• oatscoop@midwest.social
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        1 year ago

        I went to a renaissance faire recently with some friends. We dressed up, drank booze, watched a few “shows”, and wandered around – it was a blast.

        It’s something I would have been mortified to admit to doing in my teens or 20s.

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          1 year ago

          We dressed up, drank booze…

          I’ve never quite understood the appeal of ren faires, mainly because I’m frugal and I always felt like there wasn’t much to do except buy stuff. Reading your comment, I think there might be a key step or two that I overlooked.

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            It also helps to go to a larger one that also caters to adults. Some of the shows we went to were clearly not for kids.

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              1 year ago

              Frankly, I don’t need to worry about ren faires at this point; I’m going to get plenty of that sort of entertainment going to Dragon Con instead.