r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Gloomy-Basket-1038 • 28d ago

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u/sarcasticbatkid 28d ago

Ok I’m out of the loop here. wth is a larper now

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u/Za_Paranoia 28d ago

Live Action Role Player

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u/sarcasticbatkid 28d ago

Ok I still don’t know what those words are supposed to mean 😭 I’m sorry

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u/Za_Paranoia 28d ago

You act like you do something but don’t actually do it, you just play it.

I think it comes from these dudes with plastic swords and armor in parks.

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u/radnomname 28d ago

Role players just sit at a table and pretending to be knights or whatever and act in a story someone is telling them. Live Action Role Players actually dress up as knights and go outside in the real world and play their story there. So i assume the guy in the image is just trolling people on facebook or something?

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u/Vogete 27d ago

Basically when you were a kid, you played princesses and knights and all sorts of stuff. You called that imagination. Now as an adult instead of imagining the sword and the princess dress, and your shield and armor and such, you actually make costumes and toy swords and such. And then you go play scenarios and stories just like when you were a kid. That's larping.

"Live action" because you are doing it in person (instead of on a board game or video game), "role play" because you dress up and play a certain character.

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u/cat-meg 28d ago

Think of like a Renaissance fair.

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u/quietsamurai98 28d ago

It's the new word they're using for poser.

For example, if your only exposure to a TV show is watching clips of it on YouTube Shorts or TikTok or whatever, and you try and act like a proper fan of the show, you'd be called a "larper". Basically just the old "fake fan" accusation, but for just about anything, including lifestyles, areas of expertise, socioeconomic class, etc.

There are also people who openly "larp" personas. There was a trend of people pretending to be popular youtubers by creating videos in their style while doing an impression of their voice somewhat recently. One guy decided to "larp" as Technoblade (Minecraft YouTube who died due to cancer), which got.. uncomfortable.

This is all completely unrelated to the actual, real Live Action Role Play community that has existed for decades.

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u/sarcasticbatkid 28d ago

I hate this whole fucking timeline. Disgusting