# Just throw in a couple pleats and be done with it! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 29, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295 "2012-04-29T03:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/41 "2012-04-30T16:56:03Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Well, at least its not you son who wants to sew his own skirt to cosplay My Little Pony. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/42 "2012-04-30T17:52:02Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Honestly, what you really did was make yourself come off as old and out of date. While cosplay isn’t quite mainstream, making fun of it is pretty much passe. _Pas du tout_. Ridiculing freaks never, _ever_ goes out of style. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/43 "2012-04-30T18:01:09Z")
And to think, the digression could have been entirely avoided had the OP simply read “sewing a skirt and, after following my wife’s instructions…” ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/44 "2012-04-30T18:02:30Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > There’s a difference between thinking something is weird and thinking it’s appropriate to make fun of someone’s kid for it. You can think something is weird without being an asshole about it. > > And, sorry, but cosplay is not nearly as unusual as you think. I bet there are more cosplayers than Jewish people in our country. And, let’s not forget, cosplay not exactly new: costume parties have existed forever. And, guess what? Think about it: cosplay is usually done at conventions, and conventions are essentially parties celebrating the particular media given. > > Honestly, what you really did was make yourself come off as old and out of date. While cosplay isn’t quite mainstream, making fun of it is pretty much passe. Unsurprisingly, I always suspected you were a cosplayer. You seem like the type. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/45 "2012-04-30T18:30:21Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Can I still make fun of furries? You can always make fun of furries, darling. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/46 "2012-04-30T18:32:37Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > But the OP’s kid is 22; the “don’t make fun of children” anti-asshole rule doesn’t really apply any more in her case. > > At least, the OP must think so, or he wouldn’t have started this thread in order to Pit her. 😉 Absolutely. > [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Can I still make fun of furries? I can’t imagine why not. THEY are…odd. > [@Bosstone](#): > > And to think, the digression could have been entirely avoided had the OP simply read “sewing a skirt and, after following my wife’s instructions…” But where would making fun of all the drama regarding a skirt she will wear once and which she really doesn’t care how it looks (see the safety-pinned hem) come in? The cosplay shit just makes it all the more ridiculous and Pit worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/47 "2012-04-30T18:34:01Z")
Ponies wear skirts? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/48 "2012-04-30T18:36:31Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Unsurprisingly, I always suspected you were a cosplayer. You seem like the type. When your parents keep you locked in a closet for most of your childhood, you learn to make do. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/49 "2012-04-30T18:42:55Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Ponies wear skirts? They even have a dressmaker. I woke up long enough to find that out. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/50 "2012-04-30T21:14:51Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Your attitude, mostly. > > Well, and the daughters, but that’s due to being a selfish, entitled brat rather than liking to dress up. If you’re over the age of 12 and playing dress-up outside the confines of your bedroom or a theater, you’re inviting mockery. If you’re being a jerk about it to the parents whom you’ve hijacked into designing your costume for you, you deserve it even more so. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/51 "2012-04-30T22:42:53Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > If you’re over the age of 12 and playing dress-up outside the confines of your bedroom or a theater, you’re inviting mockery. Gosh. Well, there goes the Carnevale di Venezia, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Halloween, and innumerable just-for-the-hell-of-it masquerade balls. What on earth have you people got against fun? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/52 "2012-05-01T00:44:16Z")
It’s not _appropriate[.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2UENnbGGM0)_ ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/53 "2012-05-01T02:58:01Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > What on earth have you people got against fun? Geez, you middle-aged guys dressed up as glittery paisley unicorns with saran-wrap butterfly wings are all so touchy. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/54 "2012-05-01T03:10:25Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Geez, you middle-aged guys dressed up as glittery paisley unicorns with saran-wrap butterfly wings are all so touchy. It’s not just cosplaying bronies (of whom I don’t happen to be one, btw) that **Boozahol Squid** was complaining about, though: it was _any adult putting on a costume for any reason whatsoever except for the purpose of appearing in a theatrical production_. That level of disapproval **does** seem to me a little excessively anti-frivolity. A Halloween version of Ebenezer Scrooge, as it were. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/55 "2012-05-01T23:42:44Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > It’s not just cosplaying bronies (of whom I don’t happen to be one, btw) that **Boozahol Squid** was complaining about, though: it was _any adult putting on a costume for any reason whatsoever except for the purpose of appearing in a theatrical production_. > > That level of disapproval **does** seem to me a little excessively anti-frivolity. A Halloween version of Ebenezer Scrooge, as it were. Frivolity just seems a little… frivolous to me. I mean, sure, I don’t think that fully grown adults playing dress-up on Halloween are nearly as weird as the ones playing dress-up for a comic-con. But I still think they’re engaging in what’s basically a children’s game. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/56 "2012-05-02T00:11:51Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > [.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2UENnbGGM0) Word ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/57 "2012-05-02T00:47:39Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Can I still make fun of furries? I’m not sure how to break this to you, but…you’re a panda. A panda using the internet. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/58 "2012-05-02T02:53:32Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > Frivolity just seems a little… frivolous to me. One so rarely sees an actual tautology in real life. And, for the record, as a dad and a teacher I have chosen to act like an adult. But I can’t fault someone for getting to act childishly. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/59 "2012-05-02T04:07:43Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > No kidding. I can see this craziness getting out of control. I can foresee adults having parties just so people can cosplay. I foresee little children cosplaying and going house to house through-out their neighborhood demanding candy and sadly, oh so sadly, I can foresee this getting so out of control that our government will set aside an entire day in recognition of cosplay. > > Fucking weirdos. Says the smurf 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295/60 "2012-05-02T11:30:15Z")
Cosplay is a stupid word. Just my opinion, but there is no reason, that I can I fathom, not to just type the ‘tume’. Other than to be all chic and hip. Clearly more important than being clear or understood. No, it didn’t kill me to Google it and figure out what the devil ya’ll were on about. But when I did, I was sorely disappointed to discover it was pure affectation. Pretty rich for people making fun of those who enjoy ‘costume play’. Apparently high school plays and historic reenactments need to be clearly separated from Comic Con attendees and Renaissance Fairs - by spelling and affected hipster airs. Yet another unnecessary abbreviation, and an overtly stupid one at that. Again, just my opinion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295.md?page=4)