Because internet.

I'm too lazy to find the picture but average person + audience + anonymity = douchebag.

>>4822033
Anonymity and digital disconnect. People are more likely to be bitches and ass holes when they don't have to face their victims.

But hey, as long as you are trying, fuck it you are cool by me. I like you even more so when you make your own props and costumes.

>>4822033
>women
there is your problem op.

Basically everything the other anons have said, people become so tough and comfortable when they're behind a computer screen but would never even dream of acting upon or saying some of the things they post online

>>4822049
I've noticed this also in a few thread I'm perused. Mostly like a thread titled "what is your pet peeve" and it will be stories of anti-social men/women who can't say a simple "I would prefer if you don't do that," to their supposed friend only to be followed by a rant.
I know anime-con goers are stereotypically anti-social but jesus christ, they sure man up on the internet.

>>4822067

* in real life or to someone's face

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
-Oscar Wilde

It's what happens when females meet anonymity. Look at the rest of 4chan. They may bitch about people they know irl or call each other shitheads but it's all in good fun. Go on /cgl/ and it's a different ball game.

>>4822109
Coscom isn't anonymous though and they're just as catty and bitchy as here. Not to mention facebook is another drama filled shithole.

>he thinks /cgl/ is an accurate representation of the cosplay community!

Let me guess, you also think all artists are like /ic/, all atheletes are like /sp/, all musicians are like /mu/, and all video game fans are like /v/?

>>4822109

It's weird, but I agree with you. /cgl/ is about being as catty and cruel as you can be to a person because you know no one will ever be able to link you to your heartless postings. You don't see this kind of vendetta-ing elsewhere except cosplay forums and facebook.

What the hell, /cgl/?

>>4822151
cosplay.com is just as bad, imo
I also spent part of this day learning about some stupid bitches on LJ thanks to /cgl/

Because most people online are pussies irl and need something to make themselves feel good.

Especially tripfag.

>>4822152

Actually if you have something like a facebook or LJ, and you type the same way others and employers can link you from that. So even being anon isn't really anon.

If you name or trip, it's easier to find your identity, especially if you post your picture online.

So all those anons and trips saying 'post pictures of cosplay or gtfo,' don't realize how bad it is. They could find out about you address, name, etc. from a picture and a city alone. It's really that easy.

But I forgot the age catagory of /cgl/ is at the age of do whatever and think about it when its too late and old phase.

I'm gonna say this once. You're on 4chan.

>>4822225
It has been mentioned more than once: it's not just 4chan.

>>4822039
Truth

I think a big factor here is maturity:
A month back I decided to fill out a poll on /mu/, maybe I'm just an idiot for expecting accurate results from a poll on a 4ch0n board, but I looked at the respondents' age section and I'm 22, my age group was really disproportionate to 16 - 20 or whatever. Between that and browsing /soc/ this spring, it finally dawned on me that this site just keeps getting older and while its userbase doesn't; I wonder if that's the realization that drove away so many people who're my age.

Before this I'd thought that this site was just full of people who were passive-aggressive or antisocial or some other thing that made them think a different way from everybody else, and that this site was the magnet for all those people scattered throughout the world, but recently I thought back to all the forums/image boards I've posted on since high school, and I realized I'm a very different person with a very different approach to things I see posted here, which jive more with the person I was 4-6 years ago.

OP, I'd bet that a noticeable population of internet cosplayers are still going through a phase (or two or three), which
>you left behind so long ago that you forgot it happened
>experienced a change so gradual that you didn't notice it coming or going
>or maybe you're just a well-enough person that you never had to deal with it in the first place

>>4822383
Oh god this. Its the same on every board for the most part.

I have a theory: Anonymous isn't the freeing mask everyone thinks it is. It's just another role you play, just like the ones in real life.

Think about it; are the thoughts you post as "Anonymous" really the thoughts you are thinking? They're not for me, and I hope they're not for you. Everything is filtered through a lens of hate and anger and snark and one-uppery.

I'm not saying that's a bad thing, mind you. It's nice to have a place to come and be a complete dick, but people shouldn't treat 4chan as this utopian/dystopian place where everyone truly speaks their minds.

>>4822468
Tripcode user spotted. You go anonymous when you post something that might hurt the reputation you're trying to build around your name. Hence when you post anonymously "everything is filtered through a lens of hate and anger and snark and one-uppery".

>>4822606
Nice try, but I've never been a tripfag. Those cunts are the cancer that is killing /cgl/.

>>4822383

Perfectly sums up my experience. I started trolling 4chan back in middleschool when I was an angry little passive aggressive shit head, so /b/ was a theme park. As I got older (finishing college soon), I have gradually stopped coming here altogether because I just am not the same person and the words no longer resonate with me. I thought like you, maybe people really are just this weird, but then I realize how old everyone is and it makes sense. I stopped being like this awhile back, not one purpose, just growing up, so it's a strange feelings.

>>4822052

This?