Why are reenactments so cringey?

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would, would, wouldn't

They're fun if you don't take yourself very serious.

>yfwn you realize it's just an unflattering picture taken in unflattering dress
>yfw she's a bombshell with nice titties
>historical titties

>unflattering picture taken in unflattering dress
Speak for yourself, nerd

I'll take the middle one

Because re-enactors are out of shape history dorks, generally.

I considered this but if all I have to go on is this single image, I still have to say I wouldn't. A man needs some standards. I can't just throw myself at every bitch in a brodie helmet.

Confederate artillery here, AMA

Why the losing side?

Cos he's a racist

>not siding with the underdog

upvoted

Because my family fought for that side?

Also this

Tell me how you would explain the Anne Frank part of this pic to your family

How do reenacters know if they are hit or not

Nah nigga i would all three

they're not cringy at all, they bring history to life

you're cringy

What battle

Uhhh... Something something-I appreciate it for its artistic value and paying tribute to a girl who touched the hearts of millions?

For artillery we get told in advance whether we're gonna be winning or losing. If winning, we stay in position and keep manning our guns. If lose, we have a choice to run or drop dead. I usually run to the nearest shaded spot and conveniently get dropped by a sniper.

Lol i can just imagine an unusual amount of fallen bodies underneath nearby trees

Well I don't live in a part of the country where any major engagements took place so we rotate scenarios by year. Sometimes it's Manassas, sometimes it's Gettysburg, sometimes it's Antietam, sometimes it's Cold Harbor, sometimes we're just rolling with a generic scenario because we're in a city park and don't have much room to operate in.

Pretty much

Holy shit that picture

Just ask the soyboys, fatniks and burgers cosplaying.

Take a swing at every ball

>cringey
are you gay, all 3 are qts

I'll take the left one.

Because it's embarrassing for adults to wear costumes

>Sitting behind hay bales and shooting blanks for 20 minutes is bringing history to life
OK cletus

They don't know. Just whenever a volley is fired someone will fall and pretend to be dead

I think they seem like fun.

>battle displays are all that happens at reenactment/living history events

Because reenactors are having fun with something which the real thing was anything but fun.

Is this how confederates marched?

Some reenactors are cringey. They take themselves too seriously. Other than that it's camping, drinking and fighting whilst participating in a subject we enjoy. Sounds win to me.

>the virgin south

You are falling for the glasses=ugly
Take a chance, trust me. Go on and whip it out...

kek'd and check'd

wouldn't, wouldn't, would

Can we get more qt historical reenactors?

How hard would it be to convince a wehrmacht reenactor to fuck me and keep his uniform on at a reenactment ?asking for a friend

Girls with glasses are hot af.

Are you female?

Reenactments are fine but women shouldn’t be allowed to take part, unless they’re LARPing as Soviets.

Are you going to get men to dress up as women for their roles then?

Sorry you’re right, they can LARP as nurses too.
OP is neither Soviet nor nurse, tho.

This is lame as fuck, why would you choose artillery???? What does manning guns even mean do they fire blanks? Nah but its not lame if u enjoy it

My friend might be

>There are only military reenactments.

Your "friend" should hmu.

>nursing was the only thing women did in history

>women fought in the British army

>fighting is the only thing that happened in history

I think they're pretty fun even if you don't participate in them. It's just a fun community event with a little history lesson attached. No different from folk festivals or other community events.

>historical re-enactments aren’t majority military re-enactments
Please leave roastie

I don't know about elsewhere but the local ones held here usually have reenactments for both military and civilian aspects of the time period which gives opportunities for the men, women, and children to participate.

>fighting is the only thing militaries do

Educate yourself.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_Territorial_Service

Why are we even arguing this? OP related is obviously WW2 British re-enactment. Saying “well not all of them are military” doesn’t change the fact that what I was responding to was military in context
The shit when women dress up as soldiers who were all men and LARP as soldiers is what grinds my gears, not if women dress up as Victorian nobles or something.

So you’re saying there were women soldiers in WW2 Britain? Yes or no?

I love re-enactment

Unless there’s SS creeps invited

There were female members of the British Army, so yes. They were not frontline fighters though.

>they were not frontline fighters
So no. Ok, got it.
Why women are so obsessed with trying to steal men’s accomplishments is beyond me.

>litterally only combat arms are soldiers

Better start telling all those veterans they weren't real soldiers then.

The ATS also manned large numbers of anti-aircraft positions in addition to their numerous other roles.

I-I'm poor :'(

I think the "battles" are a bit silly but the demonstrations with weapons and equipment and day to day life are pretty interesting. I'd like to take part but unfortunately I am poor.

>tfw showed pregnant Anne Frank porn to fellow reenactors for lulz

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Reenactments look like a lot of fun.

There's nothing wrong with it, let people do what they want.

>sometimes we're just rolling with a generic scenario
That sounds like straight up LARPing

How do I join you?

This same question, , but change Wehrmacht to Union officer.

Not hard at all provided it you're a young pretty gal.

>look up if there are any Civil War reenactments near where you live
>find the names of the units participating
>go on their websites
>email the unit CO

>Not hard at all provided it you're a young pretty gal.
I miss the days when the south was Christian

Saw a video of one of them wearing his uniform to mcdonalds and getting told "thank you for your service."

You asked for Union officers, not Confederate.

I dunno

SS reenactors tend to either be really swell guys or closest Nazis in my experience. The guy who used to go on Omegle with his 3rd SS uniform on was an example of the former.

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This is premium. I have to search for video of this.

I do find the slight difference in standards amusing here

You just gotta have fun with it.

Let me hear you whistle!

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I found a video of the guy who used to do them. He's the one in the glasses.

youtube.com/watch?v=pixGXJ3rOX0

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Thank you friend

This is a fantastic photo

Reverse this question, how difficult for male reenactors is it?

They did, I just finished CoD WW2

They're only cringy when they're done by fat middle-aged men, when there's like a dozen of them on each side, when some politician shows up to talk about them past people who died for our values vote for us or if participating dorks are too shy/dumb/unironically uneducated to talk about the event they're reenacting.

Never did it myself, but I knew a few people who did medieval re-enactments to show kids that medieval era wasn't all peasants crawling in shit while being raped as it is usually portrayed and they did a really good job at it.

>tfw no way to be a cool French officer on loan from the French army to a group of revolutionary war reenactors

Merde.

Are women now taking credit for sacrifices men made to protect thier ass?

Fuck I hate this timeline

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Lol btfo

I want reenacts to post stories. I imagine it is a colorful time.

>be me, milfag
>local historical society is hosting an exposition and they need bodies
>a bunch of guys from the base volunteer and get our uniforms issued
>get to spend the entire day chilling in an 1800s encampment with the boys talking to civilians
>we all got drunk as fuck and one guy tried to charge another with his dull bayonet
>everybody loved us
10/10 would LARP again

this sounds magical

I love these posts, as if anyone cares what some sweaty virgin autist would stick his dick into.

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