Video related, a video response to "Fake Geek Girls"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J0ggK9-TBVY

>>6564785

>There is no such thing as a fake geek girl

Stopped watching there.

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who even gives a shit just let people do what they want. i mean seriously, if they are """Fake" " and don't actually know anything that they're a "Fan" of then they'll just make themselves look like idiots

and then we can laugh at them for being an idiot

>labels are important to me

I'm sorry to hear that.

Oh look at that, geeky dudes desperately trying to find a way to feel superior to people more attractive and talented than they are, what's new?

>>6564815

The silly bit here is these girls try to get the most attention that they can out of these "geeky dudes" as you call them

Oh the ironing.

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>B-BUT MUH CLIQUE ELITISM

>>6564820
lol ok dude. chicks totally cosplay because they want some unwashed nerd dick.

>>6564820
Why do guys always assume its about them? Don't flatter yourself.

>>6564834

I never said that. I said attention.

Feel free to do/think whatever you wish, it has no impact on my daily life what reasoning you or they use.

>>6564836

It isn't about us. You're reading a bit too much into this. Ultimately, it's about the girl getting attention from somewhere.

>>6564821
Oh my god, don't you bring this shit here. The point of that meme is to make fun of the "nerd" bitches who DON'T care about nerdy shit and just uses it to be a ~special snowflake~

I look down on anyone who uses their sexuality to gain attention and validation from people they have no intention of having sex with and barely know.

Nothing personal, but it's a fucked up thing and another fucked up part of our whole "fame cult" society. I hate facebook, too.

It weirds me out equally when females cosplay male characters they find attractive in order to take photos of or create yaoi-related situations in character.

Some of the people who make these costumes still work really hard on them. For me it's more the fact that it wouldn't matter if they worked hard, they'd still get attention and validation and be told they were great cosplayers anyway because people want to fuck them. That's weird.

I would be more likely to just avoid these people than anything, though. If I was going to protest or start shit I'd try to get "swimsuit cosplay contests" shut down in my local cons. Be honest. This event is never about the cosplay. AT ALL.

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>>6564858

Why ever not?

>>6564883
I just explained why, you dumbass. It's not being mean to people who legitimately like those things.
It's laughing at the girls who say shit like 'omG I LOVE POKEMON IM SO NERDY' and don't know what a fucking oshawott is. Go back to tumblr and bitch about how oppressed you are there.

>>6564821

More like

>pick on guys with nerdy interests all through high school
>wonder why you're treated with suspicion

Not another one of these threads...

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>>6564894
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>>6564894

umad

>>6564901
Confirmed for either being a really boring, shitty troll, or being a legitimate idiot nerd girl. Take your pick, either way you're a retard.

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>>6564908

I just don't find it worth my while arguing with dumbasses who tar all nerd girls with the same brush.

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>>6564913
Yeah, no. If you legitimately call yourself a 'nerd girl' you're exactly what this meme is aimed at.

>>6564914
oops. Wrong pic. Oh well. Pretend it said the "your meme is bad" thing.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/why-the-fake-geek-girl-meme-needs-to-die

Ugh, just look at this sit.

>>6564913
>>6564901
>>6564883
>>6564821
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/idiot-nerd-girl
Read the fucking URL

>How do you feel when female cosplayers are considered to be "fakes", deemed they must know nothing about comics, and are simply "fake geek girls"?
>it's fucked up

What do you think of girls who cosplay "slutty" characters without much (or any) interest in the actual series they're from?
>it's their fucking business

How do you feel about female cosplayers who are subjected to a level of misogynistic outrage and harassment based on their outfit (whether they are actual fans of the character, or simply doing it for attention)?
>it's REALLY fucked up

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>>6564918

>because something is gendered, it is rendered invalid

>How do you feel when female cosplayers are considered to be "fakes", deemed they must know nothing about comics, and are simply "fake geek girls"?
I've never met a "fake geek girl." Could be that I am talking to the wrong people though. If they are really as bad as rumor says I probably wouldn't like them, but I find it hard to believe someone would fake being into something with absolutely no knowledge of the subject!

>What do you think of girls who cosplay "slutty" characters without much (or any) interest in the actual series they're from?
In general I feel slutty versions of characters is just someone being lazy. Very rarely is it done well, or in a way that really shows that they thought about the character.

I don't mind people cosplaying something they don't have an interest in. They may just be joining friends or liked the costume design. I'm trying to encourage some friends now to join me in a VLR cosplay group, because they fit the characters and it'd be great to have a couple more people.

It's important to realize that people choose to cosplay for different reasons, and that you can't expect everyone who is cosplaying to be a super fan just as you can't expect everyone at the convention to like anime/comics/etc.

> How do you feel about female cosplayers who are subjected to a level of misogynistic outrage and harassment based on their outfit (whether they are actual fans of the character, or simply doing it for attention)?

Not something I really see but I can see it from both sides. From the geeky side, and often the "male" side, they're upset that their fandom is being exploited for attention or other reasons. In some cases it's disheartening because you try to have a conversation with the person, and you find out that the person dressed as your favorite character actually knows nothing at all.

From the other perspective, nobody should be attacked for their cosplay choice - it's a hobby and it's what they decided to put their money into.

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>>6564928

>memes are static and can never ever change

OK.

>>6564937
No, more like, if you pride yourself on the word 'nerd' and also pride yourself on the fact you're not only that, but you're that PLUS you're a girl, you're a fucking idiot that nobody wants to listen to.

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Before I tried cosplaying I didn't really get why people did it. But after I cosplayed for the first time it clicked, it's truly all about attention. I have a penis and even I'll admit that being in costume and having random people come up to give you high fives, compliments, and snap a picture is like a pure adrenaline shot to the ego. There is another component however, and that's passion. Passion is what makes beautiful cosplay that people remember for a lifetime. While people who tend to cosplay more popular characters get more attention, it isn't necessarily ethical to simply cosplay popular characters to get said glorious attention. One's personal passion should be the source of inspiration for the costume.

It's hard for a guy to have a costume that will pop with the audience. Men don't have nearly as many resources to make that sort of crowd pleasing costume. They can't just show some midriff and suddenly everyone will love them. They have to craft complicated and accurate outfits to stand out as much as most female cosplayers do. Men who are 'fake nerds' usually wouldn't even bother with cosplay in the first place since it takes so much effort. But with women, it's easy to just pick a character that's popular and cute and get that glorious attention for little to no effort.

If you don't like them, don't give them the attention. Only ask for pictures from the most well crafted outfits, male or female. Encourage your passionate friends to make those hard or underdone costumes that people maybe didn't know they wanted to see. Maybe you won't get as much attention as a hand crafted Akari from Aria as you would as ebay bought Madoka, but cosplay should always be for the passion first, the attention should just be a bi-product of the passion.

>>6564947
Please give me an example of the meme where someone is actually belittling a woman who's a legitimate nerd for being a woman. It's for actual reasons, like 'oh i love pokemon but whats an oshawott' or 'oh im such a pc gamer lol farmville'

It seems that everyone wants to classify what being a "nerd" is. Like you have to pass a test and like the approved subjects in order to be able to grace yourself with the name "nerd".

Why is everyone supposed to like the exact same shit, like some tumblr whores calling another girl 'fake' because she doesn't like Doctor Who, or a girl saying 'I play Mario, omg I'm such a nerd!"

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>>6564951

So, identifying with a certain clique/subculture is bad?

Thank for the insight.

Holy shit you are not getting oppressed because you want to take interest in something you don't know anything about and people are treating you badly. This only happens because you're entering a fandom with little to no knowledge of it and simply barging in with pseudo-knowledge instead of saying that you have an interest in the the. Don't say "I love video games" when you don't know anything about them and can't back yourself up in an argument or discussion about them. Say "I'd love to learn about video games!", and people will be warmer to you. The people who are nasty to you either way are the ones you don't associate yourself. It's as simple as that.

Bitches need to learn what the word oppression means, too. Oppression is being treated cruelly or unfairly for a long period of time, not being called a "fake nerd" or an idiot or something.

>>6564958
I was gonna say the same thing..sort of...
I was like, doesn't EVERYONE cosplay for attention? shit.

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>>6564963
>>6564937
>>6564913
>>6564901
>>6564883
>>6564821
etc etc

>>6564965
*the thing, not the the.

>>6564927
All those strawman argument, christ.

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>>6564972

My favourite part about this whole debacle is that no one cared when males identified as nerds.

Suddently when girls start doing so, a lot of males throw a bitch fit because we've invaded their treehouse "NO GURLZ" club.

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Damn, /v/ and the other boards were right about you /cgl/. You really are drama.

>>6564927
Oh for fuck's sake!
I play D&D. I go to SCA meetings occasionally. I go to cons. No one is saying you aren't legitimately interested in whatever you are interested in.

The problem is twofold-

Right now, many aspects of geek culture are becoming more and more popular with many people. Many people of either gender who basically like the "thing of the moment" to be included will move on from those things in a year. Many of them are like new users to a website- they don't know the etiquette and they don't respect people who've been part of the community for years and are generally found to be a bit annoying at times. Some of them will go on to find a lifelong interest.

Some people, especially girls, behave like they are somehow rare for liking what they like. They are not as rare as they often think they are and to behave as if you should get a cookie or special treatment just for showing up is annoying. See also: DM's girlfriend.

Thirdly, certain people, both inside the nerd community and outside of it, define their worth as a person by how many complete strangers who they will never have any real interest in wanting to fuck find them physically attractive. Not all attractive people do this. These people are often irritating. There is a trend that gets worse every year of people assuming that if they put an attractive female in a leather outfit into something, that "nerds" are so sexually deprived that they will not care if the plot of your movie is bad or the girl you hired to work at your video game booth knows nothing about the game.

There is backlash against this idea, and people who attentionwhore massively and just assume nerds can't get any girl as attractive as them are showing a lack of respect for nerds and nerd culture. Because of this, many nerds don't respect them, either.

>>6564977
Nobody gives a fuck if you're a girl, though. I've never got shit for being a girl and liking video games. You're obviously being obnoxious and raising suspicion about how much you legitimately know.

>>6564977
You shouldn't have to identify yourself as anything just because you like some things.

I don't care if you're male or female, putting on big black rimmed glasses, writing nerd on your hand just so everyone knows what you are is fucking retarded.

"Hm, I like to play videogames, better take pictures of myself naked with a controller so everybody knows."

>>6564972
I think I love you, anon. Seriously, I would make you a smoothie right the fuck now.

>>6564965
I think the big thing is that a girl (or anyone, let's not just focus on women) can say "I like videogames" and the response is "OH YEAH THEN WHAT WAS THE LINEUP OF ROBOT MASTERS FROM THE FIRST MEGA MAN GAME IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER" and if the response is "I don't know, I never played mega man" then the assumption is that they never played any video game and that everything is lies when the person may not be a fan of mega man but played way too much super mario.

That said, claiming to have read / watched / played something you didn't just to be "cool" or "geeky" isn't a good idea and when you get caught in the lie you just look dumb.

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>>6564978
Why thank you!

>>6564977
nah son, you must not have had male nerd friends growing up. In high school we had a small group of peeps that hung out in the library in the mornings before classes and half of us were chicks and half were dudes and we got along and weren't sexist faggots to each other. We'd play yu-gi-oh and gameboy and talk about anime and manga/comics and shit while people would make fun of us from the other tables while they copied their friend's homework.

Who the fuck cares? Quit acting like a preteen and caring about what little arbitrary groups you fit into.

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>>6564992

No problem, anon. That's just part of your charm, I love crazy bitches.

>>6564990
I'd happily take that smoothie, but thank the person who posted that on know your meme's gallery. That's where I found it and realized it was perfect.

>>6564977
Actually, I know many people (myself included) who hate "gamer guyz" as much as they hate "gamer girlz". They're obnoxious either way.

Stop with the Tumblr feminism. You're only setting yourself back by making shit up and acting as if it's legitimate.

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>>6564987

>Nobody gives a fuck if you're a girl,
>argues with me about it

>>6564991
I am female. I have never said "I love comic books!" and had someone say "Okay, so name every single green lantern in numerical order, every single Robin, and tell me when the first appearance of Wonder Woman was."

It's more like "Oh? What are some of your favorites?" No one is challenging me to prove jack shit.

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>>6564988

No.
Picture related is how it works.

>>6565009
>>6564977
this image is being used incorrectly.

>>6565009
I'm not arguing about it because you're a girl.
I'm arguing about it because you're being an obnoxious little bitch who pretends she's oppressed because she thinks she knows more about video games and whatever than she actually does.

>>6564987
Some people do, it happens here and there. A lot less now than 10 years or so ago.

I think it's really the media surrounding "nerds" and "geeks" that this really comes from and makes girls feel like they are special snowflakes. They assume it's a collective of socially awkward guys, and that if they come into it then everyone will lust after them but also be so happy that she is "a geek like them"

Big Bang Theory is one example of this.

>>6565016
That's what we've been explaining.
Tumblrfag just goes 'UMAD?' and posts more.

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>>6565017

No, I made a valid point.
You started haranguing me about my cred and how it's not OK to openly identify as a nerd bcoz it's' a secrit order lel.

Please, also point out where I even started talking about anything I'm into and how I claim to know more than I actually do.

>>6565017
She's just trying to piss people off.
Probably a guy actually.

>>6565035
there are guys on /cgl/!?!?

>>6564991
Why not state what games you like instead of just saying "games"? Most people assume that you have a broad knowledge of games if you say that you love video games. Is it really too hard to say "I love games like Mario and Zelda" instead of just "I love video games!"? You don't just say "I love movies" if you only like action and drama, you say "I love action and drama movies". Same goes for books and tv shows. Unless you have an extremely broad knowledge of the form of media, you generally just express the specifics you like.

>>6564991
I have literally never had this happen to me.
Not once.
Never.
Not when I cosplayed from an anime/manga
Nor from a comic book
Nor from a popular TV series
Nor from a book.

If you really don't think the "nerd girl culture" is seeping into non-nerd girls, take a look at the "geek" board on pinterest. It's mostly Big Band Theory and Dr. Who and Harry Potter and Disney stuff.

sage for replying to a troll thread

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>>6565035

You should all just stop responding to that poster.

>>6565036

Har har, only passing by.

>>6565013
I'm a girl too. I have had it on one occasion at work where an older guy was transferred to our building as one of my managers. He heard from one of my work friends that I was into comics and the like. When we finally worked together he didn't believe it and quizzed me on geekyness - which ended up with me getting him into Doctor Who. Totally understand where he was coming from, he had never met a girl who liked anything the same as him. His wife is pretty, but she doesn't let him read comic books or watch any shows she doesn't like. Sucks for him.

While in cosplay I've had some people ask me obscure stuff about the character or show, but I usually let them know if I don't know the answer.

That said, my mega man example was hyperbole based on what I get of the "nerd girl issue". I don't personally consider myself a "persecuted nerd girl" or anything like that, nor do I know anyone who does.

>>6565048

>His wife is pretty, but she doesn't let him read comic books or watch any shows she doesn't like. Sucks for him.

How? Just how does that even happen?

>>6565037
>Why not state what games you like instead of just saying "games"?

Just an example based on the post I was responding to. Perhaps the person enjoys multiple types of videogames and multiple series and doesn't want to pidgeonhole themselves into one genre. I have a male friend who likes videogames and will say "I like videogames" and it's no understatement - he usually has about 4 or 5 on the go at a time and if he hasn't played it he has likely read up on it.

A lot of people don't automatically go into specifics, although it would save some time to start that way.

>>6565052
Some people are better at compartmentalizing than others.

They probably have other things in common and it's hard to find someone who is easy to live together with and who you're attracted to.

My boyfriend doesn't like vampire stories, horror movies, fashion, or 4chan. I have these people calle friends that I can share those things with, and some of them I prefer to enjoy alone.

>>6565060

Fiddle dee dee, I meant more how could you let someone dictate what comics you read? It has no impact on that person. I can understand shows, since they spend time together watching them, but comics?

>>6565058
Did you even read the rest of my post? I said that unless you have a broad knowledge of games, you should probably just say what you specifically like. Sounds like your friend knows his shit about a lot of games, and I'd consider that broad knowledge.

You're right, a lot of people don't usually go into specifics. That includes people going "HURR WHERE IS EVERY STAR LOCATED IN SUPER MARIO 64" when you mention that you like games.

I think that you just rendered your own argument invalid.

>>6565063
Yeah, I have no idea.

Didn't catch that part.

>>6565074

It's cool. Have a nice night.

>>6565063
Rather she doesn't support his hobby and doesn't allow room in the budget for them. He can still purchase them, he can still read them but I am guessing there is some form of repercussion that encourages him not to.

And from what I understand, when he gets into comics he likes to make large purchases on e-bay to complete his collections so the budget thing might be a big factor lol

>>6564958
well, hm. i personally cosplay out of being (how do I say this without sounding special snowflakey?) dorky enough to actually want to feel like the character i'm cosplaying. i don't like myself enough to want to be my favorite fictional characters for a day. that's my take, anyway.

>>6565083

Ah, that's completely reasonable then. Thank you for elaborating on the matter.

>>6565073
>You're right, a lot of people don't usually go into specifics. That includes people going "HURR WHERE IS EVERY STAR LOCATED IN SUPER MARIO 64" when you mention that you like games.

It was hyperbole, it was meant to be an exaggeration. The point, or argument rather, is that some people judge others to not be nerds or geeks based on their own specific knowledge and idea of what nerds is and dismiss what the other person might know about the topic.

I don't really subscribe to the theory that guys walk around quizzing girls and getting mad when they can't respond, but it does seem to be why "nerd girls" are so upset. Basing that entirely on what I see online, never experienced it in person.

People do ask obscure questions though, particularly at cons. I think it's easy for them to assume that a cosplayer of their favorite character has the same knowledge as they do about the media when that might not be the case.

>>6565108
That's pretty much the standard for anything, really. Someone who's a math genius would probably expect their colleague to have the same knowledge as them. People tend to get excited when someone shares an interest with them, and want that other person to know all the same things they do so they can talk about the thing on the same level.

We've completely derailed from my original statement. The point I was trying to make was that if you don't know anything about a medium but claim to love it, don't get mad when people who actually do know about it and love it call you out on being uneducated.

>>6565037
Because you can play a lot of games and not have played every game? "I like videogames," is easier to say than, "Oh, I like Demon's Souls and Fallout and Mass Effect and Zelda and Faxanadu and Contra and Super Mario Bros. 1 and 3 and SMT and Catherine and Silent Hill 2 and Fatal Frame and..."

"Have you played through FFVI?"

"Nope. And I don't care if you think it changed the face of videogames omg forever."

>>6565124
and I will say I agree with your original point :)

>>6565128
1.)Re-read the post and consider what "broad knowledge" might mean
2.)Stop being an idiot
3.)Have a nice day

>>6565138
I know what "broad knowledge" means. My, poorly expressed, point was more that you can partake of a lot of a form of media, but not necessarily have interests that overlap with someone else who is also invested in that type of media. For example, the person in the hyperbolic example you were responding to probably knows that Megaman is a thing that exists, but wasn't into it.

There's such a problem of logic with the whole fake geek girl concept.

"I'm a vapid normalfag attention whore. But men don't pay enough attention to me! What can I do? Hmmm. I know! I'm going to pretend to like anime, video games and comics so that GEEKY GUYS will fawn all over me! Yay!"

Who the fuck would do this
Who would want to

Like if a small handful of these people exist, okay, but people are acting like ALL female geeks/cosplayers are doing this and it just does not make sense. If a girl just wants attention from guys, she doesn't want it from greasy, fat comic book geeks.

>>6565188
of course they want attention from neckbeards. To normal guys she's just another chick, but to them it's OH MY FUCK IT'S A GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL! worship.

Okay if you're a guy and you attend conventions and you're all outraged at "fake geek girls" here is what you can do.

1. Talk to the girl FIRST before slapping on the label of fake geek girl.
2. Talk about what she's cosplaying/wearing.
3. If she has no idea what you're talking about, say "oh. okay." Walk away.
4. If she is a fan but is a newbie/uninformed fan, just be nice. It's not a crime to be new. You were once.
5. If she is a hardcore fan, hooray! You have found someone with whom you have a mutual interest to discuss.

And if you're all pissed off about girls who are "just desperate for male attention", here are more things you can do.

1. Pull your head out of your ass long enough to realize that not everything that everyone in the world does is about you and seeking your approval and attention and you can't read minds to decipher peoples' motivations.
2. Also realize that in most cases the girl is dressed as the character as they are portrayed in their media. Including the slutty outfit. Exactly as it was designed by the person who created it. Which you probably like because it's sexy.
3. If she is good looking, you now have some eye candy to look at. Hooray for you!
4. If you hate girls that use their bodies to get attention, DON'T GIVE HER THAT ATTENTION and just look away and walk away.

Not so hard.

>>6565216
Why does that matter? Who wants to be worshiped by fat disgusting neckbeards?

no one, that's who.

>>6565216
neckbeards have standards too. maybe more than regular guys. they obsessively pick apart womens' flaws and expect them to look as good as their 2D moe waifus.

>>6565256

But I don't have a neckbeard. Nor a 2D waifu. You're just generalizing now.

>>6565263
Then you're not the type of guy I'm talking about. I never once said all nerdy guys are like this. I'm talking about the anti-social kind who turn into misogynists because they feel rejected by women.

>>6565273

Fair enough.

>>6564775 (OP)
>How do you feel when female cosplayers are considered to be "fakes", deemed they must know nothing about comics, and are simply "fake geek girls"?
If there's a reason for this label, then whatever. If a girl cosplays from a series she doesn't know about and is totally clueless when people try to talk to her about the series, I think it's fair if the other person is a little bothered.
>What do you think of girls who cosplay "slutty" characters without much (or any) interest in the actual series they're from?
I don't really care. Like I said, it is a bit disappointing if they don't know anything about the series, but ultimately it doesn't matter that much. Their choice, their money/time, their body. I've noticed a lot of girls bitching about this, but I feel like the girls who complain about it usually have some jealousy issues.
>How do you feel about female cosplayers who are subjected to a level of misogynistic outrage and harassment based on their outfit (whether they are actual fans of the character, or simply doing it for attention)?
I don't think it's really fair to get so worked up over a damn costume. I mean, if you're going to cosplay a character you don't know much about you should expect some disappointment and/or irritation from fans of the series, but to go onto a full on rage is really way too dramatic.

>>6565036
I am, I just don't give a shit about half the stuff posted here so don't advertise it. I come here to look at awesome pictures of stuff I like and laugh at the story threads. Occasionally post in a thread related to a con i'm going too. There are guys here, I just think we lurk a lot more than the girls do.

What I think is so weird about this issue is that it seems to exist mostly online, not in real life. I personally have never been accused of being fake or attention-seeking or anything. At least not directly to my face, or even behind my back, to my knowledge. And I've never met any of these attention-seeking fake geek girls, either. Not a single one. I think it's all kind of imagined and blown out of proportion. There might be a few posers out there and there might be a few genuine fans being accused of being posers, but I just don't see it happening anywhere but online.

>How do you feel when female cosplayers are considered to be "fakes", deemed they must know nothing about comics, and are simply "fake geek girls"?
Don't judge people before you talk to them (or in the case of annoying fucks-hear them from the other end of con squeeling). That's all I can say.
>What do you think of girls who cosplay "slutty" characters without much (or any) interest in the actual series they're from?
I think the hang up there is that it makes a judgement on appearance saying that if the lady wants to cosplay slutty shit she's ONLY doing it for attention, not because she liked the character and that's simply how the character looked. Most cosplay ALL done for some kind of attention. If the girl is good looking, she's probably going to get looks. SURE. But does that automatically equal not knowing anything. No. I've rarely met people who didn't know ANYTHING about the thing they were cosplaying. If you have I'm sorry you had to deal with that, but it probably wasn't EVERY SINGLE GIRL YOU TALKED TO. And that still says nothing about the fact that some people like to cosplay because they like character designs. Slutty or not if she feels fine in the clothes then whatever.
>How do you feel about female cosplayers who are subjected to a level of misogynistic outrage and harassment based on their outfit (whether they are actual fans of the character, or simply doing it for attention)?
Again, what cosplay ISN'T for attention. If you're an observer and you want to make judgements on this person calling them a "fake geek girl" at least have more to back it up than "She's cosplaying a hot character and she's remotely good looking and I noticed so therefore she's just trying to get my attention." if you talk to her about the thing she's cosplaying and she ends up not knowing shit, just stop talking to her.
I've not seen much harassment with my own eyes but I know it happens. Not on a tumblrfeminist large scale, but it happnes. It's fucked up. Don't do it.

lets talk about fake nerd boys.

all too many times I have been hit on buy some sex crazed dude.
"sorry but I only date nerds..."
Him: "no no but I like starwars and stuff"
next day, he decks himself out in nerd gear.
"I like star wars and play call of duty. if we marry I will take you to japan"

it was the saddest thing that I have ever seen.
this dude dates a new chick every month, then breaks up with her after she puts out.


any one have to deal with fake nerd guys?

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>>6565340

>I will take you to Japan

>>6565340
Fake nerd boys anger me than fake nerd girls. I don't know why. It's probably because I'm a guy myself.

>>6565387

I don't think I've ever encountered one of those.

>>6565388
I haven't met one like what >>6565340 described, but I've met guys who say they're huge anime nerds and after talking for a few minutes I find out they just watched Bleach and Naruto on Adult Swim from time to time. Which is fine, but to say you're a big nerd is misleading.

give me an example of a Fake Nerd boy. Are we talking about guys like God or Hobbes who act too cool for everything, yet, still fucking go to anime conventions?

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I'm sorry but we will never accept you attention whoring bitches as one of us, so yeah stay on facebook talking about how much of a nerd you are.

In my opinion, girls that cosplay as cammy from street fighter enjoy having things shoved up their butt, and that's alright with me.

>>6565396
but i don't think it's exactly fair of you to assume their definition of "big nerd" is the same as yours. maybe they don't know personally anyone with similar hobbies, so, in their realm of experience, they ARE the biggest "nerd" they know.

i honestly don't see much of a difference between "nerd" and "big nerd" anyway.

ITT: nerd gurl acceptance

Go back to tumblr, oh wait, /cgl/ is tumblr 2.0
No wonder the other boards see this place as a joke.

>>6565471

Read the thread, chucklefuck.

>>6565014
so you don't mind being a faggot? okay. Cause that's basically what it means after all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7xRV6bNGNU

Appropriation of nerd culture is not a good thing

>>6565480

The fucking hat kills me.

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>>6565436
>one of us
>implying I'd accept you into the secret club

You're probably more pleb-tier than most of the people here, due to the fact that you spend 95% of your time lurking and 5% actually involved in media.

Come on senpai.

>>6565486
>more pleb-tier than /cgl/
That's not possible.

here's the problem: Have you ever grown up and you see the more attractive people who act all buddy buddy with you and then just piss on your head behind your back? It's that fear but escalated to the nth power. It's not really slut shaming then it is just people fighting back against the same people that did them harm to them at one point. It's one of those "Fool me once: shame on you, fool me twice: shame on me" kind of things. You don't want to bare your soul and befriend anyone that will piss it all away later or eventually.

>How do you feel when female cosplayers are considered to be "fakes", deemed they must know nothing about comics, and are simply "fake geek girls"?
Maguma says that they're better than the rest since they look good.

And he's the king of /cgl/, so...

>>6564834
Yeah it reminds em of their dads

>>6565563
Stop selfposting, Maguma. No one actually cares about you.

>>6565589
Yeah, sure thing kid~

>>6564977
See here's the problem - real nerds don't identify themselves as nerds, unless under special circumstances (e.g. they were all bullied by the jocks in high school, so they had a secret "Nerd club" where they played chess and lamented the pain of having their underwear stretched on their head).

You rarely see males saying "tee hee, I'm such a nerd xD" and if they do that, they're also attention whores, since the only reason I can think off why they would do so is under the influence of shitty TV shows like Gang Bang Theory, which tries to imply that nerds are cool, and which is probably responsible for much of the fake 'nerdness' that's around here these days.

If you're offended that someone denies your 'nerd' status and claim that you're just as 'nerd' as them (because you say so), replace the word 'nerd' with 'whore'. Imagine that we live a few years in the future, where being a whore has become a positive thing thanks to libertard brainwashing. Let's say you're a woman and you slept with more than two dozen of guys already. That makes you a very respectable whore in this future society. But then you hear some fat creepy neckbeard, who will never have the capability to have sex, brag about being "omg xD such a whore" after he pays a prostitute to have sex with him.

Would you not be offended that this person claims to be as cool as you are (because 'whores' are cool in this scenario, remember)?

You have been whoring yourself out way before it was cool to do so, you had to deal with all the slut shaming and so on. You earned your whore status through blood and sweat. And now that fat piece of shit is saying he's as much of a whore as you do, just because he had sex with women he payed, and did so after it became cool and completely accepted by society.

>>6565628
*as much a whore as you are

>>6564785
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J0ggK9-TBVY

Stopped after the first sentence.

>>6564899
Just goes to show how slutty /cgl/ is I guess..

Part of the problem with /cgl/ and western cosplayers in general is that there's increasingly a reputation of actual, literal sluttyness (as in, sleeping around, cheating, being sex obsessed etc)

At some point the 'fetish community' decided that they wanted to be nerds and got involved. I can guarantee you a lot of these girls who today profess nerdyness were basically social butterflies who flitted between all the subcultures they could in their youth, look at how many fake nerd girls were raver chicks at one point.

Also, what's up with every cosplayer these days having a 'I was touched by daddy as a child' story? What attracts sexually broken people to cosplay?

Oh, and the girl in the OP's video is well known to be a huge whore. Like, a literal "has had sex with 50+ people" whore.

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>>6565480
Ha, this guy is seriously deluding himself with that scenario. I have seen this shit happen, but on the rare occasions they usually just end up embarrassing themselves. I don't know anyone who doesn't play Skyrim, I wear glasses because I'm practically blind, and everything he listed is our pop culture now. I'm considered attractive, but I too have a social fear. However I don't go out of my way to call him fake, so I'd appreciate the same from him. He's not a nerd, he's just whining about himself and how lowly it is to be a 'real nerd'. The term 'nerd' in general doesn't mean shit anymore. Regardless of gender. Let me know when he actually lists off things that qualify him as a 'real nerd', because all I hear is bs. He's just unattractive and stupid, if a hot chick said the same stuff, she'd be called a lying whore.

If he was what he claims to be, he would have said he played Elders Scrolls before it became cool. Pathetic, and he calls himself a nerd.

>>6565725

This. When did nerdy girls all start turning into "fetlifers" who have a sexual partner count in the double digits?

>>6565725
This doesn't really happen at Japanese cons. Only Western ones. Japanese girls tend to be a bit... purer I guess?

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>>6565725
>>6565757
I gogo, I have daddy issues. But I do not sleep with multiple men, I'm happily married. Labeling people based on biased opinions only causes trouble and drama. As mentioned above, being a 'nerd' isn't anything special, never thought it was, never claimed it was. It's just a lifestyle, but since I'm confident in my own skin somehow I'm labeled a raging slut in front of others who feel insecure with themselves. It's a bit unfair I think. I'm not a whore, I just cosplay one.

>>6565784
Bullshit. Japanese models are far more willing to take off their clothes for the camera, we've had a whole thread on this already.

>>6565794
You slept around before you married?

What daddy issues?

>>6565794
>Bullshit. Japanese models are far more willing to take off their clothes for the camera, we've had a whole thread on this already.

Those are models, not cosplayers.

I've met both fake geek girls AND boys. I have no idea why people pick only on girls, at least where I live guys doing that are just as common.

>>6565801
Newsflash, most good Japanese cosplayers are models. Are you new here?

>>6565802
I think it's because the girls don't really care if the guys are faking geekyness so long as they're cute, whereas guys tend to be less fooled by looks or something, so they'll criticize fake geek girls even if they're attractive.

>>6565784
>>6501155
We so pure.

>>6565808
My husband wore a costume to a con he knew nothing about. No one gave a shit. I frown upon it, but it does happen, you just don't here about it as much because men lack DD's. Or at least that's what I've gathered.

Who cares? The lifespan of a nerd girl is a couple years at most, everyone knows they'll become something else when a new trend arrives, that's how women are.

>>6565812
I don't see any new trends. If they're on the internet, nerd culture will forever be pop culture.

>>6565815
Feminist whoredom is a new trend.

>>6565812
This.

Women need sex a lot more than we guys do too. When's the last time you heard of a female cosplaying virgin in her 20s?

>>6565817
I suppose, though it doesn't really impact me much so I don't notice it. Then again I'm okay with men and women running around naked. Their life.

>>6565818
> When's the last time you heard of a female virgin in her 20s?

fixt

> When's the last time you heard of a female virgin over 16?

double fixt

>be in school
>not ugly, but not pretty either
>a little bit of a gamer, huge internet dork, going on 4chan on the last 4 our 5 years, obvious otaku who watched loads of stupid anime
>three guys in class were about the same, only they watched crappy shonen instead
>get hated on by them
>mock everything I do and my social awkwardness even though they are just as awkward and like the same shit
>grow up, learn how to look like a normal human being, even a little cute

>NO, GET OUT OF THIS CULTURE, I GOT BULLIED FOR LIKING THIS SO NOW THAT IT'S POPULAR YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO LIKE IT

>>6565822
Religious girls I guess? And a few normal but shy ones.

Notice this whole rebellion against "slut shaming" is coming mainly from internet nerd females? This is also, paradoxically the most promiscuous group around, particularly cosplayers and lolitas.

Makes sense right? I mean, complaining about "slut shaming" is what you do if you're pissed off that guys respect you less because you're sleeping around. Which is what cosplayers nearly always do.

>>6565823
So unpopular I bet you had a boyfriend in high school.

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>>6565818
wat? my man asks for sex way more than I ever think of it. maybe once a month I'll get horny, but otherwise it's him asking every night. men seem hornier to me. guys also tend to spam my news feed with more sexuality things. am I just surrounded by men who can't stop fapping to animu? where are these pure men you speak of?

Oh for fuck sake. Why are cosplayers such sluts? Just take any cosplayer and you'll find that she either once prostituted herself, posted nudes on the internet, had sex with some stranger at a convention, was raped and didn't call the police, or worn a Yoko costume. It's not about you not being a 'prude' and being so progressive and liberal or whatever bullshit rationalization of your promiscuity. It's about you not having any dignity (which is kind of expected in something so undignified as cosplaying). So, close your legs and stop being such typical femanons.

>>6565834

I find it funny how easily girls will give you nudes from /cgl/ and /soc/ (generally share the same userbase) if you're good looking.

>>6565834
Never done any of that so your argument is invalid.

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>>6565832
Remained a virgin until my late 19s, and only because I met a guy over the internet and he lived close by.

>>6565834
>she
should be gender netural, plenty of male cosplayers are sluts too

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My local con is not nearly as exciting as the ones you are talking about. Sure we have underage girl cosplayers, but the most they ever do is ask for free hugs. The most drama that ever pops up is pic related. I'm so envious of all these horny bitches that don't exist in my area.

>>6565847
You really think staying a virgin until you're 19 is a big deal?

And you lost it to some guy you met over the internet who gamed you and fucked you.

>Implying women can live without our dicks

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For some reason I think most of this comes from people of my generation and older. The almost 30's geeks and nerds that truly did grow up with almost no (attractive, don't get offended by that. Outcasts of either gender were normally labeled nerds/geeks just cause of glasses or they were ugly in my day) women into the "nerdy" stuff. Back in a time where gender roles were more enforced. Where an only female child probably would never see a comic unless someone in her family was into them. Nerd girls were those that had brothers or dads that got them into things that are "nerdy" and such.

Now we have a more liberal view of gender roles (no this isn't a political statement, just how things have changed), the family make-up is different (single dads raising daughters more often), and an incredible access to technology compared to the 80s-early 90s. So I can see how a lot of comic writers would find it hard to believe a woman cares about comics since when they were younger it was a rare thing.

This is getting WAAAY too long. I'll finish with saying this isn't the sole cause. It's also people that take things to be almost sacred that other people don't think are a big deal starting a fuss because a girl that would never look at them under normal circumstances suddenly shows up with a Star Wars t-shirt and can't name all the background characters in the original A New Hope. It somehow makes them feel better about themselves. A "that will show that hot girl that would never touch me that I'm better than her at something" when they should be thinking "hey an attractive woman that I might be able to have a conversation with about a passion we both share!"

Ok, sorry for that being so long. I like to dissect things like this for some reason.

>>6565855
My friend is a virgin, she's 23. She wants to lose her virginity after marriage. But she's also crazy, very religious, and has been sheltered by her parents so much that it's embarrassing. It makes things difficult to talk to her when she doesn't understand jokes, and takes things at face value. Also makeup and showing your legs is a sin. Have fun with that if your into it.

>>6565872
>Implying women can live without our dicks

>>6565874
Pretty sure lesbians want nothing to do with your smelly dick.

>>6565878
That's why they use dildos that simulate our dicks right?

>Implying you wouldn't go mad if you didn't have a dick for 3 years

>>6565881
Plastic =/= Hairy flesh. And even if they desire something inside them for stimultion, that doesnt mean they want anything to do with the rest of your sorry excuse of a body.

>>6565889

stop replying to the troll you fucktard lol

Problem with this topic, in my opinion is that some girls/women, actually lose a lot of their time fighting to be seen as equal "geeks" instead of enjoying the things that makes them "geeks". Because labels for some of them are so terribly important, and I don't understand why.
Sure some of them probably faced problems of harassment and such. I personally never had any problem of the sort, but I also don't tend to scream "GEEK" or "NERD" or "I LOVE SO MANY GEEK THINGS I'M SUCH A DORK" all the time. I don't need people to recognize me as such?
So far the only thing that ever happen to me was a guy who was playing AC3 at a store, and started questioning the fact that I actually played all the games. I left firstly because I wasn't there to be questioned and second because I don't need his permission for anything? I didn't even knew him.
And the more you girls give importance to this shit, the more you'll be fucking teased and the less people will beliebe you. That's just my two cents.

I did hear that in the usa, sometimes in gaming stores, girls are harassed? Leaving question here to check how real it is.

>>6565889

why is it a sorry excuse?

>>6565881
You're changing your words now, lol. We don't need men in general. Toys are just kinky, but aren't needed to get off. Hands actually get me off a lot easier than any dick. Dick's just can't hit my g-spot. Sorry. Men also don't need vagina's, but this argument is stupid. 3/10 for getting me to respond.

>>6565889
>hairy flesh

Gackt-lovers pls go.

>>6565899
You mean your boyfriend's tiny dick can't hit it. If you had 10 inches up there it would fill up nicely.

>>6565908
No, some girls are literally just harder to get off, and we're not really into sex because of it. Surprise, we're not all cum guzzling sluts.

>>6565912
Not that guy, but what's the point of having a girlfriend if she's not prepared to indulge your sexual fantasies?

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>>6565915
>Sluts a bad!
>Why you no slut!?

I feel like I'm getting mixed messages in this thread.

>>6565920
It's not being a slut if it's with a boyfriend.

This just in, but 'fake nerd girls' do fucking exist. If you deny their existence, you're either one of them, or want to get inside one of them.

Why do they exist? Because calling yourself a 'nerd' is popular right now.

There's nothing more to it. The very point of labeling yourself as one is to get attention.

>'Baww, but what right do those neckbeard creeper losers have to be offended by it??'

Because being a liar or hypocrite and pretend you like something just so that other people like you has been shunned ab aeterno. It won't change now, just because you don't like it.

Right now it's about semantics. The term 'nerd' is still associated with someone who's into computers, comics, or similar stuff that used to be popular mostly with outcasts of society back in the day. It does not mean 'a person who wears glasses'. At least not yet.

So if you call yourself one, you're not only crying out for attention (due to labeling yourself as XYZ) but also associating yourself with the above mentioned attributes. If you're lacking them, then you're a fake.

When you're a fake, people get offended.

That's all there is to it. There's nothing special about the 'nerd' fad. There's no 'justice for the wronged' waiting outside there, for all the poor, poor 'nerd girls' out there. It's just the latest popular fad and nothing more. Society will inevitably move to another and with that all the 'nerd girls' will be gone and women can be judged by their true interests and not by the ones we pretend to have. Just like before some of them started labeling themselves for attention.

Happy end.

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>>6565897
Only one time did I ever have a tiff with someone at my local Gamestop. Before I got a better PC, emulating games was hard as fuck so I went and bought some SMT games. Got into a little >opinions argument with the guy working there and I accidentally called him a normalfag. He started laughing maniacally. I didn't know what the fuck to do so I took my loot and left.

Never been bothered for being a girl though. I don't think anybody has around here. The midwest is the "Whatever" capital of the US.

>>6565939
I've been called a fake nerd girl before. It's just annoying when the fat ass calling you it is less of a 'nerd' than even he claims to be. In general girls should stop calling themselves 'nerd gurrll' and just accept that everyone now a days likes the same nerd culture shit. Most that assume I'm not a 'nerd' are ugly ass men though, and they can be rude to the point that's it's completely un-called for and harassment. They don't care if you have been a gamer/anime/comic fan since middle school, you're still an attention whore for cosplaying wonder woman. The whole trend in general is ridiculous on both sides.

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>>6565930
You're so considerate, most people don't even care before they accuse such things.

My sister. She claims she knows anime, Japanese fashion...and anything Japanese related...But she's just a big weeaboo.
It's honestly annoying everything you hated, yea that's my sister...

>>6565982
This isn't a weeb thread. It's a geek girl slut shaming thread. Or is she a slut too?

Yes she also is. She also thinks she's a hard core geek when she doesn't watch anime, read manga and such. She always has to criticize every cosplayer and says cosplay is for losers and now she wants to cosplay. Yea she's a hypocrite too (Sorry if I wasn't really clear earlier)

Stop replying to obvious troll threads and they'll stop making them.

HOW HAS JNIG NOT BEEN MENTIONED ITT YET?

She is literally the personification of attention-addicted fake gamer girl cosplayers.

We were discussing this here too >>6562792 →

Women seem to think that skimpy versions of male characters are the only way to get across that they're being a woman on purpose and not just a bad crossplayer. And hey, if you just wanna be sexy go for it, but I dislike women thinking that skin is the ONLY thing that = femininity.

And ANY fan who isn't all that into a fandom needs to understand that when you can't keep up with the conversation at a meetup you're gonna get left out. If you show up to the Avengers meetup and I'm talking to someone about Hank Pym, and you don't even know who he is, I'm not gonna talk to you. I don't hate you, I don't even know you, but I'm not there to discuss one two-hour movie with you. You don't get to whine that I'm shunning you when you don't wanna talk about the same things as me.

The same is true for when people make a cosplay because they like the design and don't know anything about the character. Of course no one at the meetup is gonna wanna talk to you. WTF are they gonna talk to you about?

I am not a "girl gamer" or a "nerd girl." I am a god damn gamer who happens to have a vagina. I'm sick of there being a difference between "gamer" and "girl gamer." If you perform the verb "to play a game" you are a "game er". End of fucking debate.

>>6566051
She's been mentioned to death, to the point that she became the default definition of 'fake'.

>>6565977
Well it's pretty obv doing things with your boyfriend doesn't make you a whore.

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>>6566044
People like you should die.

I don't identify myself as a "geek girl" or "gamer girl". I just happen to play vidja games and pc games. I happen to enjoy playing MtG and I regularly partake in DnD. I was just raised that way so I don't think of myself as such - other people label me as that and it's whatever. As for cosplay, I do it because I like it but that's not to say I don't like the attention too - It makes me proud of what I made when people notice me. If you're doing cosplay a part of you is basking in the attention you get so don't even bother denying it ladies.

In regards to cosplayers and the like it can be really iffy. Sure, there are girls out there who do play the series they're cosplaying from and have knowledge of it but there's also girls who do it because the outfits are "like so cute". So I don't really blame guys from going up to them and asking them about the series they're dressed up from. If anything, I'm more than happy to talk about it with someone who wants to discuss the plot or purpose of it.

When it comes to the more exposed costumes [Ivy from Soul Calibur, Felicia from Darkstalkers, Yoko from Gurren Lagann, etc. etc.] you're going to get slut-shamed regardless. You're a chick dressed up as a character that probably shows more skin then you're actually comfortable with [outside of a beach setting] so get used to it.

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>going to anime conventions
>nerd
This board is funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp4RqySm0iA

>>6565466
"Big nerds" weigh more than 300 pounds.

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>>6565869
you know... I posted >>6565498 and I come to realize no one wants to listen to reason. Everyone is so fixated on "WHORES WHORES WHORES" when the real devil is themselves who don't check themselves more then anything. I don't care if you suck 50 dicks, as long as you won't backstab me for your own or other people's amusement. And that shit happens more often then not here in CGL more then anything, yeah, it's all in good fun, but you no one ever ask "man, I wonder how the other guy feels", no, it's "I AM THE FUCKING GREATEST EVER! LOOK AT ME! I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE BEST!". I still am at awe at the fact that this place has become /b/ 3.0

>>6566218
>You're going to get slut-shamed...so get used to it.

I don't like you.

>>6566379
Did you post the video because you're the creator, or you're just randomly throwing this in, or do you actually believe that his argumentation is going to impress anyone?

>>6565239

/thread

really, ppl. whatever happened to 'live and let live'?

>>6566663
>bawwww only men should be shamed based on their sexuality

>>6566880
What.

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the sad thing is, now that it's hit this phase where it's hip to be a geek and such, the old values and the old ways will be lost to the ether and we'll be left with a generation of pretentious people who claim to be geeks, yet can turn around and piss on other people for it thanks to shows like Big Bang Theory.

It's the MGS 1 and 2 Gene and Meme ideals: We as humans should be free to pass down what we believe, not pass down what others thing we should be passing down (In this case, shows like Big Bang Theory passing down their supposed beliefs of how geeks are and people here on CGL who think they are just too cool for this shit and piss on everyone else for it) and soon enough if the ladder should be the one to survive, the old ways will be loss and it will just be some random fad that no one cares about at all and all because we where too petty and too self absorbed to realized whats going on.

This argument goes both ways: if those who enforce the old ways blindly, you will be the sole survivor, but there will be no one to pass the beliefs and your memories to. If you refuse to listen or obey, you will mutate the gene and will start a new kind of gene, a more terrifying and more toxic kind then the one already going around.

>>6566880
Not quite what I was going for, champ. But nice try.

I'm conflicted.

While I agree that everyone's free to do whatever they want with their body, some people are seriously only doing it for the attention.And no, it's not just women. I've seen a few guys going as "the sunglasses guy" to show their pecs and fuck low esteem cosplayers.

I'm not sure about "fake geeks" either. I believe they come in 3 flavors:

> girls who have nerdy tastes but are new to the scene and are overeager to hang out with other nerds so they just look up everything online and pretend they know shit
> nerd's girlfriends tired of being left out
> tumblr "omg pikachu le reddit XD pastel goth the 90s triforce"

Only the third category I'd define "fake nerds"
Only the lasy category

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>>6566828
THIS!

Don't like slavery? Don't buy one!
Don't like child pornography? Don't watch it!

>>6566908

Shut up Tony Harris.

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BITCH WISHES SHE LOOKED LIKE THIS

>>6566977
Nia's boobs are bigger than Yoko's...

>taking a month-long WoW class in college
>boys think i am retarded and don't know shit about computers/videogames, the "real" nerd girls agree with them
>i of course, encourage this
>meanwhile, a mysterious rogue has been corpse-camping half the class and raping the shit of out everyone else's level 90s
>everyone thinks it is the psychotic loner kid who sits by himself in the corner

should i reveal myself on the last day, seagulls?

>>6567001
wow, why didn't they just switch?

>>6566987
There isn't even that much difference.

Her waist points in slightly less? Is that what the big deal is about?

>>6567033
Yes.

Or the second-last day, to see how they respond to you on the last day.

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>>6566614

>>6567033
I can be your husbando if you're still pure.

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>>6565239
10/10 would copypasta

>>6565725
[Citation needed]

>>6565239
+1

>>6564981
>There is a trend that gets worse every year of people assuming that if they put an attractive female in a leather outfit into something, that "nerds" are so sexually deprived that they will not care if the plot of your movie is bad or the girl you hired to work at your video game booth knows nothing about the game.
See, the thing is that -this has been systemically proven to be true.- The so-called "vocal minority" is actually often the fandom majority. Guys want to see hot chicks in skimpy outfits. Why do you think they continue to design female characters the way they do? And fight so goddamn hard to preserve the status quo?
Herein lies the problem. Most guys don't want to acknowledge that there are girls who like nerd culture, both ugly and pretty (majority ugly, tbh, and I'm saying this as an ugly girl.) They -want- their boys' club, because it makes them feel like they are a part of something, and they feel threatened by "mainstream" people impinging on their little niche of life. That is truly all it is, an irrational fear of being upstaged (and ousted, idek???) by people who are "in the mainstream."

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Do people actually label themselves as nerds?

>>6565088
Wait, what? You contradicted yourself. What it seemed like you were trying to say was that you -do dislike- yourself enough to want to be your favorite fictional characters for a day, which would have made sense with your previous statement.
If that is what you meant, then I completely agree. I cosplay not to "attract desperate males" (but who the fuck is going to deny it feels good when someone, male or female, compliments your cosplay?) but to escape and be my fav character for a day.

>>6568142
>2013
>calling yourself a gamer
>not hating vidya

>>6568142
Yes.
They're generally attention whores desperate for something to identify with.

Here's some of the worst of it:
http://www.tbs.com/shows/king-of-the-nerds/

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>>6564775 (OP)
>"fake geek girls"
>208 replies and 42 images
lel never change seagulls

>>6568192
So. Fucking. What?

People like you are nothing more than immature faggots who go 'NAH NAH NOT LISTENING LAH DEE DAH DEE DAH' everything someone says something they don't like.

If there's one thing worse than self-proclaimed 'geek-girls' then it's men who are defending them.

I mean it's so disgusting and demeaning to women what these men do just for the sake of attention and to get laid.

It's just like with racism. Black people actually like whites who are overtly racist better than whites who pretend they're on their side, because with the former, they at least know where they stand.

:^)

>>6568382
We actually don't?

>>6565874
>implying that just because men go literally insane without sex women can't live without it either

>>6569094
Define we.

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>>6565908
>implying the g-spot is deep into the vagina

Do you even women

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>>6566703
I was just randomly throwing this in because it is related.

>>6569200
Well it's shit too. It hurt my brain right from the get go where he started acting like some 2 year old because of Felicia fucking Day.

>>6569148
>hey guys ignore the fact that literally everything I do is to get dicks I don't really want dicks at all believe me
>ps pls give me attentio

i see we've hit the "troll makes increasingly stupid statements in his necrobumps" portion of EVERY FUCKING HURR DURR SLUTS thread

>>6569258
: ^ )

I think instead of all this OMG HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ALL GEEK WOMEN ARE SLUTS AND FAKERS GAWD shit we should just say "Fuck I hate those girls who do it for attention and thus ruin our reputation". When you get all defensive you're giving out a signal that you're yourself guilty of being a poser GEEK GURRLLL TEEHEE who's in it for the attention.

I hate these "geek girls" (fuck I hate that word) because I've always been a huge nerd, like the one that got shunned and slapped and prank called and insulted for being socially awkward and liking dem chinese monga cartoons. I still hate being called a nerd because it's a slur, but that's what I was and will always be, but the nerd culture has always given me solace because it's probably the only subculture that cares more about your knowledge, skills, talent and personality than your looks. You don't have to follow the latest fashion or spend hours doing your hair and putting on makeup and walking in high heels. You won't get shunned for being ugly. And I want it to stay that way, I don't want to be compared to "geek girls" that are pretty and socially talented and know how to put on makeup.

>>6569342
:D

>>6569496
fuck that. I'm not gonna put those girls down for doing shit for attention(because attention's great and is an emotional need). I'm gonna put down fuckheads who try to put women geeks down.

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>>6569511

For some reason, I can't take this whole thread seriously.

>>6565340
Fucking. Hell. I knew this guy back in high school, he was the hugest manwhore ever. I remember this one time he found out I was into video games so he just so happened to start lugging around his gameboy or whatever. Fucking pathetic. inb4immean/abitch This guy basically fucked one of my friends and stopped talking to her 2 days later, and told her "it wasn't working out".

http://ww4.d20girls.com/

Website related.

>>6569770
Why do women like this even exist. Just for a second, I would want to know what goes on in the heads of JNigs, sluts, and 'gamer girls'.

>>6564963
what's wrong with reading any of those things excepting twilight

>>6569496
>And I want it to stay that way, I don't want to be compared to "geek girls" that are pretty and socially talented and know how to put on makeup.
I was given a lot of shit as a little girl for being a "geek" and i'm not taking any more shit from you just because I hit puberty and learned how to put on make-up and got pretty and socially talented, whilst still taking part in "nerd culture" just as much as before

that's what this is about
I don't like to refer to myself as a "nerd" or a "geek girl" but if anything this whole debacle means I can have "girly, social friends" who just laugh a bit and listen to me go on about this book or that game on occasion, and still be fun to go out with, and "nerdy, geek friends" who just laugh a bit and listen to me go on about this dress or those shoes on occasion, and still be fun to hang and play games with.

>>6569209
>everything I do is to get dicks

No, it's to get attention. I hardly get any dick, because really, I don't want it.

>>6569842
THANK YOU!

Even though I, personally, did not get socially talented, it still bothers me to be treated as a stupid gurlgaymurrr because I learned how to make myself pretty.
Hell, I've even had a friend doubt me when I opened up about my shyness and social anxiety because apparently I'm too pretty and act too cool to have problems talking to other people.

>>6565045
What's this Lizzy Caplan thing from?

>>6565009

Tony Harris dosen't design over-sexualized costumes.

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>>6565340
>>6565396
This.
This guy was hitting on me and I really just wanted him to go away, I was trying to politely make my way to the exit, but he just wasn't letting me get away. I finally unleashed my power levels and I was like look, I'm a fucking loser weeb, and my life revolves around it.
"ME TOO OMG" he says.
"Oh really?! What have you watched?" [he lists your obligatory naruto and bleach]
So I ask him, "have you ever seen kawaii gurls? the second season."
OF COURSE HE HAS!!
>mfw that clearly doesn't exist
>mfw it sounds like the most cancerous thing in the world.

This whole thing is based on nerdy guys being full of themselves.
"We are SO desirable that girls infiltrate our secret clubs just to steal one of us away, the foul temptresses"
You're not that great, get over it.

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>>6570429
I know! something similar happened to me 5 years ago.
this guy was hitting on me and I clearly wasn't interested, so I too, let my power levels loose.
"I really love fruits basket." I said.
"really! me too!" he said
then I just go full weeb and start talking about characters and stuff.
"tohru honda, I'm really jealous of her" I say
"I know, tohru honda is such a bitch."
>mfw
"do.. you watch the show?" I asked
"n..no" he said.
I still laugh about it to this day.

you can't hate on tohru honda for being a bitch thats like hating on anime jesus

>>6570999
I made a troll cosplay to see how many people I could convince that I was from some obscure VN. Some people even said they knew who I was and played the VN before. No you fucking don't you tard, I made it up and checked every source available before I went with the name I did. It was so funny.

I used Gamecrush in college to get money for textbooks, I regret nothing. Would suck if word got around though.

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I'm a flatchested girl and I don't have to deal with this shit because everyone assumes I'm a scrawny boy. Androgyny is like constant camouflage.

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>>6564775 (OP)

>What do you think of girls who cosplay "slutty" characters without much (or any) interest in the actual series they're from?

just as ridiculous as wearing a jersey of some football (and i'm not talking about handegg, murrika) without liking/knowing the team.

you know you wouldnt, right?

>>6570429

>she didnt watch cute girls doing cute things season 2
>laughingcgl.jpg

>>6571003
I kind of really want to make a joke VN now, cosplay as the MC and wear it to a con. Imagine their faces if they ever download the VN

There's basically 2 types of nerds.

Type 1: male, very obsessed with their hobbies, shy or socially awkward, tries to be seem as "normal" as possible to strangers in order to avoid mockery, knows he's a nerd but doesn't want the world to know it.

Type 2: female, not as hardcore about their hobbies as type 1 and more socially gifted, more likely to have several friends and boyfriends, wants the world to know she's a nerd because it makes her unique or special.

>>6571099
>specifying genders for each

Yeah no

>>6571099
You don't get out much, do you?
Do you even go to cons? Have you read any of the horror story threads here, ever?
There are some FUCKED UP female geeks out there with no social skills at all, who are also doomed to be forever alone.
And plenty of casual guys who are good looking, popular and can be social, yet maintain their geeky interests.

Just stop, you're embarassing yourself with how ignorant you are.

Note that the guy who posted all those pink memes with the attention whore with glasses is actually male and a mangina.

>>6571099

>There are 2 types of people

Every person's different, asshat. God damn.

>>6571132

God damn right. What is it with fat chicks and the constant need to "glomp" you because you're smaller than them, and they vaguely know what character you're dressed as?

>>6568104
I don't know any males why are intentionally exclusive with gaming, D&D groups, or any facet of "nerd culture". Sounds like you're just making shit up and enmitizing an entire group of people unfairly for the acts of a few. Females who aren't attention whoring and are genuinely into games, cosplay, etc, are welcomed and their gender doesn't come into play. You're the one that sounds like you're wearing the "I'm a girl, treat me special" badge.

If you're just practicing your hobby and not attention grabbing or flat out lying, people are not going to seek out out to harass you.

>>6569796
Pretty much what everyone else says. They want to feel "unique" and different from other women. They want to feel special to boost their sickeningly low self esteem.

I worked for D20 last Otakon, so I'm in their private Facebook group. Holy shit these girls, the vocal ones at least, are dumber than a bag of doorknob shaped hammers. The video posted after the OP with the pink-haired mouthy broad ranting incoherently about Harris' Facebook post? Someone shared that in the group and they all flocked to it with praise.

>>6571296
ITT: Armchair psychologists

bump coz i no slut

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>>6571036
I like androgyny. I would be your friend.

I love consluts.
They insult my lore and interests but they make my peepee feel funny so it's okay.

>>6564834

Cons are the masked balls of late capitalism. PROVE ME WRONG

>>6564785
I like the way she reads.

>>6578655
there's nothing androgynous about that picture. It's a dyke with a boys haircut. Attention whoring is still attention whoring.

>>6570972
You want us sexually.

If you don't, then you're shallow.

>ITT: people who feel the need to tell us about how your life is much better than these girls

Gosh, let people do what they want.

Every situation is different.

Some people like dressing up.

Blahblahblahentitlementblahblah

Just scoff if you want and move on yo.

>>6578751
I'd rather stare for a good five minutes and then move on.

How does dying your hair make you more of a gamer? Your appearance/getting tattoos of trending games, or telling me you like games says nothing about you being a gamer. Hell you shouldn't even desire to want to be a gamer. You either play games or you don't. You don't have to prove anything to me. You can fuck a lot of guys, why does it matter what ugly fat 'neckbeards' have to say. By the way why is 'neckbeard' a negative insult again? Someone doesn't shave for a day and that is the worse trait a man can have?

I think part of the reason women aren't really wanted in geeky circles is because men believe that the women in them will never really be able to understand, socially, what it was like for a lot of male nerds, the idea of being 'forever alone' (I hate the term) for example. Women have sort of co-opted these things and claim they're lonely because they're single for a month or two and so on, and it angers a lot of these guys, because there's this big gulf between men and women in nerdy circles, socially speaking I mean, and to truly understand someone, I think there needs to be some level of shared experience between them, and nerdy girls just don't have that.

If a nerdy girl feels lonely, she goes out and has con-sex for example, and she can usually get a pretty hot guy, or at least, hotter than she is (men are less discerning in this regard, and arguable less physically shallow). All of this totals up to make male geeks/nerds/whatever annoyed, because it seems like the lives female nerds lead are kind of easy.

I mean, take valentine's day, it's a running joke on /a/ that there are no women on 4chan during valentine's day because all the girls on here have boyfriends/fuckbuddies and that the concept of actually being virgins past a certain age just doesn't exist for women.

For my part, I think there's a lot of exagerration on both sides, but it doesn't help when /cgl/ is continially belittling and saying hurtful things to male nerds like calling them virgins (when let's face it, a lot of them are, even in their 20s).

I don't think you understand how deep it cuts to be called a virgin derisively by a girl.

>>6578751
Cool, as long as you don't need to bitch about it