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Originally Posted by tksensei
It's obviously more than clothes and makeup - it's a manifestation of a particular subculture. You may not find it interesting but if other people do, what's the harm? I imagine many of those same 'idiots' also took pictures of temples, shrines, geisha, and fujisan. Don't be so hard on them.
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I'm not being hard on those who enjoy dressing up on the weekends and hanging out with friends, I did that enough when I was in high school. Those whom I refer to as idiots are the gawkers and "sukebe" types who snap photographs of these people as though they were animals in a zoo. Rather than take pictures of the cosplayers, I took pictures of the idiots with the cameras to see how self-conscious I could make them feel. It was actually fun seeing them squirm or turn away as I took (or pretended to take) their pictures.