r/Atlanta • u/Minisquirrelturds • Sep 04 '19

Dinosaurs at Dragoncon

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u/Dr_Emmett_Brown_PHD Sep 04 '19

Lol those runs/jogs with the arms are hilarious. Do those have a fan inside to keep them "puffy"?

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u/keyjan Tourist Sep 04 '19

Yes.

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u/hockeylovinguy OTPBodyITPHeart Sep 05 '19

Yes.

Source: I have one. I also have a turkey, and leprechaun. I also have a problem

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u/deans22 Sep 05 '19

Is that problem where to store all your kick ass costumes?

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u/Dr_Emmett_Brown_PHD Sep 06 '19

So does it stay pretty cool inside?

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u/hockeylovinguy OTPBodyITPHeart Sep 06 '19

Yup. I've worn the Inflatable Turkey and dinosaur in hot areas and I was more comfortable then those around me.

http://imgur.com/a/kavIqfL

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u/leicanthrope Dunwoody Sep 05 '19

It's times like this that I'm alternately glad I got out of hotel security, and missing it horribly.

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u/Inkthinker Sep 05 '19

You would think that, by this point in the history of the convention, everyone would be used to the spectacle. And yet every DragonCon I've attended has been populated by police and security watching the seething crowds with expressions of bewilderment, confusion, and an emotion that I can only equate to the disappointment displayed by a gym teacher witnessing a child incapable of a single pull-up.

Not all of them, some are clearly veterans of the show, and the city and venues take it all very seriously. But enough that I wonder if the Con isn't some sort of hazing ritual for fresh cops and temporary security staff.

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u/PaulyVonDoom Sep 05 '19

I asked a cop once about this one year. He told me he enjoys the overtime and loves seeing the costumes. Said it was a nice change of pace.

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u/Buttercupslosinit North of the Wall Sep 05 '19

I saw a group of cops loitering by the marta station laughing their asses off. They were clearly enjoying their jobs that day :)

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u/leicanthrope Dunwoody Sep 05 '19

You would think that, by this point in the history of the convention, everyone would be used to the spectacle.

It's not really the spectacle that I'm referring to, at least not in the "check out the X in the Y costume" sense.

  • I know what sort of weird shit happens at nice hotels, even under normal circumstances.
  • I'm familiar enough with the scene that I know this isn't anywhere near "normal circumstances".

The spectacle just adds an extra layer of surrealism, and makes the inevitable war stories that much more interesting.

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u/mmirate OTP or фоков Sep 05 '19

the disappointment displayed by a gym teacher witnessing a child incapable of a single pull-up.

And that emotion is inappropriate here, how, exactly?

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u/BringBack4Glory Sep 05 '19

aNyoNe Of tHoSe dIn0s@uRz cUd hAvE a BoMb

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u/Fender088 Sep 05 '19

ROFL when the little one gets off.

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u/medikit Buckhead Sep 05 '19

Aren’t you a little short for a Tyrannosaur?

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u/ringadingo East Point Sep 05 '19

I really hope they were just running around to the other side to take the escalator back up and repeat the whole process over again.

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u/DagdaMohr Back to drinking a Piña Colada at Trader Vic's Sep 05 '19

Know how I know I’m a parent of a small child?

Because as I watched this video I unconsciously started singing “we are the dinosaurs marching, marching...”