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[Hide] (2.3MB, 1320x2948) >Mid 2000s - late 2000s: Chill, normal offline meetings of anime fans at cafes and such
>Even lonely people could get new friends at said meetings or at least chat with other people they've never met before irl
>The only cosplay gatherings were during carnival holidays and they were done by people that only did cosplay for fun
>Early 2010s - now: The only offline gatherings of anime fans are at organized sponsored anime/cosplay parties/events which are huge cringe fest and full with normies that barely watch anime and annoying weeaboos
>If you go alone, you're a stranger among strangers with other people being at their own friends circles (kinda like when you go at night clubs)
>To the last cosplay meeting I went for the hell of it few years ago during carnival holidays I've met weirdos like an alphabet creep that self-identified as a non-binary
>I've lost touch with almost all real life (and online) friends I got thanks to old anime meetings