I really don’t know how to explain this to you because obviously you weren’t there to understand the vibe. It was a university gathering with over 300 people and they brought vests with actual plates in them, mind you this was in Canada.
Also the vests were actually the least larpy thing about them.
I’d also wager any group that opposed BJP is on some sort of “terrorist” watch list.
In my experience CPI has been intensely larpy to the point I actually had to walk away from a conversation because I just couldn’t believe how embarrassing it was
ITT: most common answer is “I don’t like being around people”
I think this is the wrong approach and a skewed view of the world which is very unhealthy. A person that spends a lot of time on the internet will start to shift away from the things that contribute to a healthy quality of life.
People can suck, but assuming everyone sucks is a deeper issue because this just isn’t true you’re projecting either your own dissatisfaction with the world on everyone or you’re maladjusted to society because of how comfortable you’ve become online. This online version of yourself takes the forefront of your life and every interaction you’ll have.
The internet cheats this way and keeps you addicted, even this platform is guilty of it because for every “good” post you make you get people that like your post or comment. Tell me where you get that sort of satisfaction in real life? You can but it’s a different kind of interaction but there’s also a chance for people not to like what you say in person. There’s a liberty be who you want online and say what you want because of the facade of anonymity, but this only makes it harder for you to break out of the online space. If you become too attached to the online persona you curate you’ll obviously have a harder time adjusting to societal norms the most important of that being socializing with humans.
You’ll be surprised how much having one conversation with someone you just met in person can really change your outlook on life and discover most people don’t suck at all.
I think you can just not care about what people say about a video game and just enjoy it. It won’t hurt to just accept people will just say bad things online about things you like that upset you but you can just like shut that off and enjoy the thing you like without caring.
It was just a gathering of students and professors with each of us giving short presentations with Q&A about our goals and missions in our parties and then how we can use what we learned. During the break two of the guys approached my group and they started saying things like “baby girls in uniform” and how hot women in vests were.