>2007>shamelessly admit i watch anime>sonic x, pokemon, yugioh, all the 4kids crap>get ripped on for it>many years pass, same group of friends are now massive weebs with fake nostalgia for "4kids back in the day" because anime is so mainstream nowFuckin posers
>>84252704I used to watch anime in secret and would shit on it any chance I got. People pushing for it to be more socially acceptable are the reason why it's so mainstream now tbhdesu
Um you don't even know the half of it. Before 2002, you literally got mad fun of for playing video games. Even my own friends would make fun of each other if they played video games too much.You also got called a homo IRL like it was 4chan. I remember being in the mall in like 1998 and being called a fag because I was wearing all black. That was an actual thing. People were fucking retards before the internet, that's why woke culture took off because people were tired of seeing "NIGGER REDNECK NIGGER REDNECK" and being stuck in the 60s forever.
>co-worker confesses to being a huge anime nerd>'unless the anime is set in Japan I watch dubbed'>'if you're reading subs you're not watching the screen'
>>84252766It's because everyone watched it. Secretly or openly. Even if nobody pushed for it they would keep buying DVDs and manga and the industry kept growing.>big eyes>big boobs>big monster fightsWhy wouldn't people like it? Flawless product model.
>>84252775Where the fuck did you grow up lol? The emo/ being called a fag thing existed but man videogames had stormed the 90s. On the contrary, if you WEREN'T playing vidya in the mid 90s people would call you a fag or poor.
>>84252787I'm not sure if that applies outside of Japan though, for a long time most of the content consumed in in the west was unofficial through fanmade translations, even crunchyroll was an unlicensed pirating site
>>84252833Its funny how many huge companies started off as little vigilantes. Remember when Bill Gates openly told everyone to pirate software?
>>84252803you were a loser in the 90s, thats why no one made fun of you for gaming. I went outside every day and talked to girls. Literally every female would call you a slur if you played video games or laugh at you.
>>84252704I hate these people so much. They're the exact same fucks. Normalfags are all performative.
>>84252853Playing worms 2 butt naked with the girl i fucked when i could've been outside pretending i don't like the things i like to impress boring women i don't care about? You poor bastard!You telling us you didn't see any guys getting ridiculed for being one of those 'no videogames' households?
>>84252996>typing all this copeYeah I have actual memes and shit from years and years ago noting how gamers were treated, but yeah continue arguing with me for no reason.
Here's the thing, OP: they watched it back then too. They just didn't admit to it because of the shame you received. They were smart to not do it, and smart to make fun others who said they do to deflect it off of them.
>>84253011Lol dude i'm just asking if it was really like that for you but this is 4chan and it's not the first time i have had people insist the sky isn't blue.
>>84253026Everyone admitted it, don't know where this larping comes really. Anime has been mainstream since dragon ball, we're talking late 1980's here.
