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I don’t think “LARPers escaped into reality” is a good metaphor, because LARPers know they’re playing a game. The QAnon crowd unquestionably has a lot of membe

I don’t think “LARPers escaped into reality” is a good metaphor, because LARPers know they’re playing a game. The QAnon crowd unquestionably has a lot of members who genuinely believe this stuff. Generally LARPers don’t play act their way into hundreds of federal felonies, nor do LARPers vote along LARP lines. Also, those guns and bombs are sure real.

carapace 6y ago
> I don’t think “LARPers escaped into reality” is a good metaphor, because LARPers know they’re playing a game. That's all I meant by "escaped into reality". These folks (and it seems like most of them were pretty young) seem more like Pokemon GO players who think Pokemon are real than a out right cult.