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>attend roleplay event my buddy invited me to since he does this often
>its a lot of people standing around chatting, emoting and stuff
>it's kind of entertaining
>strike up conversation with someone pretending to be a laughing skull
>they are annoying but other people pitching in makes it fun
>overall roleplay seems pretty fun, never did it before until now
>days later approached by that same laughing skull while idling in org
>did not realize it was them because not only did they have a new mog but also changed from female to male
>genuinely did not recognize them
>they get offended so I say to them outright "you were a woman then and now you're a man"
>they go into a tirade straight out of tumblr
>immediately extrapolate and paint me as some kind of bigot
>all that happened was I didnt recognize their name or outfit, and they were a totally different body shape
>have to sit and watch this guy have the big soapbox moment he clearly rehearsed
>it wasnt even in-character, he was pissed off in real life and was using parentheses to designate OOC
>end up getting whispers from other people I met at the event
>some ask me what happened since apparently the laughing skull also complained in guild chat
>eventually this turns into warnings about how I cant go to future events and if I do it will be deemed harassment
>had no intention of going to future events
>buddy apologizes, says most roleplayers are like this
>all this after my last RP experience was nearly 20 years ago watching two undead discuss if dying humans sound like pigs or vice-versa