye on him
>We head over to a hotel room that was giving away free tacos, super packed
>It's 1AM-ish by now so I Had to leave
>Before I left army guy comes up to me hugs me hard and kisses my cheek
>In complete shock
>I quickly left and texted my friends goodbye
After that I didn't want to go to that convention .I'm still going to conventions, Just not this one in particular and not with the same people
>>8695740
Stupid question, I know, but why didn't you just stand up when he started to grope you?
>>8695740
This brings back bad memories. I'm so sorry you had to endure that, anon!
>>8695753
Not that anon, but when I was 15-16 I got groped too and I was basically frozen in panic and fear. I'd never dealt with a situation like that and my brain just sort of locked up and only thought of stupid shit like "if i freak out I'll look like an idiot to my friends".
>>8695740
Why the fuck didn't you just get up and leave?
God you're fucking dumb.
>>8695768
When I was around the same age, maybe younger, I also froze in panic when I fell into a boy's lap. I wasn't stupid by any means, but my mind just blanked because of a mix of embarrassment and 'this CAN'T be happening to ME'.
>>8695826
Mindblanking is a normal panic response. If you can't properly decide to do anything due to shock then you'll just stay still and internally freak out.
>>8695480
More on the goku
>smelled really bad
>very aggressive hugging, make face at my friend taking the picture, silently screaming for help
>goku maintains gorilla grip on me, saying nothing, just breathing heavily
>other cosplayers start to walk away
>still being grabbed, terrified at this point
>finally goku lets go
>feel violated in so many ways
>check snapchat later, the pic of them getting arrested is on the official metrocon snapchat story in front of God and everyone
>>8695897
>when I fell into a boy's lap
Just like in my Japanese animes!
>Cosplay Prussia back in... 2008 AKon? Maybe 2007?
>Well aware of the shit Prussia cosplayers got up to, so I'm on my best behavior
>hanging out with friends, having loads of fun
>spot a HUGE Hetalia group, get excited
>pop over and excitedly say hi, probably annoying, but I was only 15-16, sue me
>see Hungary staring me down
>assume she's annoyed, so I shut up
>get invited to go to lunch
>agree enthusiastically, start walking alongside the Hungary because that's how the group squished down
>See she's holding a frying pan, compliment her on it and her outfit
>she swings
>I hit the ground with a loud thump, head hurting and bleeding a little
>Bitch just clonked me over the head with a fucking CAST IRON SKILLET
>"Don't you even think about flipping up my skirt!"
>Fucking what
>My friends rush over to check on me
>Her friends shrug and keep walking
>Wind up in hospital with a mild concussion
>Never join DFW Hetalia out of fear
>>8695993
she's a victim alright, of her own stupidity.
>>8695991
Jesus, even by our standards that's terrifying.
>>8695991
So many hetalia cosplayers at cons are shitty. I'm sorry you had to have an experience with one of them.
>>8696049
I've had quite a few bad experiences, but this was the only one that put me in the hospital, so it tops my list.
And yet I continue to cosplay Hetalia. I hate myself. But I love Monaco.
>>8695993
Victim of what - stare rape?
Fuck off.
>>8695939
In retrospect, it wasn't even that bad. I mean, falling on someone is the risk you take when you stand up on a moving bus. It's just that all his friends starting to whistle and my younger self's brain just went 'POOF'.
>>8695993
Forgot your #ugh
>>8696069
I had a 14-something girl fall onto my lap once in a moving bus. It's nothing too uncommon.
It was funny, I'm a girl too and even though I kept reassuring her it was okay, she was almost in tears from embarassment. Poor gal.
>>8696069
Not *POMF*?
>>8695991
What the FUCK why did nobody stop her? Jesus christ
>>8696276
You gonna mess with the crazy chick with the bloody frying pan?
>>8696232
That's cute senpai baka
>>8696282
I had a friend who cosplayed her with a knife. A real knife
>first ever con
>just turned 17 and had to beg my mom to let me go since she hates anime
>don't know anybody there but excited anyway
>in shitty first cosplay of Ed Elric
>in dealers room chatting with random peeps
>one of them was a guy in a superman shirt
>everything seems normal
>con day 2
>superman spots me again
>follows me around the entire con
>"oh my god anon your boobs"
>"hey me and my friend are gonna go to our van and drink wanna come watch?"
>wat.png
>"by the end of the day you'll be making out with me"
>I make a point of reminding him several times that I'm 17 and he's 24
>lose him for a while, then he finds me again
>my mom is about to pick me up
>tell superman I need to leave cuz my mom is literally waiting outside the hotel in a car
>"oh let me talk to her anon, I'll persuade her to let you stay"
>awkward laugh and firmly decline
>"okay, but first..."
>suddenly grabs me by the waist and sticks his tongue in my mouth
>so stunned I don't even move
>go back to car and tell mom I had a great time since I don't want her to hate anime even more then she already does
Whenever I tell people this story they always ask why in the fuck did I ever go to another con after that. Creeps are everywhere, not just cons, so while it sucks that that happened, it could have happened someplace else too.
>at a small con in March
>end up at a stranger's room party by myself
>trying to mingle with people when I spot a girl across the room
>I recognized her from another con a few months ago in November of last year. We never spoke or met, but her qtness was accentuated then since she was one of the few people in cosplay at that last con
>Nearly screaming at the top of my lungs at her and saying how I know her from that con and saw her several times there even though she never saw me.
>Realizing how wrong everything is sounding
>Excuse myself and leave the party
>Cringe
>>8696276
Thing is- not only did they not stop her, they acted like it was normal. I get that Prussias were the Deadpools of Hetalia, but come on.
However, now she's huge into Undertale and that gay volleyball anime, so I don't have to deal with her.
>>8696329
thats disgusting
uhhhg i threw up in my mouth reading that
HIS TONGUE thats uhg so so so gross
he was probably a nasty neck beard who never brushed his teeth either
>>8696304
I was gonna say I was planning on using a real one too for my Undertale cosplay. Genocide run.
But I don't want to get party vanned.
>ate too many edibles
>walked wobbly through con
My bad.
>>8696066
>Gets physically groped
>Calls it stare rape
Anon
>>8696329
Jesus Christ, anon, that's fucking horrific. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. Sometimes it's hard to believe that creeps like that exist in real life.
this thread went from cringe to horror stories real fuckin quick
>>8695043
>Babby's first con
>16, going with boyfriend and another friend
>Coplaying as Nah, loli dragon
>Going to a panel, boyfriend is at another event with his sister
>In the back of the room, no seats left, just standing around with some Ouran crossplayers
>Overweight Death the Kid comes up to me
>"Hey you're really cute what you from?"
>Not sure if he means my cosplay or me
>Smelly and sweaty, like 20, standing way too close
>"It's from Fire-"
>"Really cool. How old are you?"
>Tell him I'm 16
>He grins and comes closer
>Grab the arm of Ouran girl talking to her friend
>Can't breathe
>An older girl pulls me out and tells him to BTFO
>He starts to whimper and runs away in tears
>Boyfriend and/or friend stays with me all the time at cons now
It was all so weird and pathetic at the same time
>>8696377
Don't give us a bad name
Undertale is already becoming the next homestuck for cringe
>>8696811
By pointing that out we aren't absolving the culprit of anything, he is 100% in the wrong, but doing literally anything in that situation other than remaining on his lap would have helped.
>>8696811
Blaming someone for their non-reaction is a completely valid argument. If you're going to be a doormat then you deserve to have people walk all over you.
>>8696811
You can do both, you know. Nobody is saying the guy isn't a creep, but the message "don't be a creep" is shouted as loud as possible at all times, and many armchair activists don't seem to get that telling people not to do X doesn't dissuade the people who are already fucker up enough to want to do X in the first place.
A message that we can get out that DOES make a difference is "don't do what this idiot did to get themselves attacked/harassed/robbed/raped/murdered, etc.
I mean, what do you think the more efficacious message here is:
-Don't molest young girls
-Don't sit still and accept it when somebody is molesting you.
Which one do you think will /honestly/ yield more fruitful effect?
Keep in mind that this is a question for the real world, not an idealized world.
>>8696811
she is a victim but you are perpetuating her to continue to be and become a victim again. by being so anti-'victim blaming' we just perpetuate the idea that women are weak.
>>8696491
What do you do when some dude like that comes to ask you something like that?
try to answer nicely and leave?
or?
be rude and go away?
>>8697110
Yes. Also you're infantilizing a 16 year old by comparing her to a 5 year old.
>>8697120
I wasn't comparing anyone to myself. But apparently /cgl/ thinks that a five year old who has no idea of the concept of what sex is, is at fault for being raped.
You guys are fucking disgusting.
![[BUGCATCHING INTENSIFIES].gif](https://i.imgur.com/Fv7rtMs.gif "[BUGCATCHING INTENSIFIES].gif")
>>8695043
>At some con
>I'm 13, best friend is 14, little sister is 11
>I'm wearing a Teto cosplay, besite as Miku, lil sis as Rin
>Have a fun time at the 3-day con
>except for a minor hiccup on all three days...
>This.. I dunno, 25? 24? year old guy In what I now believe to be an awful Edward Elric cosplay
>Finds us first day, we talk a little, we're his fav vocaloids
okaycool.jpg
>We leave
>Saturday, finds us after the Vocaloid photoshoot because he was one of the ones that took the group's picture
>Have to write our emails in his Death Note so he can send them to us
I'm so happy nothing happened with that, it had some real creeper potential.
>Tells us he doesn't have the balls to cosplay Hatsune Miku, before any of us knew what that meant
"Alright cool, now let's go be weebs somewhere else"
>We don't see him again until tomorrow
I don't even remember if we talked any, but I do remember that he sought us out all three days.
>Con passes without incident, but we could've landed ourselves in huge trouble
I'm not saying he did anything majorly creepy, but scoping out some super underage girls every day of the con is a little creepy. Also, my parents let us go unsupervised. Just a little cringey.
>>8697125
>some anon uses sarcasm in reference to you missing the point
>ALL OF /cgl/ BLAMES CHILD RAPE SURVIVORS
Come on now.
>>8697132
Maybe he looked at your group and saw what was going on and decided to protect you from the real con monsters that you had no idea existed? Stop being so negative.
posted this in a con creeper thread a while ago
>be 15
>cosplaying pic related
>really proud of it, made it myself and it came out decent
>chilling in that room near the fountain area at otakon
>some random girl in a blonde wig with blue contacts comes up to me and kisses me on the corner of the mouth, tells me i'm beautiful, runs away
>stopped going to conventions after this
I never told my parents about it either, they were strict and were very reluctant to let me go to otakon in the first place and I didn't want them to impose more restrictions on me
>>8697135
>protect us
Why would he care that much? If it's because we were his favorite Vocaloids, then that's almost just as cringey.
>>8697135
Plus, he had most likely seen us with my parents around the con. They let us go off by ourselves, but it's not like they just ditched us.
>>8697162
Not that anon but cons attract all kinds on weirdos and its better to be paranoid than to be too trusting at one
>>8697165
This.
>>8697165
If you're so worried about it maybe you should find yourself a new hobby instead.
>>8697173
>Always assume weird congoers want to protect you from..other weird congoers?
>ESPECIALLY when you're 13 and a naive weeb
What, did my story strike a nerve or something, anon?
>>8697173
i did. i stopped going to conventions years ago because of the weirdos there
>>8697179
Why would you force yourself into a state of constant paranoia for a whole weekend? You'd be better off just staying home instead.
>>8697186
>Be aware, and careful of creepers
>Constant state of paranoia
I dunno about that, buddy.
>>8697196
stop nibbling his hook, anon
>>8697196
>better to be paranoid
>not being in a constant state of paranoia
Did you just now realize how ridiculous you sound?
>>8697202
Yeah, now I think about it, it does sound like bait. Especially anon's most recent response.
>>8697136
I haven't gone to Otakon specifically because I work with a guy who wears Otakon shirts nearly every day and I can't stand being around him. I've only been to MAGfest since I moved up here, con-wise. It's pretty rad.
>>8697110
That's literally a strawman. Nobody said that. There's a difference between teaching people to protect themselves through example and expecting a literal 5 year old to be able to defend themselves against an adult about something they have no concept of.
I'm sorry that that happened to you, but these two things are competely different from each other. Nobody is going to blame a toddler for not taking care of themselves, but a 16 year old girl willingly sitting on some creepy guy's lap, then sitting there while he grinds his dick on her and then gropes her is a competely different level of possible prevention and self-defense.
That's like saying we shouldn't advise people to eat healthily because some people are starving to death from no available food, and it's impossible for them to eat healthily. The majority of cases, the advice is valid, and taking it to the extreme case doesn't actually invalidate it.
>>8696377
If you're taking photos at home or in some other private place, go for it. Please don't go out in public with a lethal weapon though - that's not just cringey, it could quickly become dangerous.
>>8696505
I can see that happening, but the costumes in the Undertale thread look pretty nice. I'm hopeful the cosplay fandom isn't he next Homestuck.
Met Hitomi Chan
Enough said
>>8698056
AYYY
>>8696352
>undertale
Oh no. I've got so much undertale cosplay planned, I hope the fandom doesn't turn out to be like that.
>working security at an event on Halloween
>all sweaty and hair is a mess from having to run around all over the place
>see lolis, one is wearing one of my favorite JSKs
>ask her if it's that JSK and she says yes, I tell her I have one in a different colorway and that her outfit is cute
>she says thanks but stares at me in a weird way and then turns away from me
>remember that I probably look gross from working
>she probably thinks I'm some awkward ita or an ageplayer
>mfw I am the cringe
Me and 3 friends were on our way to a convention, but decided to stop by burger king first since we were hungry. We were in our cosplay.
That guy slowly ate his fries and stared at us the entire time we were there. He didn't just look at us once or w/e, he literally stared at us the entire 10+ minutes we were there.
Friends pretend to take a selfie to get a picture of him.
>>8699306
You said JSK and colourway, I'd say you ticked the right boxes to be known as an initiated lolita, if she was being rude then it's not your problem or fault.
Unless she was maybe making a weird face for some other reason, don't worry so much.
>>8697227
Magfest is pretty cool for the fact that it's generally a bit of an older crowd, not as much of the anime teens around.
And thankfully they put a stop to that Colossus meme that was getting out of hand.
>>8699265
Good luck with that. I just finished my first Neutral/True Pacifist run and I've been reading the Undertale Wiki to get extra info and read some discussion. There are 161 comments on the Frisk entry and they're almost all arguing about their gender, like it even matters.
Wasn't at a convention but on Halloween.
>I was dressed up as a cute Minnie mouse, my boyfriend wasn't with me as Micky but he stayed with me all day.
>we went to McDonald's for a quick lunch and while he got up to grab ketchup and our drinks, two different guys at different times came up to me and started hitting on me.
>"hey there Minnie, need some company?" (obviously there was two meals are with me so I wasn't alone)
>another asked me if I wanted to "hang out" and he could show me a "good time" without my Micky. no thanks.
>happened in the time my boyfriend was gone. The second dude even came back while my boyfriend was with me and kept hitting on me.
>went to my boyfriends work to see some friends, and another random guy came up to me (OBVIOUSLY WITH BOY FRIENDS.)
>Asked if he could be my Micky *winks*. Theb proceeds to try and grab my hand.
>boyfriend moved so fast. Thought he was gonna deck em.
His Co workers told me he tried hitting on them as well. Fucking creepy.
If i heard the pick up line "I can be your Micky ;)" one more time that day I was gonna scream.
>>8695671
Damn, that security guard sounded like a bro.
Can't greentext on phone. So here is my story...
2001 or 2002 going to AFO in my 8 bit theater costume. Dressed as fighter wandering the con. Meet this tiny qt dressed as utena. We hang out, chat a bit she invites me back to her room. Tells me she has friends staying there and some older guy who paid to sleep on the floor. I get a call from my friends, we won the cosplay skit contest so I run down stairs to get the prize with the others.
Lost track of qt but meet up later in a random room party. And end up back at her room later. She is bi and there is a lot of making out and stuff going on, I don't patly attention to the bed next to us.
Fast forward to 6am knock on the door. I roll onto the floor where I have been "sleeping" the whole night and I hear a huge thud from the other bed. QT gets up and goes out to talk with her grandmother who showed up way too early.
I get dressed in seconds and look over. Some huge greasy guy, balding and in his late 30's is getting dressed to. In the bed is some girl who can't be older than 16...
Most awkward elevator ride ever. I can't look at the guy, every cliché of a pedo and a Jew. Get off at the next floor. "I'll take the next one thanks"
Call qt up to check on everything. Her friend apparently does that a lot.
More funny than cringey but.....
>youmacon
>omw back to people mover around 11pm alone
>obviously foreign asian man comes out of nowhere and holds up camera to me as means to ask for a pic
>"sure!"
>pose for pic
>He fucking gets down on all fours
>zooms his camera in on my ankles
>snaps a pic
>gets up
>mutters "niceu~"
>and shuffes away
Clockwork trying to get me to come to the cgl meet at a con. He messaged me a million times on Facebook about it, then proceeded to track me down at con when I was at a photoshoot
>>8701118
Jesus Christ this is fucking gold
>>8700926
I usually just wave at people who are staring.
>>8701118
I'm laughing so hard right now
>>8695043
The lined tights I bought had a run. It got progressively worse, you could see my undies. Nobody told me. I'm so pissed and cringing.
>>8701457
You need new friends anon. A true friend would tell you if your tights were running or your petticoat was bulging weirdly
Being a photog at cons, I got friends who would go near me coz there be some creepy person doing their thing. And being a big burly guy that I am, it would scare the creeps away. These sort of people I've dealt with before though only once have I actually verbally told a person who was stalking a friend of mine to piss off. When he started to make a scene calling the cosplayers and myself names was when I got semi aggressive but then yelled out for security. I dunno what happened next...
>>8701004
something similar happened to me on Halloween night
>wearing medical themed shironuri, have a nurse cap and everything. normies probably just thought i was a creepy nurse
>couldn't find a party at my college to go to, ended up wandering around town with some friends
>some creepy guy probably twice my age starts yelling "nurse! nurse!" and starts following us
>still following us 3 blocks later
>says something about me being a sexy nurse
>the one guy in my group snaps and tells him to fuck off
>he looks offended but leaves
i don't even understand the sexy nurse comment, all my skin was covered and my dress came down to my knees.
>>8701118
>mutters "niceu~" and shuffles away
>>8701495
Modesty is sexy, anon.
>>8701636
maybe in 1800
>>8697133
so its sarcasm, we can tell tones through text now?
Ok.
>>8697186
weren't people just saying there are ways to be a non victim but when one follows those ways, now she's paranoid?
You never win.
>Be me
>Attending JoJo Photoshoot with my siblings
>Chatting with my siblings about how awesome the photo shoot is
>Out of nowhere this smelly Foo Fighters cosplayer interrupts our conversation
>"Hey guys nice costumes"
>Say thanks
>then FF proceeds to ask if I read pt 6
>told him I only watched the anime and read pt 4
>Spazzes out and says he hates the anime and read all the parts
>Smelly FF then proceeds to follow me and ask if I like his Foo Fighters cosplay
>literally just old overalls and party city wig
>Constantly posed next to me thoughout the shoots
>Kept being creepy overall
>Find my siblings after shoot and leave
>Sibling grabbed our little sister away from smelly FF, knew he was creepy
>Missed out on fun poses but creepy FF ruined it for them
Pic related its creepy smelly foo fighters.
Not cringe but true
>Go to MTAC
>ex is there and following me
>current gf at the time is mad
>later gets drunk with randoms at the bar
>i was in vendor room haggling with chinaman over strike witches figure
>my brother comes over to me
>"hey anon, your girl just punched and bit your ex"
>look at freind i was with
>we leave and go home
>she calls later from jail holding
>haven't talked to her since
>go to local game store
>one of the employees is a volunteer at MTAC
>"hey anon that girl you're always with up here beat some girl up and threw up on her"
>We laugh it off and and revel over strike witch figure
>next year shes on the MTAC blacklist at the door
>first time cosplaying was probably 10 years ago now
>had waited until i lost a lot of weight and got pretty fit
>still kind of chickenshit so both cosplays have masks/prosthetics and a lot of makeup
>first one was harley quinn
>idk if it was just not as popular yet or i was in some anomaly because i was only one there and several people mistook me for the girl from Chrono Cross
>find out there's a Batman gathering and head over
>its small and mostly batmans and jokers, though there's a batgirl and a handful of other villains
>photo shenanigans and a trivia game ensue
>most of group is pretty fun, some are a little spergy, but hanging around the back is one dude who is dead silent
>he's at least 6'5" and dressed as Scarecrow and has the illusion-mesh eyes so there's just black there
>he doesn't join in any games and only gets in on the group photos
>whatever if he doesnt want fun we won't make him
>gathering ends and i go off to do other stuff
>spot him a few times through rest of con, same cosplay both days, but just in the crowd
>after con pics show up on their forum
>good amount of me, both as harley and the next days costume (Fiery from Labyrinth)
>notice the scarecrow guy is in some of them
>wait, he's in almost all of them?!
>each one he's in he's facing straight at the camera, not browsing or talking to anyone
>realize almost every picture of me taken after the gathering has him in the background but he isn't in any before it not even in big crowds
>didn't talk to him or anyone else from that group the second day and was with a different group of people
>how the fuck could he even recognize me with half a muppet glued to my face
nothing truly traumatic happened which is why i'd call it cringe instead of horror, but I'm still weirded out by that. it was some straight slenderman shit going on. plus how long was he following me for?
>>8701891
that sounds like the beginner to some japenese stalker horror movie! glad youre okay anon.
>>8701809
>Attending JoJo Photoshoot
There's your problem
>cosplay shippuden hinata
>lots of people during the gathering suddenly jumped on me and grabbed my boobs in 2007 for a "LOL SO RANDOM PHOTO BECAUSE HINATA HAS HUGE BOOBS"
>just stand there in shock
>not sure what to do
>leave after photos are done
>>8696388
They responded to more than one post dumbass
>>8697110
>I was raped
>>8701809
That looks nothing like Dave Grohl
>Go to bar meet up with my GF
>Meeting people, having fun
>Girl starts to flirt with me hardcore right in front of my gf
>gf finds it hilarious
>Place is busy so she asks I could grab her and friends a few drinks
>No problem, they gave me money
>She's friendly enough, continues to hang with them
>Later
>gf and I go to this girl's hotel room for food
>Place is a mess; probably 10 people staying in room
>Gives us leftover cake while she chugs applesauce from the jar
>She talks about how she loves making out casually and wished more guys would be okay with that
>Reveals she's 16
>I go quiet and kind of shut down, leave soon after
>gf thinks it was hilarious
>I rethink my life choices
>>8702583
>Reveals she's 16
Seriously, are underage girls lying about their actual age and hooking for way older males really -that- common? Like every 4th fuck up story has one involved.
>>8700952
Fuck you, the Colossus Roar is still amusing.
>>8702065
>cosplaying naurto
There's your problem
Witnessing some promise ring proposal between a pair of fatties at london comic con when hanging with the Dragonball group outside in October. I'm all up for happy couples at cons but that was just cringey as fuck.
>>8696066
Touching someone's privates without permission is molestation, smart one
You're probably a predator yourself if you don't understand something this simple
>>8696380
Mah nigga
>>8697120
0/10 troll
>>8702633
Yes. Almost every girl I knew in high school had a boyfriend that was an adult. Granted my school was fairly ghetto.
>>8702835
>I disagree
>TROLL!
Tumblr plz go and stay go
>>8695991
Over here in straya the health cosplayers are mostly weebs and fatties. No one would go near them unless it's other weebs and fatties
>>8703188
Hetalia *
>>8702633
Seconding, most girls I knew wanted an older boyfriend, and many still do well into their mid-20s. Many think they're more mature than boys their own age, have some kind of daddy or 'savior' complex, or just think an older man is more stable, has more money, and will spend more time on her.
>>8700926
That's the face of a man who has clearly seen some shit in his life. Were you and your friends some shit?
i was cosplaying as Yoko and was walking back to my friend's car when some creeper grabbed my tits by force from behind while his friend slammed his mouth into mine, almost chipping me a tooth. What saved me was the mucocele I had in my lip, it burst on impact and my entire mouth was full of pus and blood in an instant. I ran as fast as I could and reported it but they never found the fuckers. This was back in 2009.
>>8695991
I feel you on the 'I have to be on my best behaviour because I'm Prussia' thing. I think I actually remember hearing about this, reminds me of one year at Ikkicon when a Prussia cosplayer wouldn't stop hitting me with a riding crop. ( I was France at the time)
Thankfully the fandom in the DFW area seems to have matured a little bit over the years, at least from what I've seen.
>>8703462
This. They get good things from older guys, and those older guys think younger chicks are prettier and fresher than older chicks, so everybody wins
>tekko a few years ago
>sit down to check streetpasses
>girl sits right next to me (on a long bench with plenty of space)
>girl licks the back of her hand and wipes her face with it
>oh look at the time i have somewhere to be that isn't here
>>8704055
> if you do Russia than a Belarus is your worst nightmare
>First con ever in Baltimore
>First day, walking around before everything opens up and all that jazz
>wearing a no waifu no laifu tank top because gains/its hot/i love this tank top
>Wasn't even 5 minutes after I got to the convention
>Some nerdy black kid walks up to me and his group follow
>Asks me if its a no game no life shirt, say no
>hes like oh man I thought it was
>oh ok
>just standing there in this awkward silence for what seemed eternity
>starts asking me about no game no life stuff
>excuse myself because I'm gonna kill myself if this keeps up
That and the occasionaly random dude who wants to follow your group just because you gave him a pity chuckle at his joke/reference to your cosplay.
>>8703740
>fresher
In my experience, it's the more mature women that know how to not act like sluts. I don't care that she actually has been around but it's the younger girls that seem to think acting like a whore is appealing.
>Rarely ever get dressed up pretty due to being definition of tomboy
>Con hosts a posh ball, decide to go
>Make an effort, wear nice dress, heels, do my hair up, makeup, the works
>Feel all pretty and feminine for once
>Go to ball
>Guy in same dress as me
It's bad enough when someone is wearing the same dress, let alone a bloke doing it...
>>8704352
I appreciate that you know you're a tomboy rather than call yourself trans. I am being 100% serious, thank you for your self-awareness.
>>8702818
Lmao I'm in the DB group and they're sorta friends of mine. They're both decent, well-meaning people but I can confirm they're both really cringe worthy in general. Especially the 'Shenron'
This would have been 11 or so years ago. Back in ye-olden days of Fanime con, when it was all about the music and the halls were not so fucking crowded you couldn't breathe, I was finally old enough to hangout at the con, even after hours, with my friends and no parental supervision, about 16-ish. It helped that I knew most of the staff at the time and wasn't TOO much of an obnoxious twat back then. I could easily get into adult panels, if I couldn't there was always something else to do, and dancing at night.
Day One, Early Afternoon:
>Checking out the center stage activities, watching a game or something with my BFF
>See my older brother sitting a few rows ahead of us, wearing ridiculous bright fucking orange hammer pants type things
>wtf?
>BFF and I walk up to my brother to ask about the stupid pants
>getting closer, almost right up to him, I realize that this is NOT my older brother
>While remarkably similar, this person is younger, anywhere between 19 and 23, and kinda greasier than my brother.
(I don't want to make this guy out to be disgusting when I say greasy, it just looked like he came out of the gaming room after playing some DDR, but it matters later)
>My BFF and I are amazed at how much this person looks like my brother, so we talk to him, show some pictures of my bro, and take a few with the guy to show off to my family later.
>Throughout that day and the next we see him a few times, wave and smile, he seemed like an alright dude
>but the pants remained.
(1/2)
>>8704478
Day Two/Three, 2AM-ish:
>Sitting at an empty table with BFF, exhausted from dancing
>Just talking and drinking water when
>Brother Doppelganger shows up!
>Still wearing the pants
>We wave at him and he zeros in on me
>Walks straight up to me, ignores my friend who said hi to him
>So tired it didn't even occur to me how weird that was
>"Hey doppelganger dude, hows it go-" I try to say
>"Do you want to go out with me?!"- He butts in
>"uhhh, no sorry you look too much like my brother it would be weird" -I stuttered
>He then slooowwly CARESSES my face with his clearly unshowered mits
>"Oh, but we could be soooo much more" -he attempted to coo
>Rightfully freaked out, I jump out of my seat and threaten to beat the shit out of him with a chair I had grabbed and brandished over my head. (I watched a LOT of anime, weebish overreactions were my forte' as a teenager)
>He finally acknowledges my friend and looks to her, frightened
>"run" -she shruged
>And run he did.
I have had boobs since I was 10 and have been cosplaying since I was 9, so I was already a little bit skilled in denying these sorts of invitations, but this was way too weird for me, and supremely disgusting. I wish I still had the pictures. I think this experience is what made me find men in baggy rave pants more disgusting than they already are.
I went as Hotline Miami Jacket
>found another Jacket
>having a good time, telling jokes, getting photos with him
>hey, let's touch cocks
>I'm a massive faggot and it would be funny, so I fo
>after he runs off, I realize that he meant the masks
I think I unknowingly took photos with him a few months later, too
>>8704491
>>8704491
My fucking sides
>>8695043
>first con
>none of my friends showed up
>make friends with some hyped up kids around my age
>we should go sing the pokemon song in the main hall
>why.png
>fuck it lets do it
>ok
>get about 3 verses in
>quit
Aside from buying trap hentai that's the most cringey thing I've ever done
>>8704722
Oh god I've got a similar story.
>took small group of friends to their first anime con
>they were all Homosucks at the time
>"WE SHOULD SIT HERE AND SING THIS HOMOSUCK SONG"
>plsno
>"IT'S A MEME IT'LL BE FUNNY"
>sit in awkward silence as they loudly sing for a good 5 minutes
>people walking around us stare at me
>keep walking it will only get worse
>be petite asian grill who gets mistaken for 15 all the time
>be 22 at the time
>many of my friends are giant lumberjack types
>I'm a creep magnet at cons, had 2 stalkers at different cons, had someone try to upskirt me and I never go to the dances because some random tries to grind me all the time
>when I get swept up in the crowd at cons, my lumberjack friends don't mind if I grab their elbow or hand for a while
>be cosplaying taiga at an anime north a few years ago
>I put quite a bit of effort into it, people taking lots of photos
>in dealers hall, super crowded so I reach for closest friend's hand
>manage to grab his hand and he takes it a step further for fun
>he hoists me over his shoulder, knowing I'm wearing shorts under my skirt
>we're laughing and I'm pretending to struggle to play the part as ny other friend takes a pic
>he snaps the pic and we're all laughing
>suddenly my legs are pulled and my chest bumps my friends shoulder
>pain explodes in my chest and I can't even struggle from the person's grip as he holds me close due to crying from pain
>smell hits me like an 18 wheeler to an unfortunate deer
>the sun just died. There is no salvation
>person's grip is strong and the pain gets worse
>he yells that my friends were kidnapping HIS waifu and that he saw me first
>meanwhile I feel his hand encircling my breasts making the pain worse, whimpering and crying at this point
>cont'd in pt2
Sorry I can't link back to pt1 of my post due to weird mobile app but here's pt2 my friends filled me in on a lot of details
>he keeps yelling that he'll take me home and treat me like a princess, he sounds as though his breaths were laboured
>my friends are yelling that I'm not his imaginary waifu etc
>one of my friends leaves to get a staff member whilst the friend who I got snatched from becomes progressively more pissed
>he's a personal trainer and was in the wrestling team in uni so he's super strog and intimidating. He has almost a feet over the person who grabbed me
>he steps closer and the snatcher backs away jostling me in the process
>snatcher yells that he'll call the cops on my friend if he so much as touches him
>by this time there's a bunch of people watching all looking increasingly annoyed and disturbed
>the snatcher turns to run but my friend is faster and has his shoulder in an iron grip
>i take this opportunity to wrench myself away despite my pain and sir on the floor, a lady dressed as elsa helps me up and asks if I need an ambulance
>my pain lessened when I escaped the snatcher so I tell her no
>snatcher is escorted out by con security screaming about my friend kidnapping his waifu
>we all tell them what really happened and the elsa helped us out with her testimony
>friends force me to go to the hospital and we found out I had costochondritis
>we go to the zoo for the rest of the weekend
Apparently he was banned by the con. Elsa is still my friend to this day and is engaged to my personal trainer friend. Sorry it was so long, I still cringe over it.
>>8704895
Jesus Christ, this is terrifying.
The only cringe things was during an event in a con where a well-known guy from several tv shows about video games played Soul Calibur with people chosen from the public. It was really fun most of the time, and then one of the chosen guy at the end wouldn't stop rambling about his youtube channel about his playthroughs etc. It was so long it became annoying, but when I think about it it wasn't so bad, especially when I read some stories in this thread.
>>8704895
oh my god anon
that is more frightening than cringey
>>8696056
There's some really cringey Hetalia cosplayers at MCM cons. I went as Sweden to London once, and this Denmark did nothing but stalk me and yell and scream baout how they were going to "get fucking pissed" (they looked about 13).
I'm with you on how you still cosplay it. I love the Nordics too much but people like 13 y/o Denmark make me hate myself
>>8704895
Jesus christ, anon.
On a side note, I was going to say that Elsa sounded like a bro and it's adorable that she got engaged to ur /fit/ friend.
Last con I went to during the cosplay contest halftime show they had an "idol group" do dances and bad trivia ("Name an anime that takes place in a video game!") for about an hour....
it was like a cringe video but you couldn't pause it or get away......
>>8704055
Can someone explain this to me I don't watch Hetlia.
>>8704895
That's a nice get together story for them though
>>8705475
I remember at Ayacon a few years back someone organized a fun trivia game-show, Unfortunately the two convention guests they had acquired to partake in the game were voice actors from video games, not anime, and literally knew nothing about anime, not even normie stuff.
It was an entire flop of a game that ended up with most of the answers as "Pass" "Yah I don't know that one." "Sorry." and the only characters they managed to recognize was "Oh, that's one of the girls from that Panty Stocking cartoon, she is wearing stockings so I guess Stocking?" and a little bit later "Oh that's the other one so that makes her Panty right?".
Sad days because any of the other guests would have been slayers at the game but instead we got watching a cringefest.
>>8704895
WHAT THE FUCK IS IT ABOUT WEEBS THAT MAKE THEM THINK THEY CAN JUST PICK SOMEONE UP WITHOUT PERMISSION!? It has happened to me at least twice, and it is like they have no fucking clue that being ripped up by your skin fucking hurts! Being picked up hurts if you do it wrong, and almost no one knows how to do it right! FUCK.
>Staffing local convention
>I have an office job so shit isn't TOO horrifying
>All of my coworkers and supervisors are literally so morbidly obese that I cannot fit behind the desk with them
>I'm trapped at the end of a table for five hours a day for four days
>My shiftmate is one of those guys that likes to ~test~ women on their knowledge of comic books
>He quizzes every woman in a comic book cosplay that walks through the office doors
>I'm slowly dying of secondhand shame next to him
>On Day 3 a Captain Marvel fucking wrecks his shitty trivia to pieces
>He stopped doing it after that
>I got to spend the last day of my con in relative peace and quiet
>Everything went a little better than expected
>>8695043
I am the cringe.
I hate myself sometimes.
>Cosplays Dave Strider in his god-tier outfit due to having a Homosuck-period
>Sits in karaoke room at con with a long-time friend and my bf at the time
>A John cosplayer comes along, says 'Hi'
>Sits right next to me, PRESSES herself really closely from time to time
>I'm confused as fuck, but shrugs it off since I don't want to cause a scene
>Suddenly she looks at me, smiles, says that she needs to go, but will see me later and winks
>KISSES me right at the corner of my mouth and walks away
>Sits there in shock, unsure of what just went down
I bailed out of the fandom so fast after that, people like that scare me like hell
>>8702633
when you don't have your priorities straight here is what you are looking at
>unsupervised house
>alcohol
>money (comparitively)
>more experienced
>no history, but that nobody tends to know that the 24 year old pooped his pants in 3rd grade, classmates on the other hand
>>8701891
You cosplayed a Fiery
I love you so much anon
>>8706531
Don't dance between first and third person like that.
>>8703545
i'm sorry this happened to you, this must have been terrible. i feel like murdering them just reading this
>>8696380
every con
the realest reply here
>>8697136
how were your parents reluctant to let alone let you go to a con, and yet you wore an outfit like that??
i'm lost and confused, please explain the science behind this lol
>>8707866
Not them, but changing at a friend's house or the con so your parents don't see is a common tactic.
>>8707892
lol yeah, this could be it. i've done this a few times, so i totally understand if this is what happened.
but if not, then pls essplain
>>8695043
>the fear in your eyes
>>8705500
everyone is countries
like personalities
show is a little old now (not like 80s or anything) but ids bretty gud
>>8704369
>person makes a post that has nothing to do with trans people
>"seems like a good time to shit on trans people!"
I'm not even mad. Just... confused.
>>8702633
Just think about a totem kawaii -prepubescent- 13 years old loli with shiny -greasy- hair, charming -fucked up- smile, sexy/cute -unflattering- clothes and a great -awkward- personality, just like in your animues.
Isn't that great? Now think that this cute girl is completely legal, like those 200000000000000 years old lolies, that's even better! Right?
They just want to live their dream, they're a bunch of awkwardly horny girls who has no experience in life, no money and secretly worried parents.
>>8708018
I guess they said it because now if you're a female and you're not very feminine you must be trans.
y'know Tumblr logic.
>>8701718
People without autism usually can
>>8704895
I almost fell for this until I heard your stupid fucking token ailment and bullshit happy ending.
>>8704479
What part of "You look exactly like my brother" reads as "I find you attractive"?!?
To see this kind of shit excuse of a cosplay. At every damn con.
>>8708537
Every city has someone who needs way too much outside approval. That's why it's at every con ever.
>>8696491
>>tells him to Blown The Fuck Out
>>8702633
Feels good living in a country where it is legal to bang 14 year old girls.
>>8708537
You've posted her in multiple threads, just stop
>>8706798
don't love me too much, it was shit. the only clever bit on it was that I worked out a little stick-control thing so my prosthetic snout/beak could move. like i said, it was one of my first cosplays, so everything else was bodysuit, feathers, and horrible decisions.
>>8708552
Do you dislike people using acronyms or is that what you think btfo actually means to most people? I hate acronyms, so I'm not judging, I just want clarity.
>>8708018
>>8708054
Unfortunately, yeah. A younger relative of mine right now is being harassed by some friends because she plays sports and doesn't wear a lot of makeup and apparently that makes it obvious that she must be trans. These are 17 year olds, they will be legally allowed to do whatever without parental consent within a year and this is how they think the world works.
>>8705500
All the characters are the personifications of countries and the entire series is like 'history in a nutshell'. Each episode is around 5 minutes long, and in its heyday it spawned some of the most horrific weebs known in the realm of cosplay. Nothing was sacred, not even war memorials. Flags were desecrated and even national disasters were fair game for ridicule by the hoards of under-aged viewers.
>>8709388
Yea, my friend recently claim to be "Pansexual trans boy" but of course after tumblr and she tried to say my tomboy sister is actually trans- which she isn't.
>this is how they think the world works.
And they're going to have a awful time once they realized it's not.
>>8708552
It means "Back The Fuck Off" in this case, anon.
>>8709388
>harassing each other because they don't wear makeup or conform to social norms
do girls really do this?
>>8695740
Come on, you were 16, not 6. Why didn't you just say something??? He probably never knew you didn't like it.
>>8709462
Also, despite the fact that pretty much the entire first season focuses on the Axis Powers during WWII, they never mention Hitler or the Holocaust.
I get that it's a comedy series, but the fact that they blatantly glossed over it always creeped me out.
>>8696811
He asked her to sit on his lap and she did, it's not like he forced her. He couldn't see she was making faces at her friends because she didn't face him and she didn't say/do anything to stop him. He probably thought she also wanted to hook up.
>>8709536
Honey you don't ask children to sit in your lap. I'm sorry if this fucks up your jailbait fetish but if you're a legal adult and you ask a teenage girl to sit in your lap then you're the one in the wrong, period.
>>8709551
I don't recall her telling us his age, so he might have been around the same age as her. 16 means legal in most countries, so fuck off pretending 16 year olds are infants or all of them are pure virgins... talking about bursting fetishes.
On a side note, my story, not really cringe but weirded me out a bit.
>best friend and me both cosplay Kasumi from DoA at a big con
>default outfit from second game, pretty revealing
>Knowing this we had put on regular underwear, flesh coloured tights and a final top layer of white panties
>Panties are pretty big and cover us up pretty well, no danger of accidently flashing our goods
>After the con a few pics of us surface on the internet that shows us from an upskirt perspective, seemingly walking by someone who took a pic
>Doesn't look bad at all, not zoomed in or anything, several other people on the pic
>Imokaywiththis
>People online freak the fuck out and angrily comment on the pic
>calling uploader/photographer a perv and a creep, demand the photos be taken down
>I comment saying we're adults and we were away that we were walking around all day with our undies showing, no harm done
>Photographer comments that she's a grill who sat on some stairs or sth and saw us walking by several times
>kinda thought it was funny from her perspective and took a pic, didn't mean any harm
>pic gets taken down
So a bunch of people got offended for me...
>>8709584
She said he was in the military and in his twenties AKA old enough to know better. Did you even read before you jumped to conclusions? Are you seriously pulling "16 might be legal so it's okay!"?
Lord, I never said anyone was a pure virgin, but when you are significantly older than someone who is in their teens please understand there may be issues of legality and you should be smart.
>go to con
>someone says "hi!"
>so disgusted with them and their cishet privlege that I cry and go home
>>8709530
the author publicly noted that he refuses to parody the Holocaust (likely in partial fear of what the fandom will do)
>go to convention with friend
>checking out celebrity area
>friend talks excitedly to a black celebrity about their work
>he's not the celeb
>he's just a volunteer for the con, watching the celeb's table
>dude is even wearing a Volunteer t-shirt
>friend does a full 360 and moonwalks through spilled spaghetti away from the autograph area
>>8709675
talk to anyone who has been in the military and they will tell you there are a LOT of dumb motherfuckers in it. every branch. being in the military means very little in regards to determining intelligence.
>>8709462
I'm reminded if that incident where a few Hetalia cosplayers were being noisy at the dawn service during Anzac day. ==
>>8709993
I could honestly write a small novel on all the horrifying and cringeworthy things Hetalia cosplayers have done.
>>8709462
the fandom will rise again, another season is being made (world twinkle). hold me anons, its not over yet.
>>8709903
Well I never said it made him smart, just old enough to know better. If you're in your 20s don't mack on people in high school. Just a good common sense policy.
>>8709903
>if someone is stupid, it's okay for them to grope a teenager
Okay.
>>8710037
you underestimate just how stupid and lacking in sense a lot of these people are. you think they would know better? they don't. imagine the dumbest friend you know. now imagine he was a soldier (there's probably his equivalent in the military). these are some of the people who are defending your country.
>>8710050
And I said that where?
>>8709881
i hate it when this happens.
>>8709903
yeah there would be a LOT, every single one of them are dumb motherfuckers. It is the only type of person who joins.
>>8696851
Or people could NOT be total dickbags and NOT walk all over a /young girls body/ with their HANDS???
>>8710024
Ohh that would be interesting. A lot of the things I've seen Hetalia weebs have done were disrespectful. Hell I've seen them desecrate a tombstone so they can be cool to their friends
>>8710056
Anon said that adults shouldn't hit on teenagers, and you replied that the guy who did it was probably an idiot.
This implies that somehow, being an idiot absolves him of what he did. Or otherwise, you're arguing he probably didn't know it was wrong/illegal.
Either way, why did you bother?
>>8710105
Seconding.
No one seems to be acknowledging that even if she had been totally down to get groped, it would still be FUCKING WRONG. It is never okay for an adult in their mid-twenties to try and fuck a teenager. Point blank. Yes, even if it's legal.
>>8710074
Fuck you too, Anon.
Over the weekend I experienced my first con, overal great experience. Except people who cosplay WAY too hard.
>>be me, dragged to convention by a friend working security for the event.
>>Decide to cosplay a Hydra Officer
>>4 hrs later
>>taking pictures fake fighting any avengers cast I can find.
>>See random fat guy in spandex captain America costume making a B-Line towards me.
>>He cap wanna take a pic?
>>he Tells me to leave before he makes me.
>>chuckle thinking its a bit.
>>he grabs this huge metal trash can lid shitty painted like caps shield.
>> "last warning Nazi"
>>I tell him to fuck off and start walking away.
>>see my buddy start running towards me.
>> wave to him as I feel the fucking trash can lid go upside my head.
>>I get pissed and tackle the guy.
>>My buddy tackles the guy.
>>Area suddenly swarming with security and police like its black Friday in Compton.
>>Get a call from my parents later tell them what happened
And my mom got scared and said "you're moving with you aunt and uncle in bel air"
>>8710136
to say that if someone is military or police or insert some group here that you shouldn't automatically put them on a pedestal. are there good people in the military and the police? yeah. are all of them? hell no. not for a long shot.
>>8709675
>16 is legal so it is okay
Yes, if she was legal or if at least he didn't know better I think it's totally unfair to scream rape.
Imagine the whole thing from his perspective.
He met a girl who dressed in a provocative way, hung out with her and her friends all day, thought things went well and then asked her to sit in his lap in the evening, in a public place, WHICH SHE DID (aka consented to) and she didn't get up, probably even shifted on his lap because she was uncomfortable, but she did not say anything and he couldn't see her facial expression since she had her back turned to him.
Granted I forgot she told us his age and I figured he might've been younger, but still, there's a story of another girl in this thread who also had an older guy coming on to her and she told him how old she was and that it made her uncomfortable, but he still didn't leave her alone, now that's creepy.
But if you don't say anything and don't do anything, how's the alleged rapist to know he's doing something wrong? Are you gonna totally let men do anything to you and scream rape afterwards?
I'm sorry she felt that way, but it's like a guy asks you for 20 bucks, you just give it to him and scream robbery afterwards.
>>8710201
Who the fuck is screaming rape?
>>8710202
this is cgl
if you're not shoving something into someone else's mouth you're doing it wrong
>>8710202
okay, so people itt were screaming molestation, any better?
Point is, from his point of view, it's very hard to tell that he did something wrong. And if it's legal it is literally okay, let alone he may have even thought she was older.
Not he was in charge of being a clearvoyant, not her friends were in charge to read her facial expressions (and her friends did not even catch on something was wrong, how can you not see your friend getting groped against her will), SHE is the first person to be in charge to say what she does want and what she doesn't want. Period. If she's in shock at first, okay, but from the story the guy had plenty of time to grope her and she didn't accidentally fall into his lap, he didn't pull her into his lap, and he wasn't a complete stranger walking up to her in the crowd, they hung out all day before.
How, I ask again, was he supposed to get the idea?
Inb4
>He shoudda been smarta
Well so should she.
>>8710210
>>8710213
Oh my god you fucking weirdos take it as a cautionary tale. No one is saying anything about rape or molestation, people are saying he, as the adult in the situation, should have behaved more like an adult and not made advances on a teen girl.
I am not privy to his thought process, and neither are you. Maybe he thought she was 22, maybe he thought she was 13. We don't know. But you, the human reading this, can think to yourself, "hmm maybe I will be more cautious with young ladies at cons and make sure they're totally on board with stuff! And make sure they're of legal age!" Jesus, dudes. Cut down on the defensiveness.
>>8710213
I meant if you aren't shoving words, a scrap piece of worbla, some lace monster you found in the back of your closet, etc into someone's mouth here you aren't doing your part.
>>8710218
No, actually it should make young girls think 'maybe I should open my damn mouth next time before I end up the attraction of a gangbang without even wanting it'
Do you expect guys to be like 'hey gurl I'd really like to grope you, can you show me your ID or drivers license? Because then I will know it is okay'
There are 25 yo girls that look 15, no matter how old you are, a guy doing something to you you don't like, say something...
>>8710222
Wow so it goes from her being uncomfortable on a guy's lap in front of her friends to a potential gangbang? Really? This is where your mind goes? I'm all for encouraging young girls to be assertive but why not hold dudes accountable too, what about that makes you so upset?
>>8710222
Well you should be doing that in the first place, since you already know they may well be younger than they look. The girls are probably not old enough to understand that what you're trying to do have sexual undertones.
>>8710222
Man you love rhetoric so much I think I ship you with it.
>show me your ID
Or maybe go, "I just turned (age), how old are you?" or "hey I'm hitting up a bar later, you and your friends good to come too?" There are a million non-cringey ways to verify your potential fuck interest is legal.
>>8710227
>>8710228
>>8710231
Because there's 2 possible scenarios:
1. The guy was oblivious that he was making her uncomfortable. He won't be wiser because you guys post advice on a mongolian charicature board
2. The guy was aware he was making her uncomfortable and groping young girls was his intention. In this case also everything went well for him, so he's gonna do it again and doesn't give two shits.
So yeah, no matter what the case, you should speak up because there'll always be guys who either can't take a hint or don't care about hints at all.
>>8710249
No one is arguing that she should not have spoken up. People are saying that guys should be encouraged to be more responsible. Is this offensive to you?
>>8710250
It's annoying me because it is nothing new and in most of these stories the guys actually did something objectively wrong and got escorted away/arrested.
Yes, guys should be held responsible blablabla but seriously, be realistic. Everybody knows and people are either dumb or chose to do the wrong thing. It's just that just as much as she didn't speak up and made things worse for herself in the heat of the moment, he threw caution out the window when a hot girl willingly sat on his lap.
So this argument makes no sense because there's no decent guys out there to who it's big news that sex with minors is illegal. When girls look and act really mature it probably doesn't even cross their minds. In the related case, she was out and about at 1am, so yeah, maybe even if he thought about it, he might have figured he was safe. I just think about some tourist who went to jail because he had sex with a minor he picked up at a bar where no minors were allowed, his life was still fucked.
So yeah, maybe everyone going to a con should wear a tag with their age and "it's okay to grope me yes/no". But another solution would be to just act like normal human beings and just talking/acting accordingly to what is comfortable for us.
>>8710254
Not saying it's a shock to anyone anywhere that sex with minors is illegal. Read the replies.
Be responsible. Find out how old someone is before you make advances.Is this hard? It shouldn't be. Yes, girls should feel safe in being more assertive in telling people no. But there are a lot of reasons a teenage girl would feel anxious about telling an adult man no. Does that not makes sense to you at all?
>>8710259
>>8710259
No, that is my point. You should never be afraid to tell when you're uncomfortable, no matter what age the people involved are. So if a16yo is too shy to tell, it's not okay, but to grope a 26yo too shy to tell is okay?
This is why, imo, it's beside the point to argue about men are responsible for making sure their potential partners are of age, because it still takes two people to consent, no matter how old they are, and the reality is that you probably also haven't checked how old all your partners were before you engaged in sexual activity. Who really does? Most people base it off of setting and body language and of course language in general. Almost all the creepers/gropers in this thread were totally in the wrong, but in this one specific case I can see how he really thought everything was a-okay and still thinks it to this day. So that's a lose-lose situation and I'm pissed at people calling victim blaming because I can't really see how she was a victim when she was a participant.
>>8710259
Friendly reminder that the girl was 16 which is the age of consent in most states.
So she was legal and appeared to consent, the guy literally did nothing wrong in that case.
>>8710262
...of course I have made sure my partners are of age. You DON'T? That's concerning. In situations where everyone is, say, in a bar that cards you could be forgiven for making that assumption, but jesus christ, it's normal to find out someone's age before you fuck them.
It's not about simple shyness. A teenager is not always going to feel comfortable spurning an adult's advances.
And still. Still. I'll repeat. Again. The point isn't about him, specifically. Or her. Can you read this? It's not about him. It's not about her. It's about you. You, reading this: hey buddy maybe pick up the habit of confirming people are legally capable of consent and actually help make your partner feel comfortable enough to tell you no.
If someone you're coming onto doesn't feel comfortable saying no, or feels like they can't say no to you despite wanting to, maybe it's time to examine your own behavior and figure out why that is.
>>8710254
>color coded convention badges to indicate whether child, minor, and adult
I don't really agree with most of your post, but I do think this would be an EXCELLENT idea. Would also eliminate the need of pesky ID checking every time there is an 18+ panel. It's just that the color codes would have to be changed every year and maybe a design on them, making it harder for butthurt minors to replicate adult colors.
>>8710269
So you're seriously trying to tell me that you checked all of your partners' IDs?
And, even if he did, she probably was the age of consent since 16 is just that in most states.
Also, this is NOT about me because I don't have sex with random people at cons. But that doesn't mean I have the right to judge people who do.
>>8710271
Yeah, because there is NO way this system could backfire. It was meant as a joke, usually common sense should be enough, and actual pedos would have it easier to find their prey.
>>8710313
You're a retard, why do you not check the age of people you fuck unless you don't get laid at all
>>8710313
Where did I say check IDs? You're the one who had that boneheaded idea. Age naturally comes up in casual conversation, it's easy to determine if someone is your age. Talking about college and jobs is basically the easiest way in the world to gauge someone's age, plus you can just, like, ask.
Also dude.. I don't even know how to respond to you now lmao. The point was that in social situations where there's a chance someone may feel uncomfortable or be underage you should be smart and cool. This is not limited to just cons.
>>8710322
I already said that I don't just fuck people at all, but I bet that a majority of people who hookup at cons or having ons in general don't ask for an ID but judge depending on the situation. So when a girl is there acting all shy and is maybe accompanied by her parents or friends who patronize her, you could tell she's young. If a girl acts distant and doesn't respond to you flirting with her, you can tell she's not interested. When you spend all day with a girl and she hops in your lap and her friends are okay with it, you'd probably figure it's fine.
>>8696377
Too late.
>>8697110
Are you from tumblr?
>>8710339
You really need to stop projecting on the guy in anon's situation. He is not you and you were not there.
>>8710339
>you don't fuck at all
I dunno, I mean I didn't see you post that earlier but it kinda explains why you seem to lack common sense on this topic.
>>8710327
So yeah, maybe he did know she was 16, so what? As I've said multiple times, may have been legal where they were at.
>Age comes up naturally in conversation
It at least should, suppose a girl is lying to a guy, is it still his fault for not making sure? So if not checking IDs how would you make sure?
If a girls willingly sits in your lap in the middle of the night he maybe just read it all wrong.
She could've said something or even just getting up any given time. Even if she was too shy to stand up for herself in that situation, she could've just lied and made up an excuse. Instead she waited for her friends to magically find out what she was thinking. And really, not even her friends thought that something could be wrong, how should he have guessed?
