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>This sounds really boring

It sounds boring now, but that's basically what cons were all about 20 years ago
>be nerd
>can't talk about anime irl because no one else besides you watches it
>go to a convention
>rare finds in the dealer rooms because no one's doing Japanese imports en masse yet
>panels where you can discuss your favorite nerd shit irl
>meet people in the hallways, everyone's eager to talk to each other about anime because they don't get a chance to outside of cons

Compare that to now:
>be nerd
>can't talk about anime irl; despite it being super popular and a normie thing to watch now, finding other people who watch seasonal anime is a real challenge
>go to a convention
>dealer room full of crap you can buy for cheaper on Amazon. Bonus if you're going post-covid: half the video games are "graded" scams, but also a bunch of zoomers selling their entire stock at a discount because they're flipping some boomer's hand-me-down anime shop
>panels are either industry advertisements or random shit you already know, audience interaction is very minimal
>meet people in the hallways, half of them are normies wrangling their costhot gf's around, or costhot gf's who'll cringe if you discuss anime with them
Cosplaying is basically one of the few ways to make the latter experience fun because you'll at least get the eager talkers to approach you. You can also be the type to show up to pick up easy costhots and party, but I have no game and know enough weebs irl outside of cons that party all the time to where doing it at cons isn't exciting to me anymore.

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You need to learn how to vibe and talk to people at conventions. If you're underage that's one thing. If you're old enough you should…