# The San Diego Comic Con has a small problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061 "2023-07-15T08:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/122 "2023-07-19T01:04:14Z")
Tie a yellow ribbon 'round your Groot cosplay? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/123 "2023-07-19T01:08:44Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > Rather than asking people not to cosplay, a better way to support the strike would be to ask attendees not to give revenue to the studios. I just saw a statement from SAG about this, and they actually want people to keep going to movies and watching shows. They feel it improves their bargaining position if the stuff they worked on is highly successful - if _Oppenheimer_ makes a truckload of money, that’s a strong argument that the people who made _Oppenheimer_ deserve better pay. If it fails, then that’s evidence that the studios are wasting their time on these writers and actors, and are better off without them. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/124 "2023-07-19T01:35:55Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > Rather than asking people not to cosplay, a better way to support the strike would be to ask attendees not to give revenue to the studios. Cancel streaming subscriptions, don’t see movies in the theater, don’t buy DVDs, etc. That would make Neil Gaiman sad. You don’t want to make Neil Gaiman sad, do you? > **[Neil Gaiman Has Good News For Fans Looking to Support the SAG Strike](https://www.themarysue.com/neil-gaiman-has-good-news-for-fans-looking-to-support-the-sag-strike/)** > > You don't have to believe everything you see on the Internet, especially when it comes to supporting the writers and actors you love. ---
**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/125 "2023-07-19T02:40:30Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I just saw a statement from SAG about this, and they actually want people to keep going to movies and watching shows. They feel it improves their bargaining position if the stuff they worked on is highly successful - if _Oppenheimer_ makes a truckload of money, that’s a strong argument that the people who made _Oppenheimer_ deserve better pay. If it fails, then that’s evidence that the studios are wasting their time on these writers and actors, and are better off without them. They also presumably would still get paid from residuals for this work. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/126 "2023-07-19T05:26:32Z")
Also, this strike will end, eventually, and the actors and writers want their jobs to still be there when they go back. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/127 "2023-07-19T10:20:27Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Having people wear a specific colored ribbon would be an easy way to show support. I personally am a bit surprised that they’re not encouraging some kind of pro-union mashup cosplay/bounding/etc. Even an unimaginative lunkhead like myself could understand, say, accessorizing a costume with an oversized Tshirt that says “SOLIDARI”. Real creatives could come up with something far more fun and witty. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/128 "2023-07-22T18:29:41Z")
Carson used the phrase in conversation on the Tonight Show ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/129 "2023-07-22T19:29:39Z")
That idea is assuming a significant overlap between the group “people that are really into costuming/cosplay” and “people who really give a crap about union actions” that may not exist. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/130 "2023-07-22T20:20:43Z")
While it’s nice to have original actors at an event there are certainly people who can lecture about movies who have as much or more information than any actor. I go to an aviation event every year and one of the greatest memories I have was a seeing a large percentage of Apollo Astronauts on stage trading stories. I mean, how many times does that happen? Never. But I would have still enjoyed a week of lectures by people who wrote books on the lecture subject and had a serious background knowledge of what they studied. Anecdote to the Astronaut event, the Narrator saw the Concord approaching the runway behind the venue and stopped it and asked the audience full of pilots to turn around and watch. He knew he couldn’t complete with noise or the grandeur of the plane. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/131 "2023-07-22T20:24:21Z")
Well, he certainly couldn’t compete with the noise, even if he wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/132 "2023-07-25T00:13:07Z")
So it turns out that the problem was so small, there wasn’t a problem at all. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061/133 "2023-07-25T01:40:20Z")
It turns out, [there was no monster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_a_Go-Go). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-san-diego-comic-con-has-a-small-problem/987061.md?page=6)