It's bizarre that "tactical operator" is now a lifestyle aesthetic, like emos, valley girl, or thug.
>>65602112You can thank all the "Operators" who got out and sell their aesthetic to the audience so you have fat larpers buying thousands of dollars in kit they'll never use and be the first ones to be looted if shit ever did happen.
>>65602168What's the point of buying kit if you don't train in it? The first plates and plate carrier I got were purely for weight training. It's great stuff for getting more out of calisthenic workouts and cardio. The first LBV I got was for trying out ultra-light backpacking. ALICE gear with a buttpack is great for holding two days worth of supplies and not being a pain to hike in.I just don't get LARPing that wouldn't include actual LARPing.
>>65602190The same reason you blow $5000+ on an AR and some attachments that will only ever see use in the range. Because it looks cool.It's literally just the mall ninja taken to the next logical extreme except the larpers think they are actually accomplishing something.
>>65602112you wear soviet or yugo surplus you are a faggot.
>>65602341We dress like the enemy because we strip thier dead bodies. Do you even opar8?
>>65602341If you don't look like you crawled through the back of the army surplus store and are wearing a mixture of equipment from at least 5 different countries then don't even talk to me
>>65602364Based surp derp. 10/would drink Colt malt liquor with
>>65602341>everyone called me a weirdo when I wore my surplus because I'm a faggotFTFY>>65602364>>65602371Surplus is amazing and extremely cheap compared to buying shit new. Everything in picrel probably doesn't exceed 200 dollars total and will outlive me.
Yes, but it's what happens when two generations of men in a row grew up without fathers and discovered guns via vidya addiction.They're military/police obsessed, they're consoomers, and they're fixated on min-maxing
>>65602168>fat larpers buying thousands of dollars in kit they'll never use and be the first ones to be looted if shit ever did happenPart of it is they think big igloo will be like being in a war, their fantasy, when it'd probably be more like camping but armed.
>>65602190A: the average American is fat and lazy. This extends to their minds, thinking through anything for an extended period and applying critical thought requires sustained effort. They will not do this. As such they just buy what they see in media instead of doing anything actually worthwhile.B: people who like to pretend to do things tend not to be the sort of people who like to actually do things. I say that as an actual, irl, swords and armor larper. It's two dramatically different mindsets and they rarely intersect. I train year round with my gear, go for runs in armor, ect. The average schlub buys a plastic breastplate and then doesn't wear it because it's too hot out. Mall ninjas and tactitards are universally the same kind of people.
>>65603385>t. assblasted Brit bladefagKeep coping
>>65603420No, retard, I'm American. I actually train in my gear, plate carrier and associated bullshit included. You should try it, you fat slob.
>>65603424So you're an American that CHOOSES to be a bladefag?
>>65602112Yes its a rise of drifters but there is also a social mood that people are forgetting. A lot of Americans have a negative social mood around society. That is could collapse, cities are unsafe, riots from Browns can spread to your neighborhood. Government covid lock downs. It goes hand in hand really. It could be a big fart in the future but it could be a sign of something like south Africa or Brazil where being armed to the teeth seems necessary
>>65603449You live in a flyover state, nothings ever happening in your hick town
>>65603499You say that like it's a bad thing to never be in the news
>complaining about 2010s phenomenon in the late 2020s
>>65602199>Because it looks cool.But it doesn't
>>65602112I don't wear shit like that in public but I was living in NY in the late 2010s, I bought armor and a plate carrier, then NY banned the sale and purchase of armor 2 years later. Sometimes it's better to buy some of this shit when you can, whether you are in a position to use it or not
>>65603433No, retard, I own guns AND have hobbies.
>>65602199The only milsurp I wear is solid color pants.
>>656021125.11 pants are incredibly comfortable and cut nice too
I worry that my dickies cargo pants and black t shirts make me look too tryhard but in reality, I just found a nice intersection of fit/comfort/cost and now I have to either dress like an autist with only one outfit or go back to looking like a retard that dressed himself.
Peep my daily fit (i live in a suburb of los angeles)
>>65603499I automatically assume anyone talking about "flyover states" is from India or one of the off-brand Indias (Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.)
>>65606658>off-brand Indias (Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.)Don't give one of the browns an up above any browns in anyway like that. I dated a proojeta a couple years ago and called her a paki to fuck with her. Although she liked that. Freaky
>>65606651Wear different color shirts then. I wear the same plain fruit of the loom pocket tees every day, they just came in various colors
>>65606663it's not a compliment to India really, they're all one biomass and India is merely the largest
>>65606654Learn how to do a sling from videogames or something?
>>65606668>it's not a compliment to India reallyTrust me, they'll take it that way.
>>65606676if it gives a meaningless ego boost to one brown and gravely insults another brown, the net brown anger has only increased
>>65602112It's consoomerism. Beyond owning a hunting rifle and maybe one pistol for self defence, you venture into 'collectors' territory, where you are no different that women and gays who collect handbags. Wearing such 'fit' as in the OP is no different that furfags or cosplaying.
>>65606675My LARPerations and their techniques are beyond your comprehension.
>>65602168imagine breaking into your neighbors house only to find grey tier crap
>>65606710Uh huh
This type of thing is a byproduct of humanity living in much larger groups than we were ever meant to. We were meant to live in groups of 50 to 100, everyone knew exactly who you were, so there wasn't the need to stand out in a completely unnatural and anonymous world.That self imposed uniform is a subconscious effort to find and identify other like-minded individuals
>>65606753Nope, I am the grayest grayman to ever gray, man.
>>65606667Ehh, I like the black so I'll deal with it. It's not like it's an edgy thing either. Just for some reason, I went full monochrome on my wardrobe. It's not particularly tacticool aside from having extra pockets.>>65606753I can see it, even though I don't really want others to think we might have a shared interest (in anything) and engage with me.
>>65602112I got those exact pants for work, they're actually great 5.11 knockoffs.
>>65606654>denim jacket>airsofter pants>social chameleon moustache
>>65606654Poser/10
