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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Hmm... I'm a cosplayer/erotica model. So a seamstress that gets naked for money? Not too outlandish, but they'd never understand what cosplay was.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"I get paid to make myself clothes that I don't wear" would probably be the most confusing way to put this

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Oh gosh that's beautiful. "I get paid to make clothes and then slowly remove them" is more accurate but not as fun

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Not so. Plenty of folks liked to dress up like Greek gods or historical figures. And if you think folks in the 1700s didn't party hard...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Club

Emma Frost didn't invent anything, she was inspired by actual events