this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2025
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

I see a spice and wolf fan

[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I once played in a LARP where one of the characters backgrounds was from a culture that emphasized the importance of trade and had established a number of rituals around the trade and barter of goods. Some examples being:

  • Haggling usually occurred over a freshly brewed pot of coffee made by the seller, the quality of which would set the stage for who had the upper hand in the barter.
  • the buyer would usually tell a story about how their acquaintance or distant relative got the product for a better price in another city and the seller would inevitably tell the buyer how much time and effort it would take to get to that city to get the same price and how their price is worth the difference.
  • Both parties would tell complete, but almost believable lies to claim the price should be higher or lower, but it was polite to interweave their lies into yours such that directly disproving either parties lies would make the points of both parties crumble, as to discourage that

It didn't, like, get me hard or anything, but it was a lot of fun to spend most of the weekend hawking fake goods and telling stories of "far away lands".

So like I half get it. Not entirely but just kinda.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

You might’ve been playing with OOP

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I don't know what to say, but thanks to you I now know that LARP means "live action roleplay"

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'm all for being accepting, but I'll admit that reading about a guy that got himself sexually attracted to bartering did have me like:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Lol fair enough

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

I guess anything can be sexy. Sexuality fascinates me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Oh you're paying way too much for buckets of milk, man. Who's your milk guy?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Me thinking: Ignore because wrong community OR Upvote because amazing title

has my brain going in loops without being able to make a choice. So I’m going to leave this comment instead.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Dude, just join the SCA. I promise it's right where you want to be.