NAY. BIG NAY. I dislike walking to the Dealer's room passing by a long line of people holding hug me signs. HATE IT.

>>2010058
never. Shit's sad. My friend picked one up that was on the ground and as she held it up to read it some neckbeard from fanime walked over to try and get a hug from her. she tossed it to the ground quickly and denied.

NAY GOOD SIR!

Signs and glomping have banned at several cons I go to for a couple of years now, and it's so, so nice.

NO

I think the "Free Hugs" signs are cute. Nothing wrong with spreading a little love and happiness around the con. Anyone who has a problem with them needs to untighten their butt cheeks and let some air escape.

The barter solicitation signs, on the other hand, are a little obnoxious. Stuff like "WILL GLOMP FOR POCKY" or whatever. Kinda lame when you're selling yourself for chump change.

Absolutely fucking no. If you see someone with a free hugs sign, strangle them until their body goes limp and their eyes roll to the back of their head.

No reasonable jury would convict you.

Woo woo woo.

Here is a real winner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwdkgkpZ53k

Banning free hugs? Surely, you jest. Glomping, I can understand. Hugs are usually given willing by both sides. Glomping is akin to raep where "no" means "yes".

>>2010078

Creepers... I would not hug a random person.

OH MY GOD I HATE THOSE FUCKING HUGS.

PEOPLE WHO HUG SHOULD BE TORTURED AND KILLED.

N-no. Just no.

I hated that goddamn free hugs line during Fanime on Monday. One dude had no bloody shirt on too. Disgusting attention whores.

They kept yelling for free hugs to anyone walking through them. D:

So....you guys are angry and frustrated because certain people offer hugs?

What is this, Grinch Town?

I'm pretty pissed off about seeing so many at every con I go to.
I mean, I thought it was cute when I saw that video of the one guy going around and giving hugs to people out of the goodness of his heart. However, now it's been adopted by con people as a stupid attempt to touch people and get undeserved attention.
To me, con Hug Me signs the abused bastard child of what was once a good thing.
So nay.

This is what /cgl/ hates:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

>>2010122
have you... ever been to a con lately? kids and annoying people hold them offering them in your face or walking around with signs trying to hug people out of nowhere.

some are chill, if you say no they understand and walk away, but a lot throw a hissy fit and storm off. shit's annoying bro. I have no problem giving hugs but unless i feel that it is warranted.

>>2010125
Jesus. Who hurt you?

>>2010087
HOW DARE SHE USE DISGEA MUSIC FOR SOMETHING SO STUPID

>>2010122
It's because they often don't take no for an answer or at best proposition you without any actual input from you to begin with.

Same with yaoi paddles. Fuck y'all.

>>2010128
I'm not sure which con you go to where people are assaulting you with hug attempts to the point where you are fighting for your life, but at the cons I go to it's all done in the name of fun. Take the stick out of your butt and lighten up.

>>2010122
The Grinch has nothing on me!
BAH HUMBUG!!!

>>2010128

But you don't complain when annoying other people with your loud noise.

Spoiler: women at cons are frightened beyond all reason of ANY chance of coming in contact with someone who might be male. For this reason anything like signs or other attempts to communicate with them by strangers are automatically seen as an enemy that must be avoided at all cost.

In the end it's really just a matter of female geeks being too paranoid and awkward to function around people they don't know.

>>2010129
The hall-long line of "Free Hugs" people blasting Caramel Dansen and demanding hugs and trying to hug you even when you say no, then calling you a bitch when you tell them not to touch you when they get grabby. That's who.

>>2010143
Welcome to Exaggeration City.

Most of the "free hugs" signs also tend to look like the homeless "will work for food" ones where someone went dumpster diving and tore up a stained cardboard box to scribble on with a worn out marker.

>>2010151
Exaggeration? Uhh no. I'm with The Bunny on this one.

Though in my case, it's usually them yelling in your face and when you say no, they still don't get the point and invade your damn personal space.

I would much rather have a con where people are happy and affectionate and like to hug each other than be stuck at a con where everyone is isolated from each other and scowl you if you get close to them.

Part of what makes anime cons so much fun is how close and loving the community is with each other. Don't let a few obnoxious people give you sour grapes over everyone. If someone asks you for a hug smile and give them one. It won't kill you, and I promise you wont get raped.

>>2010163
Seconded. Cons are becoming more and more public and cynical with each year. It's kind of sad. :/

woo woo woo!

Giving my own input, I don't mind as long as people maintain their general human respect. Although the signs can get out of control as well as lead to possible legal issues arising. There is generally nothing wrong with people just asking for them, but advertising their body like a billboard for everyone does have a certain artificial feeling to it rather than a genuine demonstration of affection to someone of your, or their choosing.

>>2010163

I don't mind people asking for a hug and then giving them one. The ones with the free hug me signs tend to be annoying brats is all. They usually get pissed when you just bypass them to get somewhere rather than stopping to hug them. They get all uppity about it.

>>2010143
THIS. Some of these fuckers even follow you until you give them a hug. Even then it's like, "Dude, I have a fragile costume and prop, I already told you NO."
It's fine to ask, but once someone says no, they should just quit that same person.

>>2010163
>I would much rather have a con where people are happy and affectionate and like to hug each other than be stuck at a con where everyone is isolated from each other and scowl you if you get close to them.

I can be happy and affectionate to people without having to touch them. Physical touch =/= Happy and Friendly. I should have the right to say "no" if I don't want to hug someone. Just because someone doesn't want their personal space invaded by someone they don't know with a sign doesn't mean they're stuck up.

>>2010136
see this. >>2010143 this people just stood there all day heckling for hugs. Shit's a bit annoying when I'm just trying to go somewhere on my own and relax. if you're just keeping to yourself about it and not advertising your generosity, cool.

but if you're going around shouting FREE HUGS! DO YOU WANT HUGS?! CAN I HAVE A HUG?! it's annoying.

>>2010225

this.

It's not THAT annoying. Be glad someone is willing to touch you.

Ugh. At AX, some kid was apparently OBSESSED with Dhalsim which in itself sounds weird, but where this is applies is that EVERY TIME he saw me, he'd run through EVERYONE to get to me.

Knocking people over, generally being an ass, and then flying glomp into me.

I don't know WHY he thought that was ok, but after the second time I told him to stop.

Yet he still did it, but this time, wouldn't stick around long enough for me to get con security.

Over the con weekend, he must have done it over 40 times...

>>2010239
This. These people are acting like their civil rights have been violated because someone asked for a hug.

Most have no right to come into contact with anyone until they have become intimate with a bar of soap first....

I don't believe any of these "omg the Hug Monsters wouldn't take no for an answer I almost died boohoo" stories for a second. No one is attacking you demanding hugs so stop exaggerating your claim. I've been to enough cons to know how people act, so your melodrama is bullshit.

If you're an uptight fuck who can't take being asked for a hug then kindly stay out of my con. We don't need anymore snobbish people who treat anyone they see who is affectionate or enthusiastic like they're some sort of invasive criminals.

>>2010058
I would say this is a pretty good argument for banning free hug signs.

>>2010190
♫Oooh radio, tell me everything you know♫

It's all I can see in this thread now.

>>2010262
I like the fact that they carry signs, it lets me know who to stay away from

>>2010163
Dude, they're fucking close and loving at the con because that's the only place they feel like they can be that way to begin with. It's sad. Shit needs to be banned.

I'm ok with people if they just hold the sign and don't invade other peoples personal space. It's when the breach this is when I get uncomfortable.

>>2010260
you don't get it, as always ;D

>>2010260
Lol, I had no problem with hugging people, he was the only negative thing I had to deal with the entire con.

I would be browsing in the Dealer's Hall, looking at stuff to possibly buy with my GF.

When all of the sudden it feels like I get hit by a car and almost topple into an aisle.

He nearly tore my skull necklace off my neck, not to mention smudging most of the makeup off of my head.

I normally hug people who have the signs because I have yet to meet a single one who get's butthurt when you say no, he didn't have a sign however and decided it was ok to throw himself at me. Lol.

Last con, a girl (I 'm guessing at 175? 200? pounds) with a free hug sign came up to a friend (who was 110) screaming that she's cosplaying the Hug Girl's favorite character and therefore needs a hug. Friend politely said no, Hug Girl didn't care, and literally LEAP HUGed friend, pushing her into a wall and knocking her head against said wall. Then ran when my friend collapsed in pain.

"Free Hugs" signs are a form of solicitation. Therefore, it should be banned on that principle. Discuss.

>>2010311
I second the motion.

>>2010311


While I agree with this, if a person really wants a hug, they can just ask politely.

They don't need a sign to ask for them. If anything, people not wanting to use actual words over type or written word are the real creepers.

BTW, wassup Mr. Freeman?

If you demonstrate basic social skills and a grasp of personal hygiene and ask nicely for a hug, most people at a con will give you a hug. You don't need a damned sign if you're a functioning person.

>>2010321
Seconded.

>>2010318
If a person without a sign asks me for a hug, politely, not just throwing it out there, I see no reason not to hug them. I very much agree.

Not much, making room in my room for all the stuff I brought home from SDCC, preparing a workspace for the HEV suit project. Probably gonna build another Grav Gun down the line. You?

>>2010318
>>2010321
I think you're kind of missing the point of a hugs sign. It's so people will approach YOU without NEEDING to be asked or begged for one. It's an open display of affection. Going around to each and every person in the con going "Can I get a hug? Can I get a hug? hey, want a hug?" would just be weird.

>>2010338
A full out HEV suit? That is WIN my friend. I'm working, or planning on working some more, on my Gijinka. But I need some air-dry clay which I don't have. Brought the whole Dealer's Hall home eh?

>>2010340
That may have been the point at some point, but it's been so twisted out of reality, that any people with the real interest in just showing open affection are dwarfed in comparison to the rest of the people who just want to touch you.

The idea has been raped to a point that it can't be fixed.

>>2010340
>Going around to each and every person in the con going "Can I get a hug? Can I get a hug? hey, want a hug?" would just be weird.
>Implying that substituting a sign for this isn't weird in the slightest.

I do understand your point, however. The people want hugs from those willing to give them, instead of asking for permission to receive a hug from just anyone, which does make sense, sort of.

I once read a guy's tshirt saying FREE FUCK

Said guy was fugly as hell too

Goddamn hug signs. They're always being held by people are at least 3 of the following

-fat
-ugly
-13 year old
-attention whore
-socially awkward

Because fuck learning to interact with people in a normal way, instead make best friends by begging for physical contact. Those damn signs are the most pathetic cries for help in the anime con world period.

Can all of you naysayers please go to the con wearing a "Do Not Hug Me" sign? That way I can know to avoid all of you uptight holier-than-thou dipshits.

>>2010389
Lol, I'll hug you, I was just saying I don't want someone pretending to be a football player come running at me thinking I have the ball.

the banning of unconsensual glomping, like glompers are gonna ask for consent?

>>2010452
Then I guess I don't need to ask for consent to dropkick them in their chest.

>>2010110
>People who hug should be tortured and killed.

Jeez, aren't we the nice type?

>>2010389

The "do not hug me" sign is like... common good sense. You don't fucking touch people you don't know without permission dipshit. And no means no. Or I'll knee you in the balls/twat and titty punch you.

This may be SHOCKING but...lots of people don't like to be touched. And those people also REALLY don't like being touched by strangers let alone hugged/glomped/paddled. "BUT BAWWWW! Anime con means we're all fwieeends coz we have the same interesttttts!"

Wrong motherfucker! Say I go to an amusement park. It is reasonable to assume that the other parkgoers are also fans of rides, delicious funnel cakes, and fun in general. We have this in common. However no one would argue that this means they should try to hug anyone they feel like and that if you don't like being hugged by strangers GTFO of the amusement park.

An anime con is not a special little public gathering snowflake where suddenly its okay to compensate for the fact that your parents never hugged you just because other people have the same special interests as you.

Also fuck signs. It's monkey see monkey do. One jerk makes a sign everyone decides to get on board like it's the most clever thing they've ever done.

>>2010340
but that's what they do. fanime was probably the worst of it. free hug signs everywhere and people asking for hugs and stuff.

>>2010512
Jesus Christ... I'm now rethinking about debuting my HEV suit there... I had almost forgot that the "Free Hugs" people were giving others sign making material...

Free huggers are almost as bad as furries. HUG IN HELL, HUGFAGS

>>2010532
Debut the suit. Cus if they mess with it, it gives you the reason. Not the right, but the reason, to beat them.

It's funny how you're all acting like these hug sign holders are some kind of evil demons that will kill you if you get too close.

"we have to prepare for them... OR THEY'LL TEAR US APART."

>>2010816
"NGH! AFFECTION! MY ONE WEAKNESS!!!"


"GO ON........WITHOUT ME..........."

I SAY THEE NAY!

Who is paying for hugs is what I'm wondering.

Unless there hot, then no.

very ronery people. thats who

;__;

Why hasn't SDCC banned this sort of witch craft yet? It's the only con I go to that hasn't done anything about it yet. I fucking hate it when they ask for it when I'm busy eating in line to enter the Masquerade.

>>2010842
There's always someone who will pay for anything.

I hate it when people put a price on their hug signs. No one would even pay you a fucking 1 million Zimbabwe dollar to hug you, you fucking greasy piece of shit.

>>2010163
How can you promise the entirety of /cgl/ won't get raped? I'm sure someday, sometime, someone from /cgl/ who has read those words will get raped, because they were too friendly to a stranger with a free hugs sign at a con.

Anyway, I wouldn't mind the signs as much if a lot of those people didn't actively hassle passers by. Some of them don't, but a lot of them do. I've gotten chased around once and glomped before. And I have no idea how many times I've gotten people not taking no for an answer. Though I'm still baffled as to why you would want to hug a stranger to begin with. It's meaningless.

Also, the idea of spending a good portion of your weekend standing in the same spot, soliciting for hugs seems sort of depressing. Don't these people have friends they want to hang out with? Or panels to go to? Things to do? I know not all of them do it the whole weekend. But plenty enough I've seen the same people standing in the same spot every single time I've passed it.

>>2010878
Ugh. Horrible.

Yey. Cons aren't really a safe space, but if everyone feels comfortable to hug random strangers, then why not let them?

Any harassment, of course, should be slapped down by security.

Given how the vast majority of the hug me signs are being held by teenage girls, and I'm a 30+ male, I don't mind at all. It's kind of flattering to get asked, actually.

Free hugs people really are out of hand. If you like someones cosplay, and you really feel liek you need ot touch the person, ask for a picture and then a hug, most the time any reasonable person would comply, even if your gross as hell, but the free hugs shit, is a cry for attention, its not funny its not creative, and it creates more traffic in hallways, im not spending 50 dollars a weekend, so listen to people pump thier shit trance out of their back pack, play duck duck goose, or hug the hobo who needs attention, im their for panels copslay dealers room, VIC MIGNON, ANIME, and these attention starved misguided roadblocks , only gets in the way of all that. I dont know, maybe i missed something but when i was in highschool, i never saw these people. whefre do they come from?

My big thing against them is that they will usually lead to "Will Hug for X", which leads to "Will Kiss for X", which can then lead to to "Will sleep with your for TEH POCKEYZ!" which is clearly breaking the law. Banning the signs stops this from happening.

It's fucking wrong. I don't know how it started but it did. I've seen like 14 year old kids with signs saying 'Free Hugz 4 Buttsxor'. Or 14 year old girls with signs saying 'Free Kiss'. Now its just wrong and kids think its cool, until they meet some random guy who only left his mom's attic to attend some comic book con or rpg con or anime con has no social skills and will then, well you can kinda guess on what will probly happen. Its more for sanity of people and for general good conduct at cons. Last thing i want is to experince some chubby 15 year kid scream in my face waving a carboard sword demanding i give him a hug becasue he has a sign. I almost punched the fucker in the face, but then i would probly get kicked out of the con for beating some fag kid to kindom come. Hence why they should be banned from cons. Or at least discouraged.

>>2011170
So you wouldn't want to see this at a con eh?

>>2011287
Nice to look at but think of all the scum at cons who have 25 cents.

>>2011292
But aren't most con-goers broke except of course for their ticket and splitting the room and food bill equally and precisely?

Seriously though, I'm not a fan of the free hug/etc signs, especially when the wearer is persistent and doesn't afraid of anything.

As long as it's kept on a sign, not shouted with the same volume you'd use to announce the building is on fire, not in my face, and that I am not required to take part is fine. The problem is the odds of people being considerate like that, you might as well be looking for gold in a muddy river. It's more profitable, and some chucklefucker won't tackle you while you try to walk down a stair case with an armful of props.

Wow. Don't you think you guys are overreacting a bit? I've seen these Free Hug sign holders around before and they just seem to be doing it for fun. I give them a few hugs here and there and it always makes me smile. No one has ever done anything inappropriate or tried to attack me or whatever you guys claim happened to you.

I don't find anything wrong with hugs at cons and I really don't think anyone else should either. Don't ever find yourself feeling so bitter that you withdraw from people, whether you know them personally or not.

Maybe if you got hugged a bit more you wouldn't be so angry!

whenever a decent looking girl is asking for free hugs, i go up and give her one, and also grab her butt.

>>2011333
are you hot? i would like to hug you at a con if so.

>>2011337
Of course! I'm open for hugs anytime. Hehe.

I think I might make a counter sign for when these tards it up in my face. It will read simply: 'HUGS - $3.50' and I will kindly ask for payment before they hug. Most likely they will piss off, if they really want to Hug me I will get enough money to buy some fast food. Its a win-win.

>>2011342
Eesh get over yourself.

>>2010512
This.

Felt like I was walking through the Red Light District of the convention or something.

>>2011354
At what point did she sound full of herself?

Lol.

>>2011354

....Sorry.

>>2011333
I understand what you mean but there are those who are very rude about being told no, and some people have a valid reason for saying no to the hug.

I personally don't normally mind the free hug people, I myself sometimes even give them a hug or even ask random people whose costumes I like for a hug. The thing is that while most of the people I've met have been very kind about the whole thing, I've also seen and met some who were very much the opposite as well. Doing things like running after people and forcing the to take the hug or even, in one case, causing a very loud shouting match with led to a small fight over the whole thing (I merely spectated that event).
So you see there can and are problems, It seems most of it stems for the rejection of a hug, though not always, as there are some who start fights with the hug people simply because they don't like the free hug thing.

I honestly think that the free hugs signs shouldn't be banned but instead that those with them who act out of line should be punished. I also believe that the people who go up to, and start fight with the hug sign people should be punished as well.

I don't like hugging random people, but I will ask people who cosplay in armor if I can touch them. And they Always say yes. And then it turns into a hug via them pulling me closer and wrapping a hand around me.

I thought /cgl/ was love after all.

I don't understand why so many people are saying that a lot of us are exaggerating. Just because you haven't encountered the same situation, doesn't mean it hasn't happened to that extent. Fanime really was the worst. Everyday, I swear the amount of free hug fucks grew and with their size grew the amount of pestering.
Is it so hard to back off if someone says that they don't want a hug?

>>2011418
I was at Fanime and miraculously by some string of luck I was able to survive being asked for a fucking hug. You're trying to make it sound like these people are somehow assaulting you or ruining your convention in some way. The only way that this would be as much a travesty as you claim would be if after you said no to their hug they took out batons and started beating you like Rodney King. And when you tried to crawl away they stuck a rose in their mouth and sodomized you.

Yeah, okay, so some people advertised hugs and acted silly in front of you. Big fucking whoop. Don't come on here and act like your rights have been violated with exaggerated stories and that your convention was ruined because someone wore a hug sign around their neck. Your academy award has been revoked.

Seriously this shit needs to die along with the Caramelldansen train that goes around Cons.

Is it alright to have a "free brofist" or "free high five" signs?

>>2011442
Never said anything in there about the convention being ruined for me. Now you're just putting words in my mouth. You just don't seem to get it. Oh well.

>>2011491
if you have to ask for a brofist you're doing it wrong

>>2011491
No, because the women at the con will still think you're trying to rape them.

>>2011403

all we need is love. all we need is love. love is all we need.


leave them kids alone they only want hugs, not gropes or one nighters. As long as they leave you alone after, everyone wins.

I went to toracon in rochester NY, and there was a fat Mikuru from Haruhi, walking around with bread, asking people to feed her.

No fucking joke.

When people run up and hug you without permission, then that is bad. particularly when you're wearing a costume that's almost entirely fluff and hot glue. A few people glomped without permission when I was Sexy no Jutsu and that was double rude, the without permission and doing damage to my costume. However, the people who asked first and were given permission were gentle on the costume.

So the people who are inconsiderate are inconsiderate all around, and that sort of behavior needs to be banned.

As for the signs, a lot of the time they just fall under the same blanket as the 'will yaoi for pocky' or the beggar's signs, which are inappropriate and could get the con in trouble. So it might not be so much the con being mad at the free hug people specifically but the fact that if they outlawed some signs they had to outlaw all of them.

>>2011287
Maaaaandy Moooo. Was she wearing the booth at AFO this weekend?

>>2011515
gross.

oh wow Mandy Moo, no wonder she looked familiar

>>2011515

why would you cosplay that cliche crap anyway? You, were lookin for attention. They, were looking for their only chance to touch a girl. Equal points of fail, I call a tie.

>>2011540
oh for god's sake. We were doing a skit on badly dubbed anime and Sexy's job was to terrify the censor into passing out. The girls in our group actually drew straws and I happened to get the short one.

>>2011556
Oh, and the girls with good hygiene were the only ones who got permission

personally i think if you're going to offer free hugs you should OFFER them. Meaning you don't go around asking people to hug you while you hold a sign - YOU hold the sign and wait for people to ASK to hug you.

of course nobody ever does that, and instead choose to badger people the entire con.

so nay, because faggotry ruins a good thing.

>>2011442

Have you ever been stalked, literally, stalked, by someone begging you for physical contact? The offer to give you physical contact, and then after you say not, they follow you around BEGGING? Because I have.

WHERE THE FUCK OUTSIDE OF A GODDAMN CONVENTION, TELL ME, IS THIS SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE OR CONSIDERED SOMETHING I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH. FUCK YOU.

And no, just because I deny your desperate attempt for physical contact does not mean that I am cynical or hateful. I just don't need to hug strangers for physical contact, kthnx. I have that front covered like most normal people.

>>2011515
>I was Sexy no Jutsu
Thats asking for it.

>>2011602
>I was wearing a miniskirt at night in a bad part of town

Oh, asking for it, you betcha!

Hugs if asked by someone + Me saying no + Them being ok with it and moving on with their lives = Awesome

Hugs if asked by someone + Me saying sure! = Everyone wins

Hugs if asked by someone + Me saying no = Person asking getting pissed off and yelling at me for being a bitch or stuck up = Very not cool

And Hugs being asked by someone + Me saying no (x) Me yelling at them for no good reason = Me looking like the biggest ass in the Con + Rumors starting about what a cold heartless harpie I am ending up on /cgl/ /= Me rethinking it all and saying to myself "Fuck. Why didn't I let that person hug me for three seconds of my life."

And that is Hugs and Cons math.

>>2011618
Thank you.

>>2011635

You're welcome. Fucking tardfaces, and THIS is why you can't have free hug signs. Asshats like this.

>>2011640
Or costumes that show any amount of skin. I do understand that a lot of girls go skimpy because of the attention but there are plenty of us with legit reasons.

So basically: I understand where the rage is coming from but the rage itself is not necessary. Everything in moderation, both on the free hugs side and the pissed off side.

So I have a story-

People asking for hugs is ok. It's a very con thing to do and almost seems like a part of the whole anime thing. So when someone ASKS and you dont/do let them, then all the more merry.

But I had a friend who was cosplaying Lulu (FFX) and some guy ASKED if he could pet her fur around her breast. She said no, in a nice way. Something along the lines of I would rather you not touch it, it was very expensive fur and yadda yadda. And it was too.
Well he kinda asked in a sleezy way again, like " Oh come ooooooooon. Just for a second." Mind you my Lulu had the D's for the cosplay. She said no again sternly and we turned to walk away.

So then the ugly, fat idiot shrugged his shoulders, said Oh well! I'll just hug you and instead! And grabbed her from behind.

Don't fucking touch people if they don't want you to.

>>2011652

club hoes agree with that too.

>>2011663

get your auron cosplayer to slam that faggot with his masamune

>>2010190
>>2010318
Basically, this. I don't hug the sign-holding people because I'm not comfortable with getting hugs from people I don't know in the first place, so why would I? If you actually go up to me and ask for one politely then sure. So long as you're not annoying/creepy, shower, and you don't intend to break my costume, then it's alright. You can't please everyone, and you don't have to hug anyone. It's your choice, but just don't be an ass about it, whether you're a hugger or the one being asked for hugs.

>>2011442
Are...are you being difficult on purpose? I'm not trying to be an asshole here, but can you not at least see where the people who don't agree with the signs are coming from? It's kind of like all those rape accusations, where there's probably a lot of exaggeration, but it's not as if none of it is true. If it has never happened to you, then be thankful and go on your merry way. But practically telling people that what they experienced never happened because you can't even imagine the idea... I don't know what to say to that.

As crazy as /cgl/ is, I don't believe that every single person on here is a stupid, over exaggerating, stuck-up bitch. Cons are a gathering of mostly socially awkward people. I can't see these stories being completely made up.

The only time I saw one of these and actually hugged the guy holding the sign was because he was dressed as Indiana Jones and his sign said: "Been digging in dirt and fighting Nazis. Need a hug."

>>2011850

OMG I would have married him. D;

It's a free hug. Chill the fuck out, srsly.

'S AN ART FORM, GAIZ.

.There is in fact a way to do it rite, just because a few people overdo it doesn't mean it should be outlawed completely. Not encroaching on other people's space, not demanding donations, not even moving until a person makes it clear they want a hug. If dudes like this actually came to cons, it would be a tolerable thing. THIS IS WHY WE(EABOOS) CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.

EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS EVERYONE LOVES FREE HUGS

until some epicly fat sweaty guy with bad facial hair and spots comes and hugs you, makes a strange noise and grabs your ass.

LIKE YOUR FREE HUGS NOW??? WELL DO YOU PUNK??? DO YOU LIKE FATTY SWEATY MALE VIRGINS????

Free Hugs are crap
Deluxe Hugs are the way to go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJfYAJJYMqg

>>2011442
Actually if someone comes up to you and is persistent enough, you could argue assault.
Even more so, if they hug you without permission thats battery.
>>2011337
Ema Skye is actually a man.

>>2012324
lol wut? Ema Skye is very much a girl, newfag. Try going on some /v/ livestreams sometime.

Hug signs, and all signs in general are pathetic. I've had to deal with my fair share, and most of them end up being the crazy fucktards that can't grasp the concept of "no" and personal space.

But really, doesn't just extend to the sign people. Some people come up to others to randomly ask for hugs. Sometimes it's ok, but when you say no, seriously it means fucking no. My gf and a group of friends were leaving a con, a couple of retards come up and ask her for a hug. She declines because she's tired, but these dumb turds wont' have it. They continue to harass her while we wait for some other friends to arrive. By the third time they keep asking for a hug she politely told them to fuck off and die. A better end than me and my friends going to town on their asses in the parking lot.

>>2012365
>Ema Skye is very much a girl
Prove it.
Yeah, /v/ livestreams are evidence. I lol'd.

>>2012407
Newfag detected.

>>2012428
'sup >>2012365?

>>2012407
If you don't know who Ema is then you don't have any business commenting. She's an oldschool regular on /v/, been to conventions, hosted livestreams, stickam shows, radio shows, and is on the /v/ vent just about every day. So quit whining like a faggot and pretending you know shit.

"Hug Me" = NO
"Free Hugs" = fine.

See, I don't mind people having a sign *offering* hugs, and them occasionally saying "Free Hugs!" just as long as they don't get pissy when people don't want to touch their smelly otaku bodies.

I'm selective with who I'll give hugs to, and generally it's people who ask nicely and at least look clean.

Also, most cons require NO GLOMPING because it can injure innocent bystanders. Also, you need PERMISSION to hug someone.
I have yet to be hugged without permission, and this year I got a fuckton of hug requests.

So, I think it's fine, assuming people behave.